Welcome message from Head of Department

The radiography programme started in 2001/2002 academic year under the School of Allied Health Sciences, had the first admission of students Radiography students been admitted in the 2002/2003 academic year. In 2006, the School of Radiologic Technology (and Medical Laboratory Technology) which was originally running the Diploma programme of radiography became affiliated to the School of Allied Health Sciences to be awarded a Diploma Certificate by the University of Ghana. Admissions to the Diploma programmes ended in 2008 when the last batch of students passed out. The two programmes helped to stem the tide of shortage of personnel as a result of some improved conditions of service. The department has now grown into diagnostic, therapy, ultrasonography, nuclear medicine and very soon dosimetry. You are in the right place and you will never look back.

I welcome everyone into this fraternity and look forward to engaging you all.

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Dr. Kofi Adesi Kyei, PhD, Head of Department

Overview / history of the Department

The practice of radiography and radiology began, just after X-rays were discovered by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German Physicist, in 1895. It was employed in the medical field by the military, especially during wars to detect embedded bullets or pellets of gunshot wounds sustained by the combatant soldiers. The advent of radiological services in Ghana was barely thirty-two years after the discovery of X-rays when Korle-Bu Hospital was built by the then colonial Governor, Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, precisely in 1927. By 1929 and with a nationwide outbreak of tuberculosis, especially among miners in the mining areas, the colonial government requested for the establishment of an X-ray Unit at Korle-Bu Hospital for screening the citizens for early treatment. This was under the management of British radiographers who later co-opted some nurses to train them as their assistants, namely Messrs Thompson and Asiedu, both of blessed memory.

The Department of Radiography of the University of Ghana School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences is Ghana’s premier radiography department. It is directly associated with research and training in medical imaging. The mission of the Department is to offer high ranking clinical training programmes in diagnostic and therapy radiography in the country for purposes of preparing graduates to provide safe and high-quality imaging services to patients in all practice settings. This can be achieved through formal didactic, state-of-the-art clinical experiences that prepare students as patient-care focused, and critical thinking medical imaging professionals engaged in lifelong learning.

In line with current trends in the fields of medical imaging, the Department has reviewed its existing BSc Radiography (both diagnostic and therapy) programmes. This is consistent with University of Ghana’s vision to provide competitive and attractive programmes relevant to the developmental needs of the country. The BSc Radiography programmes are therefore designed to produce practitioners who can apply the science and art of medical imaging in total health care delivery in the country and beyond. The programmes are also designed to provide medical imaging practitioners with requisite understanding of the scientific principles, practical application and understanding of scientific investigation underlying the major imaging modalities used in healthcare and medical research. The development of clinical competency is therefore an integral part of the programmes presented as  

  • Diagnostic Radiography
  • Therapy Radiography

Faculty Members

Dr. Derick Sule

Dr. Kofi Adesi Kyei

Prof. William Kwadwo Antwi

Prof Samuel Anim Sampong

Dr Samuel Nii Adu Tagoe

Dr Jared Oblitey 

 

Faculty Publications

  • Daniels, J., Asante, K., Tackie, J. N. O., & Kyei, K. A. (2024). Survival rate of cervical cancer: a five-year review at a Major Teaching Hospital in Ghana, West Africa. ecancer
  • Kyei, K. A., Daniels, J., Broni, R., Anim-Sampong, S., Kitson-Mills, D., Amoabeng, K. A., ... & Owusu, A. B. (2024). The sexuality of women with cervical cancer undergoing definitive radiotherapy in Ghana. Radiography, 30(1), 332-339.
  • CI, A. M., Olivera, K., Kyei. K.A, Eunice, N., & Matilda, A. (2023). Assessment of malnutrition in patients undergoing chemotherapy at the National Oncology Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. African Health Sciences, 23(4), 284-295.
  • Daniels, J., Kyei, K. A., Badejoko–Okunade, K. A., Anim-Sampong, S., Tagoe, S. N. A., Antwi, W. K., ... & Tackie, J. N. O. (2023). Biochemical outcome after curative treatment for localized prostate cancer with external beam radiotherapy: a cross-sectional study. ecancer 17
  • Kyei, K. A., Kitson-Mills, D., Daniels, J., Kyei, J. B., Biney, I. J. K., Anuison-Quampah, J., ... & Kwabeng, M. A. (2023). Cancer Awareness Campaign in Ghana. African Journal of Biomedical Research, 26(2), 303-305.
  • S. Anim-Sampong, B. Ohene-Botwe, B.S. Sarkodie, W.K. Antwi, D.S. Sule (2023).  Perception of professionalism in clinical practice among clinical year radiography students in a tertiary institution in Ghana. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 54(2),319-327.
  • Ohene-Botwe, B, Anim-Sampong, S., Nkansah, J. (2023). Development of size-specific dose estimates and output equations for common computed tomography examinations. Journal of Radiological Protection. 43(1), 011511, doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/acb5aa. Accepted Jan, 2023. (Corresponding author).
  • Samuel Anim-Sampong, William Kwadwo Antwi, John Bright Adomako, Benard Ohene Botwe, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Edmund K. Brakohiapa. Patient radiation dose during diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures: A study in a tertiary hospital. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Science, 54(2), 298-305. 
  • Daniels Joseph, Kyei Kofi Adesi, Badejoko–Okunade Kikelomo Adeola, Anim-Sampong Samuel, Nii Adu Tagoe Samuel, Kwadwo Antwi William, Ainuson-Quampah Joana, Alabi Adewumi, Sowunmi Anthonia, Naa Odey Tackie Judith (2023) Biochemical outcome after curative treatment for localized prostate cancer with external beam radiotherapy: a cross-sectional study Ecancermedicalscience. 2023 Nov 10;17:1625. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2023.1625. PMID: 38414955; PMCID: PMC10898902.
  • Cyril Mawuli Honu-Mensah, Yaw Nyadu Offei, Nana Akua Victoria Owusu and Samuel Anim-Sampong. Psychometrically equivalent Fante speech recognition threshold materials by a female talker. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 66(5): 1842-1852.  https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-21-00571
  • S. Anim-Sampong, B. Ohene-Botwe, B.S. Sarkodie, W.K. Antwi, D.S. Sule (2023).  Perception of professionalism in clinical practice among clinical year radiography students in a tertiary institution in Ghana. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 54(2),319-327.
  • Samuel Anim-Sampong,William Kwadwo Antwi, John Bright Adomako, Benard Ohene Botwe, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Edmund K. Brakohiapa. Patient radiation dose during diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures: A study in a tertiary hospital. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Science, 54(2), 298-305.
  • Antwi, W.K., & Aziato, L. (2023). Ghanaian radiographers experience and commitment to the mandatory reporting law regarding suspected child physical abuse. Radiography