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Radformation has become a corporate member of The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) and as such will raise awareness in the UK of solutions that aim to bring efficiency to the radiotherapy treatment planning process. Radformation…
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Collective Minds has become a corporate member of The British Institute of Radiology (BIR). It will support the BIR education programme and offer a cloud-based platform for image sharing and networking at some BIR events. Collective…
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How you make your patient feel before, during or after their scan or procedure is vitally important and often the reputation of the healthcare professional, department rests upon it. In fact, a study using the Dutch healthcare patient…
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Professor Stephen Keevil was inaugurated as president of The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) in an event held on the International Day of Radiology and World Radiography Day, on November 8, 2022. In his acceptance speech, Professor…
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Several awards were presented at The British Institute of Radiology’s annual congress last September. Among them was the BJR/Jusha Early Career Investigator Award. This was presented to Dr Wali Bader and team from Rosalind Franklin…
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The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has appointed Sara Purdy as its chief executive. She succeeds Simon Thompson who held the position for the last five years and has a new role as chief executive of The Geological Society. Purdy…
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At the BIR Annual Congress the Barclay Medal was awarded to Dr Manish Devendra Mair and his team from the department of otorhinolaryngology at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust for his paper published in the British Journal of…
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Consultant radiologist at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Giles Maskell was given the BIR/Aidence Mayneord Award at the BIR Annual Congress in September. Prior to receiving the award Dr Maskell gave the eponymous lecture on…
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The BIR Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Thomas Flohr at the BIR Annual Congress in September. The award was presented after his talk ‘A brief history of computed tomography – from Hounsfield’s brain scanner to…
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The British Institute of Radiology made a number of presentations to deserving recipients during its annual congress in September. The BIR/Siemens Research Award was presented to clinical oncologist at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Dr Kevin…
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