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Researchers offer age-specific dose estimator for fluoroscopy exams

AuntMinnie

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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Patient Radiation Doses in IR Procedures: The American College of Radiology Dose Index Registry-Fluoroscopy Pilot

JVIR

To update normative data on fluoroscopy dose indices in the United States for the first time since the Radiation Doses in Interventional Radiology study in the late 1990s.

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Effectiveness of Attaching a Lead Drape to a Radioprotective Shield for CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Procedures

JVIR

Continuous-rotation computed tomography (CT) fluoroscopy is an imaging modality widely used in interventional radiology (IR) procedures, facilitating precise punctures even into small lesions and lesions deep within the body by rapid, real-time, and high-resolution tomographic images (1,2).

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Powering down idle IR systems can reduce environmental impact

AuntMinnie

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.

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GE HealthCare and MediView Announce the World's First Installation and Clinical Use of Augmented Reality Interventional Suite that Aims to Transform the Practice of Interventional Radiology

Imaging Technology

a leading clinical augmented reality med-tech company, announced the successful first installation and clinical cases using the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite [1] at North Star Vascular and Interventional in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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PCN placement leads to greater radiation exposure for pregnant women

AuntMinnie

Based on discussions with our interventional radiology colleagues, dislodged PCNs or severe encrustation may result in much longer and more complex procedures, including the potential need for entirely new access into the collecting system, thereby resulting in higher fluoroscopy use,” Lyon and colleagues wrote.

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Image-Guided Epidural Injections for Back Pain

Midstate Radiology Associates

Role of Imaging In Epidural Injections In the 1980s, radiologists began using fluoroscopy to assist with needle placement. Today, CT or fluoroscopy technology helps guide the needle to the precise injection site. Studies have shown that blind injections may be inaccurate 25 to nearly 40 percent of the time.