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A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery (2019)
Journal Article
cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery. Radiography, 26(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.08.007

INTRODUCTION: To measure mammography-related pain in two groups of women undergoing regular surveillance as a baseline for future care. METHODS: Following ethical approval, two hundred women aged 32 to 84 years (mean 54), were invited by written inv... Read More about A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery.

Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity (2019)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Thompson, J., & Mercer, C. (2019). Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity. Radiography, 25(4), 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.011

Introduction Student radiographers have expressed difficulty in performing image appraisal tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of a workshop delivered to level 4 undergraduate students. All students completed an image appra... Read More about Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity.

Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening (2019)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., Mercer, C., Tootell, A., & Hogg, P. (2019). Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 50(2), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2019.02.005

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from four-view full-field digital mammography (FFDM) screening. Methods A poly methyl meth... Read More about Impact of contralateral breast shielding on the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from full-field digital mammography screening.

Learning to look : evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity (2019)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Thompson, J., & Mercer, C. (2019). Learning to look : evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity. Radiography, 25(4), 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.011

Introduction: Student radiographers have expressed difficulty in performing image appraisal tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of a workshop delivered to level 4 undergraduate students. All students completed an image appra... Read More about Learning to look : evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity.

Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., Mercer, C., & Hogg, P. (2018). Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 49(4), 406-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2018.06.005

Objectives: To use the initial mean glandular dose (MGD) arising from the first screening mammogram to estimate the individual total screening lifetime effective risk. Methods: Organ doses from FFDM screening exposures (craniocaudal and mediolatera... Read More about Calculating individual lifetime effective risk from initial mean glandular dose arising from the first screening mammogram.

Malignant breast masses-conspicuity analysis in motionsimulated mammograms (2018)
Presentation / Conference
mammograms. Poster presented at The 2018 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Vienna

The conspicuity of a mass represents a ratio between the contrast of a mass and its surrounding complexity. Measuring the conspicuity of lesions attempts to characterise the visibility of a lesion in terms of the imaging systems diagnostic capabiliti... Read More about Malignant breast masses-conspicuity analysis in motionsimulated mammograms.

Mathematical modelling of radiation-induced cancer risk from breast screening by mammography (2017)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., Mercer, C., Tootell, A., Walton, L., Schaake, W., & Hogg, P. (2017). Mathematical modelling of radiation-induced cancer risk from breast screening by mammography. European Journal of Radiology, 96, 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.10.003

Objectives: Establish a method to determine and convey lifetime radiation risk from FFDM screening. Methods: Radiation risk from screening mammography was quantified using effective risk (number of radiation-induced cancer cases/million). For effec... Read More about Mathematical modelling of radiation-induced cancer risk from breast screening by mammography.

The impact of simulated motion blur on lesion detection performance in full field digital mammography (2017)
Journal Article
Abdullah, A., Thompson, J., Kelly, J., Mercer, C., Aspin, R., & Hogg, P. (2017). The impact of simulated motion blur on lesion detection performance in full field digital mammography. British Journal of Radiology, 90(1075), https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20160871

Objective: Motion blur is a known phenomenon in full-field digital mammography, but the impact on lesion detection is unknown. This is the first study to investigate detection performance with varying magnitudes of simulated motion blur. Method: S... Read More about The impact of simulated motion blur on lesion detection performance in full field digital mammography.

An exploration of mammographers’ attitudes towards the use of social media for providing breast screening information to clients (2017)
Journal Article
Scragg, B., Shaikh, S., Shires, G., Stein Hodgins, J., Mercer, C., Robinson, L., & Wray, J. (2017). An exploration of mammographers’ attitudes towards the use of social media for providing breast screening information to clients. Radiography, 23(3), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2017.04.004

Background: Increasingly patients and clients of health services are using social media to locate information about medical procedures and outcomes. There is increasing pressure for health professionals to engage in on-line spaces to provide clear a... Read More about An exploration of mammographers’ attitudes towards the use of social media for providing breast screening information to clients.