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Mineralisation of the acetabular labrum: a radiographic marker of femoroacetabular impingement
Purpose: Pelvic radiographs and CT images often show small, discrete foci (1-2mm) of dense radio-opacity in the region of the acetabular labral cartilage, which differ from previously described os ace...
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William Cooke
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S2
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Proximal Hamstring tendinopathy treatment with Autologous Blood Injections: A one year follow up study assessing pain relief and functional improvement.
Purpose: Autologous Blood Injection (ABI) is a new and, until recently, poorly studied technique as an alternative to steroid injection therapy. By introducing an individual's own blood into an area o...
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Waseem Bashir
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S2
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MR Arthrography versus Hip Arthroscopy: Does the two slice rule improve detection of labral tears on MR arthrography?
Purpose: Hip arthroscopy is a relatively new addition to the diagnosis and treatment of hip pain in young adults and athletes. Nonetheless,it is an invasive and costly procedure. MR arthrography is us...
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Ne-Siang Chew
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S2
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Is there a case for dose reduction in orthopaedic CT
Purpose: This is to illustrate the feasibility of significant dose reduction for CT scans of the extremities and the Orthopaedic trunk. Here a description of audits of standard dose and low dose CT im...
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Jacob Oommen
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S3
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The diagnostic accuracy of plain radiographs in Lisfranc injury and the potential value of a cranial caudal projection.
Purpose: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of plain radiographs in the diagnosis of Lisfranc injury. In addition a foot phantom was investigated to determine the optimum degree of cranio-caudal ang...
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J.J. Rankine
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S3
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Does obesity preclude lumbar puncture with standard spinal needles? The use of computed tomography to assess the distance from the skin to the lumbar subarachnoid space and correlation with physicians recognition of this issue
Purpose: The prevalence of obesity has significant implications for radiology departments. Image guided lumbar punctures (LP) are frequently requested in obese patients. We assessed the percentage of ...
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K.E. O' Sullivan
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S3
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Clinically relevant fMRI at 1.5T: a simple, cost-efficient approach
Purpose: Functional MRI is a well established neuroscience research method which is increasingly used in clinical practice, for example localising motor and language activity in patients prior to epil...
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Lucy Lee
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S3-S4
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Role of CT Perfusion in Acute Stroke Imaging
Aim: Thrombolysis has been approved for use in acute stroke where the onset is less than 3hours and the vascular territory involved is one third or less. CT perfusion imaging provides information whic...
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Qaiser Malik
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S4
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Hybrid imaging with Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT-CT and ultrasonography performed together improves localisation of parathyroid adenomas
Purpose: Pre-operative localisation of parathyroid adenomas is often performed with a combination of 99mTc-Sestamibi and ultrasonography (US) of the neck. In most institutions these examinations occur...
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Demitrios Tzias
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S4
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The impact of staging 18FDG-PET-CT prior to (chemo-) radiotherapy for stage III/IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the value of 18FDG-PET-CT in the staging of patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) who are due to undergo primary ...
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Priya Bhatnagar
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S4
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Positron emission tomography in the evaluation of paraneoplastic syndromes: experience at a regional oncology centre
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Sriram Vaidyanathan
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S5
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Evaluation of pre-treatment MR derived ADC as a predictive biomarker of response to first line chemotherapy for childhood and adolescent lymphoma
Purpose: To evaluate if pre-treatment MR derived apparent diffusion coefficient (ACD) can predict response to first line chemotherapy for childhood and adolescent lymphoma.
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Shonit Punwani
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S5
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MRI vs. PET/CT for detection of focal splenic lesions in paediatric and adolescent lymphoma at initial staging
Purpose: Compare MRI (Short TI Inversion Recovery Half Fourier Single Shot Turbo Spin Echo [STIR-HASTE] ± Dynamic Contrast Enhanced [DCE] Imaging) and PET/CT for detection of focal spleen involvement ...
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Shonit Punwani
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S5
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Long term peritoneal drainage for the management of treatment resistant ascites of malignant aetiology
Purpose: 1. To report on our experience of indwelling tunnelled cuffed peritoneal catheter (TCPC) insertion in patients with refractory malignant ascites, with an emphasis on long term outcomes and co...
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Alexandra Hutchings
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S5
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The evaluation of a software tool aiding the co-localisation of histopathology data and MR images in prostate cancer
Purpose: Accurate co-localisation of prostate cancer between MR images and biopsy samples is necessary for focal therapy planning, quantitative MR validation and prostate CAD development. Template map...
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Ellen Thomma
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S6
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Delay in lung cancer diagnosis due to lack of abnormal chest radiograph follow-up: A district general hospital experience
Purpose: To identify how many patients diagnosed with lung cancer had prior chest radiographs reported by a radiologist showing an abnormality that was not followed up.
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Basrull Bhaludin
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S6
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CTPA positivity rate at SWBH NHS Trust
Purpose: The British Thoracic Society Guidelines recommend the use of D dimer blood tests in the assessment of suspected pulmonary embolism in low and intermediate probability cases. The guidelines al...
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Amdad Ahmed
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S6
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Improving venous thromboembolism exclusion service by reducing the non-diagnostic rate of CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA)
Purpose: Investigating suspected pulmonary embolism with CTPA represents a large proportion of acute Radiology services. Diagnostic CTPAs require pulmonary artery (PA) attenuation >200HU. This is t...
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J.C.L. Rodrigues
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S6-S7
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Targetting the audience, not just the clot? Improving CTPA referrals
Purpose: Since the early 1990’s, evaluation for pulmonary embolus has been popularly investigated by CT angiogram. Apart from Clinical evaluation and the Wells criteria to assist in this, following a ...
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Z. Al-Ani
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Single bony lesions on 99mTc-MDP bone scintigrams of children with known malignancy
Introduction: 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy is employed to investigate children with known or suspected malignancy. While the presence of multiple lesions on bone scans of children in the context of kno...
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Luke Sonoda
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S7
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How many rib fractures are we missing in children who die without a follow-up skeletal survey?
Purpose: Accepted UK policy for imaging in suspected non-accidental injury (NAI) includes follow-up 3-view chest radiographs two weeks after the initial skeletal survey. If follow-up radiographs are n...
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Anne Paterson
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S7
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PROPELLER and STIR-HASTE MRI for the evaluation of chest wall invasion for paediatric and adolescent lymphoma
Purpose: To assess the added value of PROPELLER MRItoSTIR-HASTE for identification of chest wall invasion in paediatric lymphoma.
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Ruchi Kabra
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Multi-centre survey of radiologically inserted gastrostomy feeding tube (RIG) in the UK
Aims: To evaluate the variance in current UK clinical practice and outcome data for Radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG).
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A.S. Lowe
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S8
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Clinical Impact of FDG PET-CT on Management Decisions in Patients with Primary Hepatobiliary Tumours
Purpose: To review the impact of FDG PET-CT in the management pathway of patients with primary hepatobiliary malignancy.
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Raneem Albazaz
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S8
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Initial experiences evaluating the hepatic arterial buffer response with DCE-MRI in healthy rats at 9.4T
Purpose: In health, reductions in portal flow are matched with increases in hepatic arterial flow : the hepatic arterial buffer response. In cirrhosis this mechanism is compromised. This study reports...
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Manil Chouhan
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S8-S9
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Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of colonic mural enhancement: Segmental differences exist in endoscopicaly proven normal colon
Purpose: The purpose was to quantitatively assess mural enhancement in normal colon and test for inter--segmental differences.
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Rehana Hafeez
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S9
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Determinants of Resectability in Recurrent Rectal Cancer: A radiological perspective
Purpose: As the range of surgical options expands for patients with recurrent rectal cancer, accurate preoperative imaging plays an integral role in the identification of patients suitable for resecti...
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Deena Harji
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S9
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Using contrast enhanced ultrasound in the assessment of acutely ischaemic small bowel
Purpose: To review the use of microbubble contrast enhanced ultrasound in the assessment of acutely ischemic bowel.
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Guy Hickson
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S9
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Initial Validation Studies into Automated Small Bowel Motility Quantitation with MRI
Purpose: To validate new software quantifying small bowel wall motility on cine capture MRI.
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Alex Menys
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S10
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Small Bowel Motility as a Marker for Inflammatory Activity in MR Enterography of Crohn's Disease
Purpose: To investigate the relationship between software derived small bowel motility index and conventional MRI markers of Crohn's disease activity.
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Alex Menys
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S10
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Adherance to Colorectal Cancer Follow up guidelines- Scope for Improvement?
Purpose: Colorectal cancer is the second biggest cause of cancer death in the UK. Evidence suggests that intensive surveillance and follow up reduces mortality. NICE guidelines state that local networ...
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N. Shah
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Direct access for CTKUB
Introduction: Plain film KUB has a sensitivity of 50% for the diagnosis of renal stones compared to 95% for CT KUB. The high false negative rate of plain film perpetuates delays in diagnosis as patien...
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George Tony
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Awareness of and preparation for a Major or Mass Casualty Incident across the London Trauma Network
Purpose: London remains at risk of terrorist attack. An efficient response requires adequate staff preparation. We assess the knowledge of major incident plans (MIP) and exposure to training across th...
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Shaun Quigley
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S11
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Development of a fixed site PET-CT centre: Patient experience
Purpose: A state-of-the-art centre containing two PET-CT scanners opened at St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds in June 2010. The purpose of the study was to assess the experience of patients unde...
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Shashir Karthik
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S11
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Modality based Benchmarking in Radiology (NHS Scotland)
Purpose: To design and implement a modality based benchmarking model and ensure service engagement in subsequent service improvement work.
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Jim Cannon
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S11
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Strategies utilised to deal with a two tier reporting system
Purpose: Radiological investigations play an important role in the clinical decision making process. In 2009 we audited the reporting times for scans performed on consultant lists and non consultant l...
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Amdad Ahmed
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S12
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