Stevens, B J Skermer, L Davies, J
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
The chest x-ray (CXR) is the most commonly performed x-ray examination in England, UK. Reporting radiographers provide a cost-effective and safe solution for managing CXR backlogs, but not all Trusts support this service development. This study aimed to establish the service enablers and challenges associated with training and employing radiographe...
Ketema, S F Kekana, R M Essop, H Msonza, H W
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Radiographic imaging of children presents several complexities, one of which includes their reliance on an adult to take care of them. Literature reports on investigations that focused on interactions of healthcare professionals with children and their parents or guardians in the healthcare setting, but little is known about radiographers' interact...
Fisher, S
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
The fast track pathway for palliative radiotherapy was created to facilitate rapid access to radiotherapy for symptom relief and improved quality of life. The fast track pathway has a target of 5 days from the decision to treat to starting treatment. This study is a quantitative analysis of all patients referred and treated with palliative radiothe...
Harcus, J W Stevens, B J
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
The preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE) abnormality flagging system is a progression from the red dot system. The need for a PCE service may be reduced by immediate "hot" reporting services, however, PCE can be valuable in those Trusts that do not have a "hot reporting"service, as well as in the out of hours setting. This study aimed to identify ...
Ryder, A Parsons, C Hutchinson, C E Greaney, B Thake, C D
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
The purpose of this study was to investigate patient perceptions and acceptance of the three whole-body imaging (WBI) modalities used for diagnosing myeloma; radiographic skeletal survey (RSS), low-dose whole-body computed tomography (LD-WBCT) and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI). The secondary aim was to explore the factors affecting...
McNair, H A Joyce, E O'Gara, G Jackson, M Peet, B Huddart, R A Wiseman, T
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Online MRI guided adaptive radiotherapy (MRIgRT) is resource intensive. To maintain and increase uptake traditional roles and responsibilities may need refining. This novel study aims to provide an in-depth understanding and subsequent impact of the roles required to deliver on-line adaptive MRIgRT by exploring the current skills and knowledge of r...
Zujić, P Valković Božanić, A Jurković, S Šegota, D Dujmić, E Grgurević Čandrlić, B Karić, M
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Early breast cancer detection can be achieved by enforcing the quality of mammography screening program. Hence, proper breast positioning is necessary. Systematic education of radiographers on mammographic positioning is a prerequisite for obtaining high-quality mammograms. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the importance of self-evaluation a...
Crosthwaite, P
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Historically, procedures requiring fluoroscopic guidance such as myelography; barium and video swallows; and fluoroscopy guided lumbar punctures (LP) have been performed by radiologists with the assistance of radiographers. As the National Health Service (NHS) evolves, more responsibilities are being disseminated to specifically trained radiographe...
Hadadi, I Rae, W Clarke, J McEntee, M Ekpo, E
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Breast density is associated with an increase in breast cancer risk and limits early detection of the disease. This study assesses the diagnostic performance of mammogram readers in digital mammography (DM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). Eleven breast readers with 1-39 years of experience reading mammograms and 0-4 years of experience read...
Antwi, W K Reeves, P Christine, F Aziato, L
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Child physical abuse is intentionally inflicted injury of a child and presents a challenging diagnosis to clinicians mostly as a result of doubts about whether the findings were perpetrated by carers of these children. Suspected child physical abuse cannot be reported without its initial identification, substantiation and reporting. Imaging finding...
