cancer. Of the 1716 responses received, 8.8% of women would refuse the mammogram if the radiographer were a man, and 8.9% of respondents would have the exam if the radiographer were a man only if a female chaperone were present. Conversely, 82.3% of surveyed women would have proceeded with the mammogram conducted by a male radiographer, even though 44.9% would have preferred a female radiograph...

Fluoroscopy guidance is useful to confirm anatomical landmark and needle location for spine intervention; however, it can lead to radiation exposure in patients, physicians, and medical staff. Physicians who used fluoroscopy should be cognizant of radiation exposure and intend to minimize radiation dose. We retrospectively reviewed three lumbar spine intervention procedures (nerve root block, m...

Automated reconstruction and diagnosis of brain MRI images is one of the most challenging problems in medical imaging. Accurate segmentation of MRI images is a key step in contouring during radiotherapy analysis. Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are the most widely used radiographic techniques in diagnosis and treatment planning. Segmentation techniques used for the ...

True aneurysms of the digital artery are very rare. We report a case of true aneurysm of a proper digital artery of the right thumb in a radiographer. Treatment by ligation and excision resulted in complete relief of symptoms.