IMPORTANCE OF IMAGING IN

SURGICAL CONDITIONS ,
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY ,
DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS

BY AYESHA GUL
LECTURER | SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY
Importance of Imaging in Surgical Condition,
Interventional Radiology
 Importance of Radiology in Surgery:
• The digital technology using imaging can provide doctors
with accurate imaging data to help them judge patients
diseases in the entire surgery process.

• The application of medical imaging technology in clinic

can not only make doctors have more efficient and
accurate diagnosis in clinic, but also provide more reliable
diagnosis and treatment schemes for patients and
improve the success rate of final surgery.
 Importance of Medical Imagine Technology

• This can not only reduce the surgical accidents caused by

doctors’ inexperience in surgery, but also help doctors to
find the difficult-pathological parts that they didn’t notice
before or during the operation in time, and help doctors to
better avoid nerve tissue and other non-diseased tissues
through real-time medical imaging equipment during the
operation, thus greatly reducing the failure rate of the
operation.
 IR

Interventional Radiology is pin hole surgery performed

with the aid of X rays, CT and ultrasound .
OR
Interventional radiology (IR), also known as vascular
interventional radiology (VIR) or surgical radiology, is a
sub-specialty of radiology providing minimal invasive
image-guided diagnosis and treatment of diseases in
every organ system.
 Interventional Radiology:

• Interventional radiology treatments have become the

primary method of care for a variety of conditions, offering
less risk, less pain and less recovery time, compared to
open surgery.
 IR

• The main benefits of interventional radiology techniques

are that they can reach the deep structures of the body
through a body orifice or tiny incision.
Diagnostic Process
 Diagnostic Process / Imaging modalities
o X-rays
o Fluoroscopy
o Computed tomography
o Magnetic Resonance imaging
o Ultrasound
 X-Rays

o X-rays are highly penetrating ionizing radiation with

shorter wavelength and high frequency that travel through
the space at the speed of light.

o It always travel in a straight line and cause the shadow of

a radio opaque object place in their path .
 Fluoroscopy
o Allows dynamic imaging of Blood vessels (angiography)
and ‘interventional’ procedures.
o The primary function of the fluoroscope is to provide real
time dynamic viewing of anatomic structures.
o Dynamic studies are examinations that show the motion
of circulation or the motion of internal structures.
o During fluoroscopy, the radiologist generally uses contrast
media (Dye) to highlight the anatomy.
 Computed Tomography
• The word tomography is derived from Greek word Tomo
mean to cut and Graphy mean to draw or to image some
thing.

• A CT scan is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a

combination of X-rays and computer technology to
produce images of the inside of the body.
 CT Scan

• It shows detailed images of any part of the body, including

the bones, muscles, fat, organs and blood vessels.

• A computerized tomography (CT) scan combines a series

of X-ray images taken from different angles around your
body.
 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Magnetic resonance imaging is a medical diagnostic
technique used in radiology to investigate the anatomy
and the physiological processes of the body with the help
of images.
• MRI of the body uses a powerful magnetic field, radio
waves and a computer to produce 3 dimensional pictures
of the inside of your body.
• It is a better scan for looking at ligaments and tendons,
your spinal cord and other soft tissues, and organs.
 Ultrasound
• Ultrasound is safe and painless, and produces pictures of
the inside of the body using sound waves.
• Ultrasound imaging, also called sonography, involves the
use of a small transducer (probe) and ultrasound gel
placed directly on the skin.
• High-frequency sound waves are transmitted from the
probe through the gel into the body.
• The transducer collects the sounds that bounce back and
a computer then uses those sound waves to create an
image.
 Ultrasound
• Ultrasound examinations do not use ionizing radiation (as
used in x-rays), thus there is no radiation exposure to the
patient.

• Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time,

they can show the structure and movement of the body's
internal organs, as well as blood flowing through blood
vessels.
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