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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Interventional Radiology"”.
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Interventional Radiology Procedures Without Sedation: The Nurse Experience
… study was to explore the lived experience of Interventional Radiology (IR) nurses caring for conscious patients undergoing a procedure without the use of sedation. This phenomenological study aimed to describe the experience of IR nurses during the peri-procedural process in cases performed …
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A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Work of Nurses in Interventional Radiology
… study explored the work of nurses in interventional radiology. Interventional radiology (IR) is an emerging field of practice in health care. More and more procedures that were historically done in the operating room are being performed in IR. This has led to higher acuity patients and …
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Radiation dose optimization in interventional radiology and cardiology using diagnostic reference levels
… (DRL) could be used in fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures to avoid unnecessary stochastic radiation risk. The increase in complexity of interventional procedures, combined with a lack of specialist training on radiation techniques, poses a significant risk to patients. These risks …
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Kepenų arterijų anatominės variacijos bei jų reikšmė radiologinėje diagnostikoje ir klinikinėje praktikoje /
… when planning complex high-risk operations and interventional procedures, for example, before performing liver transplants, liver resections, pancreatic cancer treatments, and in interventional radiology before chemoembolization, radioembolization, and intraarterial hepatic chemotherapy. The …
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Surgical training on the World Wide Web
… one type of minimally invasive surgery known as interventional radiology. Our training method combines the capabilities of virtual reality to provide realistic simulation environment together with the web environment to provide platform independent, scalable and accessible system. In this thesis …
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Localization of Human Pelvis Anatomical Coordinate System Using Ultrasound Registration to Statistical Shape Model
… X-ray fluoroscopy in a specialized interventional radiology facility to guide the procedure. Employing intra-operative ultrasound (US) imaging fused with pre-operative CT scan or fluoroscopy imaging was proposed to eliminate the ionizing radiation of intra-operative X-ray to the …
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Empowering Health Care Professionals: An Interprofessional Education Model Implementation And Evaluation Using Mentorship And Teamstepps Methodology
… Teams” was offered to 47 staff members from the Radiology Department (RD) and Interventional Radiology Department (IRD), comprising of 3 physicians, 4 directors, 10 managers, 2 modality managers, and 28 frontline staff. Participants completed surveys before and after the training. </p> …
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Characterization of a pre-curved needle for use in distal tip manipulation mechanism
… of the art. Interviews were also conducted with interventional radiology and cardiology physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital to define the mechanism functional requirements for a telerobotic system and a first order analysis was undertaken to evaluate three strategies. The selected …
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Biomechanically Constrained Ultrasound to Computed Tomography Registration of the Lumbar Spine
… under fluoroscopy or CT guidance in specialized interventional radiology facilities, and thus incur a major financial burden on the healthcare system. Additionally, the current practice exposes patients and surgeons to X-ray radiation. The use of US for image guided navigation of the spine would …
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Incidence and predictive factors of intensive care unit delirium in acute stroke patients: a secondary data analysis
… 24 hours of ICU admission; transferring to interventional radiology (IR) or neuro operating room (OR) within 24 hours of ICU admission; and occurrence of fever > 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Though these factors are mostly non-modifiable in nature, these data do support a better understanding of …
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CT angiographic detection of cerebral aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage in a South African institution
… Schuur Hospital for CT cerebral angiography and Interventional treatment post aneurysm rupture. These data represent a baseline for future statistical comparison and the information extrapolated from this study will be useful for interventive planning and resource mobilization at our institution …
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Technique for Repeatable Hyperosmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in the Dog
Reversible hyperosmotic blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD) has been used in pharmaceutical research as well as human medicine to enhance drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier. However a technique for repeatable BBBD in the canine has not been described. This study describes a repeatable …
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STANDARDIZATION OF BODY IMAGING HUDDLE IN RADIOLOGY
… amongst the team before the beginning of interventional procedures (Goldenhar, Brady, Sutcliffe, Muething, & Anderson, 2013). Prior to the implementation of the revised huddle, a staff survey indicated none of the staff were satisfied with the current process. The objectives of the …
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Improving Treatment of Local Liver Ablation Therapy With Deep Learning and Biomechanical Modeling
<p>In the United States, colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer, and 60-70% of patients will develop liver metastasis. While surgical liver resection of metastasis is the standard of care for treatment with curative intent, it is only avai lable to about 20% of patients. For patients …
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Image-Guided Intervention: Quantitative Characterization of Reagents For Thermochemical Ablation
<p>Thermochemical ablation (TCA) is a minimally invasive therapy under development for hepatocellular carcinoma, a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. TCA utilizes acid-base chemistry delivered simultaneously to induce local ablation when administered. When delivered via a mixing catheter …
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Interventional Approaches and Diagnosis of Malignancies of the Hepatobiliary System /// Интервенционални подходи и диагностика при злокачествени заболявания на хепато-билиарната система
Интервенционална радиология (IR), известна също като съдова и несъдова радиология или хирургична радиология, осигурява минимално инвазивни образни методи за лечение на заболявания на всяка система и органи. Въпреки че процедурите, извършвани от интервенционални рентгенолози са много, като …