TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Fluoroscopy in Interventional Pain Medicine A1 - Schultz, David M. A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. PY - 2015 T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - Since their discovery in 1895, x-rays have revolutionized the practice of medicine. By allowing doctors to view the inside of the living body, x-rays have greatly increased our ability to diagnose and treat disease and to precisely deliver targeted therapies. The fluoroscope was the first x-ray machine and has evolved from its humble beginnings into a powerful and sophisticated device that has become the basis for the new field of interventional pain management. Modern fluoroscopes enable the interventional pain practitioner to use continuous, real-time x-ray imaging to guide interventional procedures that target the physical generators of pain with a high degree of precision and safety. Since fluoroscopy is essential for most invasive pain procedures, it is imperative that interventional pain physicians have a firm understanding of the fluoroscope in order to use it safely and effectively in daily practice. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/08 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107195689 ER -