Archive for September 2024

Traditionally, radiology was known as a modality only concerned with diagnoses. Interventional radiology changed this. Since American radiologist Charles Dotter first used a guidewire and catheter to perform a through-the-skin procedure in 1964, radiologists have become actively involved in interventions. Today, minimally invasive procedures are routinely performed in radiology departments, ranging from marker placements, biopsies,…