Get involved

Are you a Clinical Radiologist? Do you have a personal archive of digital and cut-film images? We are looking for images to feature in a new national archive system called the Validated Case Archive (VCA).

The VCA will be used for training purposes giving students access to annotated, high quality films and images of cases from across the UK, demonstrating normal and abnormal pathologies. It is hoped that all radiologists across the nation will contribute cases to the VCA to make it a truly comprehensive national archive.

The VCA process team will send you the web-based software you need to upload and describe your images.

Click here to contact the VCA process team and to find out more about the ‘harvesting’ process.

You can also get involved by validating other images.

What's in it for me?

R-ITI is an exciting and innovative project combining traditional proven teaching models with state of the art technology. In addition to the prestige involved in contributing to R-ITI, submitting cases to the VCA is recognised as an educational activity allowing professional recognition for every validated case that is provided. Consultants can acquire credit through CPD points and CV citations.

The VCA Process Team is keeping a Roll of Honour based on the number of validated images submitted by each Radiologist.

The VCA Process Team can also translate your cut-film images into digital format for your own use. 

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Get in touch

Get in touch with the VCA Process Team and they will send you the web-based software you need to upload and describe your images.

Click here to contact the VCA Process Team.

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How do I submit an image?

The VCA Process Team will send you the web-based software you need to upload and describe your images. The software can be sent either by CD, USB storage or through your IT department. Once you have installed the software, you will be taken through a simple process to submit your images.

You will need to provide detailed notes to support your images. You will be guided by step-by-step instructions to ensure that the VCA offers information which is consistent in detail and format, regardless of the source or the context.

You can now ‘harvest’ images from home. Click here to contact the VCA Process Team to find out how.

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How does the validation process work?

The assessment process works in a similar way to the peer review of articles submitted to journals and publications.

Each image submitted to the VCA will be examined and validated by two Royal College of Radiologist (RCR) approved assessors.

The VCA Process Team can explain how you can get involved the validation of images. Click here to contact the VCA Process Team

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What about privacy?

In accordance with the Caldicott Guardian’s guidelines, when you submit an image, any information which might identify an individual or Trust must be removed.

Because of the need for anonymity, your name is never linked with the final VCA image. 

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What is the VCA?

The Validated Case Archive (VCA) offers radiology trainees a high quality, user friendly simulation of the radiology reporting experience. Through the VCA trainees will have access to annotated, high quality films and images of cases from across the UK. The VCA tool is available to the three R-ITI academies initially, but will be rolled out to all 35 UK radiology training sites as the project progresses. Ultimately the VCA will be available for use by the entire radiology community.

The VCA is a complex piece of software developed specifically by the R-ITI project. It contains images, organised notes and detailed descriptions of the value of each image. Each image has its own file of background information to “tell the story” of the image. This allows trainee radiologists to explore, learn, and test their understanding against the original annotations.  Click here to find out more about the VCA.

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