It is an option for patients who cannot be imaged with ultrasound, such as those with a high BMI. SEATTLE—When patients cannot be imaged with ultrasound, CT fluoroscopy can be used safely and ...

The radiation dose for a CT fluoroscopy is about half that for conventional fluoroscopy to guide epidural steroid injections, however, the dose is substantially more than conventional fluoroscopy when ...

October 5, 2011 — A study from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, is challenging a widely held assumption that interventional procedures guided by computed tomography fluoroscopy (CTF) expose ...

UAE - A team of radiologists and pulmonologists from the American Hospital Dubai successfully performed its first case of computerized tomography (CT) fluoroscopy-guided lung biopsy using its newly ...

Fluoroscopy shows a continuous X-ray image on a monitor, much like an X-ray movie. During the procedure, an X-ray beam is continuously passed through the specific body part being examined. The images ...

» What are the sources of radiation exposure to patients in imaging procedures in urology? Urological imaging procedures may include abdomino-pelvic CT, fluoroscopy for viewing and positioning for ...

The advent of optical (i.e. laparoscopy, cystoscopy) and fluoroscopic (i.e. X-ray) imaging made possible the development of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, allowing surgeons ...

The Combined Cardiothoracic and Body Imaging Fellowship Training Program at the University of Alabama Department of Radiology provides advanced training in state-of-the-art thoracic and abdominal CT, ...