Therapeutic Radiographer perspectives on smoking cessation

A literature review exploring Therapeutic Radiographer perspectives on smoking cessation support and training – a service improvement opportunity

Spring 2025

Thoracic aortic aneurysms

The role of CT in the assessment of this potentially fatal disease

Autumn 2021

Ultrasound features of liver disease

Underutilised techniques to improve sensitivity and specificity when assessing for liver disease

Summer 2023

Imaging practice educators

The impact of imaging practice educators: a trust case study

Spring 2026

The history of neuroimaging

A reflection on the key moments in the development of head scanning

Autumn 2021

Uterine fibroid embolisations

A history of annual department dose reduction for uterine fibroid embolisations

Using the ECF: spotlight on practice education

How the College of Radiographers Education and Career Framework can help radiographers take on new educational roles

Summer 2023

The Ottawa guidelines and ankle joints

Are referrers applying the Ottawa guidelines in the selection of patients for radiography of the ankle joint in the emergency department? A retrospective audit.

Winter 2021

The flipped-classroom approach

An assessment of the flipped classroom and near-peer involvement in teaching anatomy and physiology to radiography students

Autumn 2021

The empathy switch

Reclaiming humanity in healthcare: reflections on The Empathy Switch TED Talk

Spring 2026

The AHPs Deliver strategy

A critical appraisal of the relevance of the AHPs Deliver strategy to the current and future radiography workforce

Summer 2024

Teleradiology in the pandemic era

A systematic review of global implementation, diagnostic impact and practitioner wellbeing across settings

Winter 2025

Use of MRI in knee imaging

Is MRI of the knee an unnecessary cost to the NHS?

Summer 2022

The reviewer’s lens

Insights from the peer review process

Spring 2026

The Quality Standard for Imaging

What is the QSI and how can you embed its culture in your department?

Autumn 2021

Adult foot radiographs

A retrospective clinical audit of the adequacy of adult foot radiographs for diabetic feet

Spring 2022

Advanced-stage NSCLC treatment

The increased incidence of late disease presentation calls for more effective treatments

Summer 2022

AI and chest X-rays

AI technology for chest radiograph interpretation: a literature review

Spring 2024

AI in neuroimaging diagnosis

In silico gliomas: an exploration of artificial intelligence in neuroimaging diagnosis

Spring 2025

AI in radiography

Student radiographers’ perspectives on artificial intelligence

Summer 2025

Abdominal radiographs

Seeing beyond obstruction: the hidden value of the abdominal radiograph

Autumn 2025

Breast screening among Muslim women

A review of the barriers that discourage Muslim women from attending the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme in the UK

Winter 2024

Careers in mammography

The changing face of the mammography workforce

Summer 2024

Caring for the transgender population

Specific needs and challenges in the imaging department

Autumn 2021

Clark's Essential Guide to Operational Management and Business Practice in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy – a review

Edited by Amanda Martin, Peter Hogg, Philip Webster, Louise Kemp, Lesley Wright First edition published 2025

Summer 2025

Clinical experiences of interventional radiology students

A survey of clinical experiences in interventional radiology among undergraduate diagnostic radiography students

Winter 2024

Clinical placement simulation

Evaluation of a clinical placement simulation and preparation day in a higher education institution

Spring 2024

College funding: what will you research?

The following funding opportunities are now open for applications.

Winter 2021

Communities of Practice

Communities of Practice – a valuable resource or an empty promise?

Summer 2024

Contrast-enhanced mammography

A case report demonstrating the effectiveness of delayed imaging during contrast-enhanced mammography

Summer 2025

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Evaluating the effectiveness of smoking cessation support available for lung cancer patients during radiotherapy

Winter 2021

Current challenges for the NHS

A critical exploration of how contemporary issues and challenges are making an impact on healthcare and service delivery

Winter 2021

CXR confirmation of nasogastric tube placement

How to improve radiographers’ confidence in recognising misplaced NG tubes to enhance patient safety

Dementia and radiotherapy

Understanding the importance of therapeutic radiographers supporting the needs of patients with dementia

Winter 2023

AI in the diagnosis of hip fractures

Artificial intelligence has the potential to offer highly accurate diagnosis

Autism and MRI

Improving the patient experience and outcomes by making appropriate adjustments and providing patient-centred care

Summer 2023

Bindex precision in osteoporosis

Examining the inter-operator precision of quantitative ultrasound device Bindex in the screening and diagnosis of osteoporosis

Bladder lesions in pregnancy

Indeterminate bladder mass visualised on early pregnancy ultrasound

Autumn 2021

BRCA-associated breast cancer

The pathogenesis and oncological management of BRCA-associated breast cancer: a narrative review

Spring 2022

Interventional radiology

Advancing practice in interventional radiology

Autumn 2025

Intraparenchymal leiomyoma

A case report of a rare intraparenchymal leiomyoma of the male breast

Spring 2024

Involving children and young people in decisions about their care

Allowing younger patients to participate in their care can improve outcomes

Autumn 2024

Journal clubs in radiography

Improving the research culture in radiography – can journal clubs provide the catalyst?

Spring 2022

Learning from radiography conference presentations

Evaluating the achievement of presentation learning outcomes at professional conferences – a NIRAD account

Summer 2025

Left upper lobe collapse

A case study and overview of the X-ray appearances of lobar collapse

Spring 2023

LGBT+ literacy in radiography

How increasing LGBT+ literacy among NHS staff can improve patient care

Winter 2021

Lifelong learning in radiography

A case study exploring the value of education at all stages of your career

Lung cancer screening

Case study of a participant involved in the SUMMIT programme, from initial approach to diagnosis and treatment

Autumn 2022

Making a difference to health inequalities

The imaging and oncology workforce is diverse but we can all contribute to improving health equity

Summer 2023

Mammographic image quality

Improving the reliability of mammographic image classification: a service development study

Spring 2026

Managing stress and protecting emotional wellbeing

Emotional labour in healthcare management

Spring 2026

Mentoring in CT head reporting

A personal reflection on the essential need for mentoring and leadership in radiographer CT head reporting practice

Autumn 2025

Dose de-escalation in head and neck cancer treatment

A review of the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy dose de-escalation in human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancers

Summer 2025

Dose reduction – automatic exposure control vs manual exposure

An examination of dose reduction using AEC compared with manual exposure and the potential causes of discrepancy

Summer 2023

Embedding a research culture

Improving the care, experience and health outcomes of our patients in clinical radiography is central to our involvement in research

Autumn 2022

Embedding a research culture How related imaging modalities can supplement nucl

Improving the care, experience and health outcomes of our patients in clinical radiography is central to our involvement in research

Autumn 2022

Enhanced and advanced clinical practice in mammography reporting

Evaluation and critique of the current evidence base of enhanced and advanced clinical practice, followed by a focus on mammography reporting

Summer 2025

Enhancing continuing professional education

Enhancing continuing professional education for radiographers: a programme evaluation

Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of AI to identify and classify pulmonary nodules in CT

A critical review

Winter 2022

Evaluating undergraduate education

An evaluation of undergraduate radiography clinical education in Singapore from a learner’s perspective

Spring 2022

Fibroadenoma of the breast

A guide to one of the most common benign breast tumours

Winter 2022

Gallstone ileus

Rolling stones: findings of gallstone ileus on abdominal radiographs

Summer 2024

Gastrojejunal tubes in paediatrics

How is radiology involved in these procedures and is there an extended role for radiographers?

Summer 2022

Green space and nature in cancer care

The role of green space and nature interventions in cancer care: a commentary on a systematic review

Spring 2025

Imaging modalities in cerebral aneurysm intervention

Critical evaluation of the role of various imaging modalities used during cerebral aneurysm intervention

Improving MRI diagnosis of prostate cancer

A case study on diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) versus dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) imaging

Autumn 2021

Informing patients of radiation risk

What are the views of radiographers around informing patients about the risks from medical radiation?

Summer 2022

Insights from a clinical lead

Inside NHS Scotland Academy's National Ultrasound Training Programme

Spring 2026

Insights from a novice researcher

A radiographer reflects on his empirical research journey from study conception to publication

Spring 2022

Inclusive leadership

A reflection on the optimisation of healthcare through microsystem coaching

Autumn 2023

Information for pregnant patients

Ionising radiation in diagnostic radiography: are the information needs of pregnant patients being fulfilled?

Winter 2023

Minor traumatic brain injury

Investigating neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging and diffusion tensor imaging for detection of white matter abnormalities in minor traumatic brain injury: a critical review

MRI and diagnosing early Parkinson’s

The use of neuromelanin-sensitive and iron-sensitive MRI sequences in the diagnosis of early-stage Parkinson’s disease

Winter 2022

MRI and rectal cancer

Poster: an audit of the quality of rectal MRI for the diagnosis and management of rectal cancer

Spring 2023

Nasogastric tube reporting

Nasogastric tube reporting by reporting radiographers – a service improvement and simple audit project

Summer 2022

Neuroendocrine tumours and 177Lu-DOTATATE

Assessing the therapeutic potential of 177Lu-DOTATATE in neuroendocrine tumours

Nuclear medicine imaging and thyroid cancer

How other imaging modalities can supplement nuclear medicine imaging in differentiated thyroid cancer. A case study

Summer 2022

One world, one fight: global childhood cancer care

Advancing childhood cancer care through unified global action, policy and specialist care

Winter 2025

Patient-initiated follow up

Evaluating the implementation of the patient-initiated follow-up pathway against the standard six-week pathway for radiotherapy breast cancer patients

Person-centred care in practice

Professional insights from an analysis of patient accounts of radiotherapy treatment

Autumn 2023

Physical exercise and radiotherapy

How might interaction with physical exercise support the quality of life of women receiving radiotherapy for breast cancer?

Autumn 2025

Placement during Ramadan

Observing Ramadan during a clinical placement: the experiences of a first-year radiography student

Summer 2023

Post-mortem imaging in paediatrics

A critical exploration of the use of post-mortem imaging to investigate fetal and infant death

Winter 2021

Preliminary clinical evaluation

An exploration of radiographers’ experience of preliminary clinical evaluation

Preparing for pelvic radiotherapy

A comparison of three versions of preparing patients for pelvic radiotherapy

Autumn 2023

Sexual harassment in the workplace

A student radiographer reflects on her experiences during two clinical placements

Shifting the paradigm in radiography education

What does good placement support for neurodivergent students look like?

Smoking cessation during radiotherapy

Evaluating the effectiveness of smoking cessation support available for lung cancer patients during radiotherapy

Winter 2021

Social media and diagnostic radiography students

The use of social media for educational purposes in a population of undergraduate diagnostic radiography students

Winter 2021

Struvite staghorn calculi

Patient care and the radiographer’s role in the treatment of struvite staghorn calculi

Winter 2024

Student engagement

Enhancing student engagement through clinical updates

Spring 2025

Teaching communication skills

Using decision-based scenarios to teach communication skills in radiotherapy

Autumn 2022

Primary pulmonary artery sarcoma

A case study discussing a rare differential diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Autumn 2021

Professional advocacy and wellbeing

The role of the professional advocate in implementing restorative clinical supervision as part of the A-EQUIP model to support the wellbeing and retention of radiographers

Summer 2025

Pulmonary cavities

A review of abnormal areas of lucency on chest radiographs

Autumn 2022

Quality assurance in radiographic reporting

Quality assurance in radiographic reporting through continuous peer review audit: nine months of results

Spring 2025

Radiation-induced hypothyroidism (RIHT)

What knowledge from a review of retrospective literature can be applied to reduce incidence of RIHT following head and neck radiotherapy?

Winter 2021

Radiation-induced nausea

Critical analysis of the management of a patient suffering with radiation-induced nausea (a prescribing case study)

Spring 2023

Radiation-induced skin reactions

Comparison of Flamigel RT and StrataXRT in the management of radiation-induced skin reactions for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Summer 2022

Radiographer CT head reporting

Implementing a radiographer CT head reporting service in a large teaching trust

Autumn 2023

Radiographer-led consent for radiotherapy

Changes to how patient consent is obtained and the role of the therapeutic radiographer in leading this practice

Autumn 2023

Radiology abnormality detection systems and lung cancer

Chest reporting radiographers’ experience of the radiology abnormality detection systems (RADS) used for suspected lung cancer.

Spring 2026

Radiotherapy and oncology on the global stage

A systematic literature review of advanced practice international radiotherapy and oncology

Rare multinodular epithelioid malignant mesothelioma

Ultrasound presentation of a rare multinodular epithelioid malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis without asbestos exposure: a case report

Autumn 2025

Rectal gas in prostate MRI

What are the options when rectal gas degrades diagnostic performance?

Spring 2023

Reflections of a RECIST reporting radiographer

An innovative way to address the additional demands of research on radiology services

Winter 2021

Research ethics applications

Back to basics: what a research ethics committee is looking for in an application

Spring 2023

Safe nasogastric tube placement

An audit to establish compliance with national standards for confirming safe nasogastric tube placement

Scanning through subcutaneous sarcoma

Complications of scanning through a subcutaneous sarcoma – a case study

Spring 2025

Senior leadership in imaging services

What skills, experience and qualities do radiographers need to succeed in senior leadership positions in the NHS?

Spring 2023

Service improvement in radiotherapy

Evaluating and supporting a service improvement in radiotherapy – expansion of the national screening programme

Winter 2024

The effect of ultrasound machine settings on CRL/NT biases

A review of the impact of installing new ultrasound machines, emphasising the importance of optimising machine settings on a task-specific basis

Spring 2024

Ultrasound-guided femoral vascular access

Initial findings in adults for electrophysiology procedures by a radiographer-led vascular access service

Autumn 2021

Update on Parkinson’s disease

Taken from a leaflet entitled Radiographers, Let’s Expand Your Knowledge of Parkinson’s

Winter 2021

Using dementia flags in electronic health records

Improving MRI of patients with dementia and promoting person-centred care in radiology

Summer 2024

Effective communication for informed consent in radiotherapy

Reducing the use of close-ended and leading questions to enable effective communication, patient decision-making and informed consent in radiotherapy

Spring 2026

Informed consent in radiotherapy

A single-centre service evaluation of consenting practice

Autumn 2022

Preparing for pelvic radiotherapy

A comparison of three versions of preparing patients for pelvic radiotherapy

Autumn 2023