Evaluating the effectiveness of abbreviated breast MRI (abMRI) interpretation training for mammogram readers: a multi-centre study assessing diagnostic performance, using an enriched dataset.

Background: Abbreviated breast MRI (abMRI) is being introduced in breast screening trials and clinical practice, particularly for women with dense breasts. Upscaling abMRI provision requires the workforce of mammogram readers to learn to effectively interpret abMRI. The purpose of this study was to examine the diagnostic accuracy of mammogram readers to interpret abMRI after a single day of standardised small-group training and to compare diagnostic performance of mammogram readers experienced in full-protocol breast MRI (fpMRI) interpretation (Group 1) with that of those without fpMRI interpretation experience (Group 2).

Wide-Field Magnetic Field and Temperature Imaging Using Nanoscale Quantum Sensors.

The simultaneous imaging of magnetic fields and temperature (MT) is important in a range of applications, including studies of carrier transport and semiconductor device characterization. Techniques exist for separately measuring temperature (e.g.

Can mammogram readers swiftly and effectively learn to interpret first post-contrast acquisition subtracted (FAST) MRI, a type of abbreviated breast MRI?: a single centre data-interpretation study.

Objectives: To assess whether NHS breast screening programme (NHSBSP) mammogram readers could effectively interpret first post-contrast acquisition subtracted (FAST) MRI, for intended use in screening for breast cancer.

Methods: Eight NHSBSP mammogram readers from a single centre (four who also read breast MRI (Group 1) and four who do not (Group 2)) were given structured FAST MRI reader training (median 4 h: 32 min). They then prospectively interpreted 125 FAST MRIs (250 breasts: 194 normal and 56 cancer) comprising a consecutive series of screening MRIs enriched with additional cancer cases from 2015, providing 2000 interpretations.

Pilot parallel randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people: 'STOPCUTS'.

Background: Skin tears are common in older adults and those taking steroids and warfarin. They are traumatic, often blunt injuries caused by oblique knocks to the extremities. The epidermis may separate from the dermis or both layers from underlying tissues leaving a skin flap or total loss of tissue, which is painful and prone to infection.

Pilot randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people "STOPCUTS": study protocol.

Background: Skin tears are traumatic injuries occurring mostly on the extremities due to shearing and friction forces that separate the epidermis and the dermis from underlying tissues. They are common and occur mostly in older adults and those taking medications that compromise skin integrity. Pretibial skin tears can develop into leg ulcers, which require lengthy, expensive treatment to heal.

Does use of a colonoscopy imaging device improve performance? A cohort study.

Background: Magnetic endoscopic imagers (MEIs) are being introduced during colonoscopy, principally for training. They aid recognition and resolution of loops. This has potential to improve technique resulting in increased completion rates and better patients' experience.

Compliance with estrogen hormone replacement therapy after oophorectomy: a prospective study.

Objective: To quantify compliance with using estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) up until the time of mean age of natural menopause in women undergoing either bilateral oophorectomy or removal of one remaining ovary at the time of hysterectomy for benign disease.

Design: Prospective study. Annual questionnaire follow-up for ten years of women undergoing hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy for benign disease aged 46 or less at the time of surgery.

The age of ovarian failure following premenopausal hysterectomy with ovarian conservation.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that premenopausal hysterectomy compromises ovarian function and accelerates ovarian failure.

Design: Longitudinal prospective cohort study. Annual follow-up with serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels with all women being 46 years of age or less at the time of hysterectomy for benign disease.

Polymyalgia rheumatica in primary care: a cohort study of the diagnostic criteria and outcome.

Background: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is common and is usually diagnosed and managed in primary care. There are no generally accepted primary care criteria for diagnosis.

Objectives: To identify what features are used to diagnose PMR, to benchmark these against diagnostic criteria and to identify features at diagnosis with prognostic significance.