Publications by authors named "B Michael Moores"

This paper is concerned with the role of science and technology in helping to create change in society. Diagnostic radiology is an example of an activity that has undergone significant change due to such developments, which over the past 40 years have led to a huge increase in the volume of medical imaging data generated. However, these developments have by and large left the human elements of the radiological process (referrer, radiographer and radiologist) intact.

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These consensus guidelines were jointly commissioned by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and Public Health England (PHE). They provide an evidence-based framework for the use of surveillance colonoscopy and non-colonoscopic colorectal imaging in people aged 18 years and over. They are the first guidelines that take into account the introduction of national bowel cancer screening.

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Magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) is a scanning probe technique capable of detecting MRI signals from nanoscale sample volumes, providing a paradigm-changing potential for structural biology and medical research. Thus far, however, experiments have not reached sufficient spatial resolution for retrieving meaningful structural information from samples. In this work, we report MRFM imaging scans demonstrating a resolution of 0.

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Cost-risk-benefit analysis has been applied to protection of the patient in diagnostic radiology with special reference to the application of referral guidelines. The analysis presented has extended previous work in this field to provide a theoretical framework that encompasses key factors that need to be considered in the optimisation of patient protection from both diagnostic and radiation risks. The fraction of patients whose symptoms do not meet criteria contained in the referral guidelines and, therefore, for whom an X-ray examination is not indicated has been termed the selectivity of the guidelines.

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We demonstrate an acoustical analog of a circuit quantum electrodynamics system that leverages acoustic properties to enable strong multimode coupling in the dispersive regime while suppressing spontaneous emission to unconfined modes. Specifically, we fabricate and characterize a device that comprises a flux tunable transmon coupled to a 300  μm long surface acoustic wave resonator. For some modes, the qubit-cavity coupling reaches 6.

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