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Research Projects

Patient circumstances and their imaging and treatment options vary enormously across the world. Therefore, an imaging test which is considered useful in one setting, may not be useful or available in another. New technologies, such as AI and portable equipment will have very different applications and value in different health systems. There is very little evidence to guide the best use of imaging tests in resource limited settings and a real need and opportunity for more research in this area. 

Through links with various UK and international academic institutions we support imaging research.  

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Research Partner Institutions

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi

Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Research Centre

 

University of Allied Sciences and Health in Ghana

MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

School of Health and Society, University of Salford, UK

Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, UK

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Partner of the ARCS Network

We have been a partner in the African Research Collaboration on Sepsis (ARCS) network since 2018. The aim of this network is to improve the survival and quality of life of sepsis patients in Africa, researching and advocating for new and better ways to diagnose, treat and support patients with sepsis. Point of care ultrasound (also known as bedside ultrasound) is a test which could possibly be helpful in sepsis patients in Africa, but so far there is not enough evidence to support this claim.

We are working with other partners in the network on a “study of bedside ultrasound in emergency sepsis” to find out more. Our team of ultrasound experts from Uganda, the UK and Germany have taught the research clinicians in Malawi, Gabon and Uganda the knowledge and skills they need to perform the test and to collect the study data and they have been mentoring them ever since. As the study concludes in 2022 the team will have gained valuable insights into how bedside ultrasound might be useful, how the patients and staff experienced this new test and what it will mean for patient care and further research. The findings will be shared in scientific journals and at international sepsis conferences.

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PROSPECT Study

Worldwide Radiology volunteers also supported the PROSPECT study, in which computer aided diagnosis (CAD) was used in a community setting to detect tuberculosis on Chest X-rays. Our volunteers contributed to study design and the reporting of all X-rays. 

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Radiographer John taking an X-ray in Malawi for the PROSPECT Study

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An example of the computer aided reporting software being tested

Want to get involved?

Check out the latest volunteering opportunities or get in touch with us.

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