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Virtual radiologist stands ready to answer questions

By Wayne Forrest

How convenient would it be to have access in the palm of your hand to an on-call radiologist? Researchers hope to achieve that goal with a chatbot app that can answer questions from healthcare providers. They unveiled the app at this week's Society of Interventional Radiology 2017 annual meeting.

March 8, 2017

Interventional radiology market expected to grow

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The global interventional radiology market is expected to reach $23.5 billion by 2021, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

March 7, 2017

SIR: Bariatric embolization can beat obesity

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bariatric embolization is safe and effective for treating severe obesity, according to research presented this week at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

March 7, 2017

Groups launch interventional radiology registry

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new Interventional Radiology (IR) Registry has been launched by the Society of Interventional Radiology and the American College of Radiology to enable interventional practices to compare themselves with regional and national benchmarks.

March 7, 2017

SIR: UFE use still lags hysterectomy for fibroids

By Rebekah Moan

Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is vastly underutilized when it comes to treating uterine fibroids, according to a large nationwide study presented on March 6 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2017 annual meeting in Washington, DC.

March 6, 2017

ECR 2017 stands tall as showcase for product launches

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - The European Congress of Radiology in recent years has come into its own as a showcase for new launches of medical imaging products. ECR 2017 was no exception, with a variety of new scanner debuts in MRI, CT, and other modalities.

March 3, 2017

Philips adds Azurion installation in Miami

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare's Azurion image-guided therapy system has been installed at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute as part of a $120 million expansion project on the Baptist Hospital campus.

March 2, 2017

Philips launches new Azurion interventional platform

By Brian Casey

In what the company is calling its most significant new product launch in years, Philips Healthcare on Wednesday debuted Azurion, a new platform for image-guided therapy. The platform includes hardware and software improvements designed to enable clinicians to more efficiently perform complex interventional procedures.

February 21, 2017

CT better than echo for aortic annulus before TAVR

By Eric Barnes

Aortic valve replacement may be more accurate when measurements are made with CT versus echocardiography, according to a January 24 paper in Academic Radiology. Coronary CT angiography measurements correlated well with 3D echocardiography results by most measures, making CT a suitable replacement for echo in planning transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery.

February 12, 2017

Interventional radiology market slated for strong gains

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The global interventional radiology market generated $13.8 billion in revenue in 2015, which is projected to climb at a compound annual growth rate of 5.8% to reach $22.9 billion by 2024, according to a new report by Transparency Market Research.

February 7, 2017

SIR issues statement on Trump foreign entry ban

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) said it has concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to the U.S. of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations, including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

February 2, 2017

Hologic launches updated NovaSure ablation system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has launched an upgraded version of its NovaSure Advanced endometrial ablation system.

February 1, 2017

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