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News Issue No.1

Blue sky thinking


The fifth edition of the College of Radiographers’ annual ‘blue sky thinking’ title has been published.

Imaging & Oncology authors are encouraged to ‘think the unthinkable’ and predict how the worlds of imaging and cancer care will look in five to ten years’ time.

Articles in this year’s publication include:

•    Demystifying the role of the consultant therapy radiographer by Natalie Howes;
•    A risky business: implementing emerging technologies into radiotherapy by Donna Routsis;
•    Implementation of an immersive virtual reality training system for radiotherapy by Rob Appleyard and Louise Coleman;
•    Involving patients in service improvement: essential requirement or peripheral token? by Chris Wiltsher;
•    The HPA and clinical departments – a modern partnership by Sally MacLachlan, Una O’Doherty and Kathlyn Slack;
•    Objective assessment of spinal motion: the future?
by Fiona Mellor and Alan Breen;
•    SPECT-CT and its role in imaging and oncology
by Marc Griffiths, Peter Hogg, and others;
•    Living with the targets in radiology by Amanda Martin and Anthony Maxwell;
•    Teleradiology – how much flatter is the world now?
by Paul Dubbins;
•    Sharing data across healthcare organisations
by Stephen Gatley.

To download the 2009 edition click here. A printed copy is available by email request.

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