Practicals · IR

Interventional Radiology

83 practical items from the NBEMS DrNB curriculum, grouped by the curriculum's own sections.

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Top education resources

Top education resources for Interventional Radiology

Video libraries, simulators and animations that residents and published reviews rate highly. We opened every link and checked it plays (8 Oct 2026). Ranked best first.

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    IR Education (SIR Resident, Fellow & Student Section, YouTube)
    Video channelFree · no loginIndependently endorsed

    IR hardware (needles, catheters, wires, sheaths), procedure explainers (TIPS etc.), resident webinars, 'Day in the Life' episodes

    The IR society's own trainee channel; 'Introduction to IR Tools' (109,901 views) is the standard first lesson on hardware asked in vivas

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    RABir IR video library (Radiology Across Borders)
    Video libraryFree · no loginSolvedPGSS pick

    Real procedure videos: targeted US-guided liver biopsy, PICC set-up and insertion, US-guided lymph-node biopsy, pleural tap, CT-guided epidural and S1 root injections, nephrostomy, cholecystostomy, paediatric IR; fundamentals quiz

    Full-length real procedures filmed by volunteer IRs for clinicians in developing countries; one founder trained at AIIMS; no login

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    IRAD Graphics (YouTube)
    AnimationsFree · no loginSolvedPGSS pick

    Short 3D animations of IR procedures: Seldinger technique, PICC, tunnelled dialysis catheter, chest port, TACE/embolisation, PAD angioplasty and stent, thyroid and bone-marrow biopsy, PPH embolisation

    1-4 minute animations that show device path and steps clearly; chest port (362,563 views) and tunnelled dialysis catheter (192,606) are the most viewed

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    KMCH Interventional Radiology (YouTube) 🇮🇳
    Video channelFree · no loginSolvedPGSS pick

    Postgraduate morning classes on catheters, microcatheters, guide wires, balloons, embolisation, stroke thrombectomy, flow diverters

    Indian IR department teaching hardware and neuro-IR fundamentals; 'Catheters fundamentals you should know' has 54,181 views

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    RadioGyan: IR Tools and Hardware lecture (Dr Rajesh Venunath Nair) 🇮🇳
    Video channelFree · no loginSolvedPGSS pick

    Needles, sheaths, wires, catheters, embolic agents and their selection; viva-style hardware teaching

    Indian faculty, one long structured lecture (6,651 s) on the hardware questions every IR viva starts with; 35,219 views

83 items

Patient safety

Practicals: physics

Lead apron and protective devices

Instrument
  • VideoHow to Clean your Radiation Protection Apron REV001211103, 2-18-201:26
  • VideoHow to INSPECT Lead APRONS5:19
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Quality control in a DSA / IR lab

Lab technique
  • VideoThe new EFOMP Protocol for the Quality Control of Dynamic Imaging Systems1:11:41
  • VideoDSA QA Process6:28
  • +55 more links

Practicals: DSA/IR lab

DSA equipment and fluoroscopic controls

Instrument
  • VideoDSA || DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY || PRINCIPLE |PART-1| TYPES OF DSA || EXPLAINED IN HINDI |...17:11
  • PageLecture 6 and 7 - Fluoroscopy equipment operation DSAstudyres.com
  • +44 more links

Angiographic post-processing

Interpretation
  • VideoLive CT Scan Of Brain Angiography| Scanning and processing technique #radiologytechnologist #ctscan17:57
  • VideoPost Processing Cardiac CT27:07
  • +66 more links

Physics

3D rotational angiography

Interpretation
  • VideoAIP 3D Rotational Angiography System Video1:02
  • Video3-D ROTATIONAL CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY0:52
  • +66 more links

Practicals: anatomy

Gross and angiographic anatomy for IR procedures

Interpretation
  • VideoInternal Carotid Artery Segments and Branches | Radiology anatomy part 1 prep | Angiography14:29
  • VideoAbdominal Aorta and Branches | Radiology anatomy part 1 prep | How to read CTA + DSA20:51
  • +66 more links

Anatomy and pathology

Liver transplant evaluation imaging

Interpretation
  • VideoSonographic evaluation of the liver transplant - Lecture54:25
  • Video48. Imaging Evaluation of Liver Transplantation Part 1. By Prof. Dr. Amir Borhani54:34
  • +66 more links

Postings

Doppler ultrasound (vascular)

Interpretation4-6 months posting
  • VideoUltrasound Tutorial: DVT / Lower Limb Veins | Radiology Nation6:52
  • VideoIntroduction to Doppler Ultrasound3:07
  • +66 more links

Technical aspects (hardware)

Vascular sheaths

Instrument
  • VideoInterventional Radiology Series Part 2: Needles, Catheters, Wires, Sheaths23:22
  • VideoBasics of Interventional Radiology: Catheters, Sheaths, and Dilators4:34
  • +66 more links

Guidewires

Instrument
  • Video30.5 Manual of PCI - Guidewires21:22
  • VideoGuidewires: The Basics10:02
  • +66 more links

Micro guidewires and microcatheters

Instrument
  • VideoMicrocatheters - the fundamentals52:07
  • VideoSteps of Progreat Microcatheter preparation used in Vascular Embolization by Dr. Mostafa Farid2:58
  • +44 more links

Balloons

Instrument
  • VideoDRUG COATED BALLOON:-Latest Balloon Angioplasty Technique Benefits and issues14:43
  • VideoDilation Balloon Catheter Tutorial4:32
  • +66 more links

Stents

Instrument
  • VideoCarotid Angioplasty and Stenting (3D Animation)2:09
  • VideoStep-by-step process of carotid artery stenting2:15
  • +66 more links

Stent grafts

Instrument
  • VideoNEJM Procedure: Deployment of an Endovascular Graft in an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm2:19
  • VideoAortic aneurysm treatment with endovascular fenestrated and branched stent-grafts7:26
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Embolizing agents

Instrument
  • VideoInterventional Radiology: How to Use Embolization Agents - Part 255:38
  • VideoHow To: EmboCube® Embolization Gelatin Preparation In-Service2:07
  • +66 more links

Stroke intervention devices

Instrument
  • VideoStroke: Acute Stroke Intervention2:39
  • VideoMechanical Thrombectomy - Neurovascular stent deployment1:07
  • +66 more links

IVC filters

Instrument
  • VideoInferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement8:56
  • VideoInferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement (Eric K. Peden, MD, M. Mujeeb Zubair, MD)2:16
  • +66 more links

Sclerosants

Instrument
  • VideoDr Richard Oliver - Sclerosants and sclerotherapy17:18
  • PageSclerosants : Dermatologic Surgeryovid.com
  • +44 more links

Drug-eluting beads (DE beads)

Instrument
  • VideoTransarterial Chemoembolization with Drug-loaded Beads1:20
  • VideoMixing Embozene Beads | BackTable Demo3:14
  • +66 more links

Seldinger technique

Procedure
  • VideoSeldinger Technique & Modified Seldinger Technique3:35
  • VideoSeldinger technique0:51
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Non-vascular interventions

Image-guided FNAC / biopsy

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoUCSF Radiology: Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy3:24
  • VideoLung Tumor Biopsy1:38
  • +66 more links

Percutaneous gastrostomy

Procedure
  • VideoGastrostomy Tube Placement (G-Tube) by Interventional Radiology | BackTable Demo10:03
  • VideoRadiographically Place Gastrostomy Feeding Tubes7:46
  • +66 more links

Percutaneous gastro-jejunostomy

Procedure
  • VideoEndoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Tube (GJ) Placement in Children8:04
  • VideoPercutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Gastrostomy with Jejunal Extension...14:39
  • +44 more links

Percutaneous jejunostomy

Procedure
  • VideoPercutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy Tube: Large Single Institution Experience and 30-Day Outcomes8:18
  • VideoDirect Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy: Step by Step10:19
  • +66 more links

Percutaneous caecostomy

Procedure
  • VideoPercutaneous endoscopic caecostomy and antegrade... - YouTube
  • PagePercutaneous Endoscopic Cecostomy (PEC) Tube Placement: A Case Seriesjournals.lww.com
  • +44 more links

Gastrointestinal stenting

Procedure
  • VideoEvolution® Esophageal Controlled-Release Stent – Partially Covered Endoscopic Animation1:01
  • VideoEsophageal Stent Tutorial3:04
  • +66 more links

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoPercutaneous Biliary Drainage (PTBD) in management of obstructive jaundice2:15
  • VideoBile Ducts--DIRECT ACCESS+GW METHOD (Drainge catheter without safety string lock).mpe1:39
  • +66 more links

Genito-urinary interventions

Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN)

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoNephrostomy Explained in 3D: Relieving a Blocked Kidney1:05
  • VideoPercutaneous Nephrostomy4:21
  • +66 more links

Renal transplant interventions

Procedure
  • VideoTransplant renal artery stent insertion5:24
  • VideoEverything you need to know about renal transplant artery stenosis! Dr. Ghaneh Fananapazir36:09
  • +66 more links

Drainage of prostatic abscess

Procedure
  • VideoTRUS guided Aspiration of Prostatic Abcess by Dr. Wadah Ceifo7:07
  • VideoProstatic Abscess TRUS Guided Drainage | Pus Inside the Prostate |
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Musculoskeletal interventions

Percutaneous ablation of bone and soft tissue lesions (RFA)

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoRadiofrequency Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma with Use of Intraoperative Three Dimensional Imaging...2:32
  • PageImage-Guided Percutaneous Ablation of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumorspmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • +44 more links

Image-guided intra-articular injection

Procedure
  • VideoIntra articular Knee Joint Cortisone Injection3:08
  • VideoUltrasound guided glenohumeral joint injection - 2 min series MSKUS3:23
  • +66 more links

Percutaneous osteoplasty

Procedure
  • VideoMicrowave ablation and percutaneous osteoplasty in flat bone metastases – Video abstract [482477]3:26
  • PagePercutaneous osteoplasty and interventions in VBCF (2023) – CIRSEcirse.org
  • +44 more links

Image-guided spinal disc procedures

Procedure
  • VideoFluoroscopic View of Percutaneous Disk Decompression Procedure1:09
  • Pagesciencedirect.com/book/9780323401531/atlas-of-image-guided-spinal...sciencedirect.com
  • +44 more links

Image-guided spinal nerve root procedures

Procedure
  • VideoNerve Root Block Injection Procedure Animation Video1:35
  • VideoSelective Nerve Root Block ot Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection3:44
  • +66 more links

Interventional oncology

Vascular interventional oncology

Procedure
  • PageVascular interventional oncology: TACE and SIRT | Lecture by Heather Moriarty | Radiopaedia.orgradiopaedia.org
  • +33 more links

Vascular diagnosis and intervention

Diagnostic angiography

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 20, independently under supervision 30
  • VideoDiagnostic Cerebral Angiography3:25
  • PageDiagnostic Angiography - Interventional Neuroradiology | UCLA Healthuclahealth.org
  • +33 more links

Peripheral limb angioplasty

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoLower extremity PAD interventions: General approach, techniques, and devices- Elias Hanna1:29:15
  • VideoPercutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of LSFA - Peripheral Interventions June 22, 20161:36:56
  • +55 more links

Peripheral limb stenting

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • Video3D Medical Animation: Vascular Stent System for Leg Arteries3:32
  • VideoExternal Iliac Artery Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting (Alan B. Lumsden, MD, M. Mujeeb Zubair, MD)4:36
  • +55 more links

Bronchial artery embolization (BAE)

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoBronchial Artery Embolization (BAE), Dr. Pradeep Muley, New Delhi2:42
  • VideoEmbolization Bronchial Artery 202027:06
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Embolization procedures

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoLiver Tumor Embolization & Chemoembolization6:30
  • VideoProstatic Artery Embolization Procedure Technique | Lucas R. Cusumano, MD, MPH3:16
  • +66 more links

Vascular malformation intervention

Procedure
  • VideoOnyx Embolization of Arteriovenous Malformation of Right Upper Arm (A. Lumsden, MD, M. Zubair, MD)4:33
  • VideoPulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Coil Embolization & Plug Placement (Lumsden, MD; Zubair, MD)6:27
  • +66 more links

Vascular trauma intervention

Procedure
  • VideoEmbolization Splenic Trauma 202019:44
  • VideoSIR-RFS Webinar (2/7/2013): Principles of Embolization in Trauma1:01:26
  • +66 more links

Visceral arterial intervention

Procedure
  • VideoTransfemoral SMA Stenting with Replaced Hepatic Artery for Mesenteric Ischemia (Rahimi MD Zubair MD)5:15
  • VideoMET - 31 - Angioplasty and Stenting of the Mesenteric Arteries5:45
  • +55 more links

Obstetric and gynaecological arterial embolization

Procedure
  • VideoSIR-RFS Webinar 11/11/20: Postpartum Hemorrhage and the role of Uterine Artery Embolization1:24:56
  • PagePelvic Arterial Embolisation in Obstetric and Gynaecological ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • +44 more links

Prostate artery embolization (PAE)

Procedure
  • VideoProstate artery embolization for benign prostatic hyperplasia3:15
  • VideoProstatic Artery Embolization Procedure Technique | Lucas R. Cusumano, MD, MPH3:16
  • +66 more links

Interventional management of priapism

Procedure
  • VideoT-shunt for Priapism step-by-step - YouTube
  • VideoEmergency Management of Priapism (Viewer Discretion Advised ... - YouTube
  • +55 more links

Venous disorders

Direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt (DIPS)

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 30, independently under supervision 50
  • VideoDIPS procedure, percutaneous approach3:02
  • VideoMEDICAL MILESTONE: FIRST DIPS PROCEDURE IN KALYANA KARNATAKA | GLOBAL GASTRO LIVER6:07
  • +66 more links

Venous thrombosis intervention

Procedure
  • VideoCase Discussion: IR Catheter Directed Thrombolysis For High PE Burden2:05
  • VideoTreatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) with interventional radiology procedures- Dr. Kunal Arora IR8:24
  • +66 more links

Venous insufficiency intervention

Procedure
  • PageRight Refluxing Perforating Vein Ablation with Venclose Maven™ Perforator Catheter - BD Advance Trainingadvanceedu.bd.com
  • PageLeft GSV Ablation with Venclose™ RF Ablation Catheter - BD Advance Trainingadvanceedu.bd.com
  • +33 more links

Haemodialysis access interventions

Procedure
  • VideoSIR-RFS Webinar (4/24/14): Dialysis Access Surgical Creation and Endovascular Interventions1:09:32
  • VideoManagement and Access Stenosis and Occlusion (Mark Mattos, MD)13:30
  • +66 more links

Central venous access

Procedure
  • VideoCentral Line Placement by Cal Shipley, M.D.12:38
  • VideoHow To: Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Access Part 1 Case Study8:05
  • +66 more links

Venous sampling

Procedure
  • PageVenous sampling (2025) – CIRSEcirse.org
  • +33 more links

Neuro-interventional procedures

Neuro-interventions

Procedureobserver 20, first assistant 50, independently under supervision 20
  • VideoNeurointerventional Stroke Rounds - Aneurysm Coiling4:56
  • Video[NI Basic] Basics of Neurovascular Intervention and Neurointerventional devices17:43
  • +66 more links

Carotid stenting

Procedure
  • VideoCarotid Angioplasty and Stenting (3D Animation)2:09
  • VideoStep-by-step process of carotid artery stenting2:15
  • +66 more links

Endovascular management of brain aneurysm

Procedure
  • VideoNeurointerventional Stroke Rounds - Aneurysm Coiling4:56
  • VideoAneurysms: Simple and Advanced Coiling Technqiues - Stephen Monteith, MD38:32
  • +55 more links

Teaching and training activities

Clinical audit

Communication / adminonce a month
  • VideoHow to write an AUDIT - Medical edition14:43
  • VideoClinical Audit - What You Need to Know to ACE Your Interview or Exam5:13
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