Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiology uses tools like embolization devices to provide minimally invasive medical diagnosis and treatment using images.
Technology | Radiation Dose Management | December 01, 2015
December 1, 2015 — Philips introduced the DoseWise Portal 2.0, a comprehensive radiation dose management software...
News | Interventional Radiology | December 01, 2015
December 1, 2015 — An interventional radiology technique shows promise for helping morbidly obese patients lose weight...
Magellan Robotic System. Image courtesy of Hansen Medical.
News | Robotic Systems | October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015 — Hansen Medical Inc. announced the shipment of the Magellan Robotic System to Holy Name Medical...
Magellan Robotic System image courtesy of Hansen Medical Inc.
News | Interventional Radiology | September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015 — Hansen Medical Inc. announced it will exhibit its Magellan robotic system at the Cardiovascular...
Image courtesy of Merit Medical Systems Inc.
Technology | Embolization devices | August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 — Merit Medical Systems Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and...
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Interventional cath labs use X-ray angiography imaging systems to guide catheters through blood vessels to perform...
Toshiba recently introduced a new line of combined CT and angiography systems, allowing true CT imaging on demand in the interventional lab.
Feature | Angiography | January 27, 2016 | Dave Fornell
Angiographic imaging system vendors have developed several new technologies to address emerging cath lab trends,...
News | May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 — Shimadzu Medical Systems USA announced the first U.S. West Coast installation of its Trinias C-12 high...
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | May 13, 2015 | Dave Fornell
<div>Most community hospitals with cardiac catheterization labs share these facilities with multiple, non-...
Staff at Lawrence General Hospital are wearing the RaySafe i2 color-coded dosimeters to monitor personal radiation exposure while performing a procedure.
Feature | May 04, 2015 | Lori M. Weir, M.D.
It’s the invisible elephant in radiology — radiation exposure. As physicians, we know all too well that exposure to...
News | March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 — Men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), have a new, breakthrough treatment option that is less...
News | March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 — An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers...
News | March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 — Patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis now have a new weapon against this debilitating foot...
Ultrasound-accelerated, catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of pulmonary embolism aids delivery of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), forcing it deep into the clot and allowing it to act faster.
Feature | March 05, 2015 | Jason T. Salsamendi, M.D., University of Miami Hospital
The continuity within clinical conference topics from year to year and how presentations augment one another tells us a...
Feature | March 03, 2015
March 3, 2015 — A study being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual scientific meeting says 3-D...
