chest

Assessing the impact of Lunit Insight CXR on front-line clinicians

The chest x-ray (CXR) remains one of the most commonly performed first-line radiological investigations, both in the UK and globally. Therefore, timely and accurate interpretation is critical, as further patient management often hinges on appropriate radiological interpretation. Readers will not need reminding that demand for healthcare has only increased. However, few specialities have seen demand […]

Dr Ruchir Shah, Dr Sarim Ather

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford Clinical Artificial Intelligence Research

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AI for chest x-ray interpretation and workflow prioritisation

X-rays are one of the most commonly used and cost-effective imaging modalities performed, and account for the highest proportion of radiological examinations undertaken in the UK compared to other imaging tests such as CT and MRI. Of the 33 million such imaging tests reported in England, x-rays accounted for more than ~70%, with 23 million […]

Dr Neelanjan Das

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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An evaluation of the effectiveness of altering the density setting on the image quality and dose received by the patient

Diagnostic radiographic images obtained from medical radiation play an important part in modern medicine and have substantially improved healthcare services and patient outcomes over recent years. The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2018 require ionising radiation exposure to the patient to be kept as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). Radiographers are using automatic exposure control […]

Sayed Wafa Rostamzada

Salford Royal Hospital

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Chest radiography in major trauma

Major trauma is commonly defined as serious or multiple injuries where there is a strong possibility of death or disability. For the purpose of quantification, volume analysis, international comparison and research, major trauma is often defined as an Injury Severity Score (ISS) greater than or equal to 16. In 2010, the National Audit Office estimated […]

Dr Maryann Hardy

University of Bradford

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CT chest protocolling and vetting

The number of inappropriate CT requests is increasing, in part because the easier an investigation is to obtain the less thought will go into requesting it. Vetting is arguably more important now than ever, but for purely practical reasons a significant amount is performed by radiographers. In many instances this works well but it is […]

Dr Stephen Ellis

Barts Health NHS Trust

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