A recent study has found that female patients are 32% more likely to die from surgery when performed by a male surgeon, compared to a...

Patient-centred care: it's a bit of a buzz word around the wards these days. But are we REALLY practicing it in the world of radiography?...

Let's say you have a referral for a CT Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis, and the clinical indications say: 1) ?Primary Lesion 2) ?Pulmonary Emboli Or...

Working in a busy CT department requires a tight balancing act, but ultimately there will always be certain areas that need to be...

It’s easy enough to say “treat everyone equally”, but when it comes to the real world, there are a few factors which can set us adrift

I’ve had a few people ask me lately why I don’t accredit my radiology courses for CPD points. Yes it’s true, I have gone against the...

How many radiographers out there are truly happy with their career? I know this is a bit of a provocative question. If I’m honest, I...

I’ve recently come across the #scanxiety hashtag on social media, and it has opened me up to a whole new perspective as a healthcare...

THE. STATUS. QUO. The three most dangerous words to any business, especially in healthcare.

The clinical indications is your biggest variable when it comes to this protocol. Determining whether to do a post contrast, pre & post...

It's that protocol that you love to hate...the CTPA! This was by far the most common protocol I got asked about by radiographers while I...

There's so much to talk about with the CT Multiphase Liver protocol, and I have only really skimmed the surface in this video. Clinical...

Welcome to the first episode in my series of CT Protocol Talks, where I pull apart and explain a wide range of scanning and post...

It can be useful to occasionally readdress things that are common place in CT scanning, like slice thickness and interval. Although we...

I love my rugby! And no, I didn't just lure into this blog to make that random confession. The reason I bring up rugby is because as I...

Hepatic lesions will enhance at different stages of a multiphase liver CT depending on their vascularity. As a rule of thumb, a...

Last week I went under the knife to correct a large kink in my nasal septum. While they were in there my surgeon also decided to trim my...

Knowing how long it takes for IV contrast to reach certain anatomical structures is key to understanding why certain CT protocols are...

I'm in the process of organising a Q&A webinar with a medical radiation physicist where we talk all things radiation physics and safety,...

A couple of years ago, my partner and I made a decision that we would try to minimise the amount of plastic we consumed and threw into...