Dr. Chris Hammond

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Dr. Chris Hammond is a consultant vascular radiologist and clinical director for radiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, U.K.

Radiology Education
5 tips on how to succeed with online learning
We attach less meaning to an online course, so we value it less, radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond writes. He gives advice on making e-learning a richer experience.
September 23, 2025
Medical E Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Why I’m still so suspicious of AI
AI systems are remarkable achievements, but there is a way to go before I’ll lift my scepticism of their role as anything other than a tool to be deployed judiciously and alongside other, human, solutions, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.
August 12, 2025
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Ultrasound
What can we do to control demand for imaging?
Ever increasing demand is the elephant in the room of healthcare funding: ignore it and we'll all be trampled. Everyone must act to stem the tide, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.
January 20, 2025
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CT
My identity as a doctor: Why is it such a big deal?
Medical identity is ingrained into the stories we tell ourselves as professionals, but we may be giving it too much prominence in our lives, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.
October 31, 2024
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CT
The tricky task of choosing well and cutting well
Adhering to the old surgical adage 'choose well, cut well, get well' becomes harder as we learn more, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. He feels burdened with a deep sense of uncertainty.
July 16, 2024
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MRI
How much subspecialization do we really need in radiology?
Keeping yourself grounded in the general can help you avoid falling into the trap of subspecializing yourself into irrelevance, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond in a new guest column.
January 16, 2024
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Clinical News
How to make progress in radiology's ongoing search for excellence
Excellence is not an endpoint, it's a process, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. To achieve it and make good decisions on increasing our sequences, adopting a new surveillance strategy, resourcing overnight reporting, etc., requires us to work together, he says.
October 23, 2023
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Clinical News
Getting the basics right is rule one in clinical practice
It's essential to get the basics right because the rest can then follow, writes radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. In a new viewpoint column, he recalls an event that made a deep personal impression on him.
August 28, 2023
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Artificial Intelligence
Workforce issues and the reality distortion field
The growing crisis facing the U.K. National Health Service can only be overcome with a motivated, engaged, and driven workforce, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond in a new column. We must learn from the Apple experience of the 1980s, he insists.
January 9, 2023
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Clinical News
Parachutes, belief, and intellectual curiosity
More resources need to be invested into rigorous and independent research to generate the evidence to support what we do in radiology, writes Dr. Chris Hammond in a new column.
November 7, 2022
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What’s the likely impact of €16B Hologic deal?
Private equity firms are acquiring women’s health vendor Hologic. Senior industry experts reflect on the deal and the future consequences for the global women’s health sector.
Dedicated breast F-18 FDG PET/MRI exam pre- (A, D, G), mid- (B, E, H), and post-NAC (C, F, I) of a 41-year-old patient diagnosed with a triple negative (TN), grade 2, invasive carcinoma. The SUVmax values of the primary tumor were 14.68 pre-NAC, 1.69 mid-NAC, and 1.87 post-NAC, while SER values were 1.19, 0.52, and 0.63, respectively. Figure courtesy of Melissa Lenaerts, PhD, Dr. Thiemo van Nijnatten, PhD, et al and presented at EUSOBI 2025.
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What’s the likely impact of €16B Hologic deal?
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The clinical role of PET/MRI is evolving rapidly in breast cancer, according to two studies presented at the European Society of Breast Imaging annual meeting.
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Dedicated breast F-18 FDG PET/MRI exam pre- (A, D, G), mid- (B, E, H), and post-NAC (C, F, I) of a 41-year-old patient diagnosed with a triple negative (TN), grade 2, invasive carcinoma. The SUVmax values of the primary tumor were 14.68 pre-NAC, 1.69 mid-NAC, and 1.87 post-NAC, while SER values were 1.19, 0.52, and 0.63, respectively. Figure courtesy of Melissa Lenaerts, PhD, Dr. Thiemo van Nijnatten, PhD, et al and presented at EUSOBI 2025.
EUSOBI: Positron emission mammography demonstrates worth
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Positron emission mammography is proving useful in the presurgical assessment of invasive lobular carcinoma, researchers reported at the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) annual meeting.
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Amyloid PET can track patterns of neurodegeneration
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Early perfusion amyloid-PET shows potential for diagnosing and monitoring neurodegenerative disease and has possible advantages over FDG-PET scanning.
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The epidemic of decision paralysis
By Dr. Paul McCoubrie
Decision-making is central to successful clinical practice, but no one seems to make decisions these days, writes Dr. Paul McCoubrie in the second part of his series about interactions between surgeons and radiologists.
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Global survey pinpoints key trends in spectral CT
By Liz Carey
The use of spectral CT is rising, but its clinical integration and quality assurance/quality control practices are inconsistent, the International Atomic Energy Agency has found.
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Abnormal CT-FFR results translate to up to 7 years' cardiac risk
By Kate Madden Yee
The prognostic value of CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) has been unclear, but the findings of a recent study from Denmark offer further insight.
October 20, 2025
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Transgender breast care emerges as priority for radiology
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Radiology needs to stop thinking of breast cancer as a disease that only concerns women and do much more to include transgender patients in breast care, says Dr. Anna D'Angelo from Rome.
October 20, 2025
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Hot shots from Istanbul: Report from ESNR 2025
By Dr. Gennaro D'Anna
Radiologist Dr. Gennaro D'Anna provides a roundup and collection of images from the 48th annual meeting of the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR).
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PI-RADS v2.1 is 'highly sensitive' for prostate cancer detection on MRI
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PI-RADS v2.1 shows high sensitivity for categorizing clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI at both the patient and lesion levels, German researchers have found.
October 16, 2025
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Breast CT gains clinical momentum in Europe
By Philip Ward
Dedicated contrast-enhanced breast CT is advancing as a clinical tool, but variations persist in acquisition protocols, particularly the timing of contrast administration. Dutch researchers have tried to resolve this issue.
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Belgian study shows AI's promise in coronary ischemia
By Maryam Payne
A deep-learning model for assessing vessel-specific coronary ischemia performed well compared to invasive fractional flow reserve in a multicenter study published by European Radiology on 11 October.
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