Evelyn Choong, Yu Kai Tay, Jiayi Yanti Binte Abdul Razak, Aizan Nur Look, Muhammad Avin Sng, Li Hoon
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Introduction A chest X-ray (CXR), taken in full inspiration, is important to ensure pathology in the lungs will not be missed. To achieve this, effective communication on breathing instructions for patients is crucial. During the COVID-19 pandemic, radiographers in our Hospital were challenged when performing CXR for the patients whose native langu...
Dzidzornu, E Angmorterh, S K Ofori-Manteaw, B B Aboagye, S Ofori, E K Owusu-Agyei, S Hogg, P
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Breast compression during mammographic examinations improves image quality and patient management. Several studies have been conducted to assess compression force variability among practitioners in order to establish compression guidelines. However, no such study has been conducted in Ghana. This study aims to investigate the compression force vari...
Tugwell-Allsup, J Owen, B W England, A
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
The need to continually optimise CT protocols is essential to ensure the lowest possible radiation dose for the clinical task and individual patient. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of reducing effective mAs on nodule detection and radiation dose across six scanners. An anthropomorphic chest phantom was scanned using a low-dose ches...
Papathanasiou, S Thompson, J D Walton, L A
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Monitor specification and viewing conditions are important factors affecting image assessment in mammography. This survey evaluates the different viewing conditions and monitor specifications that exist in acquisition and reporting rooms in UK breast screening units. Static (n = 10) and mobile (n = 2) breast screening units were evaluated in North ...
Ooi, J.W.L. Er, A.T.W. Lee, W.C. Chee, H.C.
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Introduction Traditionally, shift work for radiographers at our institution comprised of three shift patterns – morning (8am-2pm), afternoon (2pm–9pm) and night (9pm-8am). However, when COVID-19 was first detected in Singapore in January 2020, the 12-h shift was introduced for better team segregation and deployment to meet the service needs of the ...
Higgins, R. Murphy, F. Hogg, P.
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Introduction As part of the BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography programme students learn and undertake research relevant to their development as first post radiographers (dose optimisation and image quality) within the Research-Informed Teaching experience (RiTe). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delivery of RiTe to our year 2 students was moved to ...
Pandit, M.K. Banday, S.A. Naaz, R. Chishti, M.A.
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Introduction The breakdown of a deadly infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus ( named SARS n-CoV2) back in December 2019 has shown no respite to slow or stop in general. This contagious disease has spread across different lengths and breadths of the globe, taking a death toll to nearly 700 k by the start of August 2020. The num...
Rainford, L.A. Zanardo, M. Buissink, C. Decoster, R. Hennessy, W. Knapp, K. Kraus, B. Lanca, L. Lewis, S. Mahlaola, T.B.
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Introduction To investigate student clinical placement concerns and opinions, during the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and to inform educational institution support planning. Methods Between mid-June to mid-July 2020, educational institutions from 12 countries were invited to participate in an online survey designed to gain student radiographe...
Wilson, S Thompson, J D
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
To investigate the impact of two Meglumine-Diatrizoate based bowel preparation regimes for computed tomography colonography (CTC) on the patient experience and image quality. 100 patients consumed Meglumine-Diatrizoate at 24 h and 12 h prior to the CTC examination. 50 patients followed regime 1 (50:50), 50 ml of Meglumine-Diatrizoate at both 24 and...
Vegar-Zubović, S Izetbegović, S Zukić, F Jusufbegović, M Kristić, S Prevljak, S Šehić, A Julardžija, F
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Radiography (London, England : 1995)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).1 It started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, after which quickly spread to many other countries around the world. Chest radiography (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) play key roles in managment and diagnosis of COVID-19...
