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A charity working to offer UK-leading detection and personalised treatment facilities for patients with cancer, heart disease and dementia has unveiled its new facilities at the £8.8 million Molecular Imaging Research Centre. Chair of the Daisy Appeal charity Professor Nick Stafford was joined by GE Healthcare project manager Lars-Olof Arlasjö on a tour of the […]

With advanced data analytics and AI, GE Healthcare and Alliance Medical aim to improve outcomes, access and healthcare delivery for patients The goal is to enable the best possible patient care by making data available to healthcare staff to make quick and accurate decisions for patients Patients are set to benefit through rapid access and […]

A new stroke triage tool powered by AI is now available in the UK. AUTOStroke from Canon Medical analyses and categorises diagnostic brain images automatically following a CT scan to detect signs of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in 30 seconds. The imaging tool integrates a comprehensive set of stroke applications including: Non-contrast CT Intracranial Haemorrhage […]

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust (QEH) is an acute hospital serving a population of nearly 300,000 across the communities of West Norfolk, South Lincolnshire and East Cambridgeshire. It operates from three hospital sites and several community centres, and works in partnership with reputable education centres such as Norwich Medical School, the School […]

NHS Supply Chain has supported the pilot of the Elekta ProKnow cloud-based software solution and now ordered licences for 50 NHS trust hospitals over three years as well as education and training. It follows an extensive phase of provider testing that enabled more than 20 radiotherapy centres in England to access, test and assess the […]

Registered diagnostic radiographer Dr Denise Baker has been appointed pro vice-chancellor dean to lead the College of Health, Psychology and Social Care at the University of Derby. Dr Baker, who joined the university in 2013, will be responsible for delivering on priorities including working in partnership with students to improve their learning experiences and outcomes, […]

Envirotect has secured an order for the installation of an RF cage to house its 50th Siemens Healthineers Magnetom Sola 1.5T MRI scanner. Managing director Niven Smith explained: “This is our 50th RF cage installation to house a Magnetom Sola 1.5T MRI scanner. “This particular system helps healthcare providers perform a full range of routine […]

Royal Philips’ new solution for interventional rooms, Ambient Experience with FlexVision display, is now commercially available. Connecting to the Azurion image-guided therapy system, it uses the system’s large display to offer patients a calming multisensory experience while staff prepare, prior to the display being used for the actual procedure. It also allows patients and interventional […]