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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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PCN placement leads to greater radiation exposure for pregnant women

AuntMinnie

Initial percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube placement leads to more radiation exposure for pregnant women with suspected kidney stones, according to a study published October 27 in Urology. Options include ureteral stent, PCN, or primary ureteroscopy, with the potential for multiple subsequent procedures that often use fluoroscopy.

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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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Enhancing Radiation Safety in Healthcare: From Pulsed Fluoro to AI-Driven ROI

Omega Medical Imaging

Initially, pulsed fluoroscopy marked a huge shift from continuous fluoroscopy by considerably reducing radiation exposure while preserving diagnostic accuracy.

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A Robotic Radiation Shielding Device for Electrophysiologic Procedures

Cassling's MRI

Fluoroscopy-guided procedures are the leading source of occupational ionizing radiation exposure for electrophysiologic (EP) personnel. High cumulative doses of X-ray radiation might increase the risk for malignancies, early development of cataracts and orthopedic problems due to the heavy weight of lead aprons. What they found?

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Chooses Reduced-Radiation Technology for Endoscopy Center

Omega Medical Imaging

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston recently added radiation-saving technology to their Endoscopy Center. With a full renovation of their two gastroenterology rooms. The E-View.AI The E-View.AI

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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).