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Blacks Vets in Dudley, West Midlands, has extended and upgraded its Hall Street hospital to add another operating theatre and install a GE Healthcare Revolution ACT CT system. Following investment of more than £350,000, the facilities are now fully operational. In an official opening ceremony actor Christopher Timothy, who starred as James Herriot in the […]

Glasgow-based product design consultancy Wideblue has participated in a project to develop next generation 7.0T MRI in order to provide new insights in brain disease research, assisting its client MR CoilTech to complete the first trial of high density radiofrequency (RF) head coil technology at the University of California. Wideblue ceo Russell Overend said: “When […]

Envirotect has overcome a series of challenges during the installation of four radiofrequency cages at a central London location, where deliveries had to be carefully timed to ensure minimal disruption to the adjacent hospital and surrounding businesses. Planning was essential since all materials had to be unloaded by hand and moved through the hospital. Prearranged […]

The radiology team at Berwick Infirmary offers a dental imaging service that, until recently, relied on an old CR reader located in the main x-ray department. Dental patients needed to wait until the cassette had been returned to the department and read before they were released, creating longer waiting times for patients and workflow delay […]

Diagnostic imaging equipment is typically divided into complex high-end machines such as CT and MRI scanners Tier 1 and Tier 2 modalities which include, but are not limited to, digital screening rooms, digital rad rooms, mobile x-ray equipment, dental x-ray equipment, mammography and ultrasound equipment. Consequently, healthcare providers are looking for effective maintenance services on […]

Imaging equipment procurement company Future Medical organised the removal of a 2007 GE Healthcare Discovery STE 64 PETCT from St James’s Hospital, Dublin. The 5,500kg system was loaded onto wooden pallets for transport to the loading area. The equipment was moved on rubber wheels for floor protection, with the added use of boards and steel […]

Medical imaging charity Cobalt Health has introduced Clinitest Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Tests to enhance the safety of patients and staff and aid continuity of service. Distributed by Siemens Healthineers, the point-of-care cassette test allows samples to be collected easily from the front of the nose and delivers results in 15 minutes. “Cobalt Health wanted to […]

Staff in the radiology department at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, have repurposed disposable orientation markers from Beekley in order to identify COVID-19 patients and enhance cross-contamination protocols. Supplied by Oncology Imaging Systems, the single use, self-adhesive right and left markers offer a hygienic way to communicate anatomical orientation on x-rays. Superintendent radiographer Alex Wallace […]