Cargando…

A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status

X-ray services were first established in Singapore in 1898. With the opening of the General Hospital in 1926, there was subsequent increase in workload. However, a radiology department was not formed until the 1950s. Angiography was introduced in the same decade initially for diagnosis. By the 1960s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Teo, TKB, Tan, BS, Tay, KH
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291858
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.7.2.e13
_version_ 1782222046209507328
author Teo, TKB
Tan, BS
Tay, KH
author_facet Teo, TKB
Tan, BS
Tay, KH
author_sort Teo, TKB
collection PubMed
description X-ray services were first established in Singapore in 1898. With the opening of the General Hospital in 1926, there was subsequent increase in workload. However, a radiology department was not formed until the 1950s. Angiography was introduced in the same decade initially for diagnosis. By the 1960s and 1970s, both vascular and non-vascular interventions were performed. Subsequently, interventional radiology experienced exponential growth, with newer technology and better facilities established over the past 3 decades. With more trained interventional radiologists, the service is currently available in all public hospitals and in most private hospitals in Singapore today. It is envisaged that structured training and formal credentialing will be established, eventually leading to recognition of interventional radiology as a specialty in its own right.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3265151
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2011
publisher Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-32651512012-01-30 A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status Teo, TKB Tan, BS Tay, KH Biomed Imaging Interv J Commentary X-ray services were first established in Singapore in 1898. With the opening of the General Hospital in 1926, there was subsequent increase in workload. However, a radiology department was not formed until the 1950s. Angiography was introduced in the same decade initially for diagnosis. By the 1960s and 1970s, both vascular and non-vascular interventions were performed. Subsequently, interventional radiology experienced exponential growth, with newer technology and better facilities established over the past 3 decades. With more trained interventional radiologists, the service is currently available in all public hospitals and in most private hospitals in Singapore today. It is envisaged that structured training and formal credentialing will be established, eventually leading to recognition of interventional radiology as a specialty in its own right. Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2011-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3265151/ /pubmed/22291858 http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.7.2.e13 Text en © 2009 Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Commentary
Teo, TKB
Tan, BS
Tay, KH
A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title_full A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title_fullStr A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title_full_unstemmed A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title_short A brief history of interventional radiology in Singapore and its current status
title_sort brief history of interventional radiology in singapore and its current status
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291858
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.7.2.e13
work_keys_str_mv AT teotkb abriefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus
AT tanbs abriefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus
AT taykh abriefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus
AT teotkb briefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus
AT tanbs briefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus
AT taykh briefhistoryofinterventionalradiologyinsingaporeanditscurrentstatus