Strategic investment in MRI Simulators for radiotherapy services in Scotland

Strategic investment in MRI Simulators for radiotherapy services in Scotland
Scottish Heath Technology Group 7 May 2020

• Analytic support as part of a strategic proposal to introduce magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Simulators onto the radiotherapy capital equipment replacement programme.

Whole-body MRI compared with standard pathways for staging metastatic disease in lung and colorectal cancer

Whole-body MRI compared with standard pathways for staging metastatic disease in lung and colorectal cancer: the Streamline diagnostic accuracy studies.
Health Technol Assess 2019;23(66) December 2019

• In colorectal and non-small-cell lung cancer, the whole-body magnetic resonance imaging staging pathway has similar accuracy to standard staging pathways, is generally preferred by patients, improves staging efficiency and has lower staging costs. Future work should address the utility of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging for treatment response assessment.

Establishing MRI-guided prostate intervention at a UK Centre

Establishing MRI-guided prostate intervention at a UK Centre
Br J Radiol. 2019 Jun; 92(1098):20180918. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180918. 

This article gives an account of establishing the first MRI intervention suite in the UK [University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust]. It demonstrates some of the logistical considerations, and offers the unit's early experience.

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