How is radiation used to diagnose patients? In 1895, German/Dutch physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays. In one of his experiments, he found that x-rays could pass through the body, producing an ...

Defecography helps doctors see problems with bowel movements using X-rays. The test involves putting barium paste in the rectum and taking X-ray images as it’s expelled. The test takes about 15 to 30 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radiation exposure represents a significant occupational health hazard for fluoroscopy lab staff. Societies ...

Health care professionals performing minimally invasive procedures in fluoroscopy laboratories, often called "cath labs," should no longer have to accept preventable radiation exposure and orthopedic ...

Lymphoedema means swelling caused by a build up of lymph fluid in an area of the body. It can happen if lymph drainage channels or lymph nodes are blocked, removed or damaged. This can happen due to ...

Medical imaging is a key part of diagnosing and monitoring many health conditions, but not all scans work the same way. Technologies like X-ray, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, and MRI each use different ...

A deep dive into the physiological and mechanical evaluation of pelvic floor disorders. The episode examines the hardware evolution of manometry from water-perfused catheters to high-resolution ...

In the setting of pelvic disorders, before the introduction of MRI defecography, conventional fluoroscopic defecography was the gold standard. Compared to this latter, MRI defecography has the ...

Is the equipment designed to protect healthcare workers in cath labs doing more harm than good? For years, concerns about clinicians working in fluoroscopy labs have centered on the long-term dangers ...

When you have constipation that won’t go away for 3 weeks or more, it’s time to see a doctor for help. After your regular doctor checks for any problems, you may want to ask them to recommend a ...

MRI defecography (MRD) can provide more complete information and limit challenges that make pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) difficult to diagnose, researchers have found. In an article on 28 January in ...