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Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, has chosen Fujifilm to supply a new mobile, having already installed the company’s equipment in three of its x-ray rooms. The new platform was required to cover imaging across departments including the COVID-19 areas and side rooms, special care baby unit (SCBU), ICU and other inpatient wards. Following evaluation, the team […]

Pictured following the delivery of a Mammography 2021 chair from Vela Medical to the Pennine Breast Service at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford, are senior assistant practitioner Allison Helm, breast service manager Simon Peers and Rothband territory sales manager Tori Jones. The service has ordered three chairs with two going to the mobile units to assist […]

Siemens Healthineers has launched a rapid antigen test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK and other CE countries. The Clinitest Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test is a point-of-care cassette test that does not require laboratory instruments or specialised laboratory personnel to administer, and it delivers results in 15 minutes. The CE marked test, which […]

Medical equipment service provider Althea and its majority shareholder have announced the commitment of over £100,000 in charitable donations to support the COVID-19 relief efforts of four NHS charities. The donations will provide aid to NHS staff working on the front line, enabling access to food, essential supplies and equipment, and ensuring they can safely […]

During the virtual annual congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine in October Siemens Healthineers introduced the Biograph Vision Quadra, a CE-marked PETCT system designed for clinical use as well as translational research. In addition to the 3.2mm silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detector technology and time of flight performance that are cornerstones of the established […]

Spectrum Dynamics Medical’s Veriton-CT digital SPECT/CT system with personalised scans has been chosen for a paediatric programme by Vizient Inc, a member-driven healthcare performance improvement company in the USA. The 3D digital hybrid SPECT/CT scanner has a 360° CZT 12-detector design that automatically moves close to the patient’s body, following its shape. The 360° wraparound […]

The uptake of medical technology is historically slow and arduous. Systems, people, and the technologies themselves are forced to adapt to each other, which can be a long journey. Decades separated the first use of an MRI, and the machines’ current ubiquity, with more than 50,000 operating around the world. Likewise, nearly half a century […]

Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, have received two Ultimax-i multi- purpose digital C-arms from Canon Medical. The three-in-one Ultimax-i angiography, fluoroscopy and radiography systems update 20-year-old equipment to provide clinicians with modern imaging insights to deliver prompt diagnosis and treatments. For patients this means reduced waiting times and local appointments. This is especially […]