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Manufacturer of radiation and RF shielding Envirotect has renewed its ISO 9001:2015 accreditation, ensuring that products and services meet the needs of customers through effective quality management systems (QMS). To become ISO 9001:2015 compliant, Envirotect underwent an extensive audit conducted remotely due to the pandemic. Having had ISO 9001 accreditation for a number of years, […]

Philips says its tablet-based ultrasound solution Lumify has been helping clinicians in emergency departments and intensive care units make faster, more refined care decisions during the pandemic, while also helping manage the risk of spreading COVID-19 in their departments. Lumify is integrated with Reacts tele-ultrasound capabilities, enabling users to share the live ultrasound stream from […]

Revolution Apex is GE Healthcare’s next-generation flagship ultra-premium CT scanner to provide the power of a new image chain, industry leading spatial resolution, temporal resolution, coverage, and spectral imaging. The Princess of Wales CT department were already accustomed to this high level technology with a previous Revolution CT installation in 2017. The Apex brings them […]

The MRgFUS (MR-guided focused ultrasound) team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is led by principal investigator Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc, who has been working with the technique for more than 20 years. A team including consultant neuroradiologist Brynmor Jones, MRgFUS clinical research fellow Dr Ayesha Jameel, consultant neurologist Dr Peter Bain and consultant neurosurgeon Professor […]

Fujifilm is returning to Symposium Mammographicum as platinum sponsor for the second time, as the charity celebrates 40 years of supporting education, research and innovation in mammography. At the digital conference in February, professor of radiology at the University of Utah Dr Laurie Fajardo will deliver the Fujifilm symposium ‘Breast density and breast cancer risk […]

Siemens Healthineers has introduced Syngo Carbon, a software environment for enterprise-wide image reading and reporting. The software allows easy access to all relevant patient data generated in diagnostic processes and is not limited to imaging. Data from different departments is drawn out from various silos and integrated as part of a unified environment, including diagnostics […]

In November The British Institute of Radiology held its first virtual annual congress during which it made its annual award presentations. The Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Lecture and Award was presented to Professor Dame Clare Gerada who delivered a talk on ‘Leadership during a crisis.’ She drew on her experience as a GP and president of […]

A study published in PLOS ONE on patients with primary and secondary liver cancer shows how Perspectum’s non-invasive MRI technology Hepatica can help predict those at increased risk of poor surgical outcomes. Hepatica integrates into routine pre-operative MRI assessment and combines pre-surgical measurements of liver health with AI-driven liver volumetry, providing actionable information to inform […]