University Hospital Birmingham’s experience using PreciseArt® and structure reports for Radiotherapy Head and Neck patients

March 26, 2025

Join us for an insightful webinar on leveraging PreciseART® and automated reporting to enhance treatment workflows for head and neck patients. We’ll share our experience using these tools to standardise processes, improve workflow efficiency and enhance treatment precision.

Presenters:

Sallie Melsom, Technical Lead Radiographer, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Sallie Melsom is the Technical Lead Radiographer University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust. She has been a trained radiographer for 21 years, spending most of her career as the TomoTherapy® Advanced Practitioner at UHB. She has brought her enthusiasm for this field into her position as Technical Lead, and she is especially interested in expanding the plan-adapted Radixact® service, by utilising the clarity of ClearRT® imaging and the use of offline automated structure reports, with a view of expanding to an online service in the future.

Isabell Harris, Team Leader Radiographer, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Isabel Harris is a Team Leader Radiographer at the University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust where she has worked for 7 years. She is highly experienced with Tomotherapy, CyberKnife®, and Radixact and has been involved in implementing the Radixact plan-adapt service by analysing offline automated structure reports to assess the requirement for plan-adapt assessments. She has also recently completed a Master’s degree in Enhanced Radiotherapy and Oncology Practice and continuously strives to support developments within the department and radiotherapy profession.

Marie Tiffany, Principal Clinical Scientist and Deputy Head of the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning service, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Marie Tiffany is a Principal Clinical Scientist and Deputy Head of the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning service at University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust.

UHB treats over 4500 patients with radiotherapy each year, using state of the art radiotherapy equipment including TomoTherapy, Radixact and CyberKnife. With over 20 years’ experience in radiotherapy, and as a Medical Physics Expert in Radiotherapy Physics, Marie is the lead scientist for TomoTherapy and Radixact planning at UHB. She has extensive experience in commissioning and the clinical use of TomoTherapy, TomoTherapy HD, PreciseArt, VOLO® Ultra and more recently Radixact and ClearRT.

Agata Grudniewska, Lead Clinical Technologist, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

With over 15 years of experience in the NHS, Agata Grudniewska is a highly skilled Lead Clinical Technologist specializing in advanced radiotherapy planning techniques. Currently based at University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust. Agata is recognized specifically for her expertise in pediatric and complex radiotherapy, particularly on TomoTherapy and the most recent Radixact platform. She has been involved in the implementation of innovative technologies, including TomoTherapy Total Body Irradiation (TBI), and Total Nodal Irradiation (TNI), PreciseArt and VOLO Ultra.