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In 2015, Sergio and Emma Petrucci faced every parent’s worst nightmare when their daughter Luna needed heart surgery just before her second birthday. Luna, now nine, was diagnosed with two holes in her heart during a routine check-up and cardiologists made the decision she would need surgery. The work performed by Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital has […]

Founded in 2001, Vision RT says it invented surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) just over 20 years ago and remains the market leader in this field. More than 2,000 systems are in clinical use worldwide. It has been a long journey for the company, which installed its first clinical system at Massachusetts General Hospital back in […]

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has appointed Sara Purdy as its chief executive. She succeeds Simon Thompson who held the position for the last five years and has a new role as chief executive of The Geological Society. Purdy joined the BIR in January 2022 as director of publishing, after a career working alongside […]

Kanal’s 3rd European MR Safety Officer/MR Medical Director (MRSO/MRMD) course will be held in London in June. This international course is proving very popular. Since the launch of the course in 2014, more than 7,000 radiographers, technologists, radiologists, and MR associated staff have attended Kanal’s MR safety training programme. Kanal’s MRSO/MRMD course is a three-day […]

Staff and patients at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, can now benefit from a state-of-the-art Philips Incisive CT system, which comes with a Tube for Life guarantee. The hospital also purchased a 10-year service contract. Philips Incisive CT integrates innovations in imaging, workflow and life cycle management, helping healthcare providers improve the CT experience, enable smart […]

NHS patients in the West Midlands are to benefit from a digital pathology programme designed to help reduce cancer backlogs, transform services and improve the speed and accuracy of cancer diagnosis. As one of the largest digital pathology programmes in Europe, the West Midlands Cancer Alliance covers a population of 5.8 million people across four […]

Living Room Health has partnered with Esaote to provide MRI scanners. Living Room Health launched in October with clinics in Paddington and Brighton, with further openings planned throughout 2023. It aims to bring affordable and accessible self-pay healthcare to high streets. The clinic offers walk-in MR scanning, amongst other services. The Paddington clinic has chosen […]

At the BIR Annual Congress the Barclay Medal was awarded to Dr Manish Devendra Mair and his team from the department of otorhinolaryngology at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust for his paper published in the British Journal of Radiology (BJR). Dr Mair received the award at the congress for the paper ‘A systematic review […]