Bournemouth updates its CT scanner to bridge gap
Pictured at Royal Bournemouth Hospital are senior radiographers Sarah Freeman and Kim Oliver, CT and MRI assistant Kimberley Cooper, senior radiographers Sharon McDermott and Lara Cutmore, Toshiba account executive Mark Foxall and superintendent radiographer CT and MRI Matthew Benbow.
Advances in technology have led Royal Bournemouth Hospital to replace a scanning workhorse with a Toshiba Aquilion CXL CT system.
Superintendent radiographer CT and MRI Matthew Benbow explained: “Our dilemma was that we had a very hard working 16-slice scanner which, although reliable and working well, was being left behind by the technology offered by our Toshiba Aquilion One.
“We had a discrepancy between the two scanners in terms of acquired slice collimation, speed differential, and also patient dose, fortunately there was no clinical need for us to choose an ultra top-end scanner as the Aquilion One has this covered. The Aquilion CXL therefore fitted the bill perfectly.
See the full report on page 32 of the January 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.
