Clinical investigation of ultrasonic diagnosis at the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine began in 1984. The department is now the chairperson department in the Ultrasound Society of Zhejiang Province, and chairperson department in ultrasound technical guidance center of Zhejiang Province. In recent decades, the department has made tremendous achievements in such fields as hardware, teaching, basic and clinical research, training and foreign academic exchanges.

There are over 30 middle-level and high-end color ultrasound equipments in the department, including transesophageal echocardiography, abdominal ultrasound instrument and dynamic three-dimensional ultrasound. There are nearly 50 medical staffs, including personnel in science, engineering, medicine, research and laboratory. 60% of them are well educated and high qualified, and the staff with senior professional titles accounted for 30%.

Multiple new techniques and procedures have been developed and applied in clinical practice, such as ultrasonic contrast, elastography, ultrasound-guided biopsy, PTCD, varies abscess (sac) drainage, FNA, ultrasound-guided puncture in various cyst (liver, kidney cyst), microwave treatment of liver cancer, etc.  

A significant shift from medical diagnosis to clinical treatment of ultrasound has achieved. The Department is characteristic especially in CEUS, FNA and interventional ultrasound diagnosis and treatment. At present, we have almost 10 professional doctors working on interventional therapy who have more than 10 years’ experience of ultrasound work. Prof. Huang Pintong is the leader of ultrasound branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association. More than 3500 cases of CEUS and 5000 cases of ultrsound-guided therapy were performed in our hospital every year. Throid FNA has won the second prize of new technology in our hospital in 2014. Meanwhile, our department regularly holds 10 national workshop classes, which provides good academic exchange chance for interventional doctors.

In recent 5 years, total 15 scientific research projects were sponsored by various foundations，including the national science foundation of china, the natural science foundation of Zhejiang province, Zhejiang provincial science and technology department project, etc. It also undertakes the task of teaching for the overseas and domestic students in Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Intractable cases consultation and English corner are held in the department once a week. Many international cooperated programs were established and many talents of the department were sent to study abroad every year. Meanwhile, two famous foreign experts had been hired as visiting professors. Biennial Westlake International Forum on Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology was held by the Department.