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Scientific articles

Welcome to our scientific articles section, where we present the latest research and advancements in the field of medical imaging. This section is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals, researchers, and students with access to cutting-edge studies, innovative techniques, and comprehensive reviews. Our curated selection of scientific articles covers a wide range of topics, from diagnostic imaging and radiology to imaging technology and clinical applications. Join us in exploring the forefront of medical imaging science, staying informed about the latest discoveries, and advancing your knowledge in this dynamic field.

Imaging of spinal tumours

Spinal tumours carry significant morbidity. They typically present with pain or sensory/motor dysfunction – symptoms that carry a wide differential including neoplastic, inflammatory, degenerative, traumatic, infective and vascular processes. Imaging plays a vital role in the diagnostic pathway, with MRI usually being the most appropriate modality to fully assess the spine. When establishing a differential […]

Dr Joanna Perthen, Dr Priya Bhatnagar

Royal Victoria Infirmary

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PACS for clinical radiographers

Historically, film served as the means of image acquisition, display and archive. Computed and digital radiography splits those components between CR cassettes or digital detectors that acquire images, monitors that display them and file servers that archive them. Thus was born the Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS). Traditionally the Radiology Information System (RIS) is […]

Karen Hawkins

Nobles Hospital

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PACS: What radiologists need to consider

Back in 2004 the ambitious but oft-maligned National Programme for IT provisioned Picture Archivng and Communications (PACS) systems throughout the NHS in England with a series of Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts. One of the core benefits of this approach was that it allowed the ubiquitous roll-out of PACS across the NHS; the use of […]

Rizwan Malik

Royal Bolton Hospital

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Future of PACS

Figure 1 shows what a typical reporting workstation looks like. We have seamless bi-directional integration between PACS and RIS and with other third-party systems integrated (specialised viewers, order comms, etc). In Carestream’s case, we have many of the advanced visualisation tools required by reporters native in our application, meaning you have one workstation that does […]

Charles McCaffrey

Carestream

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Recent advances in PETCT technology

PETCT plays a vital role in patient management, primarily in oncology using FDG, and there has been a wide expansion of PETCT provision throughout the UK. Demand for the service has increased year-on-year, and emerging tracers such as Ga-68 PSMA for prostate imaging and new non-oncology indications should continue to see the service expand. In […]

Dr Ian Armstrong

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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PETCT and lung cancer: Selecting those likely to benefit and sparing those with little to gain

Lung cancer is the third commonest cancer in the UK and 75% of patients present with advanced disease (stage III or IV); 10-year survival is only 5%. PETCT is best considered as a tool that aids the selection of those most likely to benefit from potentially curative treatment, either surgical resection or radical radiotherapy, while […]

Dr Peter J G Garmany

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and West of Scotland Cancer Centre

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External beam radiotherapy in thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, resulting in more than 300 deaths in the UK each year. It has a female preponderance and typically presents as an incidental finding on imaging or with a neck mass. There are three main groups: Differentiated, medullary and anaplastic carcinoma. Differentiated thyroid carcinoma has the highest incidence […]

Dr K P Rooney, Professor C M Nutting

Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Royal Marsden Hospital

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Adaptive radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is an important modality of cancer treatment. External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is the most common form of radiotherapy, and it is estimated that 50% of all cancer patients will receive radiotherapy at some stage during their cancer journey. There have been major technical advances in EBRT in the past few decades. Accurate radiotherapy treatments […]

Fei Sun, Bashar Al-Qaisieh, Kevin Franks

St James's University Hospital

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