Profiles
Mrs Avril Lowe
Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Clinically I have worked as an orthopaedic and as a cardiac radiographer in both the public and the independent sectors.In education I have worked previously at a University in the North of England teaching technical subjects.
Technically and clinically I have worked for a multinational healthcare corporation at European level, in Applications Training, Clinical Marketing and 6-Sigma.
I joined the University of Plymouth in 2020 and have a special interest in the technical and research aspects of Radiography, including Service and Quality Improvement.
Technically and clinically I have worked for a multinational healthcare corporation at European level, in Applications Training, Clinical Marketing and 6-Sigma.
I joined the University of Plymouth in 2020 and have a special interest in the technical and research aspects of Radiography, including Service and Quality Improvement.
Qualifications
Pg Cert in Clinical Education - University of Plymouth
MSc in Diagnostic Imaging - University of Oxford
Higher Diploma of the College of Radiographers - University of Liverpool
Diploma of the College of Radiographers - Salford College of Technology
Higher Diploma of the College of Radiographers - University of Liverpool
Diploma of the College of Radiographers - Salford College of Technology
Professional membership
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Diagnostic RadiographerMember of the Society of Radiographers (SoR)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Science and imaging technology
Research
Research
Research interests
Imaging technology, as related to the patient for radiation dose and image quality
Other research
Dose reduction by anti-scatter grid removal, in coronary angiography
Dose modelling and dose-reducing techniques, in interventional neuro-angiography