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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

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The dose catalog is based on all diagnostic fluoroscopy exams and interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed over nine years at Boston Children’s and is hoped to ensure consistency of practice and ensure patient safety, noted lead author Andy LaBella, MD, a medical physicist, and colleagues.

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Philips issues safety notice for discontinued MRI coils

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The first-generation SENSE XL Torso coil was discontinued in 2014; however, affected units may continue to be used in accordance with device instructions for use, as well as the notification letter, according to the firm.

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The Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Gold Medals and Charles T. Dotter Lecture Delivered at Annual Meeting

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In 2014, he obtained a master’s degree in healthcare quality and patient safety from Northwestern. Nemcek pursued a fellowship in the then relatively new field of interventional radiology from Northwestern, where he stayed as an attending and where he has spent the remainder of his career.