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  Film reject analysis is a quality assurance tool in radiology department which is used to control standard and quality of diagnostic radiograph as the production of adequate diagnostic radiographs with optimum quality involves well defined procedure. A comparative prospective film reject analysis carried over a period of four (4) weeks... Continue Reading

Objective: To evaluate the common MRI findings in patients with neurologic disorders. Method: A retrospective study of 106 patients with neurologic disorders was carried out and their respective findings carefully tabulated according to their age and sex. Results: MRI showed small multifocal lesions hyperintense on T2 weighted images and... Continue Reading

This study was designed to evaluate the common findings in the liver and kidney of patients undergoing ultrasound in Asaba urban. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the common findings in these organs and to correlate the findings with age. I had a total of 277 patients and some had two findings, one in the liver and another in... Continue Reading

This research was carried out to characterize the variety of the breast lesion seen during mammography at UNTH and to establish the age  distribution of the lesion at the time of presentation. This research is non descriptive study,222 secondary data was obtained from the patient request card and patient mammography result. This result... Continue Reading

Trolley based system is a trolley incorporating x-ray features that allow easy radiography in trauma patients.  In this work, a trolley based system is constructed with the two basic features which include a fixed lateral cassette holder to facilitate lateral shoot-through radiography and with locally sourced material for affordability.... Continue Reading

Background: Echocardiography has become and important tool in medical imaging. It is used in the confirmation of heart diseases especially hypertension, in Nigeria major cities using conventional echocardiography done with transoephageal echocardiography. Aim: To describe the pattern of finding in echocardiogram of hypertensive patients... Continue Reading

The aim of this research is to evaluate the diagnostic yield of MRI in the diagnosis of Brain tumour, at National Hospital, Garki Abuja. It is a retrospective study, which evaluated the diagnostic yield of MRI in the diagnosis of Brain tumour, the sensitivity, Specificity, and accuracy of the Imaging Procedure in the Management of Brain... Continue Reading

A professional association is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public. The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined. Activities and events organized by these organizations facilitate better interaction... Continue Reading

This research was carried out to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mammographic Screening among Female Staff of University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) in view of the low record of this population at the mammographic Unit of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla. Both academic and non-academic female... Continue Reading

 This study aimed at finding out the knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women towards routine sonography.        A prospective cross sectional Survey method was adopted. The data was collected through self-administered among 180 respondents and 176 were returned duly completed. The data collected was analysed using... Continue Reading

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been hailed by many a finding as the imaging modality of choice in the diagnosis of both focal and non-focal neurological disorders. And for this reason, it has increasingly the first modality of recourse for almost any disorder of the CNS where it is available. However, prognosis of central nervous... Continue Reading

Radiological Equipment Maintenance (REM) has been described as an integral component of Quality Assurance (QA) for the Radiological Equipments (REs). This is vital as it keeps the RE in optimum condition to aid clinicians in diagnosis. The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, which is a tertiary health... Continue Reading

  The study was carried out in three government hospitals in Enugu metropolis. It was carried out to assess the level of awareness and attitude of emergency physicians towards the use of CT in patients with head injury. Questionnaire was the major instrument for data collection.  The study sought to assess the reasons for the non... Continue Reading

  This study on the prevalence of low back pain among practicing radiographers in government hospitals, was done in Enugu and Ebonyi States. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence low back pain among the practicing radiographers, the risk factors that could be causal to low back pain among the radiographers and to... Continue Reading

This study assessed patients’ perception of cleanliness in the radiology departments. It was a survey research conducted in 2013 at the x-ray departments of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) Parklane, National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu (NOHE). Research questions outlined in... Continue Reading

The study was undertaken to identify the pattern of findings in dental radiographs in university of Nigeria teaching Hospital Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu. It is a retrospective study where information was obtained from patient’s folders at the record department in dental unit in the institution understudy.  The study was carried out from 31st... Continue Reading

Patients’ perception of care is considered to influence their satisfaction with the service provided. To understand patients’ satisfaction, patients’ perception of care must first be understood.The consequence of low perceived quality of care thus dissuades others from seeking care7 A total of 72 self-completion questionnaires were... Continue Reading

This study assessed the patient care given by therapy radiographers to patients undergoing radiotherapy in the radiotherapy unit of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu.  It is a descriptive cross sectional study, with the use of questionnaire to obtain information from the patients and radiographers.  A total of... Continue Reading

An inadequately filled radiology request form (RRF) is a common problem faced by both radiologists and radiographers. The study was designed to objectively assess the adequacy of filling of radiology request forms from two hospitals in Enugu metropolis: University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH) Ituku-ozalla and Enugu State Teaching... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION A homogeneous x-ray beam can be defined as a beam that contains photon of only one energy as compared to heterogeneous x-ray beam containing several photons of energies1. When a homogeneous x-ray beam passes through a medium, its intensity falls exponentially with the distance covered. Raising the tube current will increase the... Continue Reading

The research continuing profession education: compliance of radiographers in south-east Nigeria is aimed at assessing the compliance of radiographers towards seminars, workshops, post-graduate education and conferences. It also assess factors that affects their compliance. A survey research was used with a well structured questionnaire... Continue Reading

The aim of this study was to assess ethical practice among radiographers practicing in UNTH Enugu, NAUTH Nnewi and FMC Owerri. The study was carried out using a non-experimental prospective design, using a sample size of 40 radiographers from the three hospitals. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire containing 23 items. The... Continue Reading

The research work was carried out to ascertain how knowledgeable Radiographers are on the prospects of entrepreneurial venture in the field of Medical Imaging, the  challenges facing some of them from setting up their own Radiodiagnostic centre. It was carried out amongst practising Radiographers within Enugu Metropolis. Data was... Continue Reading

The study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and perception of radiographers towards research. Data was collected from radiographers between the months of March and June 2012 at 10 different hospitals within the FCT Abuja and 4 institutions in Enugu Metropolis including university of Nigeria Enugu campus. Subjects... Continue Reading

It has been observed that during x-ray equipment failure, radiographers seem not to know what to do, there is usually a display of distress observed by radiographers and an immediate call for the services of a technician is made by the radiographers. This work is aimed at assessing the knowledge of radiographers in knowing their... Continue Reading