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Ultrasound-guided fluoro for kidney stones cuts radiation to kids

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Fluoroscopy-assisted ultrasound guidance for mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) procedures in children is a safer and more effective approach than fluoroscopy alone, researchers have found. The investigators tracked complication rate and fluoroscopy time. Hospital stay (days) 2.8 Hospital stay (days) 2.8

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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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Moore’s Law for radiologists

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To cover a CT and MR "list" was a luxury; it was to escape the murderous fluoroscopy rooms, intravenous urography (IVU) lists, and indeterminable piles of plain films Then the scanners got fast. So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. 20s rotation, 40s reconstruction.

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Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Installs New Omega Endoscopy System

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Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital in McHenry, IL recently installed a new fluoroscopy system for its endoscopy program. Samad Soudager led the effort to install a new fluoro system […] The post Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Installs New Omega Endoscopy System appeared first on Omega Medical Imaging.

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Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater Focuses on Radiation Safety with New Endoscopy Fluoro System

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Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL recently installed a new fluoroscopy system for its endoscopy program. Founded in 1916, Morton […] The post Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater Focuses on Radiation Safety with New Endoscopy Fluoro System appeared first on Omega Medical Imaging. The Omega E-View.AI

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Powering down idle IR systems can reduce environmental impact

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Powering down idle interventional radiology (IR) imaging systems can substantially decrease carbon emissions and electricity costs, according to a group of researchers at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. However, the practice of powering down interventional imaging systems on a daily basis at their hospital predated this study.

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Tampa-area imaging services impacted by Hurricane Milton

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Tampa-area hospitals are facing the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with some imaging services being temporarily suspended as healthcare systems reallocate resources toward emergency care. The hospital performs more than 400,000 imaging exams per year, according to Tampa General’s website. in late September.

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