interventional radiology

British

noun

an application of radiology that enables minimally invasive surgery to be performed with the aid of simultaneous radiological imaging of the field of operation within the body

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The hospital's interventional radiology suite will be named after Dame Deborah.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

Published in Science Robotics, this proof of concept could change the interventional radiology approaches used to treat liver cancers.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

First, Goldberg and a colleague tried the interventional radiology department.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2023

Fergus, doing his interventional radiology residency at The University of Chicago Medicine, spent many 12-hour shifts caring for patients and reading chest images of people suffering from COVID-19.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020

The groom, 33, is a radiology physician completing his residency in interventional radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2019

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