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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. mGy p Time to puncture (seconds) 136.6

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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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HPI: Nonradiologists interpret more than a third of office-based imaging

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Some specialties may provide targeted training in imaging interpretation that is narrow in scope, such as in ultrasound for emergency medicine or obstetrics/gynecology. Ultrasound 52% Nuclear medicine 39.5% By specialty, self-interpretation rates were 19.9% for primary care physicians; 75.7% for nonphysician practitioners.

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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. VIENNA -- Canon Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner and a radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) system in its booth at ECR 2024. Image courtesy of Canon Medical.

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Walgreens-backed VillageMD launches ‘major imaging hub’ open 7 days a week

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The “first imaging department of its kind” will deliver CT, ultrasound, X-ray, fluoroscopy and ambient MRI, all in one location.

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Vanderbilt Health breaks ground on 6,000-square-foot new imaging facility

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acre site in Nashville and plans to offer services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, X-ray and mammography. The facility is located on a 0.55-acre

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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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