SINAPSE members have a wealth of experience in evaluating imaging techniques.

SINAPSE has produce two reports for the Centre for Evidence Based Purchasing:

• Market Review - MRI systems for breast screening CEP 10008. Lerski R A, Nicolas S, Macfarlane J, Waugh S, McComb C. NHS PASA, Centre for Evidence-Based Purchasing 2010.
• Service Evaluation - Supply of Radiopharmaceuticals for PET-CT. Owens J, De Wilde J, Gardner G, Lerski R A. NHS PASA, Centre for Evidence-Based Purchasing 2010.

SINAPSE members have undertaken Health Technology Assessments. Example Publications include:

• Sandercock P, Berge E, Dennis M Forbes J, Hand P, Kwan J, Lewis S, Lindley R, Neilson A, Thomas B, Wardlaw J. A systematic review of the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and barriers to implementation of thrombolytic and neuroprotective therapy for acute ischaemic stroke in the NHS. NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme 2002;6(26), 1-112.
• What is the best imaging strategy for acute stroke? Wardlaw JM, Keir SL, Seymour J, Lewis S, Sandercock PAG, Dennis MS, Cairns J. NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme 2004;8(1)
• The need to recognise the difference between a quality register and a randomized controlled trial. Murray V, Berge E, Sandercock P, Norrving, B, Wester P, Terent A. Letters to the Editor. Stroke 2004. 2431-2432
• Wardlaw JM, Chappell FM, Best JJK, Wartolowska K, Berry E, on behalf of the NHS R & D Health Technology Assessment Carotid Stenosis Imaging Group. Non-invasive imaging compared with intra-arterial angiography in the diagnosis of symptomatic carotid stenosis: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2006 367:1503-1512.

SINAPSE works in partnership with Health Economists from HEHTA, University of Glasgow and HERU, University of Aberdeen