Fundamental and advanced nuclear medicine, radiology and medical ultrasonic Imaging
Part 2. This story attempts to review and collate the many references and websites covering the pathway to clinical MRI. It is hoped it will provide the reader a balanced story of the evolutionary events that occurred and to appreciate how so many leading physical scientists, life scientists, physicists, engineers Read more…
In Memory of: John Mallard OBE, FRSE, FREng, FIPEM, FIUPESM (14 January 1927 – 25 February 2021) The late Professor John Mallard played a vital role in making it possible to use magnetic resonance to obtain whole-body images for the detection of diseases in patients. This story describes in detail how Read more…
Paediatric imaging protocols should be carefully optimised to maintain the desired image quality for the delivered radiation dose. To do this, a specially designed paediatric chest phantom has been constructed to optimise CT chest examinations for infants. Seonaid Rodgers BSc MSc Medical Technology and Physics Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Read more…
With the permission of IBUS and the IBUS Breast Imaging School and Professor Jeffrey Bamber, the Better Healthcare Technology Foundation posts this video entitled “Optimising Ultrasound Images”. Jeffrey C. Bamber Professor of Physics Applied to Medicine, Head of Ultrasound and Optical Imaging Physics, the Institute of Cancer Research, London Honorary Read more…
Researchers working in the Florey Node of the National Imaging Facility (NIF), are participating in the Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP). AEP aims to change the lives of people living with epilepsy by: reducing uncertainty surrounding diagnosis; and fast-tracking the path to optimal treatment. AEP organisers intend to do this by using a combination Read more…
By 12th June 2020, COVID-19 had infected over 7.6M individuals and resulted in more than 420,000 deaths. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lung is the front-line tool for monitoring COVID-19 appearances. …….Read more……..
Through the auspices of the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), representatives from various UK radiological professional bodies convened to consider the evidence-base for patient contact shielding. They have since produced a document containing their “consensus of opinion as to what constitutes best and agreed practice.” The aim is to improve Read more…
A practice that has been in place for over 70 years is changing! Due to significant reduction in radiation doses from technological advances and an increase understanding of radiation risk, experts in the field are now recommending that gonadal and foetal shielding should no longer be used as routine practice. Read more…
Mini C-arm fluoroscopy is used to assist the surgeon to implant metallic wires and plates when re-setting broken bones. Staff are protected from the main primary beam passing through the patient. But there is a measurable radiation exposure scattered in all other directions around the patient. ……Read More
PoCUS is an ultrasound examination performed at remote sites from an imaging department for emergency trauma patients when there’s no ultrasound staff available…….. Read More..
