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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

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A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed an age-specific dose catalog for estimating radiation exposure to children from diagnostic and interventional radiology fluoroscopy procedures. They analyzed metrics to estimate age-specific effective dose per IR procedure type and diagnostic fluoroscopy exam.

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The state of radiology: Part 1 -- Is practice building dead?

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Using data gathered from the Medicare Provider Data Catalog for the years 2014-2023, Christensen saw an emerging trend of radiologists moving to large multispecialty practices. Notable in this research is the magnitude of all medical practice changes since 2014. Bigger better? of practices w/ 1-2 radiologists No.

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Percutaneous Cholecystostomy in Pregnancy

Global Radiology CME

The patient is pregnant (orange arrows), therefore ionizing radiation with CT scan or fluoroscopy can not be used for imaging guidance. Technique and indications of percutaneous cholecystostomy in the management of acute cholecystitis in 2014. What action should be taken for this patient with right upper quadrant pain? MRI of abdomen.