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Northwest Referrals in Wigan has upgraded its veterinary MRI scanner to an Esaote Vet Grande. Managing director James Weston said: “Our current Esaote scanner was the single most reliable piece of kit in the practice, with very few faults or breakdowns in the 16 years it has been used. We wanted to increase the throughput […]

Siemens Healthineers has released the ceiling-mounted Multix Impact C, which joins the established floor-mounted Multix Impact. The company says Multix Impact C introduces unique, high end features to this family at a more economical price. “Its design makes it easy to use due to a highly integrated interaction of software and hardware; data from an […]

Cancer care specialist GenesisCare has selected an Amulet Innovality mammography system from Fujifilm for a second UK site. The breast team at the Cambridge hospital perform screening and symptomatic examinations, and the single system design of the Amulet Innovality will allow it to easily expand its service to more specialised diagnostic techniques in future, including […]

Envirotect reports that it is remaining open and that it is very much business as usual throughout the latest national lockdown. “It has been stated that the construction and manufacturing industry is deemed a critical part of the UK economy and can continue to operate under the latest rules and guidelines, including travel and delivery,” […]

Royal Philips says it has launched the industry’s first vendor neutral, multimodality radiology operations command centre to add secure, digital, virtual scanner access to existing imaging installations across multiple systems and sites. The Radiology Operations Command Center made its debut at the RSNA virtual annual meeting. As a multimodality (MR and CT) vendor-neutral digital hub, […]

Key refurbishments to CT facilities at Glan Clwyd Hospital are now complete, resulting in a CT suite designed with patients and staff in mind. The hospital is said to be the first in Wales to offer dual source CT imaging, receiving a Somatom Drive CT system from Siemens Healthineers to help improve workflow and patient […]

A study published in PLOS ONE has shown the clinical efficacy of the Lunit Insight CXR AI algorithm for detecting COVID-19 pneumonia on chest radiography compared with formal radiology reports. Using Lunit’s AI software for chest x-rays, the study was conducted and revalidated by five different major medical institutions, including Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital […]

As medicine has adapted to COVID, so the ability to share diagnostic information safely and securely has come to the forefront of healthcare delivery. PACSMail Cloud allows secure, on-line storage and display of scans and other diagnostic images, allowing rapid reporting and sharing as needed with remote colleagues. The service is GDPR compliant and is […]