Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology is a specialty in which radiologists diagnose and/or treat diseases without surgery, by guiding tiny tubes through the body’s arteries and organs. It differs from diagnostic radiology, which determines how the body is functioning to discover if something is wrong.

Interventional Radiology allows the radiologists to place medications directly at the organ site, open blocked blood vessels, drain an obstructed kidney, obtain biopsies, and perform many other procedures, all by using x-rays and other radiologic equipment to guide them safely.

Interventional radiologists specialize in the use of fluoroscopy, CT, and ultrasound to guide passage through the skin for performing procedures such as biopsies, draining fluids, inserting catheters, or dilating or stenting narrowed ducts or vessels.