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{"title":"Artificial intelligence (AI) in radiography practice, research and education: A review of contemporary developments and predictions for the future","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142433363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Student radiographers’ confidence of adapting practice for autistic patients: A qualitative survey on the role of placement experiences","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.055","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Healthcare services can be inaccessible to autistic people without adaptions to clinical practice and the care provided. Therefore, understanding how radiographer education develops students' confidence in adapting care for autistic patients is crucial. This study aimed to explore how placement experience impacts student radiographer confidence in adapting care for autistic patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>UK final-year student diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers were invited to complete a qualitative online survey. The survey asked for a description of placement experiences; of observing and/or performing the care of autistic patients and how this impacted confidence in caring for autistic patients. The data was thematically analysed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>43 responses (of 44 received) were included, from which 5 themes emerged. Those who felt placement experiences developed confidence described opportunities to apply theory learnt at university (theme 1) or drew attention to the benefit of prior (external) experience with autistic people (theme 3). However, the balance of power with the supervising radiographer (theme 2), witnessing autistic patients in distress (theme 4), and the heterogeneous nature of autism (theme 5) disrupted students’ development of confidence.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Several participants in this study found clinical placement developed confidence with autistic patients through applying knowledge and providing an opportunity for reflexive learning. However, various obstacles hindered this development, such as witnessing distressed patients, limited experiences with autistic patients and difficulty navigating relationships with radiographers.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for practice</h3><div>To improve student radiographers’ confidence of providing care for autistic patients, educators should consider methods, e.g., co-produced simulation, to fill potential gaps in their experience. There is also a pressing need for all radiographers to understand their responsibility in educating students and their impact on student wellbeing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing radiography education through immersive virtual reality","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>This study evaluates the integration of Virtual Reality (VR), utilising Virtual Medical Coaching software, with traditional Siemens radiographic equipment in radiography education, comparing traditional and hybrid training models.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study included 165 first-year radiography programme students from two groups. One group used traditional radiographic simulation equipment, while the other employed a hybrid approach combining VR simulations with physical simulations. Assessments focused on room setup, patient comfort, and radiographic positioning across various anatomical regions. Methods included practical exams, cost analysis, and data analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics, including ANCOVA.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The hybrid group showed significantly superior performance in room setup, achieving more efficient and accurate configurations. For radiographic positioning, the hybrid group exhibited greater precision and adaptability in handling different anatomical regions, such as the lumbar spine, knee, chest, shoulder, and cervical spine. These students also demonstrated a quicker learning curve and higher retention rates in practical skills. In terms of patient comfort, both groups performed equally well. Financial analysis indicated that the hybrid approach reduced training costs by decreasing the need for repeated use of physical resources and shortening educational hours.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Incorporating VR into radiography training significantly enhances educational outcomes, student engagement, and clinical skills. The hybrid model, which utilises both Virtual Medical Coaching's VR tools and traditional Siemens equipment, proves to be an effective, scalable, and engaging educational method.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for practice</h3><div>Given the enhanced performance and cost-efficiency of the hybrid model, radiography programmes are encouraged to adopt VR-enhanced simulation training. This approach prepares students more effectively for the technical and interpersonal demands of radiographic technology careers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dementia education for Diagnostic Radiography students: Impact on confidence, knowledge, and attitudes towards dementia","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Diagnostic radiographers play a key role in the healthcare of people living with dementia, capturing and producing diagnostic images in a range of settings. Diagnostic radiographers often lack the confidence and skills to assess people with dementia appropriately, and people with dementia often report negative experiences within imaging departments. There is a lack of radiography-specific dementia education within pre-registration programmes in the UK so newly qualified radiographers enter the workforce unprepared. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a co-produced dementia education programme on student radiographers’ preparedness to care, knowledge, confidence and attitudes towards dementia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A 3-hour co-produced dementia education was delivered and evaluated using a pre-test-post-test design. A single self-administered questionnaire, comprising validated instruments, was used to assess second-year radiography students' knowledge, confidence and attitudes towards dementia. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare scale scores before and after the education.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants knowledge, confidence and preparedness to care for people with dementia significantly increased following the intervention. Attitudes were also more positive post-intervention. Participants reported that they found the education valuable.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Dementia education comprising of taught theory and simulation-based education, co-produced with experts by experience, effectively improves diagnostic radiography students’ knowledge, confidence and attitudes in caring for people living with dementia.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for practice</h3><div>Combined theory and practice-based dementia education should be included in undergraduate diagnostic radiography curriculums.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coaching to empower for change – beyond the training","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Australian radiographers’ digital era practice in selecting the image receptor angle for female body habitus for the mediolateral oblique view of the breast","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Correct alignment of the image receptor (IR) in mammography for the mediolateral oblique (MLO) view of the breast is fundamental to enable the maximum inclusion of breast tissue. This study aims to assess Australian radiographers' knowledge and digital era practice in selecting the IR angle for female body habitus in the MLO view of the breast.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An online survey was distributed to all members of the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) through their electronic newsletter and via direct email to radiographers holding the Certificate of Mammographic Practice (CMP). Descriptive analysis was undertaken, and a Pearson's chi-squared test of independence was used to compare associations between academic qualification and IR selection data. A value of p &lt; 0.05 was deemed statistically significant.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 107 valid surveys were returned; 67.3 % reported using the posterior lateral margin to select the IR angle. For linear body habitus, 44.9 % reported using 50°; for all other body habitus, participants most commonly used 45° (59.1 %); 85.1 % used a range of angles between 40 and 55°; 16.8 % recognised the link between correct IR angle selection and breast tissue inclusion.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The range of angles used in practice has reduced in the digital era; the frequency of the use of 45° across all body habitus may reflect tube angle movement automation. Few radiographers recognised the important link between correct selection of IR angle and breast tissue inclusion on the image.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for practice</h3><div>Understanding of the link between IR angle selection and image quality enhances current practice in the digital era to maximise the inclusion of breast tissue and minimise the potential of missed breast cancer.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142437791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Could surface imaging in breast cancer radiotherapy detect early lymphoedema? : The Calibrate Study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Best practice for patient-centred radiotherapy in clinical trials and beyond – a national consensus","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design and Evaluation of a Verification Imaging Passport (VIP) for newly qualified RTT’s: a pilot study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142416041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IMRT palliative multi isocentre treatment on a Varian Halcyon with Align RT Inbore Surface Guided Radiotherapy technology.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radi.2024.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47416,"journal":{"name":"Radiography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}