Four technologies.One clear picture.Four technologies.One clear picture.

• Brain and spine
• Organs of the chest, abdomen and pelvis, such as liver, kidneys and pancreas
• Major blood vessels, including the aorta

• You feel fine and want to know where you stand
• Something runs in your family and you’d rather look than wonder
• You want a baseline to compare against in a few years

Bowel cancer, checked with a colonoscopy. Breast cancer, checked with a mammogram, which picks up tiny calcium deposits. Lung cancer, checked with a low-dose CT. Prostate cancer, checked with a PSA test and a prostate examination. The scan ends at mid-thigh and isn’t designed for detailed images of joints, such as knee or ankle injuries. None of this replaces the screening your doctor recommends.

Tell us when you book. We check what’s possible and help you feel at ease.

Your blood values can show early signs of conditions that often cause no symptoms at first. Long-term blood sugar (HbA1c) can point to early signs of diabetes, and liver values such as ALT and GGT can indicate a fatty liver. Cholesterol, triglycerides and the inflammation marker hsCRP help estimate your risk of heart disease and stroke. Creatinine and eGFR show how well your kidneys filter, TSH shows how your thyroid is working, and your blood count can reveal unusual changes in your blood cells that deserve a closer look.

The panel spans your blood count, cholesterol and ApoB, blood sugar, HbA1c and insulin, liver and kidney values, thyroid, iron status, vitamin D and markers of inflammation such as hsCRP. Your doctor explains what each value means for you.

• You often feel low on energy and want to know whether your blood values play a part
• Diabetes or high cholesterol runs in your family and you want to know where you stand
• You’re changing how you eat or train and want a baseline to measure your progress against
• Your last blood test was years ago and you want an up-to-date picture

Blood values describe how your body is working today, not a diagnosis on their own. Your doctor reads them together with your imaging and your history, and tells you which values, if any, deserve a follow-up.

Heart CT shows how much plaque has built up in your coronary arteries. The calcium score measures the calcified part, and the European Society of Cardiology lists it as a tool that can refine a cardiovascular risk estimate, especially when your risk sits close to a decision threshold.³ Soft plaque and narrowing don’t show up in the calcium score. For those, a coronary CT angiography with contrast agent gives a detailed view, and our medical team offers it when it’s appropriate for you.

• Heart disease runs in your family
• Your cholesterol or blood pressure is borderline and you want more to go on
• You want a first calcium score to compare against in a few years

Heart CT uses a low dose of radiation, around 1.7 mSv⁴, roughly four to five months of the average natural background radiation in Switzerland.⁹ It’s still radiation, though, so our doctors first review your cardiovascular risk factors and clear you for the scan only if it makes sense for you.

Ultrasound shows whether plaque has already formed in your arteries, something blood values alone can’t tell you. It’s more common than most people think: in the PESA study of 4,184 people aged 40 to 54 without symptoms, plaque was found in the groin arteries of 44% and in the neck arteries of 31%.⁵ And it matters: in the Tromsø Study, which followed more than 10,000 adults in Norway, people with larger amounts of plaque in their neck arteries had about a 65% higher risk of a first stroke or heart attack than people with none.⁸ That’s why European guidelines on cholesterol treatment count plaque on ultrasound as a sign of higher risk of heart attack and stroke, which can change how your cholesterol is managed.⁶

• Your cholesterol or ApoB is raised and you want to see whether it has left a trace
• You want a number you can measure again later

No radiation, no contrast agent. About 30 minutes, including a short walk from the MRI area to the ultrasound room.