F. Schweser, K-H. Herrmann, A. Deistung, M. Atterbury, P. A. Baltzer, H. P. Burmeister, W. A. Kaiser, and J. R. Reichenbach Medical Physics Group, Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 1, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, School of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany, Dept. of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Dept. of Diagnos...

Lawrence T. Dauer, PhD, CHP, Raymond H. Thornton, MD, Donald L. Miller, MD, John Damilakis, PhD, Robert G. Dixon, MD, M. Victoria Marx, MD, Beth A. Schueler, PhD, Eliseo Vañó, PhD, Aradhana Venkatesan, MD, Gabriel Bartal, MD, Dimitrios Tsetis, MD, PhD, and John F. Cardella, MD, for the Society of Interventional Radiology Safety and Health Committee and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radi...

In 2012, the American Board of Medical Specialties announced a new dual primary certificate in interventional radiology (IR) and diagnostic radiology. This dual primary training and certification demonstrates how the role of the interventional radiologist has shifted. The primary intent of this new pathway is to provide a broader and more in-depth experience in the clinical diagnosis and care o...

X-ray services were first established in Singapore in 1898. With the opening of the General Hospital in 1926, there was subsequent increase in workload. However, a radiology department was not formed until the 1950s. Angiography was introduced in the same decade initially for diagnosis. By the 1960s and 1970s, both vascular and non-vascular interventions were performed. Subsequently, interventi...

There is a large movement within the field of interventional radiology (IR) and various related organizations (including the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association) for interventional radiologists to become more clinical. This is seen as the necessary next step for the specialty as it continues to evolve and grow. Here, we take a novel approach...

Slavko [imuni}1, Laszlo Horváth2, Kre{imir Glavina1, Bela Fornet3, Nada Be{enski4, Gyula Vargha5 and Ivan Lovasi}6 1 Department of Radiology, University Hospital »Osijek«, Osijek, Croatia 2 Department of Radiology, University Hospital Medical School, Pécs, Hungary 3 Private Clinic, Miskolc, Hungary 4 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Center »Zagreb«, Zag...

R The rapid advancement and innovation of image-guided techniques, devices, procedures, and treatments has led to difficulty for individual interventional radiologists and interventionalists to keep pace with new developments. In part for this reason, numerous short industry-sponsored and weekend (1–2 d) training courses have been developed. These courses may last for a portion of a day or seve...

Vida Demarin, MD, PhD, Prof., University Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Referral Center for Neurovascular Disorders of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic Croatia, Zagreb Arijana Lovrenčić-Huzjan, MD, PhD, Prof., University Department of Neurology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Referral Center for Neurovascular Disorders of the M...

MEDICAL simulation offers a tantalizing breadth and depth of potential for training and assessment in interventional radiology. It promises to provide solutions to many of the shortcomings of our traditional “apprenticeship” training. Mandatory restrictions on in-hospital work hours of resident trainees limit the time available for training and the breadth of case material to which the individu...