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PLoS ONE, 2020 INTRODUCTION:High quality diagnostic imaging can provide increased diagnostic accuracy and help guide medical decision-making and management, however challenges for radiology in resource-limited settings are numerous. Diagnostic imaging and teleradiology
Iona Crumley +6 more
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Atom Indonesia, 2022 Institutional diagnostic reference levels are used for quality assurance in radiology departments. The purpose of this study was to establish an institutional diagnostic reference level (DRL) and to provide a practical tool in diagnostic radiology and ...
T. Amalia +5 more
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Identification and Removal of a Fractured Portacath [PDF]
Case Reports in RadiologyA 31-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer was referred for chest radiography after portacath malfunction. Imaging identified an incomplete catheter fracture at the internal jugular vein that subsequently progressed to complete fracture during ...
Azri Johari, David Ding, Deepak Jain
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Estimation of the backscatter radiation level in occupational interventional radiography
Journal of Radiation Research and Applied SciencesEmployees in interventional radiography wear lead aprons to shield themselves from radiation. Aprons, which just cover the front of the body, are frequently worn.
Revink A. Ramadhan +2 more
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Interventional radiography and mortality risks in U.S. radiologic technologists [PDF]
Pediatric Radiology, 2006 With the exponential increase in minimally invasive fluoroscopically guided interventional radiologic procedures, concern has increased about the health effects on staff and patients of radiation exposure from these procedures. There has been no systematic epidemiologic investigation to quantify serious disease risks or mortality. To quantify all-cause,
Linet, Martha S. +6 more
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An Atypical Surgical Case of Lung Cancer With Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery, With Only the Superior Branch Remaining [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsA 69‐year‐old woman was referred to our department for an abnormal shadow on chest radiography. Contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a solid nodule in the right lower lobe and defects in the branches of the middle and lower lobes of the ...
Kazuhiro Okada +9 more
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Palliative embolization of renal tumors [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015 Background/Aim. Palliative embolization of renal tumors is the method of choice in the treatment of advanced inoperable renal cell carcinoma in patients with hematuria and pain.
Jaganjac Suad, Schefe Lennart
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022 Background/Purpose: Bleeding is the most dreaded complication after percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). Clarifying the risk factors of bleeding can reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of PTBD.
Yao-Ting Lee +3 more
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Modulating the tumor immune microenvironment with locoregional image-guided interventions
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Cancer immunotherapy has gained significant attention in recent years and has revolutionized the modern approach to cancer therapy. However, cancer immunotherapy is still limited in its full potential due to various tumor immune-avoidance behaviors and ...
Samagra Jain, Rahul A. Sheth
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A quality improvement intervention to reduce emergency department radiography for bronchiolitis [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine, 2018 Bronchiolitis is one of the most common infectious diseases in children and the most frequent cause of hospitalization in infants. Clinical practice guidelines recommend that a chest X-ray (CXR) should not be routinely obtained in the diagnosis of bronchiolitis, as studies have shown that they do not affect clinical outcomes, but rather lead to overuse
Joel Reiter +6 more
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