Fluoroscopy makes guiding a catheter through a blood vessel possible. However, fluoroscopy, a form of real-time moving X-ray, also exposes the patient to radiation. Now, a researcher has evaluated ...

A hybrid image of an anatomical phantom. Activity in the liver is projected on the X-ray background image. (Courtesy: Sandra van der Velden et al) Usually, hybrid images that integrate two different ...

Multimodality imaging in the cardiac catheterization lab continues to develop with rapid advancements in the use of intracardiac echocardiography, 3D and multidetector computed tomography with ...

Fluoroscopy -- a diagnostic tool that captures and displays a continuous x-ray image in real time -- has been a standard in the medical field for more than 100 years, currently holding a 35% share of ...

Globally, the growth of the fluoroscopy market with medical imaging is projected to reach upward of $2 billion by 2018. In 2013 it was $1.7 billion. Within this market, there is a growing push to move ...

Fluoroscopy is a method that provides real-time X-ray imaging. This is especially useful for guiding a variety of diagnostic and interventional procedures. The ability of fluoroscopy to display motion ...

OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Turner Imaging Systems, a developer of advanced X-ray imaging systems, today announced the Company has received its CE Mark for its Smart-C ® Mini C-Arm portable ...

Although Medicare claims data confirm the increasing role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPPs) in imaging-guided procedures across the United States, according to an ahead-of-print ...

A mobile intervention-room scanner measured lung-shunt fractions directly after Tc-99m-MAA injection, matching conventional ...

How is radiation used to diagnose patients? In 1895, German/Dutch physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays. In one of his experiments, he found that x-rays could pass through the body, producing an ...