It turns out the most important weapon in a radiation safety physicist's arsenal is.... Micropore tape! Many metres used in the 8 hours of testing of this biplane interventional system. It was a very cool piece of kit with arms that move both independently and together with an astonishing number of joysticks and buttons. Hopefully … Continue reading X-MR Testing
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CT Big Pharma
Today we're learning about CT optimisation procedures. Getting to know the equipment you're using is the main gist. For example, different companies employ different methods for Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) e.g. by looking at maintaining constant noise in an image or having a reference mAs determined by a phantom for a standard sized phantom. Knowing … Continue reading CT Big Pharma
Why don’t we have radiotherapy at the weekend?
Today’s thought of the day: why don’t we have radiotherapy at the weekend? If each radiotherapy plan takes so long to plan, each fraction carefully calculated and patients told to clear their calendars for weeks and cancel their prior commitments, why don’t they continue their treatments at the weekends or over Christmas? It’s so much … Continue reading Why don’t we have radiotherapy at the weekend?
"You're obviously not a scientist" 