On this episode of NCIMI Voices, we celebrate advances in algorithms for detecting early stage lung cancer. Claire Bloomfield speaks with by Prof Fergus Gleeson, NCIMI's Chief Medical Officer and chief investigator for the DART research programme. They are joined by Optellum's CEO Václav Potěšil who talks about the company's recent FDA clearance in the US for Virtual Nodule Clinic to detect potentially cancerous nodules (small lesions) on lungs. We cover: -  Fergus on the DART programme for lung health and how it works with Optellum as a partner. -  Václav explains how their AI algor ..read more

2020 was a challenging year for the NCIMI team and its partners. In this mini series, CEO Claire Bloomfield talks to partners who have stepped up to the challenge during 2020 and continue to do so in 2021. In part two, Claire is joined by John Kalafut – Chief scientist for digital/informatics research at GE Healthcare. He describes himself as: “A real, driven innovator that loves to find and push boundaries in large and small organizations. I am very good at finding routes and paths through multi-dimensional problems requiring a blend of healthcare domain, scientific, computational, and produc ..read more

This year has been a challenging one, and for the NCIMI team it's been no different. In this mini series, CEO Claire Bloomfield talks to partners who have stepped up to the challenge during 2020. She is joined by one of NCIMI's founding partners, Rajarshi Banerjee, known to all as Banjo. Banjo is CEO of Perspectum and consultant in cardiology and internal medicine. Perspectum was established in 2012 to develop new MR technologies and software to detect liver disease and disorders more accurately. We discuss: -  Is Radiology in need of a rebrand? -  What’s the role of a radiologist go ..read more

Hear from NCIMI’s CEO Claire Bloomfield about how the NCIMI network is responding to the Covid 19 crisis. Claire is joined by Dr George Harston, Chief Medical Officer at Brainomix and Dr Kiruba Nagaratnam, consultant stroke physician and geriatrician, and clinical lead for stroke medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Royal Berks Hospital is the first hospital in the Thames Valley to start using the cutting-edge AI software developed by Oxford-based Brainomix, used in the Emergency Department to help clinicians quickly diagnose stroke. This in turn will speed up doctors' decision making aro ..read more

Join Claire Bloomfield, Fergus Gleeson and Jim Davies from the University of Oxford's NCIMI consortium as they share their experiences of integrating AI into healthcare systems. Delivering effective AI imaging solutions into the NHS is a huge challenge, requiring high-quality data, evidence and wide-scale collaboration to refine, validate and monitor each new intervention. NCIMI has established a unique multi-stakeholder approach to address these challenges. By involving NHS Trusts, commercial partners, such as GE, and patient groups, they have created an environment in which experts can colla ..read more

On this episode of NCIMI Voices, we celebrate advances in algorithms for detecting early stage lung cancer. Claire Bloomfield speaks with by Prof Fergus Gleeson, NCIMI's Chief Medical Officer and chief investigator for the DART research programme. They are joined by Optellum's CEO Václav Potěšil who talks about the company's recent FDA clearance in the US for Virtual Nodule Clinic to detect potentially cancerous nodules (small lesions) on lungs. We cover: -  Fergus on the DART programme for lung health and how it works with Optellum as a partner. -  Václav explains how their AI algor ..read more

2020 was a challenging year for the NCIMI team and its partners. In this mini series, CEO Claire Bloomfield talks to partners who have stepped up to the challenge during 2020 and continue to do so in 2021. In part two, Claire is joined by John Kalafut – Chief scientist for digital/informatics research at GE Healthcare. He describes himself as: “A real, driven innovator that loves to find and push boundaries in large and small organizations. I am very good at finding routes and paths through multi-dimensional problems requiring a blend of healthcare domain, scientific, computational, and produc ..read more

This year has been a challenging one, and for the NCIMI team it's been no different. In this mini series, CEO Claire Bloomfield talks to partners who have stepped up to the challenge during 2020. She is joined by one of NCIMI's founding partners, Rajarshi Banerjee, known to all as Banjo. Banjo is CEO of Perspectum and consultant in cardiology and internal medicine. Perspectum was established in 2012 to develop new MR technologies and software to detect liver disease and disorders more accurately. We discuss: -  Is Radiology in need of a rebrand? -  What’s the role of a radiologist go ..read more

Using healthcare data to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with a huge range of medical conditions is right at the heart of NCIMI’s mission. But what are the ethical and legal implications of using anonymous patient data to develop medical technology? NCIMI has been working closely with Future Care Capital (FCC) and Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP to undertake an analysis of the legal provisions and issues impacting research and commercial usage of healthcare data. On this episode of NCIMI Voices, Claire talks to Annemarie Naylor, Director of Policy and Strategy at FCC, who was i ..read more

Hear from NCIMI’s CEO Claire Bloomfield about how the NCIMI network is responding to the Covid 19 crisis. Claire is joined by Dr George Harston, Chief Medical Officer at Brainomix and Dr Kiruba Nagaratnam, consultant stroke physician and geriatrician, and clinical lead for stroke medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Royal Berks Hospital is the first hospital in the Thames Valley to start using the cutting-edge AI software developed by Oxford-based Brainomix, used in the Emergency Department to help clinicians quickly diagnose stroke. This in turn will speed up doctors' decision making aro ..read more