The BIR Podcast

In this podcast we speak to Dr Cynthia McCollough, one of the Guest Editors of a recent BJR special feature “Advances in CT Technology and Clinical Applications”. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqaf216

In this podcast we speak to Dr Danoob Dalili and Dr Dimitrios Filippiadis, Guest Editors of a recent BJR special feature “ Advances in Musculoskeletal Interventional Oncology: A Comprehensive Update ”. Related BJR article: Advances in musculoskeletal interventional oncology—introductory editorial, Dimitrios Filippiadis, PhD, MSc , Danoob Dalili, MBBS 

We speak to Professor Heang-Ping Chan and Professor Issam El Naqa, Co-Editors-in-Chief of BJR|Artificial Intelligence. We discuss why having a journal dedicated to AI is so important at this moment in time, what types of articles they both hope to see submitted and published in the journal, and we also talk through the wider context of some of the excellent articles published so far. Issam and Hea...

We speak to Prof Issam El Naqa, Guest Editor of the recent BJR special feature on " AI in imaging and therapy: innovations, ethics, and impact ". Related BJR article: AI in imaging and therapy: innovations, ethics, and impact – introductory editorial, Issam El Naqa and Karen Drukker

We speak to Dr Manish Mair, whose recent BJR article “ A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the diagnostic accuracy of initial reverse transcription-PCR and CT scan in suspected COVID-19 patients ", was the winner of the BJR Barclay Medal.

In this podcast we speak to Dr Rosalind Given-Wilson, Dr Nick Screaton, Prof Stuart Taylor, guest editors of a recent BJR special feature on “ Incidental imaging findings from head to toe: challenges and management ”. Related BJR article: Incidental imaging findings from head to toe: challenges and management: introductory editorial, Rosalind Given-Wilson et al.

In this podcast we speak to Professor Hatem Alkadhi, Deputy Director and Senior Physician at the Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland about the topic of photon-counting CT. Related BJR article: Cardiac imaging with photon counting CT, Thomas Flohr, PhD, Bernhard Schmidt, PhD, Stefan Ulzheimer, PhD, Hatem Alkadhi, MD

In this podcast, to mark the 125th Anniversary of the BIR, three physicists at different stages of their year talk about what drives them as medical physicists, the evolution of training and explore what might come up for medical physicists in the next 125 years.

In this podcast we speak to Dr Yasuaki Arai, Dr Thomas Helmberger, Dr Sarah White and Dr Christoph Zech, Guest Editors of a BJR special feature on “ The challenge of liver tumors for interventional oncology: past, present and future ”. Related BJR article: The challenge of liver tumors for interventional oncology: past, present and future – introductory editorial: The challenge of liver tumors for...

In this podcast we talk to Dr Jason Gan, Dr Janki Patel and Dr Eleanor Ainsworth, co-authors of a BJR|Case reports article “ Case series of perianal and pelvic MRI imaging findings in monkeypox ”.

In this podcast, we speak to Dr Wali Badar, co-author of the BJR article that was the winner of this year’s BJR/Jusha Early Career Investigator Award. Discover the winning article here today!

In this podcast, we speak to Dr Lucas Pessini, winner of this year’s Dr Prafulla Ganguli Award. Discover the winning article here today!

Dr Mark Radon talks to Dan Wilson about the the IPEM Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert (MRSE) certificate of competence, how and why ABMRS are involved, why it was set up and how you can go about getting this useful certification.

Dr Mark Radon, Consultant Radiologist talks to Alexandra Lipton, Professional Officer at the Society and College of Radiographers about the important role of the radiographer in the patient journey through an MRI scan.

In advance of the publication of the new cardiac devices guidance, Dr Mark Radon chats to Dr Charlotte Manisty and Dr Jonathan Ashmore about the issues around scanning patients with cardiac pacemakers.

In this podcast we talk to Professor Eric Hoffman, Dr Nick Screaton, Professor Philippe Grenier and Professor Joon Beom Seo, guest editors of a recent BJR special feature on Functional imaging of the lung , and talk about why this is an important area of research. Related BJR article: BJR functional imaging of the lung special feature: introductory editorial, Philippe A Grenier et al.

As we mark 125 years of the BIR in 2022, enjoy listening in to this reflective conversation between Consultant Radiologist Dr Imran Lasker and Trainee Radiologist Dr Andrew Nanapragasam.

In this podcast, we speak to Prof Jurgen Fütterer, Prof Chan Kyo Kim and Dr Daniel Margolis, guest editors of a recent BJR special feature on Innovations in prostate cancer . Related BJR article: Innovations in prostate cancer: introductory editorial, Jurgen J Fütterer et al.

In this podcast, to mark the 125th Anniversary of the BIR, three radiographers at different stages of their career talk with passion and positivity about their roles as radiographers and how education of the profession has evolved over the years.

We talk to Dr Encico Novelli, co-author of “ First report of 68Ga-PRGD2 PET–MRI molecular imaging of vaso-occlusion in a patient with sickle cell disease ”, which was the winner of our 2021 Dr Prafulla Ganguli award.

We talk to the co-authors of a recent BJR article on “ Pneumothorax rates in CT-Guided lung biopsies: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors ”, which was the winner of our 2021 BJR Barclay Medal.

In this podcast we talk to editors Professor Tim Illidge, Professor George Mikhaeel, Professor Lena Specht and Professor Joachim Yahalom, guest editors of a recent BJR special feature on Lymphoma: advances in imaging and radiotherapy . Related BJR article: Lymphoma: advances in imaging and radiotherapy – introductory editorial, Tim Illidge et al.

In this podcast we talk to Dr Nicholas Evans about his recent BJR Review on “ Integrated cardiovascular assessment of atherosclerosis using PET–MRI ”.

In this podcast we speak to Dr Danoob Dalili, Dr Daniel Fascia and Dr David McKean, co-authors of a recent BJR article on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on corticosteroid injection services: A national survey of members of the BSSR .

In this podcast we speak to Professor Madan Rehani and Dr Zoe Brady, guest editors of a recent BJR special feature on contemporary issues in radiation protection in medical imaging . Related BJR article: Contemporary issues in radiation protection in medical imaging: introductory editorial, Madan M Rehani and Zoe Brady