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An exploratory MSc research project has led to advanced practitioner radiographers at East Lancashire Breast Unit delivering biopsy results to breast screening patients, a role traditionally undertaken by consultant breast radiologists. The research highlighted challenges and important enabling factors, while establishing that extension to the role is very much within the radiography scope of practice. […]

A full-service removal and installation of Mediso AnyScan SC SPECT/CT system Bartec Technologies is pleased to announce the successful installation of a Mediso AnyScan SC SPECT/CT system into the nuclear medicine service, radiology department of the Noble’s Hospital, Isle of Man. The Isle of Man acquired the top of range scanner from Bartec after it […]

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has installed a Symphony Patient Transport System and reports that it has minimised the risk of manual handling injuries through a low friction air bearing to transition patients from one modality to another, requiring only two members of staff. The system has also improved patient comfort and maximised workflow efficiencies. […]

Eden Learning is celebrating ten years of CT and MRI training and consultancy. In 2011 Alliance Medical took the decision to cease the provision of internal training courses for their radiographic staff, which had also been offered to external parties. Denise Newsom, then the national education and development manager, left the training department and took […]

Davies Veterinary Specialists has invested £1.5 million in state-of-the-art veterinary diagnostic imaging systems. Based in Hertfordshire, the Linnaeus-run small animal veterinary referral hospital has taken delivery of new MRI and CT systems as a part of its programme of continual growth and development, which includes increasing the hospital footprint and establishing new veterinary teams. A […]

Spectrum Dynamics Medical has introduced EMAC (emission map attenuation correction) to its digital SPECT (D-SPECT) cardiac scanner. The patient-specific software application seeks to remove perceived issues and provide solutions in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, including attenuation artefacts, scatter, quantification accuracy, additional scanning and patient radiation exposure. “Clinicians today are looking for solutions that provide diagnostic […]

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has invested in on-campus CT imaging facilities, including a Somatom go.Up CT system from Siemens Healthineers, which will see students benefit from modern technology that is primed for diagnostic and radiotherapy practice. The CT suite is said to be the first fully functional clinical setting of […]

Canon Medical Systems has continued to add to its online education provision with content including CPD accredited videos featuring well known speakers. The Imaging Academy recently hosted the live webinar ‘Bowel ultrasound: from basics to COVID’ with consultant radiologists Dr Antony Higginson and Dr Nigel Grunshaw. Attendees returned positive feedback, including: “Absolutely fantastic way to […]