Interventional Radiology for Cancer Diagnosis
Interventional Radiology for Cancer Diagnosis Interventional Radiology Interventional radiology is immerging medical field, an interventional radiologist uses various imaging methods to diagnosis, treat and manage various disorders, these disorders are usually associated with blood vessels or lymph nodes. IR specialists use real time imaging techniques like fluoroscopy, X-ray, MRI, CT-scan or ultrasound to diagnosis various conditions or even injuries, the kind of imaging machines they use is depend upon the type of disease. Interventional radiologist may use general anesthesia depending upon the length and type of diagnosis. Angioplasty, stenting are some common procedures used by the IR, they insert tiny catheters (thin tubes) to perform these procedures, which is why they are called as minimally invasive procedures.IR Procedures can be also called as life-saving as they treat life-threatening conditions like stroke or cancer. Interventional radiology proced...