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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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When I was in short medical trousers, I grew up surrounded by mighty plain film gods. 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. 20s rotation, 40s reconstruction.

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Noncontrast fluoroscopy method can image chronic hypertension

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A fluoroscopy method incorporating a noncontrast x-ray pulsatility index (XPI) can improve clinical efficiency as a screening or diagnostic test for suspected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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Canon Medical expands ultrasound, R/F offerings at ECR 2024

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Canon Medical's new midrange ultrasound scanner, Aplio me. Image courtesy of Canon Medical. VIENNA -- Canon Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner and a radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system in its booth at ECR 2024. Canon Medical's new Xavion digital R/F system and CXDI-B1 digital detector.

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PCN placement leads to greater radiation exposure for pregnant women

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“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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Augmedics gets FDA nod for CT-Fluoro registration method

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Medical augmented reality developer Augmedics has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. The xvision CT-to-fluoroscopy (CT-Fluoro) registration method allows surgeons to navigate off a preoperative CT scan and fluoroscopic images from a standard 2D C-arm. This eliminates the need for 3D intraoperative imaging.

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Canon Medical Launches Hybrid Radiography/Fluoroscopy System

Diagnostic Imaging

Enabling radiographic and low-dose fluoroscopy exams in the same room, the Adora DRFi system emphasizes a variety of advances for flexibility with patient positioning.