British Institute of Radiology podcasts episodes:

• January 01, 2016Audit of Reports of CT Brain scans for suspected dementia

  An audit to assess the performance of reporting on CT Brain

  scans in patients with suspected dementia, to determine whether all relevant

  information has been included.

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• January 01, 2016Adequacy of past-surgical details in the radiological requests of patients with surgical stoma, referred for CT-abdomen

  The purpose of this audit was to determine whether sufficient

  surgical history was being given when clinicians requested CT examinations.

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• January 01, 2016Intra- and inter-rater agreement in the assessment of Nigrosome-1 hyperintensity on 1.5t and 3.0t susceptibility-weighted imaging

  Feasibility study of using Susceptibility weighted imaging MRI

  to detect signs of Parkinsons disease on different power scanners.

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• January 01, 2016MRE (MR Enterography) as initial radiological investigation in patients with low suspicion or not known IBD of the small bowel: Diagnostic outcomes

  Evaluation of the effectiveness of MRI vs US as fitrst step in

  investigating small bowel pathology.

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• January 01, 2016A new presentation of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

  The first known report of a neuroendocrine lung tumour

  presenting initially with acute limb ischaemia, which demonstrates the

  importance of routine histopathological examination of retrieved emboli.

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• January 01, 2014ARFI Shear Wave Liver Elastography. Fibrosis and Beyond

  A discussion of the usefulness of ARFI shear wave elastography

  in liver diseases beyond fibrosis.

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• January 01, 2014Air Embolism to the Brain as a Rare Cause of Acute Ischaemic Stroke

  Air embolism to cerebral arteries is a rare cause of ischaemic

  stroke with unique imaging findings. We describe a case of air embolism to right

  MCA due to complication of a medical procedure.

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• January 01, 2014Cervical spine imaging in alert and stable trauma patients’ Audit

  Is cervical spine imaging appropriately obtained on alert and

  stable adult trauma patients?

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• January 01, 2014Performance of a hybrid gamma-optical camera for improved utility in diagnostic imaging

  The Hybrid Compact Gamma Camera (HCGC) is a new portable high

  resolution gamma camera with a small field of view developed in Space Research

  Centre, University of Leicester.

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• January 01, 2014Audit: Radiographic Conspicuity of Medicina Nasogastric Feeding Tubes to Allow Confirmation of Safe Placement

  A Patient Safety Alert in 2005 aimed to reduce harm from

  Nasogastric Tubes (NGT).

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