Key Journals and Their Focus

Introduces journals that publish interventional radiology research and guidance such as Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology JVIR, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology CVIR, and Radiology and explains article types including technical notes, clinical outcome studies, device evaluations, and systematic reviews.

How to Read IR Research

A practical checklist for appraising IR studies: note patient selection, procedural technique, device model, imaging guidance used, outcome measures, complication reporting, and follow-up duration to judge applicability to local practice.

Using Literature for Protocols and QI

Advice on extracting procedural parameters, device performance data, and complication rates from papers to support protocol proposals, device selection, and departmental quality improvement projects with a sample summary table format.