Who Should be Performing Routine Abdominal Ultrasound? A Prospective Double-Blind Study Comparing the Accuracy of Radiologist and Radiographer

Optimizing patient care in radiology through team-working: A case study from the United Kingdom

“…Radiographer practice and their contribution to patient care are often driven by local service demands, with many varied and excellent examples occurring across the United Kingdom (11)(12)(13). Presented here, as a case study, is the model of service delivery implemented in the radiology department of an acute district hospital.…”

Visualization of liver lesions in standardized video-documented ultrasonography – inter-observer agreement and effect of contrast injection

“…In the study by Gaarder et al, it was shown that standardized ultrasound examinations of kidneys acquired by a trained radiographer have a similar diagnostic value as when the examination is performed by a radiologist [10]. There are previous studies showing good results when comparing examinations by radiographers and radiologists in routine abdominal ultrasound [23,24]. Most of these studies have involved general upper abdominal scans.…”

“…Most of these studies have involved general upper abdominal scans. According to Leslie et al, radiographers are as competent as radiologists at performing routine abdominal ultrasound examinations [23].…”

The long and winding road to achieving professional registration for sonographers

“…The active and written support of the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) for non-medical practitioners, which went against the RCR at the time, undoubtedly helped to drive this change. An additional outcome of this pioneering stance was that it demonstrated that, rather than being blindly adhered to, professional guidelines could be changed as a result of popular pressure and published peer-reviewed audit (19,20,21).…”