UKRC 2013 President’s welcome
Who should attend?
Radiologists
Radiographers
Medical Physicists
Sonographers
PACS and IT managers
Commissioners
Imaging Service Managers
Clinical Engineers
Procurement Managers
Oncologists
Industrialists
Imaging Academics
Imaging Nurses
Student and Trainees
Welcome to the UKRC 2013
programme. Once again, I am
amazed at the scale and quality of
the event that the vice presidents
and their teams have put together
this year. Working hand-in-hand with
our professional conference organisers,
Profile Productions, they have developed a series of sessions that
address every aspect of medical imaging, from state-of-the-art clinical
teaching, through the latest thinking on service delivery and technological
innovation in a rapidly changing world, to the challenge of cutting edge
research in radiology.
UKRC 2013 will be held for the first time at ACC Liverpool, a modern convention centre set on the
banks of the River Mersey and adjacent to the Pier Head and Albert Docks World Heritage Sites. But it
isn’t just the venue that will be new and exciting. For the first time, we will be holding a plenary lecture
session that we hope will bring the whole UKRC community together, celebrating the multidisciplinary
nature of our field. We hope that it will provide a fitting complement to the eponymous lectures
organised by UKRC partner societies. There will also be a radiology research session, in which eminent
figures from some of the world’s leading academic radiology centres will discuss what is needed to
build a really successful research-led department. Another innovation will be the availability throughout
the week of a room equipped with Mac workstations running Osirix. This facility will be used for a range
of activities including Osirix teaching sessions, interactive clinical sessions, and FRCR tutorials.
Clinical radiology remains very much the heart and soul of UKRC. In 2013, there will be eight clinical
streams, each focusing on a particular body system or sub-speciality. There will be a strong emphasis
on teaching, with material suitable for FRCR candidates, for consultants wishing to refresh their
knowledge and for radiographers extending their practice. The full range of modalities will be covered,
from plain x-ray to PET-CT. Musculoskeletal imaging and trauma are particularly richly provided for this
year and our ‘hot topic’ sessions on imaging the obese patient and on revalidation are particularly likely
to appeal to radiologist colleagues. A special session on elite sports will review imaging input to the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and discuss what can be learnt for more commonplace
sports imaging.
As the NHS continues to change around us, our session on commissioning and AQP is likely to be
a highlight of the service delivery stream. Other sessions will have a strong focus on research and
innovation in practice. There will be a special session aimed at imaging nurses, and two radiation
protection masterclass tracks, focusing on IRMER and on RPS issues. Physics also features strongly
in the advances in technology stream, including a series of physics toolbox sessions and a strong MRI
theme offered in collaboration with BAMRR and ISMRM. Informatics sessions will address a range of
issues including procurement, radiological report quality, patient safety and, once again, innovation.
With such a great combination of venue and programme, UKRC 2013 is on course to be the best ever.
I look forward to welcoming you to share our vision for essential imaging in Liverpool this June.
Dr Stephen Keevil
Congress President, UKRC 2013
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About the streams
Informatics
Clinical
Neelam Dugar and Anant Patel
Vice Presidents, Imaging Informatics
Iain Lyburn and Antony Maxwell
Vice Presidents, Clinical
Keynote speakers
Claudia Henschke
Stephen Trenkner
Eponymous
lectures
The clinical programme encompasses a wide range of
imaging subspecialties. Specific streams cover numerous
aspects of radiology/medical imaging. A broad range
of speakers from the UK, Europe and North America
are delivering lectures. We have aimed for topics which
will be relevant to both novice and experienced imaging
health care workers. Sessions will contain summaries
of conditions/clinical situations, updates on imaging
developments, how experienced imagers handle cases
and some organisational and practical approaches.
In addition to didactic lectures there will be interactive
and practical sessions. In booked slots there will be
the opportunity to use workstations to review cases
in musculo-skeletal, cardiac, chest and neurological
imaging. In addition to case series for established
reporters there will be tutorials on FRCR topics/cases.
Working parties: Neuro: Calvin Soh; Paediatrics:
Amaka Offiah; Obs & Gynae: Julia Hillier; Cardiac:
Stephen Harden; Uro: William Torreggiani; Breast: Sarah
Vinnicombe; GI: Niall Power; MSK: Phil Hughes; Chest:
Sue Kearney; Interventional and trauma: Mark Thornton
Service delivery
Victoria Brown
Vice President, Service Delivery
This has been a challenging but
exciting year and we have worked
hard to provide a programme that is
both supportive of best practice and
recognises the need for change.
Maryann Hardy
David Wyper
We have followed on from some of the themes from
last year which continue to play an important role in the
delivery of equitable care to patients such as seven day
services, and introduced new themes including service
improvement which will be pivotal in the increasingly
tough financial years ahead. We have also included a
new session on Patient and Public Engagement and
Experience (PPEE) and another on data collection and
benchmarking. We would like to stimulate thoughts and
debate and hope you will take some new ideas and
knowledge back to your teams and places of work.
We were extremely pleased at the success of the new
Imaging Nursing session which we have again included in
this year’s programme of events.
We look forward to welcoming you to the ACC in
Liverpool and hope you enjoy the programme.
Working party: Fiona Thow, Jeanne Scolding, Andy Beale
Audrey M Paterson
Imaging Informatics will again be focusing on PACS
delivery, which will continue to be one of the most
important issues over the next few years in the UK.
There will be a focus on PACS (procurement/replacement)
as well as the workflows that will complement PACS such
as how data can be shared via portals and in other ways.
A session to complement this discussing patient safety
issues for any new clinical information systems is a
session on health informatics education will also be
provided, looking at and discussing HI education at all
levels post qualification.
The need for radiation dose monitoring for the UK will
also be discussed and how this data can be integrated
into health informatics, as well as how radiologist
reporting can be improved.
Finally in these challenging times a round table session will
be offered on the recent NHS initiative to develop innovative
products and how these could be developed within Trusts.
Working party: Dave Harvey, Laurence Sutton
Advances in technology
Andy Rogers
Vice President, Advances in technology
In 2013 UKRC will offer sessions for all
tastes in its Advances in Technology
programme. Building on the successes
of last year, UKRC will host a series
of Radiation Protection Supervisor Master-classes to
enable colleagues in this role to stay abreast of current
thinking in key areas. In addition, and a new venture
this year, we will host Master-classes for colleagues
requiring expert tuition on the implementation of IRMER.
We also have a two sessions [Emerging international
issues in radiation protection along with a UK update]
aimed at aspiring Radiation Protection Advisers (RPA) or
those existing RPAs who require such sessions to renew
their RPA2000 certificates. There will also be a session
aimed at those considering how IT can support the
management of patient dosimetry, including presentations
from key software developers. There will be increased
offerings in MRI along with an exciting cross-profession
link to imaging the bariatric patient. At the very edge
of current knowledge and practice, we shall also be
hosting sessions for the use of Monte Carlo techniques
and Image J in supporting imaging scientists along with
a session on the latest in digital imaging. In short a very
varied and exciting set of opportunities. As Vice President
for Advances in Technology, I look forward to welcoming
you to Liverpool and sharing with you this content – we
shall all have plenty of ides to take back with us to help
meet the innovation agenda within healthcare.
Working party: David Sutton, John Kotre, Nick Marshall
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ESSENTIAL IMAGING
10-12 June 2013 - ACC Liverpool
At a glance
Monday 10 June
A2:
Research and
advances in
practice
A3:
Post-operative
imaging
A4:
Physics
toolbox I:
Image
A5:
MRI breast
session
A6:
A7:
Head & neck Radiologists in
imaging
training interactive quiz
Refreshment break
Opening plenary session:
Lung cancer screening - Claudia Henschke and Barium is not dead: barium is state of the art! - Stephen Trenkner
CoR William Stripp Memorial Lecture
Maryann Hardy
Comedy Night
B5:
Accreditation
and
benchmarking
B6.2:
Dose
management
DIY and papers
B7:
Breast: new
technologies
into practice
Refreshment break
C2:
C3:
Urology: beAdvanced
C4:
C5:
C7:
nign disease
oncology
Neuro: brain Service delivery
Advances in
C6:
tumours
scientific papers Radiation dose digital imaging
monitoring for
the UK
population
Welcome wine reception in exhibition halls
D1:
D2:
D3:
Masterclass:
Nuclear
Practical MR
RPS
medicine: FDG imaging in
PETCT update gynaecology
E1:
Imaging
nurses
B6.1:
Dose
management
software
Tuesday 11 June
D4:
D5:
D6:
D7:
Knee imaging Neuro imaging Is your new Major trauma
in the very ill information networks and
patient
system safe? major trauma
centres
Refreshment break
E2:
Procurement
and replacement of PACS
& RIS - Why
this is good for
the NHS
E3:
Advances
in obstetric
radiology
E4:
Breast:
Multidisciplinary
case studies
INTERACTIVE
E5:
Neuro: spinal
conditions
B8:
Cross sectional
imaging
C8:
BAMRR Session: MRI
Telemedicine
Clinic
W4:
workstation
Introduction to
OsiriX (2)
Phillips
AlluraClarity IQ
SCoR
W5:
workstation
session FRCR
D8:
Masterclass:
IRMER
E8:
Physics
toolbox II:
Monte Carlo
W6:
workstation
Introduction to
OsiriX (3)
Toshiba
GE
Healthcare
Bayer
W7:
workstation
session neuro
- Calvin Soh
IPEM John Mallard Lecture
David Wyper
Telemedicine
Clinic
Acuo
Technologies
B9:
Student
radiographers
E6:
Lung cancer
E7:
Commissioning,
coding and
AQP
W3:
workstation
session neuro Calvin Soh
FRCR
Tutorial 2
C1:
Meniscal and
labral imaging
W2:
workstation
session
Refreshment break
B1:
ISMRM British
B2:
B3:
B4:
Chapter Ses- Urology: cancer Imaging in
Head & neck
sion: MRI
women’s health
Imaging II
papers
ROC History
session
W1:
workstations
Introduction to
OsiriX (1)
SCoR
Refreshment break
F1:
F2:
F3:
F4:
Can radiology An introduction Industrial lung Interventional
F5:
F6:
F7:
be innovative?
to PPEE
disease - from radiology at a Neuro: scien- Breast: Local Physics toolbox
Interactive
radiology to major trauma tific papers
and regional III: Monte Carlo
round table
the law
centre
staging in
session
breast cancer
G1:
G2:
PACS is
Service
reborn!
Improvement:
Incorporating Simple tips
enterprise
and tools for
VNA & clinical improving our
portals
service
G3:
Hot topic!
Obesity
imaging
G4:
Elite Sport
and Olympics
and papers
G5:
Neuro vascular
G6:
Breast
scientific
papers
G7:
Training,
revalidation
and reporting
Alliance
W8:
workstation
Advanced
OsiriX (4)
W9:
cardiac
workstation 1
W10:
cardiac
workstation 2
Carestream
FRCR
Tutorial 4
4
A1:
Seven day
services
FRCR
Tutorial 3
08:30
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:30
09:45
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
Registration
FRCR
Tutorial 1
08:30
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:30
09:45
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
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15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
20:00
Xograph
www.ukrc.org.uk
Wednesday 12 June
W11:
Masterclass:
Hands-on HRCT
of diffuse lung
disease – for
beginners
IPEM/STFC
W12:
workstation
Introduction to
OsiriX (5)
FRCR
Tutorial 6
W13:
FRCR Tutorial
Paediatrics
FRCR
Tutorial 5
08:30
H1:
H2:
H3:
H4:
H5:
H6:
08:45 Masterclass: Cardiac MRI in
Transitional
GI Tract
Major
Arthritides
09:00
RPS
clinical practice
radiology
imaging
trauma I
and scientific
H7:
H8:
papers
09:15
Radiation
Education
09:30
protection:
in health
international
informatics
09:45
Refreshment break
10:00
I1:
I2:
I3:
I4:
10:15 Masterclass:
Cardiac CT in
What the
GI: pancreatic
10:30
IRMER
clinical practice clinician wants
imaging
from the
10:45
I5: Debate:
paediatric
11:00
Outsourcing will
I6:
I7:
radiologist
11:15
be the death of MSK: emphasis
Radiation
I8:
radiology
11:30
on plain film
protection:
Abdominal
INTERACTIVE
scientific
11:45
scientific papers
Refreshment break
papers
12:00
12:15
SCoR Welbeck Memorial Lecture
12:30
Audrey Patterson
12:45
13:00
13:15
ROC supported research session
13:30
Gabriel Krestin, Rotterdam and Fiona Gilbert,
13:45
Cambridge and Claudia Henscke, New York
J1:
14:00
Interactive quiz
14:15
Aunt Minnies
14:30
J2:
J3:
J4:
J5:
J6:
J7:
J8:
14:45 Diffuse lung
Cardiac CT
Oncology
GI: hepatobiliary Major trauma II
Radiation
Radiology report
15:00
disease:
and MRI at the
scientific
imaging
protection in
quality and
Cardiac MDT
papers
the UK
communication
15:15 from chest
meeting
is integral to
15:30 radiograph to
J9:
high quality
15:45 lung pathology
Paediatrics
patient
care
16:00
and papers
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
W14:
workstation
Introduction to
OsiriX (6)
The exhibition
e-Posters
In addition to the paper posters there will be a large number of e-posters
which can be accessed on site through a number of computer consoles,
or viewed at leisure after the event through the website or even on your
phone. Different posters will be featured daily.
Education on the stands
With over 80 exhibition stands, including the top companies in the
industry, this is the largest diagnostic imaging exhibition in the UK.
It provides a wealth of information for a multi-disciplinary audience,
a great opportunity to network, learn of all the latest developments,
source relevant product information and technical updates. The trade
exhibition is complimented by a large poster display, consoles to view
e-posters and access to the internet, a programme of education on
the stands, and a varied series of free satellite symposia in the two
exhibition lecture theatres.
Poster displays
There will be a display of nearly
200 posters from a variety of
disciplines. This vast source of latest
information will demonstrate cutting
edge research, service innovations,
results of local intervention schemes
and much much more. Each poster
presenter will be available during the
congress to discuss their work in
more detail. Each day one poster will
be featured as the poster of the day.
This popular initiative provides delegates and exhibition visitors with an opportunity
to gain an insight into the latest technologies and methods. Industry partners
provide short educational activities of 10-15 minutes duration on their stands.
Many will be granted CPD Now accreditation and are an easy way of updating
your CPD portfolio. Remember: access to the exhibition and these CPD
opportunities is free. The education on the stands programme will be released
nearer to the event. Check the website and app for up to date information.
Satellite symposia
There are two lecture theatres in the exhibition area which have a full free
programme of sessions to compliment the main scientific programme.
These sessions are open to all delegates including exhibition visitors,
providing an opportunity to get updates and gain CPD free of charge.
See the preliminary symposia programme on page 17. The symposia
programme is subject to change with many additional sessions to come –
please check the website and conference app for up-to-date details.
Mobile App
The UKRC is pleased to launch an app for your iPhone, android or iPad.
Just go to the marketplace or iTunes store to download. The app has up to date
programme information, speaker biographies, exhibitor and sponsor information,
general information and poster abstracts, all easily navigable. Build your own
“My UKRC” itinerary. Use the links to register, book accommodation. Please
note that Blackberrys and Kindles are not compatible this year.
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Monday 10 June
Morning sessions
Seven day services
A1
Moderator:
Andy Beale, Consultant Radiologist,
Service
The Great Western Hospital
delivery
09.00-10.40 An overview of seven day services - how far have we
come – Erika Denton, National Clinical Director for Imaging
Implementing seven day services - a physician’s view
– Mark Temple, Acute Care Fellow, Birmingham Heartlands
Hospital
Implementing seven day working for radiologists –
Frank Jewell, Consultant Radiologist, Gloucestershire
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Implementing seven day working for radiographers –
Rosie Freeman, Radiology Clinical Manager, Royal United
Hospital Bath NHS Trust
The importance of seven day services - the patient’s story
– Andrea Outram, Patient Advocate
Overview:
To review and reflect on the current seven day service provision
across England and the effect this has on patient outcomes
To understand how seven day services can be
implemented by radiologists and radiographers
To look at how our medical colleagues are implementing
seven day services
Research and advances in practice
A2
Moderator:
Jeanne Scolding, Consultant Radiographer,
Service
The Great Western Hospital
delivery
09.00-10.30 Improvement in pre-registration education for better, safer
healthcare – Jenny Lorimer, Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire
Students experiences of e-learning in ultrasound –
Vivien Gibbs, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England
Service user involvement in radiography education –
Aarthi Ramlaul, Program Leader, University of Hertfordshire
Ethical clinical decision making – Julie Woodley, Senior
Lecturer, University of the West of England
Overview:
How ethical clinical decision making affects clinical practice
Improving pre-registration education to provide safer
healthcare and the utilisation of service users to support this
Developing e-learning packages for sonographers to
enable them to undertake distance learning rather than
take time out of clinical practice to attend lectures
Audience: radiographers, student radiographers, nurses
Post-operative imaging
A3
Moderator:
David Gay, Consultant Radiologist, Derriford
MSK
Hospital, Plymouth
09.00-10.30
Plain film interpretation after hip and knee replacement
– David Gay, Consultant Radiologist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Cross-sectional imaging following arthroplasty: Evolving
practice – Richard Goodwin, Norfolk and Norwich, Hospital
Diagnosing union, non-union and sepsis following
fracture and ORIF – Sajid Butt, Stanmore, London
Overview: An often ignored area of great biomechanical and
orthopaedic interest often influencing surgical intervention
A4
Advances
09.00-10.00
Physics toolbox: Image J writing your own routines
Scripting in Image J – Frank Rogge, QAELUM NV, AV
Controlatom, Leuven, Belgium
Overview: Expert tutorial on batch analysis and writing
plugins aimed primarily at physicists
MRI breast session
A5
Moderator:
John Kotre, Consultant Clinical Scientist,
Advances
Christie NHS Foundation Trust
09.00-10.45
The clinical need for MRI of the breast – Sarah Vinnicombe,
Division of Cancer Research, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Acquisition and data capture of breast MR – Peter Gibbs,
Centre for MR Investigations, University of Hull
Physics of advanced breast MR applications – Geoff
Charles-Edwards, Department of Medical Physics, Guys and
St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical applications of advanced MR techniques
in response analysis – Liz O’Flynn, Institute of Cancer
Research, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Emerging techniques in breast MRI – Shelley Waugh,
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Overview: A technology focused multidisciplinary session,
exploring the clinical & scientific aspects of breast MRI. For
physicists, radiologists and radiographers
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Head & neck I
A6
Moderator:
Polly Richards, Consultant Neuroradiologist,
Head and
Barts Health NHS Trust
neck
09.00-10.30 Imaging staging laryngeal carcinoma – Julie Olliff,
Consultant Radiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Imaging of vocal cord palsy – Anna Leslie, Consultant
Radiologist, University Hospital Lewisham
Imaging of malignant lesions of the paranasal sinuses –
Julian Kabala, Consultant Radiologist, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Overview:
Outline of the strengths and limitations of imaging in head
and neck malignancy
Be aware of positive and negative findings that referrers
would like to be outlined in reports and their contribution
to clinical management
A7
Radiology
trainees
09.00-10.30
VOTING
UKRC - Radiologists in training
Moderator: Anna Beattie, SpR Radiology, Northern Deanery
“In the still of the night”: An interactive quiz of on-call
cases that could only present when the corridors are
quiet and your consultant has long left the building!
– Tim Hoare and Rob Holmes, Consultant Radiologists,
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
Revalidation for trainees – all you need to know – David
Richardson, Consultant Radiologist, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hospitals and Revalidation Project Group Clinical Lead for RCR
Refreshment break, exhibition and poster viewing
Plenary
session
11.00-12.00
Opening plenary session with keynote speakers
Welcome – Stephen Keevil, President, UKRC
State of Art: lung cancer screening with CT –
Claudia Henschke, Professor of Radiology, Mount Sinai
Medical Centre, New York, USA
Barium is not dead: barium is state of the art! –
Stephen Trenkner, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Eponymous
Lecture
12.15-13.00
CoR: William Stripp Memorial Lecture
See how they grow! – Maryann Hardy, Associate Dean for
Research and Director of Postgraduate Research for School
of Health Studies, Bradford University
Afternoon sessions
B1
ISMRM British Chapter Session: new MR techniques
and their applications
Advances
Moderator: David Gadian, Professor of Biophysics, UCL
13.30-15.00
B2
Urology
13.45-14.45
Institute of Child Health
Combining fMRI with invasive electrophysiology in
epilepsy patients: technical challenges and first results
– David Carmichael, Lecturer in Neuroimaging, UCL Institute
of Child Health
Imaging interstitial convection in tumours using MRI –
Simon Walker-Samuel, Senior Research Associate, Centre for
Advanced Biomedical Imaging, UCL
MR and cancer – Martin Leach, Professor of Physics as
Applied to Medicine, Institute of Cancer Research, London
Overview: This session on new MR techniques and their
applications will include presentations from two speakers
who have been awarded the Sir Peter Mansfield prize at
British Chapter meetings, and from a third speaker who
recently presented the British Chapter Bill Moore Lecture.
Urology cancer
Moderator: John Feeney, Consultant Radiologist and
Senior Lecturer, Tallaght Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin
Imaging and staging of renal cancer – Grainne Govender,
Consultant Radiologist, St James Hospital, Dublin
A typical presentations of recurrent renal cancer –
Naomi Campbell, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, USA
Imaging of uroepithelial carcinomas – Darragh Halpenny,
Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Overview: This session will provide an update on ‘State of
the Art’ imaging of urological malignancies
Monday 10 June
B3
Scientific
papers
13.45-14.45
Imaging in women’s health – scientific papers
Paper: Bleeding in early pregnancy and applying the
interim UK Ultrasound Advisory Group guidelines to
early pregnancy assessment unit (EPAU) scanning:
will scanning at a later gestation prevent unnecessary
rescans? – Jamie Nash, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Paper: Fetal meconium on MRI - when where and how
much? Establishing normative data – Kathryn Timms,
University of Sheffield
Paper: Pelvic inflammatory disease: a cautionary tale –
Rosemarie Thomas, Derriford Hospital
Paper: Assessing the accuracy of MRI for diagnosing
endometrial cancer in patients with complex atypical
hyperplasia - A retrospective study – Melissa Hickson,
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
Head & neck II
B4
Moderator:
Polly Richards, Consultant Neuroradiologist,
Head and
Barts Health NHS Trust
neck
13.30-15.00 Incidental findings in head and neck imaging – Tim Beale,
Consultant Radiologist, University College Hospital
Jaw cysts – causes and how to further investigate –
Jackie Brown, Consultant Radiologist, King’s College Hospital
Imaging in tinnitus – Steve Connor, Consultant
Neuroradiologist, King’s College Hospital
Overview: How to deal with important relevant incidental
findings in head and neck imaging - learn what incidental
findings can be ignored and imaging limitations and pitfalls
Accreditation and benchmarking
B5
Moderator:
Richard Seymour, Consultant Radiologist,
Service
Torbay Hospital
delivery
14.00-15.15 How will benchmarking improve my service delivery? –
Steve Watkins, Director NHS Benchmarking Network
Improving service delivery through ISAS – Graham Hoadley,
Consultant Radiologist, Blackpool Hospital
Diagnostics imaging data set – what is it and how can
we use it – Rhidian Bramley, Chief Clinical Information Officer
& Director of Radiology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Overview:
To understand the role of benchmarking and accreditation
in improving service delivery and performance
To look at current data available within the radiology
setting and how we can use this to make changes and
improve service delivery.
Audience: radiologists, radiographers, managers
Patient dosimetry management software
B6.1
Moderator:
Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Advances
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
13.00-14.10
What does the UK need – the local & national
perspective – Mary Cocker
Dose monitor – Mike Battin, Chief Operating Officer, PHS
Technologies Group
Exposure – Gregory Couch, President, Radimetrics
Dosewatch – Dawn Phillips, GE Healthcare
Overview: This session will update radiographers [and
others] on the latest position on content and expectation of
procedures that describe how the management of patient
dose should be handled
Audience: RPAs and physicists with an interest in patient
dosimetry or radiation protection, radiographers with an interest
in patient dosimetry or radiation protection, service managers
Patient dosimetry management (cont’d)
B6.2
Moderator:
Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Advances
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
14.30-15.30
The DIY Approach – how to and pros/cons – Ed McDonough,
Royal Marsden
Paper: Patient safety with integrated quantitative CT dosage
data in imaging workflow – Stuart Connolly, University
of Edinburgh
Paper: Automated patient dose audits in fluoroscopy –
James Murphy, Integrated Radiological Services Ltd
Paper: Paediatric patient dose audit through RIS –
Alexander Fergus Dunn, Integrated Radiological Services Ltd
New technologies into practice
B7
Moderator:
Sarah Vinnicombe, Clinical Senior Lecturer In
Breast
Cancer Imaging, University of Dundee
13.45-15.15
Unmet needs in breast imaging – Fiona MacNeill,
Consultant Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton
Digital breast tomosynthesis – Rema Wasan, Consultant
Radiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
Shear wave elastography – Andrew Evans, Professor of
Breast Imaging, University of Dundee
Contrast enhanced digital mammography and
tomosynthesis – Eva Fallenberg, Radiologist, Charité
Hospital, Berlin
Overview: To discuss unmet needs in breast imaging and to
review some of the new technologies entering clinical practice
Interactive session: emphasis on cross sectional imaging
B8
Moderator:
Jeremy Jenkins, Manchester Royal Infirmary
MSK
interactive
Soft tissue masses – Dave Richie, Western Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Voting
Bone and soft tissue infection – Steven James, The Royal
session
Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham
13.15-14.15
Overview:
Explore the benefits offered by cross-sectional
imaging in areas of MSK imaging
B9
Student
radiographers
14.30-16.00
Student radiographers session
Details to be announced at end of March
Refreshment break and exhibition and poster viewing
Meniscal and labral imaging
C1
Moderator:
Phil Hughes, Consultant MSK Radiologist,
MSK
Plymouth Hospital Trust
15.30-17.00
Shoulder – Phil Hughes, Consultant MSK Radiologist,
Plymouth Hospital Trust
Paper: A comparison of magnetic resonance
arthrography to shoulder arthroscopy: A retrospective
study – Rukhtam Saqib, University of Manchester
Hip – Rob Campbell, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Liverpool Hospital
Paper: Metal on metal hip replacement- imaging
medium to long term complications – Marc Bramham,
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Knee – Stephen Davies, Consultant Radiologist, Royal
Glamorgan Hospital
Overview: Normal anatomy, variants and patterns of injury,
expert tips to maximize diagnostic accuracy
Urology benign disease
C2
Moderator:
William Torreggiani, Tallaght Hospital, Trinity
Urology
College, Dublin, Ireland
15.30-16.30
An update on imaging angiolipomas – Darragh Halpenny,
Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
CT for renal stone diseases – John Feeney, Consultant
Radiologist, Dublin
Renal denervation – Leo Lawlor, Consultant Radiologist, Dublin
Advanced oncology
C3
Moderator:
Richard Evans, Chief Executive, SCoR
Advances
and clinical
Functional MRI in oncology – Doug Pendse, NIHR Clinical
Lecturer, Centre for Medical Imaging, University College
15.30-17.00
Hospital, London
Radiotherapy planning – what the oncologist would
like to know from the radiologist – Robin Prestwich,
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, St James Hospital, Leeds
Personalised medicine and radiation oncology – Linda Alfred,
Assistant Professor of Radiation Therapy, University of Oklahoma,
USA (SCoR International Speaker Exchange Programme)
Brain tumours
C4
Moderator:
Alan Jackson, Professor of Radiology,
Neuro
University of Manchester
15.45-17.15
Glioblastoma multiforme: many faces of the commonest
primary intracranial malignancy – Samantha Mills, Consultant
Neuroradiologist, Salford Royal Hospital
Brain tumours: what advanced imaging is applicable
in daily practice? – Adam Waldman, Consultant
Neuroradiologist, Charing Cross Hospital, London
Imaging of brain tumours in drug trials – Alan Jackson,
Professor of Radiology, University of Manchester
Overview:
To recognise the complex and varied imaging features of
the commonest primary malignant tumour in adults
To understand the benefits of advanced complex imaging
in brain tumours and its application in daily practice, or not
An overview of advanced neuroimaging applied in drug trials
7
Monday 10 June
Service delivery – scientific papers
C5
Moderator:
Victoria Brown, National Improvement Lead,
Service
NHS Improvement- Diagnostics
delivery and
informatics
Paper: The demand of multidisciplinary team meetings
15.45-17.15
on the radiology department – Ameen Jubber
Paper: Development, implementation and early experience
of a multidisciplinary pathway for the management of
thrombosed AV dialysis fistulae in a tertiary referral renal
unit – Debra Harris, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Paper: Tablets in trauma: using mobile computing
platforms to improve patient understanding and experience
– Nicholas Furness, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
Paper: Use of PROPELLER in MRI to mitigate motion
induced artefacts in a clinical setting – Prasad Vadday,
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Paper: Implementing a competency framework for patient
administrators – Sylke Grootoonk, InHealth Group Limited
Paper: A novel ordercomms algorithm for determining
the need for a creatinine blood test when requesting CT
scans requiring intravenous contrast – Lara Sequerios,
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Paper: Smartphone apps in radiology: current provisions
and cautions – Mark Rodrigues, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Paper: Innovative service delivery of computed
tomography coronary angiography by advanced
practice specialist radiographers – Karen Reid, Norfolk &
Norwich University University NHS Foundation Trust
Radiation dose monitoring for the UK populationmoving ahead
Imaging
Moderator:
Neelam Dugar, Consultant Radiologist,
informatics
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust
117.00-17.30
National monitoring of radiation dose – Ian Chell,
Department of Health
Standardising radiation dose recording in NHS (REM
Profile of IHE) – Niall Monaghan, Co-Chair, IHE-UK
Automatic transmission of radiation dose from PACS to
a national registry – Gregory Couch, Radimetrics
Automatic transmission of radiation dose by modalities
(CR, CT etc) to PACS – Ronan Kirby, Siemens
Overview: Automatic recording of radiation dose from
x-ray modalities
Objective:
Today radiation dose is manually recorded by
radiographers into RIS which can introduce errors.
Automatic recording will allow for more accurate data for
national and regional comparisons.
C6
Advances in digital imaging
C7
Moderator:
Nick Marshall, Medical Physics Group,
Advances
Department of Radiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium
15.45-17.30
Photon counting detectors – Erik Fredenberg, Sectra/
Philips & Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
Phase contrast imaging – Robert Speller, Department of
Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL
Spectral imaging/dual energy techniques - Erik Fredenberg,
Sectra/Philips & Department of Physics, Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Digital breast tomosynthesis - Alistair Mackenzie, UK
Centre for Mammography Physics, Guildford, Surrey
Contrast enhanced subtraction mammography - AnnKatherine Carton, GEMedical Systems, Buc, France
Paper: Textural analysis of MR Images obtained
post MR-guided high-intensity focussed ultrasound
treatment of Thiel-embalmed tissue - Mariana
Gueorguieva, Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,
University of Dundee
Paper: Fully automatic system to accurately segment
the proximal femur in anteroposterior pelvic
radiographs - Claudia Lindner, University of Manchester
Overview: This session will provide updates on the latest
aspects of digital imaging: the physics, technology and
state of play with regard to clinical implementation
C8
Advances
16.00-17.00
BAMRR MRI session
Final invited speaker details to be announced
Paper: MRI scanning of patients with pacemakers no longer an absolute contraindication – Sarah Crisp,
Papworth Hospital
16.45 Welcome wine reception in exhibition halls
19.30 Comedy night at the Supper Club with open bar night
and DJ from 10.15pm
Tuesday 11 June
Sunrise sessions
RPS Masterclass I: radiation incident investigations
D1
Moderator:
Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Service
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
delivery
08.30-09.30 Radiation Incident Investigations – What should an RPS
know and do? – Matt Dunn, Head of Radiology Physics,
Certificated Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
session
Overview: This session will update RPSs [and others] on the
latest position on handling actual and near-miss radiation
incidents, including the latest feedback from regulators.
The session is aimed at RPSs, radiographers with an
interest in radiation protection, RPAs and physicists with
an interest in radiation protection
FDG PETCT update
D2
Moderator:
Wai-Lup Wong, Consultant Radiologist, Mount
Nuclear
Vernon Cancer Centre and DoH PETCT Guardian
medicine
08.30-10.00 The evolving role of PETCT in managing sarcomas –
Kevin Bradley, Clinical Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
The use of PETCT in monitoring response to treatment
– Andrew Scarsbrook, Consultant Radiologist & Nuclear
Medicine Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Pearls and pitfalls in PETCT – Julian Kabala, Consultant
Radiologist, Bristol Royal Infirmary
Overview: This session will emphasize the increasing
importance of PETCT in managing malignancy and outline
the strengths and limitations of FDG PETCT in the context
of evaluating neoplasia
8
D3
Obstetrics
and
Gynaecology
08.30-10.00
Practical MR imaging in gynaecology
The role of MR imaging in evaluating gynaecological
malignancy – illustrative cases – Andrea Rockall,
Consultant Radiologist and Professor of Radiology, Imperial
College Healthcare NHS Trust
The role of MR imaging in evaluating lower abdominal
pain – illustrative cases – John Spencer, Consultant
Radiologist, St. James’s University Hospital
Overview: During this session several case illustrations will be
used to demonstrate salient points in MR imaging of the pelvis
Knee imaging
D4
Moderator:
Stephen Davies, Consultant Radiologist, Royal
MSK
Glamorgan Hospital
08.30-10.00
Collateral ligament injury – Phil Wardle, Consultant
Radiologist, Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Cruciate injuries – Andrew Dunn, Consultant Radiologist,
Royal Liverpool
ACL repairs: what can go wrong? – Justin Lee, Chelsea
and Westminster Hospital
Anterior knee pain – Stephen Davies, Consultant
Radiologist, Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Overview: Revisit and refine common injuries reflecting on
the impact on surgical management.
Tuesday 11 June
Neuro imaging in the very ill patient
D5
Moderator:
Tim Jaspan, Consultant Neuroradiologist,
Neuro
Queens Hospital, Nottingham
08.30-09.45
Inflammatory disorders: uncommon conditions that
we should consider – Amit Herwadkar, Consultant
Neuroradiologist, Salford Royal Hospital
ITU patient: what do we need to know – Rekha Siripurapu,
Consultant Neuroradiologist,Salford Royal Hospital
Non-accidental injury: minefield for the unwary – Tim Jaspan,
Consultant Neuroradiologist, Queens Hospital, Nottingham
Overview: To unravel the imaging of complex conditions in
these three groups of sick patients.
Is your new information system clinically safe?
D6
Moderator:
Anant Patel, Project Manager, Society of
Imaging
Radiographer/AMPformatics
informatics
08.30-09.30 Safely implementing new systems clinical perspective –
Stuart Harrison, Senior Safety Engineer, Department of Health
Informatics Directorate
Safely implementing new systems technical
perspective – Maureen Baker, Clinical Director of Patient
Safety, Department of Health Informatics Directorate
Overview: As radiology systems are being changed one
needs to remember how patient safety should be inherent.
Major trauma networks and major trauma centres
D7
Moderator:
Mark Thornton, Consultant Radiologist, North
Intervention
Bristol NHS Trust
08.30-10.15
The evidence for major trauma centres and networks
– The National Clinical Director for Trauma, Department of
Health (name to be announced)
The role of imaging and interventional radiology at a
major trauma centre – Andy Beale, Consultant Radiologist
Great Western Hospital and Lead Radiologist NHS Improvement
What a major trauma lead wants from the radiology
department – Ben Walton, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensive
Care Doctor and Major Trauma Lead North Bristol NHS Trust
Overview:
Understand the role of MTCs
Understand the role of radiology at MTCs
D8
Service
delivery
09.30-10.20
Certificated
session
IRMER Masterclass I: Referral to exposure
Referral to exposure – what is expected? – David Sutton,
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Overview: This session will update radiographers [and
others] on the latest position on content and expectation of
procedures describing how referrals are handled.
Session aimed at radiographers with an interest in radiation
protection, service managers, RPAs and physicists with an
interest in radiation protection.
Morning sessions
Imaging nurses
E1
Moderator:
Maggie Williams, Clinical Nurse Lead,
Service
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
delivery
10.00-11.30 Education and training of radiology nurses – Grace
Johnston, Practice Educator, Radiology and Medical
Specialities, NHS Grampian
Nursing practice in interventional radiology – Pamela
Beckford, Radiology Matron, Heart of England NHS
Foundation Trust
Running or organising a nurse-led MPS service –
Stephen Thompson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nuclear
Medicine Department, Barking, Havering and Redbridge
University Trust
Improving the patient experience – Sarah Bennett,
Radiology Nurse, Hull Royal Infirmary
Overview:
To recognise the contribution of imaging nurses in
delivering imaging services
To demonstrate the potential for nursing in imaging
departments
To discuss how we continue to develop competent
imaging nurses
E2
Procurement and replacement of PACS & RIS-Why
this is good for the NHS
Imaging
Moderator:
Neelam Dugar, Consultant Radiologist,
informatics
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust
10.15-12.00
Procurement options for PACS & RIS – Tony Corkett,
Cloud21
Framework route for procurement – David Burns, NHS
Supply Chain
OJEU and framework procurement - understanding
legal aspect – Andrew Daly, Hempson’s Solicitors
PACS &RIS procurements a suppliers view – Kevin
Starling, GE Healthcare
PACS & RIS Procurements - Local IT decision making a
DH Vision – Alasdair Thompson, Department of Health
Overview: 2013 to 2015 are the years where most NHS
Trusts will be replacing their RIS & PACS. Understanding
procurement is essential
Objectives:
Understanding the OJEU process
Understanding the Framework route
Advances in obstetric radiology
E3
Obstetrics and Update on antenatal screening – Gillian Hutchison,
Gynaecology Consultant Radiologist, Royal Bolton Hospital
10.15-11.45 Fetal MRI – Elspeth Whitby, Consultant Radiologist,
Academic Unit of Reproductive & Developmental Medicine,
University of Sheffield
Interventional radiology in obstetrics – Christopher
Hammond, Consultant Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
NHS Trust
Overview: To update the audience on the expanding role of
imaging in obstetrics
Multidisciplinary case studies
E4
Moderator:
Anthony Maxwell, Consultant Radiologist,
Breast
University Hospital of South Manchester
10.30-12.00
VOTING
Panel: Fiona MacNeill, Consultant Surgeon, Royal Marsden
Hospital, Sutton
Barbara Dall, Consultant Radiologist, Leeds
Andrew Evans, Professor of Breast Imaging, University of Dundee
Colin Purdie, Consultant Histopathologist, Dundee
Overview: An interactive session covering some of the
common clinical problems found in symptomatic and
screening breast practice and some new approaches to
dealing with them.
Spinal conditions
E5
Moderator:
Calvin Soh, Consultant Neuroradiologist,
Neuro
Salford Royal Hospital
10.30-12.00
Marrow signal changes: pattern recognition & new
imaging techniques – Rick Whitehouse, Consultant MSK
Radiologist, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Scoliosis: principles of imaging & management – Brad
Williamson, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Salford Royal
Hospital, Manchester
Spinal instrumentation: what do surgeons expect us
to know – Rajat Verma, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Salford
Royal Hospital, Manchester
Overview: To give an overview of some common but
complex spinal imaging encountered in routine clinical
practice and to unravel the mystery
Lung cancer and PET-CT
E6
Moderator:
John Howells, Consultant radiologist.
Chest
Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust
10.15-12.30
VOTING
Lung cancer: National strategy and the role of the
radiologist – Mick Peak, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in
Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester and
National Clinical Lead for Lung Cancer in NHS Improvement
Lung cancer on the CT scan – Claudia Henschke, Professor
of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA
Lung Cancer and PET-CT: pearls and pitfalls – Andrew
Scarsbrook, Consultant Radiologist & Nuclear Medicine
Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Lung cancer on the chest Xray – interactive session –
Klaus Irion, Consultant Chest Radiologist, Liverpool Heart and
Chest Hospital, Liverpool
Overview: Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer
death in the UK. It is unusual amongst common cancers in
that initial detection and staging of the tumour lie solely within
the province of the radiologist. This session aims to equip
the radiologist with specialist insights to allow him or her to
maximize their value to patients with this condition, and will
be of interest to both general and specialist radiologists.
9
Tuesday 11 June
Commissioning, coding and AQP
E7
Moderator:
Jeanne Scolding, Consultant Radiographer,
Service
The Great Western Hospital
delivery
10.45-12.00 Commissioning for radiology – Iain Robertson, Consultant
Interventional Radiologist, Greater Glasgow and Clyde,
President of the BSIR
Commissioning: the GP’s perspective – David Paynton,
National Clinical Lead in the RCGP for Commissioning
Understanding AQP and its effect on the imaging
department – Patrick Carter, Managing Director Community
Health Services, InHealth Limited
Clinical coding – Craig Jobling, Interventional GI Radiologist,
Nottingham University Hospitals
Overview:
To provide a greater understanding of commissioning radiology
services from both the radiology and GP perspective and how
AQP fits into the commissioning process
To look at clinical coding in radiology and how this can
support us during the commissioning process
Industrial lung disease - from radiology to the law
F3
Moderator:
Sylvia Worthy, Consultant Radiologist, Royal
Chest
Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
13.45-15.15
Asbestos related lung disease – the radiology and
what is relevant for the clinician – Roderick Robertson,
Consultant Chest Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Asbestos related lung disease and the law – Charles
R K Hind, Consultant Physician in General and Respiratory
Medicine, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool,
Test your knowledge and interpretation skills: Industrial
lung disease MCQ – Rachel Benamore, Consultant
Radiologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Overview: Imaging is the primary modality for detection
and assessment of industrial lung disease. This session
brings together expert radiologists and clinicians to discuss
the information that the clinician needs to know from the
radiologist and what features may be important in any legal
action. It will be followed by an opportunity for you to test
your own knowledge through a MCQ quiz
Physicist toolbox – Monte Carlo for dummies I
E8
Moderator:
David Sutton, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Advances
11.00-12.00 Physicist toolbox: basics of Monte Carlo for DR physics
– Colin Baker, Liverpool
Overview: Expert tutorial on the basics of MC for DR,
primarily aimed at physics
Interventional radiology at a major trauma Centre
F4
Moderator:
Mark Thornton, Consultant Radiologist, North
Intervention
Bristol NHS Trust
13.45-15.45
The role of CT in imaging major trauma – Surgeon
Commander David Gay, Consultant Radiologist, Derriford
Hospital and Royal Navy
The role of embolization in traumatic arterial
haemorrhage – Christopher Hammond, Consultant
Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Embolization/therapeutic options to treat active
arterial bleeding – Simon McPherson, Consultant Vascular
Radiologist, LTHT
Overview: To understand the CT protocols and interventional
options that radiology can use in major trauma patients.
Lunch sessions
Eponymous
lecture
12.30-13.15
IPEM John Mallard lecture
The role of functional imaging in the study of neurological
and psychiatric disease – new developments and future
prospects – David Wyper, Director, SINAPSE, University of Glasgow
Afternoon sessions
Can radiology be innovative?
F1
Moderator:
Anant Patel, Radiographer, Society of
Imaging
Radiographer/AMPformatics and Victoria Brown, National
informatics
Improvement Lead, NHS Improvement - Diagnostics
and service
delivery
Development of your innovation – Mary Green, Project
13.45-15.30
Manager, NHS
Innovating the virtual cath lab with NHS innovations –
Shawn Larson, PACS Project Manager, CfH
Innovating on your own? Lessons learnt designing
an on line training and audit program – Nicholas Taylor,
Senior Radiographer, The Great Western Hospital
Application and utilisation of your innovation – V`ctoria Brown,
National Improvement Lead, NHS Improvement - Diagnostics
Access to Speaker for Advice about your innovation
(1-2-1 session)
Overview: Round table session to look at obstacles
when innovating.
Investigate ways of resourcing, planning timescales for
your innovation.
Sharing of experiences/practices.
How will it be delivered - do you need to buy in software
or is it already used somewhere within hospital?
Resources required - time, additional people, equipment,
training, is it already being done by someone else?
Create a plan of attack (90 day action plan) - initial
research, data gathering, writing, getting others to check
and integrating replies, primary drafts, secondary drafts,
system testing, evaluation, amendments, sign off, follow
up of results, time for review
Audience: Anyone who has an innovative idea and wants
to learn how to develop it!
An introduction to PPEE
F2
Moderator:
Lesley Wright, Director, NHS Improvement
Service
delivery
What is PPEE and how does it involve me? – Ruth Evans,
Director, Patient Experience Network
13.45-15.15
Net promoter score – Suzanne Rankin, Director of Nursing, ASPH
Goldfish bowl – Rachel Cross, Academy Assurance
Manager, The Great Western Hospital
PPEE in practice – Anita Echlin, Radiographer, Hull Royal Infirmary
Overview:
This session gives a brief overview of what PPEE is why
it is important and the mechanisms available to support
staff and trusts.
Types of tools we can use to engage patients and staff
and an example of PPEE in practice.
10
Neuro scientific papers
F5
Paper:
Standardisation of the use of ultrasound as a
Neuro
scientific
diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
papers
(GCA) – Jennifer Piper, Oxford University
14.00-15.15 Paper: The incidence and morphological features of
pyramidal lobe on thyroid ultrasound – Helen Lockyer,
North Bristol NHS Trust
Paper: Radiological characterisation of explosive
fragments injuring the neck – John Breeze, Royal Centre
for Defence Medicine
Paper: Retrospective service evaluation of computed
tomography angiography compared to digital
subtraction angiography in the detection of cerebral
aneurysms in cases of subarachnoid haemorrhage –
Ruth Wilkinson, Sheffield Hallam University
Paper: What proportion of non-trauma CT head
requests from GPs and A&E meet the RCR guidelines
and what do the findings show? – Cheng Xie, Birmingham
Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals
Paper: CT guided spinal injections: improved access
through radiographer role extension – Andrew Wainwright,
Buckshealthcare NHS Trust
F6
Breast
14.00-15.30
Local and regional staging in breast cancer
Controversies in management of the axilla – Fiona MacNeill,
Consultant Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton
When and how to sample the axilla – Peter Britton,
Consultant Radiologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Image-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy – wire
localisation and VAB – Andrew Evans, Professor of Breast
Imaging, University of Dundee
Image-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy – microbubbles
– Ali Sever, Consultant Radiologist, Maidstone Hospital
Whole body staging – when and how? – Sarah
Vinnicombe, Clinical Senior Lecturer In Cancer Imaging,
University of Dundee
Overview: To discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and
management of axillary metastatic disease and the indications
and techniques for investigation for distant metastases.
Physicist Toolbox – Monte Carlo for dummies II
F7
Moderator:
David Sutton, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Advances
14.00-14.50 Physicist toolbox: basics of Monte Carlo for DR physics
– Emiliano Spezi, Cardiff University
Overview: Expert tutorial on code and detector simulation
primarily aimed at physicists
Tuesday 11 June
G1
PACS is reborn!
Incorporating enterprise VNA & clinical portals
Imaging
Moderator:
Neelam Dugar, Consultant Radiologist,
informatics
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust
15.45-17.30
From radiology departmental PACS to an Enterprisewide approach (DICOM, CDA & XDS within a VNA) –
Shannon Werb, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy
Officer, Acuo Technologies
Enterprise medical document and image management (Enterprise XDS based VNA) – Stefan Bei der Kellen,
GE Healthcare
Clinical portals (standards complaint XDS/XDS-I
viewers) – Dirco Van Norden, Rogan Delft
Managing enterprise access controls to Enterprise
VNA data (e.g through active directory) – Harm-jan
Wessels, Forecare
XDS/XDR metadata standardization is key to image
and report sharing – Dave Harvey, Managing Director,
Medical Connections
Overview: PACS has moved on from radiology to an
enterprise-wide approach with VNA & clinical portals The aim
is to understand the direction in which PACS is moving globally
G2
Service improvement: simple tips and tools for
improving our service
Service
Moderator:
Fiona Thow, Director, NHS Improvement
delivery
15.45-17.45 The challenges we are facing: simple tips to improve
your service – Richard Seymour, Consultant Radiologist,
Torbay Hospital
Human dimensions of change – Jean Penney, Visiting
Professor of Healthcare Improvement, University of Derby
An introduction to LEAN in healthcare – Lesley Wright,
Director, NHS Improvement
The role of radiology in improving overall hospital care
and flow – Kate Silvester, David Tipper, Clinical Services
Manager, Chesterfield Royal Hospital & Paul Harriman,
Assistant Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospital
Overview:
This session looks at simple ways we can improve
capacity and reduce waiting lists and introduces tools we
can use to achieve this
An introduction to the LEAN methodology applied to
healthcare and why people find change difficult and how
this can be overcome
Imaging the obese
G3
Moderator:
Laurence Sutton, Consultant Radiologist,
Hot topic
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
15.45-17.30
Technological limitations to imaging the obese – John Kotre,
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Imaging of morbid obesity procedures and their
complications – Stephen Trenkner, The Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, USA
Optimising imaging of obese patients – Anthony A G
Ryan, Waterford City, Ireland
Limitations to MRI imaging of the obese – Glyn Coutts,
Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Overview: The frequency of imaging the morbidly obese
is rising and with it the associated technical and clinical
difficulties of delivering these examinations. This session
explores the technical limitations to imaging the obese as
well as some of the practicalities in the radiology department.
G4
MSK
16.15-17.35
Elite sport and Olympics
Moderator: Jerry Healey, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
The Olympic experience – Jerry Healey, Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital
Muscle injury: what can we learn from the Champions
League? – Justin Lee, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Minority sports and unusual injuries – Gajan Rajeswaran,
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Paper: The painful sesamoids of the great toe: a review
of imaging – Zaid Jibri, Morriston Hospital, Swansea
Paper: Bisphophonate induced atypical femoral
fractures: Are we aware? – Subbarao Chaganti, Peninsula
Radiology Academy, Plymouth
Overview: Introduction to practical diagnostic and
prognostic factors in elite sport
Neurovascular
G5
Moderator:
Anil Gholkar, Consultant Neuroradiologist,
Neuro
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
16.30-17.45
Stroke imaging: evidence-based practice in advanced
imaging – Iris Grunwald, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Oxford
University Hospital
Intracranial aneurysms: eight years post-ISAT, has
management of aneurysms changed? – Anil Gholkar,
Consultant Neuroradiologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary,
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cerebral venous thrombosis: imaging update
& management – Shelley Renowden, Consultant
Neuroradiologist, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Overview:
An update on new imaging techniques in acute stroke
Technological update, current concept of investigation &
management of ruptured & unruptured aneurysms since
the randomised study in 2005
To discuss the best imaging modality for venous
occlusive disease and management strategy
G6
Breast
scientific
papers
16.30-17.30
Breast scientific papers
Paper: ROLL (radioisotope occult lesion localisation):
How to set up the service in a cross-site UK district
hospital breast unit and audit of first 2 years practice
– Furhan Razzaq, Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Paper: Value of shear-wave elastography in the
diagnosis of symptomatic invasive lobular breast
cancer – Yee Ting Sim, NHS Tayside & University of Dundee,
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
Paper: Comparing analogue and digital mammography:
a retrospective assessment of recall, biopsy and cancer
detection rate – Thomas Fyall, Manchester Medical School,
University of Manchester
Paper: An investigation into two novel imaging
techniques for improving breast thickness estimation
in digital mammography – Andrew Williamson, University
of Manchester
Paper: Can volumetric breast measurements be used
to predict weight? – Elizabeth O’Donovan, Manchester
Medical School, University of Manchester
Paper: Compression behaviours - An exploration of
the beliefs and values influencing the application of
breast compression during screening mammography –
Frederick Murphy, University of Salford
Training, reporting and revalidation
G7
Moderator:
Anthony Maxwell, Consultant Radiologist,
Hot topic
Royal Bolton Hospital and Clinical Vice-president, UKRC
16.30-17. 45
The radiology report - how to get the message across –
Paul McCoubrie, Consultant Radiologist, North Bristol NHS Trust
Introducing evidence-based practice into the radiology
curriculum - the Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI
experience – Dermot Malone, Consultant Radiologist and
Professor of Radiology, University College, Dublin, Republic of
Ireland
Standards for cancer reporting: the RCR CASPAR pilot
– Gina Brown, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Marsden Hospital
Revalidation – lessons learnt from the early days – Sally
Old, Medico-Legal Advisor, The MDU
Overview:
To understand the importance structure and use of
language in radiology reports
To understand the importance of evidence based practice
To understand the importance of standardisation of
cancer imaging reporting
To understand the requirements for medical revalidation.
Evening: Congress dinner and party St George’s hall
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Wednesday 12 June
Sunrise sessions
RPS Masterclass II:local rules
H1
Moderator:
Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Advances
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
08.30-09.20
Local Rules – What should an RPS know and do? –
Michael Nettleton, HSE Radiation Specialist Inspector
Overview: This session will update RPSs [and others] on the
latest position on content of Local Rules and how and which staff
should be trained in them, including any required record keeping.
Certificated session for RPSs, radiographers, RPAs and Physicists
Cardiac MRI in clinical practice
H2
Moderator:
Stephen Harden, Consultant Radiologist,
Cardiac
Southampton
08.30-09.30
Tips for obtaining good quality images with cardiac MRI
– Alison Fletcher, Southampton University Hospital
Imaging cardiomyopathy with cardiac MRI – Declan
O’Regan, Hammersmith Hospital
Paper: High variability in signal intensity and contrast
dynamics during CMRI first-pass perfusion imaging
when a standard dose of contrast agent is used - blood
pool & myocardium – Shona Matthew, University of Dundee
Paper: Diabetes and myocardial fat in the paradigm of
cardiovascular disease – Deirdre Cassidy, University of Dundee
Transitional radiology paediatric to adult
H3
Moderator:
Robert Cooper, Consultant Musculoskeletal
Paediatrics
Radiologist, Sheffield
08.30-09.30
Orthopaedic surgeon’s perspective – Fergal Monsell,
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol
Adult radiologist’s perspective – Robert Cooper,
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Sheffield
Public perspective – Elaine Healey, Chairperson, Brittle
Bone Society
Overview: The aim of this session is for participants to gain
further insight into the difficulties associated with transition
from paediatric to adult radiology services and how this
might be optimised in their own Trusts.
Gastro-intestinal tract imaging
H4
Moderator:
Niall Power, Consultant Radiologist, Royal
GI
Free Hospital, London
08.30-09.45
Update on CT enterography – Stephen Trenkner, The
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
CT of black bowel – Dermot Malone, Consultant Radiologist
and Professor of Radiology, University College, Dublin,
Republic of Ireland
Learn from our mistakes – errors in abdominal CT – Ian
Zealley, Consultant Radiologist, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Overview: An outline of several roles that modern multislice CT may undertake in evaluating luminal pathology
Major trauma I
H5
Moderator:
Paula Richards, Consultant MSK Radiologist,
MSK
Keele University
08.30-10.00
Cervical trauma: What is the ideal algorithm – Hifz Aniq,
Consultant Radiologist, Royal Liverpool Hospital
Avoiding common pitfalls – Richard Hughes, Clinical
Director of Radiology, Stoke-Mandeville Hospital
Paediatric cervical injuries: Small adults or a unique
group? – Karl Johnson, Consultant Radiologist, Birmingham
Children’s Hospital
Overview: Explore the algorithms and interpretative aspects
that minimise errors
Arthritides
H6
Moderator:
Priya Suresh, Consultant Radiologist,
MSK
Plymouth Hospital Trust
08.30-09.45
Rheumatoid arthritis: What’s new? – Mani Thyagurajan, Bristol
Spondyloarhropathies: diagnosis and assessment –
Jaspreet Singh, Oswestry
Paper: Correlation between clinical and MRI disease
activity scores in axial spondyloarthritis – James Mackay,
Radiology Academy, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Uncommon arthropathies: Pearls and pitfalls – Priya
Suresh, Consultant Radiologist, Plymouth Hospital Trust
Paper: MRI of spondyloarthropathies - a reaudit:
Standardised MRI protocol – the knock on effects
of clinical referral patterns over 3 years – Thariq M
Hajamohideen, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Overview: Review the current role of imaging relating to
changing treatment and advanced imaging
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Emerging international issues in radiation protection
H7
Moderator:
David Sutton, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Advances
09.00-10.35 RP Culture – its potential within healthcare – Peter Marsden,
University College London Hospitals, London
Latest news from the rest of the world: the IAEA Bonn Meeting – Sue Edyvean, Health Protection Agency, Didcot
Justification – UK vs the rest of the world – Neil Lewis,
Director of Medical Engineering and Physics King’s College
Hospital, London
EU BSS – the latest! Not to forget the EMF! – Speaker tbc
Overview: An insight in the relationship between radiation
protection in the UK and the rest of the world.
Education in health informatics
H8
Moderator:
Anant Patel, Radiographer, Society and
Imaging
College of Radiographers
informatics
09.00-10.30 Post graduate health informatics education – Rodnick
Vassallo, PACS Manager, St Georges or Queen Mary’s
Hospital as 2012 UKRC
eICE – Di Bullman, Informatics Development Manager,
Department of Health Informatics
Post graduate health informatics education – Alexander
Peck, Information Systems Manager, Royal Brompton &
Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Overview: How should health informatics be embedded
into radiology? A look at the current status, how it’s being
embedded and possible future developments.
Morning sessions
I1
Service
delivery
10.00-11.00
Certificated
session
IRMER Masterclass II: patient dosimetry, DRLs &
optimisation
Patient dosimetry, DRLs & optimisation – What is
expected? – Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Overview: This session will update radiographers [and
others] in the latest position on content and expectation of
procedures that describe how the management of patient
dose should be handled. Session aimed at radiographers
with an interest in radiation protection, service managers,
RPAs and physicists with an interest in radiation protection
Cardiac CT in clinical practice
I2
Moderator:
Roger Bury, Consultant Radiologist, Blackpool
Cardiac
10.00-11.00 Tips for obtaining good quality cardiac CT images – Matthew Benbow, CT Superintendent Radiographer, Royal
Bournemouth Hospital
Coronary artery CT angiography: the radiologist’s
perspective – Caroline McCann, Liverpool
Paediatrics refresher course
What the clinician wants from the general radiologist
with a paediatric interest
Moderator: Nik Barnes, Consultant Radiologist, Alder Hey,
Liverpool
Rheumatology – Clarissa Pilkington, Consultant Paediatric
Rheumatologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Respiratory – Amanda Equi, Consultant Paediatric
Respiratory Medicine, West Hertfordshire Hospitals
Gastroenterology – David Campbell, Consultant Paediatric
Gastroenterologist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield
Overview: The session will provide general radiologists with
an understanding of key questions that clinicians would
like answered in relation to paediatric rheumatological,
respiratory and GI imaging, and therefore enable them to
more appropriately tailor their protocols / reporting
I3
Paediatrics
10.00-11.30
Pancreatic imaging
I4
Moderator:
Mark Callaway, Consultant Radiologist, Bristol
GI
Royal Infirmary
10.00-11.30
Imaging and intervention in acute pancreatitis –
Tim Fotheringham, Consultant Radiologist, The Royal London
Hospital, London
Imaging of neuroendocrine tumours – Andrea Rockall,
Consultant Radiologist and Professor of Radiology, Imperial
College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Imaging patterns of IPMNs – Naomi Campbell, Memorial
Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Overview: Update on cross sectional imaging and
intervention in the pancreas
Wednesday 12 June
Debate: This house thinks that outsourcing will be
the death of radiology as we know it in this country
Service
Moderator:
Alf Troughton, Medical Director, The Great
delivery
Western Hospital
10.45-11.45
For the motion: Nicola Strickland, Consultant Radiologist,
VOTING
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Against the motion: Philip Gishen, Consultant Radiologist,
Imperial College
Overview: In the ongoing climate of increasing demand and
decreasing finance trusts are now looking at alternative
methods of providing reporting services. This debate
provides an opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of
outsourcing the reporting of images to private companies.
Afternoon sessions
Interactive Session: Emphasis on plain film
I6
Moderator:
Phil Hughes, Plymouth Hospital Trust
MSK
11.00-12.15 Bone Tumours – Dave Richie, Western Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Arthritides – Rick Whitehouse, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Paediatric injuries – Simon Ostlere, Nuffield Orthopaedic
Hospital, Oxford
Overview: Maximizing plain film interpretation
I5
Radiation protection scientific papers
I7
Moderator:
Andy Rogers, Head of Radiation Physics,
Advances
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
scientific
papers
Paper: A set of regional reference DLP values for
11.00-12.15
CT in the NW of England – Paul Charnock, Integrated
Radiological Services Ltd
Paper: Using animation to educate children about
radiology – George Korankye, Forth Valley Health Board
Paper: Fluoroscopic versus plain film x-ray diagnosis
of radiopaque foreign bodies – Richard Thomas, Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals
Paper: Development of eye dose monitoring strategy
– Bethany Howard, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Paper: Operator eye protection in interventional
radiology – Siobhan McVey, NHS Tayside
Paper: Effective dose reduction in lung CT perfusion
studies using new image filtering methods – Nick van
Terheyden, Nuance
Abdominal imaging – scientific papers
I8
Moderator:
William Torreggiani, Tallaght Hospital, Trinity
Abdominal
College, Dublin, Ireland
scientific
papers
Paper: Liver volume analysis: A comparison between
11.15-12.15
Toshiba Vitrea Enterprise Suite (VES) V6.2 and Philips
Extended Brilliance Workstation (EBW) V4.5.2.4031 –
Jia Jun Ng, Singapore General Hospital
Paper: The role of Tc99m-BrIDA scanning in traumatic
liver injuries – Chris O‘Callaghan, University Hospital of
Wales, Cardiff
Paper: Radiological follow up following radical
cystectomy - what are we meant to be doing, what are
we doing, and does it make any difference? – Ban Sharif,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Paper: Acute CT abdomen: are the clinical details still
relevant? – Veena Puranik
Paper: MR enterography compared to endoscopy and
histology for assessing inflammatory bowel disease –
Rhian Thomas, Royal Gwent Hospital, Aneurin Bevan Health Board
Paper: A meta-analysis of contrast-induced
nephropathy prophylaxis – Chun Lap Pang, Peninsula
Radiology Academy, Plymouth NHS Hospital Trust
Lunch sessions
Eponymous
Lecture
12.15-13.00
SCoR Welbeck Memorial Lecture
Radiography: the next decade? – Audrey Paterson, Director
of Professional Policy, Society and College of Radiographers
ROC Research Overcoming obstacles to research
Moderator:
Iain Lyburn, Consultant Radiologist,
Session
13.15– 14.15 Cheltenham Imaging Centre & Vice-President, UKRC
European radiology research centres – Gabriel Krestin,
President, ESR, & Chair of Radiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
USA research centre – Claudia Henschke, Professor of
Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA
Radiology research centres: emulating success from
abroad in the UK – Fiona Gilbert, Professor of Radiology,
University of Cambridge
Discusssion
J1
Paediatrics interactive
13.40-15.00
J2
Interactive quiz: paediatric Aunt Minnies - and less
familiar cases - for the general radiologist
Panel: Amaka C Offiah, Consultant Radiologist, Sheffield
Ash Chakrobarty, Consultant Radiologist, Oxford
Overview: An interactive quiz geared towards consultant
radiologists covering common presentations of rare disorders
and unusual presentations of more common disorders
Diffuse lung disease: from chest radiograph to
lung pathology
Chest
Moderator: John Reynolds, Consultant Radiologist, Heart
14.30-17.00
J3
of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Paper: CT features of focal organizing pneumonia: An
analysis of consecutive histopathologically confirmed
45 cases – Yi-Xiang Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Paper: Retrospective study of medium-term (12 month)
outcomes in patients with suspected pulmonary
embolism following perfusion-only scintigraphy –
Tim Pearce, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff
CXR and diffuse lung disease – the missed opportunity
– Stephen Ellis, Consultant Radiologist, London Chest Hospital
The role of the MDT - Colm Leonard, Consultant Thoracic
Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospital of
South Manchester
The interstitial pneumonias – classification update.
Is there anything new? – Melanie Greaves, Consultant
Radiologist, University Hospital of South Manchester
Radiological-pathological correlation of diffuse lung
disease - 25 shades of grey and 25 shades of colour
– John Curtis, Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital
Aintree, Liverpool & JR Gosney, Consultant Thoracic
Pathologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Overview: Diffuse lung disease (DLD) may manifest as
an incidental finding on a chest x-ray or present with
symptoms. This session is aimed at radiologists and
radiographers of all levels of experience who may encounter
patients with DLD in their day-to-day practice. This session
will examine the radiographic technique and reporting skills
required to optimise chest x-ray diagnosis of DLD, discuss
the information that is important to the clinician and to
the MDT, provide an update on classification and finally
demonstrate some of the pathological patterns responsible
for the radiological appearances.
Cardiac CT and MRI at the cardiac MDT meeting: cases
where cross-sectional imaging makes a difference
Cardiac
Moderator: Stephen Harden, Consultant Radiologist
14.30-16.00
Cardiac CT – Russell Bull, Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Cardiac MRI – Bobby Agrawal, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Paper: Role of MDCT angiography in valvular
assessment – Prajakta Pinglay, University Hospital of
Leicester NHS Trust
Oncology and imaging – scientific papers
J4
Moderator:
William Torreggiani, Tallaght Hospital, Trinity
Scientific
College, Dublin, Ireland
papers
14.30-15.45 Paper: Could prognostic imaging biomarkers contribute
to decisions concerning adjuvant chemotherapy?
Illustrations using CT texture analysis (CTTA) – Balaji
Ganeshan, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College
Hospital, London
Paper: Characterisation of focal liver lesions using
diffusion weighted imaging; does the exclusion of
b-value 0s/mm2 improve lesion characterisation? –
Christopher Page, King’s College London
Paper: superior vena cava stenting for obstructive
malignancy: failure to improve symptoms despite a
technically successful procedure is a poor prognostic
indicator – Thomas Micic, Aneurin Bevan Health Board Trust
Paper: Radiographer screening for pulmonary emboli
(PE) on routine computerised tomography (CT) scans in
an oncology population – Alison Kilburn, The Christie NHS
Foundation Trust
Paper: Colonic cancer - CT staging with pathologic
correlation – Sheila Augustine, Wrightington, Wigan and
Leigh NHS Trust
Paper: Radiological and pathological correlation of colonic
cancer staging – Islah Ud Din, Countess of Chester Hospital
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Wednesday 12 June
Hepatobiliary imaging
J5
Moderator:
Dominic Yu, Consultant Radiologist, Royal
GI
Free Hospital
14.30-15.45
Liver ultrasound – current status and future directions
– Paul Sidhu, Consultant Radiologist and Professor of
Radiology, King’s College, London
CT of hepatobiliary malignancy – Raneem Albazaz,
Consultant Radiologist, St James University Hospital, Leeds
The incidental focal liver lesion – David Breen, Consultant
Radiologist, University Hospital, Southampton
Overview: State of the art review of multimodality liver imaging
Major trauma II
J6
Moderator:
Dominic Barron, Leeds Teaching Hospital
MSK
Pelvic
–
James
Rankin, Leeds Teaching Hospital
14.30-16.00
Knee injuries – Dominic Barron, Leeds Teaching Hospital
Ankle and hindfoot – Phil Hughes, Consultant MSK
Radiologist, Plymouth Hospital
Paper: Radiographer contribution to trauma image
interpretation: a survey of UK practice – Emily Lewis, Mid
Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Paper: Injury severity scoring & TARN: do conventional
radiology reports suffice? – Shrilay Sinha, Ysbyty Gwynedd
– BCUHB
Overview: Major trauma common injuries and less common
injuries with potential longterm impacts
Radiation protection in the UK – reaction to
international pressures
Advances
Moderator: John Kotre, Consultant Clinical Scientist,
14.30-16.00
Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Guidance on co-operation between employers for
personal dosimetry – Andy Rogers, Consultant Clinical
Scientist, Nottingham
MPE certification update – Claire-Louise Chapple,
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
CQC feedback from recent inspections – Speaker from
IRMER Inspectorate
Radiation and research – latest developments in the
governance hurdles – Giles Morrison, Consultant Clinical
Scientist, Sheffield
Added value from real-time staff dose feedback –
Adam Workman
Overview: An update on current live issues for radiation
protection professionals and those interested in
radiation protection.
Audience: Radiation Protection Supervisors, radiation
protection physicists, research radiographers
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J7
J8
Radiology report quality and communication is
integral to high quality patient care
Imaging
Moderator:
Laurence Sutton, Consultant Radiologist,
informatics
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
14.30-16.30
Radiology reports - clinical & IT perspectives – Neelam
Dugar, Consultant Radiologist, Doncaster and Bassetlaw
Hospitals NHS Trust
What do referring doctors expect from a radiology
report – Jan Bosmans, Staff Radiologist, Ghent University
Hospital and Consultant, Antwerp University Hospital
Is medical qualification, multi-modality & multi-specialty
training important? – Nicola Strickland, Consultant
Radiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Improving radiology report quality role of clinical
meetings – Susan King, Consultant Radiologist, Weston
Area Health NHS Trust
Radiologists’ reporting speed and patient safety
– Richard Fitzgerald, Consultant Radiologist, The Royal
Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Electronic transfer of radiology reports to GP systems
& other hospitals – Philip Scott, Chair HL7 UK and Senior
Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
Overview: Elements that can enhance & improve radiology
report quality and communication will be discussed.
Objectives:
How informatics can play a significant role in improving
radiology report quality
What are the important elements required to deliver high
quality radiology reports
Update: imaging in UTI and scientific papers
J9
Moderator:
Amaka C Offiah, Consultant Radiologist, Sheffield
Paediatrics
15.30-16.30 Imaging children with suspected urinary tract infections
– Ima Moorthy, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Alexandra
Children’s Hospital, Brighton
Paper: Replacing conventional spine radiographs with
dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in children with
suspected reduction in bone density – Ese Adiotomre,
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Paper: Multisystem review of usual and unusual
manifestations of infantile and childhood leukaemia –
Kandise Jackson, Central Manchester Children’s Hospital
Overview: Delegates will be updated on imaging infants
and children with suspected urinary tract infections
including current NICE guidelines
Congress closes
Keynote speakers plenary
Eponymous lectures
State of Art: lung cancer screening with CT
CoR - William Stripp Memorial Lecture: See
how they grow!
Claudia Henschke
Professor of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Centre,
New York, USA
Dr Claudia Henschke is a Professor of Radiology and
heads the Lung and Cardiac Screening Program at the
Mount Sinai Medical Center. A pioneer and leading
expert in the field of diagnostic radiology, Dr Henschke has long believed
that smokers and former smokers should consider being tested with lowdose CT scans to detect lung cancer when a tumour is still small enough
to be cured. Dr Henschke has more than 20 years of clinical and research
experience in this area and, since 1991, has led city, state, national, and
international projects that have resulted in the diagnosis of some 800
lung cancers. She and her team have created a protocol that has set an
international standard for performing low-dose CT scans and managing
findings which require additional testing.
Her team has developed techniques that provide 3D growth assessment
of a lesion. Using these techniques lesion growth can be measured and
compared to the rate of growth seen in malignant tumours. This can help
distinguish those lesions that are benign from those that are malignant.
Dr Henschke received a M.S. in mathematical statistics from Southern
Methodist University and her PhD in mathematical statistics and computer
science in 1969 from the University of Georgia. She was awarded her
medical degree from Howard University in 1977. She completed her
radiology residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, and in 1981 was named to the faculty of the Department of
Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr Henschke was a Professor of
Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College before joining Mount Sinai. Dr
Henschke has authored over 250 peer reviewed publications, two books
and more than 30 chapters in books.
Barium is not dead: barium is state
of the art!
Stephen Trenkner
Assioate Professor of Radiology, The Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, USA
Dr Trenkner graduated from the Indiana University
School of Medicine in 1978. Following a fellowship in
gastrointestinal radiology at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1982-1983, he has worked in the field of gastrointestinal radiology for
30 years. His main interests are fluoroscopy and CT of the abdomen and
pelvis as it relates to the luminal GI tract. He has received teaching awards
at the University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN. Dr Trenkner enjoys biking, running, tennis, photography,
and The Beatles.
Maryann Hardy
Associate Dean for Research and Director of
Postgraduate Research for School of Health Studies,
Bradford University
Maryann qualified as a diagnostic radiographer in 1989
and worked as a clinical radiographer for 9 years before
entering academia as a lecturer in 1998. In 2002 she became the first
radiographer to be awarded a Department of Health doctoral research
fellowship for a study considering the “epidemiology of children’s injuries”.
She was promoted to Chair of Radiography & Imaging Practice Research
at the University of Bradford in 2009 and is currently Associate Dean for
Research and Director of Postgraduate Research for School of Health
Studies, University of Bradford. She is a widely published author of journal
articles and co-author of 2 popular text books: “Paediatric Radiography”
(2003) and “Musculoskeletal Trauma – a Guide to Assessment and
Diagnosis” (2012).
IPEM - John Mallard lecture: The role of
functional imaging in the study of neurological
and psychiatric disease – new developments
and future prospects
David Wyper
University of Glasgow & Director of SINAPSE
Currently Professor Wyper is the Director of SINAPSE.
Until then, his career was based within the NHS where
he was Director of the Clinical Physics Department of
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board and also
Research & Development Director. His teaching and research was
undertaken through an honorary professorship at the University of Glasgow,
and focused mainly on brain scanning using radioisotope techniques and
magnetic resonance imaging.
In his current position as Director of SINAPSE David has responsibility
for an imaging network established by the Scottish Funding Council,
with added support from CSO, involving the Universities of Edinburgh,
Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling. From this
platform, they are engaging with Health Science Scotland and with other
academic pooling groups. So far the most productive partnerships have
been with SCOTCHEM and SUPA. The graduate School has 46 doctoral
students from 19 countries, with 17 of the studentships in the form of
industrial partnerships.
Professor Wyper lectures regularly on brain imaging, and imaging based research.
CoR - Wellbeck Memorial Lecture:
Radiography: the next decade?
Audrey M Paterson
Director of Professional Policy, Society and College of
Radiographers
Audrey is Director of Professional Policy at the Society
and College of Radiographers where she is the policy lead
for education, professional practice and research.
Her career has spanned clinical practice, education, research and
management, and she has written and presented extensively. She is
passionate about the contributions radiographers can make to healthcare.
In 1994, she was awarded the Fellowship of the College of Radiographers
and, in 1995, the Gold Medal of the Society of Radiographers. In 2002 she
was given a personal chair in radiography by Canterbury Christ Church
University; and honoured with an OBE in 2011.
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ESSENTIAL IMAGING
10-12 June 2013 - ACC Liverpool
NEW for 2013
Workshop programme
A full programme of workshops each with 20 workstations fitted with a Mac loaded with OsiriX to enable all participants to look at case studies
and upgrade their skills (places limited so book early online to avoid disappointment).
Monday 10 June
W1 OsiriX 1
Wednesday 12 June
10.15-11.15
08.30-10.45
Introduction to OsiriX
Masterclass: HRCT of diffuse lung disease – for beginners
Hands on workshop with basic introduction to OsiriX
Places limited
Moderator: Sue Kearney, Consultant Radiologist, Lancashire Teaching
Hospital Trust, Chorley
Lung anatomy on HRCT – secondary pulmonary lobule - Sue Kearney,
Consultant Radiologist, Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust, Chorley
Patterns of abnormality; dots, lines and holes - Mary Rodie,
Consultant Radiologist, Charing Cross Hospital, London
Review of cases; dots, lines and holes - Sue Kearney, Mary Roddie
and Stuart Mellor
Patterns of abnormality: tubes and densities - Stuart Mellor,
Consultant Thoracic and General Radiologist,East Lancashire Hospitals
NHS Trust
Review of cases; tubes and densities - Sue Kearney, Mary Roddie
and Stuart Mellor
Review of the online quiz - Sue Kearney
Overview: The lectures will show how to interpret lung HRCT and
demonstrate the various patterns of abnormality seen in diffuse lung
disease. Cases on individual workstations give the opportunity to
practice lung HRCT interpretation. Prior to this session you will have
the opportunity to complete an online assessment www.xrayetc.org.
This provides you with an idea of your current level of experience in lung
HRCT interpretation, and allows the tutors to direct the teaching more
specifically. The answers will be reviewed at the end of the session (each
individuals’ results will be anonymous).
W2 Workshop
11.45-12.45
W3 Neuro workshop
13.15-14.15
Neuro interactive session with case studies
Calvin Soh, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Salford Royal Hospital
W4 OsiriX 2
15.15-16.15
Introduction to OsiriX
Hands on workshop with basic introduction to OsiriX
Places limited
FRCR tutorial
Tuesday 11 June
W5 Workshop
08.30-09.30
FRCR workstation
W6 OsiriX 3
W12 OsiriX 5
10.15-11.15
Hands on workshop with basic introduction to OsiriX
Places limited
W13 Paediatrics workstation
Hands on workshop with basic introduction to OsiriX
Places limited
FRCR Tutorial paediatrics
12.00-13.00
Neuro interactive session with case studies
Calvin Soh, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Salford Royal Hospital
W8 OsiriX 4
13.30-14.30
15.00-16.00
Cardiac interactive session with case studies
Carl Roobottom
W10 Cardiac workshop 2
Cardiac interactive session with case studies
Carl Roobottom
W14 OsiriX 6
Hands on workshop with basic introduction to OsiriX
Places limited
Hands on workshop looking beyond the basics of OsiriX
Places limited
16.30-17.30
13.45-15.15
Panel:
Ann-Marie Jeanes, Consultant Radiologist, Leeds
Alistair Calder, Consultant Radiologist, London
Overview: Small group tutorial particularly geared towards FRCR
candidates, but all are welcome.
Introduction to OsiriX
Advanced OsiriX
W9 Cardiac workshop 1
11.15-12.15
Introduction to OsiriX
Introduction to Osirix
W7 Neuro workshop
16
W11 Chest
15.30-16.30
www.ukrc.org.uk
Satellite sessions
Monday 10 June
ROC History Session
9.45-10.45
What we can learn from imaging history?
Moderator: Adrian Thomas, Princess Royal Hospital
Paper: Save that old radiograph: silver recovery is gold for the
Anatomy Department – Chloe Mortensen, Great Western Hospital
Radiology in Liverpool – Dr Arpan Banerjee, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Paper: 4000 shades of grey - the inventor of the 3D X-Ray machine –
James Ricketts, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
William Coolidge: The centenary of the Coolidge tube,1913-2013 –
Adrian Thomas, Princess Royal Hospital
Discussion
FRCR tutorial
programme
NEW for 2013
A full programme of small FRCR Tutorials run by experienced tutors.
Must be pre-booked as each is limited to 15 delegates per session.
(book early online to avoid disappointment).
Monday 10 June
Tutorial 1
12.45 – 13.45
15.15-16.15
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
Tuesday 11 June
Tutorial 3
10.00 - 11.00
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
Tutorial 4
15.15-16.15
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
Wednesday 12 June
Tutorial 5
11.15 – 12.15
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
Tutorial 6
13.00-13.30
Acuo Technologies symposium
13.45-14.15
Enterprise Clinical Content Management: A NHS Healthcare Reality
Shannon Werb, Chief Operating Officer, Acuo Technologies
Telemedicine Clinic
14.30-15.00
Philips symposium
15.15-16.15
AlluraClarity IQ: Transforming healthcare
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
Tutorial 2
Telemedicine Clinic
14.15-15.15
FRCR tutorial
Small intimate general FRCR teaching session with experienced
FRCR tutor
Places limited
SCoR reception
17.00-19.00 Tuesday 11 June
Toshiba symposium
10.00-11.00
GE Healthcare symposium
11.00-12.00
Bayer symposium
11.30-12.30
SCoR session 12.45-14.00
Alliance symposium
13.15-14.15
Introduction to contrast CT, cardiac and neurological scanning
in PET/CT
Carestream symposium
14.15-15.15
Carestream VNA – an Oxymoron?
Xograph symposium
14.30-15.30
Mobile C-Arms in hybrid rooms and advanced 3D applications
Dr. Stefan Wagner, Director Global Product Management, Ziehm Imaging
GmbH, Germany and Eva-Maria Ilg, Global Product Manager 3D and
Navigation, Ziehm Imaging GmbH, Germany
Wednesday 12 June
IPEM/STFC satellite 10.00-11.45
The Science and Technology Facilities Council Futures Programme
for Healthcare
The STFC Futures Programme for Healthcare, its Cancer Care Strategy
and the role of imaging – Barbara Camanzi, STFC Futures Programme
Cancer Care Strategy Leader, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell
Where the STFC can assist
A radiologists view
A physicists view
A radiographers view
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10-12 June 2013 - ACC Liverpool
Social events
Monday 10 June
Comedy night at the Supper Club
Followed by open bar night with DJ from 10.15pm
The Supper Club on Blundell
Street is located a short walk
from the ACC. Blundell Street
is one of the leading function
spaces in Liverpool for live
music and comedy and
offers an atmospheric venue
with unique decor. The evening
will include a line-up of comedians
and compere, a complimentary drink
on arrival and supper. The evening will end with an open bar night and DJ.
www.blundellstreetliverpool.com
Meal and drinks package
Tickets will include a simple Thai supper with a drink on arrival, glass of
wine, bottled beer or soft drink.
Entertainment
Laugher House comedy will provide three headline comedians and a
compere. The DJ/sound technician will work with the compere and provide
music until 1am. The Supper Club has a dance floor which means that you
can spend the entire night in the one venue.
Open bar night
Delegates not wishing to attend the comedy can join colleagues after the
event for an open bar night with DJ and disco offering the opportunity to
network and dance. Tickets will include entry to the Supper Club and a
complimentary drink on arrival
Comedy and supper tickets £20.00 inc vat
Bar night tickets £5.00 inc vat
Congress dinner and party at St George’s Hall
Venue
The evening will include a
champagne drinks reception held
in the spacious North Entrance
Hall or if the weather is fine,
drinks can be served outside
on the balcony entrance to
St George’s Hall. A superb
three course meal will be
served in The Great Hall
offering an amazing setting
for dinner with the Hall’s impressive chandeliers, stained glass windows and
magnificent barrel vaulted ceiling. Following the dinner entertainment will be
provided by The Backbeat Beatles. An opportunity to network with colleagues
and dance the night away in a truly grand style.
www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk
Meal and drinks package
Tickets will include a three course meal, a glass of sparkling wine on arrival,
wine throughout dinner. A cash bar will be provided during the entertainment.
Entertainment
The well recommended Backbeat Beatles will provide two 45 minute sets
after dinner with a large dance floor. The Backbeat Beatles are a premier
Beatles tribute band and come direct from Liverpool, which makes their
sound, vocals as well as their natural wit and humour much more authentic.
Dinner tickets £60.00 inc vat
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ACC Liverpool
The ACC Liverpool (Arena Convention Centre) is a uniquely flexible
venue. It houses the award-winning BT Convention Centre with facilities
including a 1,350 seat auditorium, 18 breakout rooms and large flexible
exhibition spaces.
The venue sits at the heart of the city on Kings Waterfront, alongside the
Grade I listed Albert Dock and adjacent to the World Heritage site at
Pier Head.
ACC Liverpool is also one of the most sustainable venues in Europe.
Designed to reduce by CO2 emissions by half, the cutting-edge design
includes a raft of green innovations, from sensor-controlled lighting and
rooftop rainwater harvesting to riverside wind turbines.
For further information please visit www.accliverpool.com
Accommodation
Liverpool offers a wide range of accommodation to suit all budgets
and requirements with two hotels onsite and over 2000 bedrooms
within 15 minutes walk. Hotel reservations are being handled through
our specialist accommodation agency, Reservation Highway who has
negotiated special rates for the duration of the event.
View hotels and book online at www.reservation-highway.co.uk
using access code “ukrc13” (lowercase). Early booking recommended,
please book by Monday 13th May, bookings made after this date will
be on a request basis and subject to availability.
www.ukrc.org.uk
Getting to Liverpool
Booking form
How to book:
Online: www.ukrc.org.uk
Post: UKRC C/O Profile Productions Ltd, Northumberland House, London W5 4NG
Fax: 0208 832 7301 Tel: 0208 832 7311
Delegate fee categories:
A Consultants and senior managers
B Other medical and scientific staff including trainees
C Radiographers, nurses, other AHPs and support staff
D Full-time students, retired delegates and individuals on bursaries
Registration fees (Please select the tick box)
Category* Days
A
Full Congress
A
2 day - Monday & Tuesday
A
2 day - Tuesday & Wednesday
A
1 day - Monday
A
1 day - Tuesday
A
1 day - Wednesday
B
Full Congress
B
2 day - Monday & Tuesday
B
2 day - Tuesday & Wednesday
B
1 day - Monday
B
1 day - Tuesday
B
1 day - Wednesday
C
Full Congress
C
2 day - Monday & Tuesday
C
2 day - Tuesday & Wednesday
C
1 day - Monday
C
1 day - Tuesday
C
1 day - Wednesday
D
Full Congress
D
2 day - Monday & Tuesday
D
2 day - Tuesday & Wednesday
D
1 day - Monday
D
1 day - Tuesday
D
1 day - Wednesday
all prices include VAT @20%
Liverpool is well served by rail, air and road networks. Trains run hourly
from London Euston Station to Liverpool Lime Street taking just over
two hours. Links to all other UK cities run into Liverpool Lime Street.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport offers links to most major
European and international cities and takes approximately
20 minutes by car to reach the ACC.
Before 15 April
£420.00
£355.00
£355.00
£202.00
£202.00
£202.00
£310.00
£270.00
£270.00
£145.00
£145.00
£145.00
£260.00
£199.00
£199.00
£123.00
£123.00
£123.00
£95.00
£80.00
£80.00
£52.00
£52.00
£52.00
After 15 April
£470.00
£389.00
£389.00
£225.00
£225.00
£225.00
£342.00
£299.00
£299.00
£160.00
£160.00
£160.00
£285.00
£218.00
£218.00
£135.00
£135.00
£135.00
£97.00
£85.00
£85.00
£55.00
£55.00
£55.00
Please indicate which days you will be attending:
Monday 10 June
Tuesday 11 June
Social events
Comedy night - £20
Wednesday 12 June
Bar Night - £5
Conference Dinner - £60
What’s included?
Conference rates include full attendance at the event, lunch voucher and
delegate materials.
Group booking discount:
If you have five or more delegates attending from the same department, a 10%
discount on registration fees will be applicable, please return all forms for all
delegates and the discount will be removed at point of registration. Only one
invoice can be raised.
Delegate details
TitleName
Job title
Employing organisation
Address
CountryPostcode
Work Tel/Mob
Email
What organisation do you belong to? BIR
IPEM
SCOR
Special requirements – please tick anything appropriate:
Vegetarian
Vegan
Wheelchair access
Other
Hearing loop
Other
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10-12 June 2013 - ACC Liverpool
Booking form
The BIR is a multidisciplinary membership organisation
connecting radiology professionals and industry at all
levels, focusing on “where science meets medicine”
for the benefit of the patient.
Payment details
I enclose a cheque made payable to ROC Events UKRC
for the sum of £ We provide opportunities for forward-looking people with an interest
in radiology and radiation oncology to exchange ideas and gain new
perspectives on technologies and treatments.
Please debit my credit/debit card for the sum of £ Card no: /
Issue no: Expiry: /
/
/
Through a dynamic range of outputs such as scientific meetings,
conferences, peer-reviewed journals and regional and online networks, the
Institute fosters respect and understanding between doctors, scientists
and people of business, and seeks to create a wider appreciation of the
importance of partnerships.
Security no: Cardholder name and address if different from overleaf:
With origins dating back to 1897, the BIR is a registered charity and
not-for-profit membership organisation. Based in London, it is governed
by and for its members.
Tel:
Please send me an invoice* for the sum of £
*Delegates may only register and request an invoice before 15 April 2013.
Thereafter bookings will only be accepted with a valid credit card.
PO number Invoice address (if different from above):
Tel:
Signature
Name Date
/
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REGISTER ONLINE: WWW.UKRC.ORG.UK
Terms and conditions:
1. The organiser of the UKRC is Profile Productions Ltd, Northumberland House, Popes Lane,
London W5 4NG.
2. Registrations can only be accepted on receipt of a completed registration form. Completion
of this registration form constitutes a legally binding agreement to pay any invoices raised
associated with registration including any cancellation fees as detailed in points 11 & 12. You
must sign agreeing to the terms and conditions in order for your booking to be processed.
3. Your place is not guaranteed until you have received confirmation and joining instructions
from Profile Productions Ltd.
4. Confirmation will be sent to you within 14 working days of receiving your booking.
5. Profile Productions Ltd. cannot be held responsible should your registration form not be received.
6. If you have not heard from us 14 working days after sending your completed form, or
14 days before the start date of the conference, it is your responsibility to contact us to
ensure your place is booked.
7. All invoices must be paid within 21 days of the invoice date and MUST be paid prior to the
conference. Failure to do so may result in your place being cancelled.
8. Any delegates registering within 28 days of the event MUST include a valid credit card for
payment on the registration form.
9. The delegate is responsible for ensuring payment to Profile Productions Ltd. has been made.
10. Any delegates arriving at conference with an outstanding payment will be asked to provide
credit card details as a guarantee.
11. Registration fees include VAT @ the prevailing rate, lunch voucher and conference materials.
Cancellations will only be accepted in writing. Cancellations received on or prior to 10 May
2013 will be refunded subject to a £45 administration fee. Cancellations received after
10 May 2013 will not be refunded however substitutions will be accepted at any time, but
please notify the organisers in writing of any name changes.
12. Any cancellation notices received prior 10 May 2013 for a registration that still has payment
outstanding will be liable for payment of a cancellation fee of £45. Any cancellation notices
received after 10 May 2013 for registration that still has payment outstanding will be liable for
the full outstanding amount.
13. Any delegate registered to attend, who for whatever reason may not be able to attend the
conference, is still liable for payment as per the cancellation policy in point 11 & 12.
14. Exhibition visitor tickets permit entry to the exhibition and any educational sessions taking
place in the exhibition hall ONLY. A full delegate ticket must be purchased if access to all
conference sessions is required. Exhibition visitors must purchase refreshments and lunch
separately. Exhibition visitors are not permitted to conduct any commercial activity such
as promoting or selling products, distributing literature or information pertaining to their
business or attempting to obtain contact information of any other attendee. Any exhibition
visitor caught carrying out these activities onsite will be asked to leave the event and may be
prohibited from attending future events.
The College of Radiographers is the charitable
subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers, the
membership body for some 25,000 radiographers,
other professionals in clinical imaging and radiation
oncology and students and trainees. The society provides, through an annual
subscription, a full range of services, including professional indemnity,
workplace support, CPD management and support through CPD Now and
Imaging and Therapy Practice, a comprehensive monthly news magazine,
Synergy News and many other benefits. Like all charities, The College of
Radiographers exists for public benefit, with objects directed towards
education, research and other related activities. A major initiative to support
research in radiography is the Industry Partnership Scheme, which now has
23 partners. Jointly, The Society and College work towards raising standards
across the spectrum of clinical imaging, radiotherapy, oncology practice and
education, providing a comprehensive approval and accreditation programme
for all pre and post-registration education provision. Technical and
professional guidance, a comprehensive website, publications, journals
(including and the internationally acclaimed peer reviewed journal
Radiography), seminars and conferences are examples of just some of the
benefits available to each and every member of the Society of Radiographers.
The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
is dedicated to bringing together physical science,
engineering and clinical professionals in academia,
healthcare services and industry to share knowledge,
advance science and technology and inform and educate
the public with the purpose of improving the understanding, detection and
treatment of disease and the management of patients.
IPEM achieves these aims by:
Improving standards in clinical practice
Providing leadership and advice on scientific and engineering issues in
healthcare to other healthcare professionals, government and the public
Organising conferences and meetings to stimulate research and innovation, and
to disseminate its results
Publishing four influential scientific journals, specialised reports, a quarterly
magazine and a fortnightly newsletter
Supporting clinical scientists and technologists in their practice through
education and training
Supporting the development of high quality healthcare in other countries
IPEM has around 4000 members in the UK and overseas. Benefits of
membership include a free CPD scheme, discounts on conference fees and
publications, bursaries and prizes, access to job vacancies, a wide support
network at every stage of career progression, and use of designatory letters
for most categories of membership as recognition of professional standing.