All Outputs (7)

The impact of COVID-19 upon student radiographers and clinical training (2020)
Journal Article
Rainford, L., Zanardo, M., Buissink, C., Decoster, R., Hennessy, W., Knapp, K., …McNulty, J. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 upon student radiographers and clinical training. Radiography, 27(2), 464-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.10.015

Introduction
To investigate student clinical placement concerns and opinions, during the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and to inform educational institution support planning.

Methods
Between mid-June to mid-July 2020, educational institutio... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 upon student radiographers and clinical training.

Subjective versus quantitative methods of assessing breast density (2020)
Journal Article
O'Leary. (2020). Subjective versus quantitative methods of assessing breast density. Diagnostics, https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10050331

In order to find a consistent, simple and time-effcient method of assessing mammographic breast density (MBD), different methods of assessing density comparing subjective, quantitative, semi-subjective and semi-quantitative methods were investigated.... Read More about Subjective versus quantitative methods of assessing breast density.

Variability of Breast Density Classification Between US and UK Radiologists (2019)
Journal Article
Alomaim, W., O'Leary, D., Ryan, J., Rainford, L., Evanoff, M., & Foley, S. (2019). Variability of Breast Density Classification Between US and UK Radiologists. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 50(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2018.11.002

Purpose
To assess whether subjective breast density categorization remains the most useful way to categorize mammographic breast density and whether variations exist across geographic regions with differing national legislation.

Methods
Breast r... Read More about Variability of Breast Density Classification Between US and UK Radiologists.

Current Techniques and Practices for Myocardial Stress Testing—A Comparative Survey between Malta and International Nuclear Medicine Centres (2014)
Journal Article
Borg Grima, K., O’Leary, D., Bezzina, P., & Rainford, L. (2014). Current Techniques and Practices for Myocardial Stress Testing—A Comparative Survey between Malta and International Nuclear Medicine Centres. Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, 04(04), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojcd.2014.44031

The Increased Source to Image-receptor Distance Technique: What Is Preventing Implementation in Clinical Practice? (2014)
Journal Article
Joyce, M., & O'Leary, D. (2014). The Increased Source to Image-receptor Distance Technique: What Is Preventing Implementation in Clinical Practice?. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45(3), 260-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2014.04.003

Reducing Dose for Digital Cranial Radiography: The Increased Source to the Image-receptor Distance Approach (2013)
Journal Article
Joyce, M., McEntee, M., Brennan, P. C., & O’Leary, D. (2013). Reducing Dose for Digital Cranial Radiography: The Increased Source to the Image-receptor Distance Approach. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 44(4), 180-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2013.07.002

A comparison of mean glandular dose diagnostic reference levels within the all-digital Irish national breast screening programme and the Irish symptomatic breast services (2012)
Journal Article
O'Leary, D., & Rainford, L. (2012). A comparison of mean glandular dose diagnostic reference levels within the all-digital Irish national breast screening programme and the Irish symptomatic breast services. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 153(3), 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncs112