Fluoroscopically or computed tomography guided interventions

Procedures comprising image guided therapeutic or diagnostic interventions by percutaneous or other access usually performed under local anaesthesia and/or sedation with fluoroscopy or computed tomography (CT). Three-dimensional (cone beam CT) imaging using fluoroscopic equipment is also used in some interventional procedures.

(Adapted from ICRP Publication 139, 2018)

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from ICRP Publication 139, 2018

Procedures comprising guided therapeutic and diagnostic interventions by percutaneous or other access usually performed under local anaesthesia and/or sedation with fluoroscopic or computed tomography (CT) imaging used to localise the lesion/treatment site monitor the procedure and control and document the therapy (ICRP 2000b). Three-dimensional (cone beam CT) imaging using fluoroscopic equipment is also used in some interventional procedures.