Radiography expert witnesses
Listed radiography expert witnesses address image acquisition, positioning, safety processes and the practical delivery of diagnostic imaging. Their evidence is distinct from a radiologist’s interpretation of the image.
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The evidence
What a radiography expert witness is asked to determine
A radiography instruction may involve referral information, exposure records, positioning, image quality, escalation and communication. The question should specify whether it concerns the performance of an examination, the safety of an exposure or the consequences of a technical failure.
- Whether the examination requested and performed was appropriate to the clinical information supplied.
- Whether positioning, image quality and the views obtained were sufficient for the stated purpose.
- Whether radiation-protection, identification and safety processes are material to the issue.
- Whether an unexpected finding or image-quality problem required escalation or repeat imaging.
- Where a radiographer’s evidence ends and a radiologist must address image interpretation or reporting.
Practitioners are listed by discipline and can be narrowed by location across the four UK nations. The register publishes the listing; the instruction is agreed directly with the practitioner.
Related evidence
Where this specialist evidence fits
The appropriate route follows the clinical question. These related specialties may answer different parts of the same instruction.
Radiology
Interpretation, reporting and communication of imaging findings.
View specialty →02Mammography
Specialist breast imaging and screening evidence.
View specialty →03Head and spinal injuries
Imaging questions following high-energy trauma.
View specialty →Search the register for a radiography expert witness suited to the question in issue.
See radiography listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
A records review report can deal with the contemporaneous material where an examination is not required. A breach and causation report can separate the standard-of-care question from the clinical consequence alleged.
Where the instruction concerns present symptoms, function or future course, a condition and prognosis report may form a separate part of the evidence. The report pages set out the form requirements.
Radiography expert witness evidence
A radiography expert witness provides an opinion within the limits of the instruction, source material and discipline-specific expertise. The records and clinical question determine the scope of the evidence.
See the relevant Society of Radiographers alongside the case material.
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