Welcome to our readers profiles section. Here, you’ll discover the diverse community of professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about medical imaging. Our readers include radiologists, technologists, researchers, and students, each bringing unique insights and experiences. Explore their profiles to learn more about their backgrounds, interests, and contributions to the field of medical imaging. We celebrate the voices that make our community vibrant and engaging.
Warm congratulations to our friends and colleagues at RAD Magazine on celebrating their 50th birthday issue. I can remember well when the first edition hit the x-ray department staff room. Since the launch, medical imaging has changed dramatically, far beyond the concepts of what anyone could have imagined at the time. And just as smart […]
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Congratulations to RAD Magazine on its 50th anniversary. It has been such an integral part of supporting diagnostic imaging services for many years. This includes radiographers and radiologists in particular and has provided a valuable link between all parties working in the field with relevant manufacturers and companies. On a personal note, I retain my […]
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Congratulations to RAD Magazine on its 50th birthday edition. And I’m celebrating too. Fifty years ago, I started training as a radiographer. How does one describe 50 years in this industry? Invariably, it is hard to ignore the advances in technology. As a trainee radiographer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, I was both amazed and […]
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It is remarkable how much has changed in the 50 years since RAD Magazine was launched. So many new technologies have come into clinical use over the time and then been developed further to provide a vast array of new diagnostic and therapeutic applications. CT had only just been invented by Godfrey Hounsfield and it […]
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In 1987, I began my journey as a radiotherapy engineer – armed with tools, determination and a passion for supporting cancer care. I subsequently moved across to diagnostic imaging and nearly four decades later the landscape of radiography and radiotherapy has changed beyond recognition. Back then, treatments were far less precise and imaging technology was […]
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RAD Magazine must have been five years old when I qualified. I have been a diagnostic radiographer for 16,582 days as of today (April 29, 2025). To be honest, I thought it was longer; it certainly feels longer than that. I am now semi-retired, working part-time as member of a community team of radiographers in […]
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If you bring any group of radiographers together, before long the conversation will turn to reminiscence. The days of wet processing, film-based imaging and exotic projection techniques long abandoned (do you remember the Stenvers views?). Looking back is what we love to do. So much has changed in imaging and radiotherapy services over the course […]
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My first contact with RAD Magazine was some 50 years ago when I met with former radiographer Dave Roberts, co-founder of the magazine, for lunch in San Lorenzo restaurant opposite The Royal Marsden Hospital in Fulham Road, where Princess Diana used to dine. Sadly, she was not present at the time we met. We discussed […]
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As an experienced general and cardiac radiographer who specialised in breast imaging in 2021, Aodhain McFall is a member of the Belfast Breast Imaging Service Patient Informed Choice (PIC) team and is active in breast awareness endeavours across the Belfast community. Aodhain is also make-up artist with over 20 years’ experience. A Paddy McGurgan academy […]
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