C-arm rises to the challenge at Merlin Park

Radiographers Anne Marie Rowings and Sarah Parnell-Mooney, consultant radiologist Dr Derek Lohan, CNM2 Maggie O Leary, Xograph Healthcare Ireland business manager Michael Leonard and staff nurse Anne Marie Hannon.

Xograph Healthcare has completed the handover of a Ziehm Vision R SmartVascular mobile C-arm to Merlin Park Hospital, Galway.  With a powerful high frequency x-ray generator and rotating anode x-ray tube, the system combines the convenience and versatility of a mobile platform with advanced vascular imaging capabilities similar to fixed angiography installations.

Interventional radiologist Derek Lohan said: “Following a detailed tender process that evaluated each of the major vendors, the Ziehm Vision R stood out as the ideal C-arm unit for our busy vascular interventional service.  Equipped with a wide range of vascular imaging features, this 31cm image intensifier reliably produces superior image quality in the most challenging clinical scenarios and with dose minimisation in mind.

“High-contrast LCD displays on the C-arm and mobile monitor cart allow for appropriate positioning of both components without obstruction of view.”

See the full report on page 11 of the September 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.