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Affidea Group has acquired the Tecma clinic, an outpatient medical provider in Valencia, Spain. Tecma carries out more than 300,000 visits a year, offering advanced diagnostic imaging. With this acquisition in Spain, Affidea will reach 37 centres, serving more than 500,000 patients every year and expanding its geographical footprint. At country level, Affidea is working […]

According to Intelligent Ultrasound, the answer is yes. Intelligent Ultrasound is a leading ‘classroom to clinic’ ultrasound company, specialising in providing real-time, virtual reality simulation for the ultrasound training market (‘classroom’) and artificial intelligence-based clinical image analysis software tools for the diagnostic medical ultrasound market (‘clinic’). The company’s latest innovation, NeedleTrainer, combines both these technologies of […]

UK academics and medical institutions in the Sports Cardiology and Research Partnership are aiming to advance the detection of serious cardiac disease. To further this aim, Canon Medical Systems UK has announced a new round of investment to appoint additional research scholars and expand echocardiography ultrasound and cardiac MRI investigation techniques. In the last year, […]

Designed and supplied by Envirotect, enviro-Bright is an MRI compatible LED lighting system that is said to be a popular addition to recent RF projects. The LED light panels are lightweight and wired ready to mount by a suitably qualified electrician. The panels fit into a standard 600 x 600mm ceiling frame and are unaffected […]

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has won ‘Best global implementation in healthcare’ at the RFID Journal awards. Judges were impressed with how the trust has implemented a radio frequency identification (RFID) system to track its database of 40,000 medical assets. Medical device asset register developer Alex Peters said: “I am so proud to have been […]

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital has celebrated the third anniversary of using its Esaote extremity MRI scanner. The hospital purchased the O-scan premium platform to assist the trust in reducing waiting times and providing a more economical and comfortable treatment pathway for radiology patients. By releasing capacity in the main MRI scanners, the hospital has been […]

Tony Rogers has joined Change Healthcare as enterprise imaging sales executive for radiology PACS across the UK. After qualifying as a radiographer Rogers worked in the NHS in south-east London before moving into the commercial healthcare industry, where he has spent more than 25 years selling, project managing and marketing radiology products. Working with independent […]

A report released by researchers from Imperial College, London, working independently via Imperial Consultants, with Philips UK and Ireland, shows that community diagnostic centres (CDC) need to be prioritised in locations of greatest socio-economic deprivation and with the highest waiting times, to help tackle the NHS backlog and bring diagnostic services closer to underserved communities. […]