Imaging Technology

MARCH 25, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation today presented the Leader in Innovation Award to Suresh Vedantham , MD, FSIR , during SIR’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Salt Lake City. He is the current president of the Southeastern Angiographic Society (SEAS).

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 13, 2024

Using virtual reality (VR)-based sedation during interventional radiology procedures reduces patient pain and anxiety, researchers have found. The study results were published March 12 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 26, 2024

Lewandowski, MD, FSIR , an interventional radiologist and professor at Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago, assumed the office of president of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) on March 26 during the SIR 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting in Salt Lake City. “Throughout the last 50 years, SIR has enabled the specialty (..)

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While interventional radiologists can have an impact in a number of clinical areas by offering minimally invasive options for patients, there remains a prevailing lack of awareness about the speciality among referring physicians and patients.

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Health Imaging

JUNE 5, 2024

Since interventional radiology is a fairly new specialty, this information could be critical to its continued growth.

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Radiology Business

JULY 2, 2024

Based in South Jordan, Utah, the company is purchasing rights to the EsophyX Z+ device from EndoGastric Solutions, adding $30M in annual revenue.

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Radiology Business

JULY 2, 2024

Physician assistants also handled a growing share of treatments, with their tally increasing nearly 67% between 2010 and 2021.

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ScienceDirect

JUNE 5, 2024

This study aimed to analyze the online presence of interventional radiology (IR), and its popularity over time and location, given reported under-awar…

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Despite the well-established benefits of interventional radiology (IR), more than half of the world’s population lacks access to IR services and resources. Variable factors underlying this discrepancy have not been explored.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Within the past decade, Medicare reimbursements for interventional radiology (IR) procedures have been declining. In order to offset expenses, hospitals may increase charges. This study aimed to characterize the utilization and billing trends in IR.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The introduction of the integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency in 2017 marked a change in the way IRs are trained. However, pathways to IR are still offered after completing diagnostic radiology (DR) residency.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The purpose of this study is to quantify the shape and magnitude of the learning curve for classes of procedures performed by new interventional radiology (IR) attendings.

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JVIR

JANUARY 23, 2024

We are delighted to introduce this special issue of Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) engendered by the plenary session from the 2023 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting titled “Act Local, Think Global: IR and Its Role in Immuno-Oncology.”

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 06/22/2023 - 20:06 June 22, 2023 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published a new position statement offering recommendations on the management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with endovascular placement of metallic stents.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To evaluate whether there is an association between academic productivity and NIH grant funding in the interventional radiology community.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology (IR/DR) residency has garnered increased interest from prospective applicants since its inception. Information regarding IR/DR resident characteristics is not well understood and is critical information for ascertaining adequate diversity of available medical student talent.

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Radiology Business

MAY 21, 2024

Central Ohio Urology is working with Prostate Centers USA, a Virginia-based IR group that operates a network of locations across several states.

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JVIR

JUNE 14, 2023

To state the position of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) on the endovascular management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with metallic stents.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The objective is to predict billing codes for standard interventional radiology procedures from post-procedure notes to reduce time spent on this tedious task and improve reimbursement.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the significance of scholarly activity in a successful interventional radiology match. Bibliometric analysis has been established as a reliable method for quantifying research productivity.

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JVIR

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2017, the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation convened a Research Consensus Panel (RCP) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs), inviting experts to identify priorities for the advancement of PRO use for the field of interventional radiology (IR) (1).

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2024

a leading clinical augmented reality med-tech company, announced the successful first installation and clinical cases using the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite [1] at North Star Vascular and Interventional in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Interventional radiology (IR) clinical trials are pivotal for advancing medical treatments and enhancing patient care. Understanding the various categories of these trials is essential to pinpoint prevalent research themes and identify underexplored areas.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To categorize trends in the popularity of the integrated interventional radiology (IR) residency among medical school seniors and assess changes in the level of applicant competitiveness required to successfully match since the integrated pathway’s inception.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Historically, exposure to Interventional Radiology (IR) has been lacking in medical student training but is an important factor in medical student specialty selection. The purpose of this study is to define the current state of IR exposure to US medical students.

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Radiology Business

MARCH 15, 2024

DR and IR were 2 of 13 specialties that had increases of more than 10% in the number of positions filled by U.S. MD seniors.

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Radiology Business

MAY 10, 2024

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with bed space at a premium, UAB Medicine started sending patients home after percutaneous cryoablation of renal tumors.

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MSK Library

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Library has recently acquired the 5th edition of the Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures. This text is useful for interventional and general radiologists, but also … Continue reading →

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To describe the usage pattern and method of access to the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) periprocedural anticoagulation and antibiotics guidelines before and after the release of the SIR Guidelines mobile application.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since interventional radiologists are frequently asked to obtain tissue diagnosis for thoracic malignancies, a multidisciplinary clinic for thoracic malignancies centered in an interventional radiology office allows for optimizing efficiency in patient evaluation and management.

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JVIR

MAY 7, 2023

In the article titled “Exposure to interventional radiology rotations in osteopathic medical schools: Trends in residency applications and matching,” Cyphers et al found that fewer than one third of osteopathic medical schools offered clinical rotations in interventional radiology (IR).

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JVIR

MAY 30, 2024

Reproductive outcomes after uterine artery embolization (UAE) for the treatment of uterine fibroids are challenging to study, leaving several unanswered questions surrounding the future fertility of patients undergoing the procedure.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To evaluate the ability of machine learning models in predicting publication of prior Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) abstracts.

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JVIR

DECEMBER 29, 2023

I would also like to thank the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation for supporting the Dotter Lecture. President Patel, President-elect Tam, Executive Director Hume, dear colleagues, and friends, thank you for the honor of allowing me to give the 2023 Dotter Lecture.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 16, 2024

Interventional procedures play an integral role in managing traumatic pediatric injuries nonoperatively, though specific guidelines for the use of endovascular interventions in this setting have not been fully defined prior to these latest recommendations.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To explore the potential application of GPT-4 in the summarization of interventional radiology (IR) procedural reports in multiple languages to increase patient comprehension of their care and experience with IR.

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JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To evaluate the accuracy of an automated natural language processing (NLP) parser in rapidly extracting vital procedure details from Interventional Radiology (IR) reports. This technology aims to augment quality assurance, real-time analytics, and retrospective research, thereby contributing to a dynamic learning healthcare system.

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