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Adept Medical has improved its Overhead Arm Support, removing metallic components so that it can be used during MRI examinations. The Overhead Arm Support is designed to comfortably support the patient’s arms while eliminating extreme shoulder flexion. It allows for abdominal access and removes unwanted artefacts when imaging with MR, C-arm or CT machines. The […]

Esaote’s MyLab Omega has been installed at The Keep Clinic, Grantham, to help diagnose the cause of shoulder pain as well as to guide injections. MSK Doctors consultant orthopaedic surgeon Professor Paul Lee is pictured with the MyLab Omega portable ultrasound system. He said: “MSK Doctors specialises in biological and minimally invasive treatments for sports […]

Cobalt Health has gone live with Soliton IT’s Radiology+ RIS. The scanning centre based in Cheltenham sees more than 75,000 patients a year at its imaging centre, the Institute of Translational Medicine, Birmingham, and at its mobile MRI scanners. Along with MRI, CT, x-ray and ultrasound imaging, Cobalt also offers specialist PETCT scanning across Gloucestershire, […]

Professor Stephen Keevil has been nominated by The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) council as president-elect. He has been nominated to become president in September 2022, when current president Dr Sri Redla ends his term of office. Professor Keevil is currently BIR vp external affairs and is head of medical physics at Guy’s and St […]

Diagnostic and imaging equipment supplier Hospital Services Limited (HSL) has teamed up with healthcare technology company Barco to present a series of in-person and virtual lunch sessions. During July (via video conferencing), August and September, HSL and Barco teams will visit radiology departments across Great Britain to host educational lunch sessions that can be integrated […]

John Manchester has been promoted to the role of business development manager for Esaote’s dedicated MRI products. He commented: “I am excited to start this new position as I am very passionate about MRI and Esaote’s dedicated MRI in particular. “I believe this role will allow me to increase awareness of our systems as an […]

With hospitals impacted by the pandemic and winter pressures, Fujifilm has created a series of virtual tours for a range of products, which can be delivered either online or on-site. For room solutions, this not only avoids the need for staff to travel to other hospitals but also means more staff members can attend demonstrations. […]

Radiotherapy is a highly effective local anti-cancer treatment delivered to around 50-60 per cent of cancer patients.  Installation of the Bayer-Medrad contrast injector on The Christie’s Unity MR linear accelerator (believed to be a world first) will allow the radiotherapy team to administer contrast agent to aid in tumour and organ at risk (OAR) visualisation […]