Images & Videos: Catheter Embolization
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Neurointerventional radiology procedure
An interventional radiologist and his team in the interventional radiology suite performing a catheter procedure. A close-up demonstration of the catheter entering the groin, and clinical images in the interventional suite and from the control room are shown. The interventional radiology suite looks similar to a traditional operating room, but the procedures performed in it are less invasive than open surgery.
Catheter embolization Image: Coronal MR pelvis, large fibroid
X-ray equipment is mounted on a C-shaped gantry with the x-ray tube itself beneath the table on which the patient lies. Above the patient is an image intensifier that receives the x-ray signals, amplifies them, and sends them to a TV monitor.
