Cambridge
0845 394 8480
john.talbot@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

John is currently undertaking a professional doctorate in education. His previous qualifications are listed below:

• Postgraduate Certificate (Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge (2006)
• Master of Science (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge (1997)
• Liverpool University MRI Course for Radiographers (short course) (1989)
• Diploma of the College of Radiographers Merseyside School of Radiography, Liverpool (1980)

John is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Courses

• MSc MRI - Applied Science of MRI (module)
• MSc MRI - Essentials of MRI Clinical Practice (module)
• Research Methodology, Design and Process (module)
• Core Concepts in Learning and Teaching (module)
• Physics, Informatics and Mathematics for Healthcare Science. (module)

Outline of Career

John is a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He qualified as a diagnostic radiographer in 1981 and worked for twenty years in the National Health Service; formerly as a superintendent radiographer at Walton Hospital in Liverpool, and latterly in Education and Research as a radiographer at Oxford MRI/University College Oxford.

He developed an early interest in MRI as a school-leaver in 1977, and was one of the first radiographers in the world to gain an MSc in the field of medical imaging (MRI) in 1997. After leaving Oxford, John worked for a few years as Education Manager for the world's largest private healthcare company before being invited to apply for a senior lecturer post at Anglia Ruskin University to run MRI related pathways.

John's main interest is exploiting the parallelism between technology and learning and he is currently working on new concepts in the field of virtual learning environments, including the construction of a computer-generated "virtual-reality" MRI scanner for teaching.

John is also a registered Apple developer for mobile touch-screen applications (apps).

John regularly presents at international meetings for the Australian Institute of Radiology, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, The Norwegian Society of Radiographers, The Romanian Society of MRI Radiologists, The European Federation of Radiographic Societies, The Radiological society of Saudi Arabia and Trinity College Dublin.

Research Interest

John's previous research contributions have been in the field of MRI and in the following projects:

• Non-invasive carotid imaging
• Measurement of posterior fossa neuro-vascular anomalies in essential hypertension
• Variability in measurement of extra-cranial internal carotid artery stenosis as displayed by both digital subtraction and magnetic resonance angiography
• Demonstration of neuro-vascular compression in trigeminal neuralgia with magnetic resonance imaging
• Vascular contact with the fifth cranial nerve at the pons in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: detection with 3D FISP imaging
• Comparison of magnetic resonance angiography, duplex ultrasound, and digital subtraction angiography in assessment of extra-cranial internal carotid artery stenosis
• Hippocampal volume measurement in epilepsy patients with a view to temporal lobe resection
• Drug trial of Rebif human-equivalent interferon in multiple sclerosis
• Modification of a CT Stereotactic fiducial frame for use in MRI to facilitate stereotactic procedures in neurosurgery
• 3D cranial volume rendering for image guided neurosurgery
• Research into the information needs of MR patients
• Drug trial of Rebif human-equivalent interferon in multiple sclerosis
• Diffusion scanning techniques
• Brain volume acquisitions for a study into schizophrenia
• 3D volume acquisitions of phantoms, in-vitro and in vivo uteri for a study into volume rendering of the uterine cavity
• Uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroids

John's current research interest is how technology might be used to reduce extraneous cognitive load in distance learners.

Selected Publications

Books and Chapters

• John is co-author of MRI in Practice, the world's best selling MRI textbook as well as other publications in the field of medical imaging.
• Carver E, Carver B., 2011, Medical Imaging Techniques, Reflection and Evaluation 2nd edition, London, Elsevier (also 1st edition) (chapter author MRI)
• Westbrook C.A., Kaut Roth C., Talbot J., 2011, MRI in Practice, 4th Edition, Oxford, Wiley Blackwell. (also 3rd edition) (author and illustrator)
• Westbrook C.A., 2009, A Handbook of MRI Technique, 3rd Edition, Oxford, Wiley Blackwell (illustrator and image editor)
• Westbrook C., 2009, MRI at a Glance 2nd Edition, Oxford, Wiley Blackwell (Illustrator)

Journal Articles and Papers

• Talbot J., 2000, Medical Imaging in Sports Medicine, Synergy Magazine, London, The Society of Radiographers.
• Talbot J., 2000, MRI Artefacts: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, Synergy Magazine, London, The Society of Radiographers.
• Talbot J., 2007, First Reflections on a New Course for Assistant Practitioners in MRI, Rad Magazine
• Westbrook C, Talbot J., 2009, What Do MRI Radiographers Really Know?, European Journal of Radiography, 1. (2), P 52-60, Amsterdam, Elsevier

Multimedia

• Talbot J., Westbrook C., Cavanagh P. 2003, Somerset MRI Course Volumes 1-4 CD ROM, Bridgwater, Healthsouth UK