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Hitachi Medical Systems has joined forces with Fujifilm Europe to create Fujifilm Healthcare Europe. Hitachi says it is working with colleagues from the Fujifilm Europe group to set up a strategy looking at the opportunities and synergies between the companies’ products and services. “We bring many decades of experience in the market, alongside a strong […]

Esaote supported June’s JCA Seminars Ultrasound MSK course in Cambridge and supplied nine ultrasound systems, including the newly released MyLab X75 and MyLab X9. Using the Esaote ultrasound machines, the course covered the ‘dos and don’ts’ of MSK ultrasound for the shoulder, hand, wrist, elbow, foot, ankle and knee, as well as interventional procedures that […]

The MSK Radiology4u educational website and app, available on iOS and Android, has more than 4,000 anonymised case studies in MSK imaging selected from the teaching files of The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. Cases vary from the common to the esoteric, with an emphasis on radiographs and MRI covering all aspects of MSK disease including […]

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is finding that the growing range of diagnostic ultrasound probes available for the Canon Medical Aplio i-series ultrasound system is expanding the possibilities for MSK radiology clinical practice and reducing the need for MRI scan appointments. Using high frequency 24MHz and 33MHz linear matrix technology probes, the clinical team at the Cambridge hospital […]

In 2020 the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust was awarded funding for a new CT scanner under the first round of Government funding for additional scanners and upgrades. The trust had ordered a CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers and was looking for a high-quality relocatable modular solution that would allow them the flexibility […]

A chest x-ray AI decision support tool for radiologists and clinicians that detects 124 clinical findings has been launched. The launch of Annalise CXR by annalise.ai coincides with the publication of a peer-reviewed diagnostic accuracy study published by The Lancet Digital Health, which is said to be the largest of its kind undertaken in terms […]

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has acquired a new mammography chair from Wolverson X-ray for its breast screening department. The Akrus chair helps seat patients in a stable and ergonomically correct position, making examinations more comfortable and efficient. Consultant radiographer Amruta Talwalkar said: “This is the second Akrus chair we have […]

Provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions InHealth has increased its fleet of mobile CT scanners by selecting a number of new AI-assisted Aquilion Prime SP CTs from Canon Medical Systems UK. The fully managed mobile CT services using the Aquilion scanners will be provided to NHS and independent sectors to help increase scanning capacity and […]