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2015 22 Sep
Dr. David Wilson is a consultant musculoskeletal radiologist, and President of the British Institute of Radiology 2014-2016. 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Occult fractures and outcome in acute ankle injuries. When someone sprains their ankle, if a fracture is suspected they are x-rayed and treated. If there is no fracture,...Read more
2015 23 Oct
This event will provide an overview of the major incidents in radiotherapy including; why errors happen; reporting of errors and learning from errors. How do manufacturers work to prevent errors? What can doctors, physicists and radiographers do to prevent errors? These burning questions will be addressed.Read more
2015 12 Oct
This comprehensive one day event will inform delegates of the most up to date imaging protocols and management of liver disease. It will cover all aspects of liver radiology, from the focal benign and malignant lesions to diffuse liver disease and will evaluate a number of imaging modalities from contrast ultrasound to diffusion weighted imaging MRI....Read more
2015 09 Oct
This is a CPD-focused meeting designed to provide diagnostic radiology and radiation protection physicists and interested radiographers with an update on digital radiography (CR and DR) dosimetry, image quality measurement and understanding of what is required to optimise digital radiography procedures.Read more
2015 02 Oct
This event will provide a vital update on non-accidental injury (NAI) imaging. Divided into three sections, the day will offer a thorough overview of this important topic. Session 1 will consist of a review of classical skeletal and body injuries, including differential diagnoses and controversies. This is followed by a medicolegal session in which...Read more
2015 28 Sep
This meeting will provide up-to-date information on how IRMER may change following the BSS Revision recently published, the latest thinking on patient dose audits at both local and national levels and give practitioners a chance to discuss important issues around optimisation.Read more
2015 25 Sep
The BIR is partnering with DMC Imaging to deliver a series of workstation-based radiology training courses. The courses will cover varied general and specialist imaging topics and will be run by sub-specialist tutors, selected from DMC Imaging’s pool of sub-specialist reporters. The emphasis of the “hands-on” series is not on didactic lecture-based...Read more
2015 28 Sep
Building on the success of previous BIR IRMER updates, this meeting aims to provide an invaluable multi-disciplinary forum in which to hear about current best practices and the future of optimisation. We all have a part to play in the implementation of IRMER. Will things be different under the new legislation? How will patient dose be managed nationally...Read more
2015 19 May
The British Institute of Radiology Statement Many hospitals already run six day diagnostic imaging services and offer complex imaging services in a 24 hour on-call capacity. The BIR agrees that, where appropriate, seven day working would be in the best interests of patients, but this is dependant on appropriate funding to support a multi-disciplinary...Read more
2015 14 May
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is proud to announce that the first issue of BJR|case reports, is available from today. The new journal will be published quarterly and as part of the BIR|Open initiative, all articles are open access and free for everyone to read as soon as they are published. The first issue of BJR|case reports contains eight...Read more
2015 09 Apr
Professor Sir Muir Gray, the recipient of the BIR/Toshiba Mayneord Award, will be delivering the opening plenary lecture of UKRC on Monday 29 June. The lecture is entitled “From Quality to Value—population and personalised imaging”, an apt prelude to the four streams of the conference: Clinical, Advances in Technology, Informatics and New Technology....Read more
2014 08 Mar
Interviewee Professor Andrew Jones President British Institute of Radiology London, UK Interviewed by Claire Pillar Managing Editor HealthManagemen Professor Andrew Jones is a consultant clinical scientist within medical physics at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester...Read more