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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 […]

The London Clinic independent hospital and charity in Harley Street reports that it is the first hospital in the UK and one of the first in the world to employ GI Genius, a device that uses AI to enhance the quality of colonoscopies, offering a new solution for the early detection of colorectal cancer. Produced […]

Currently under development, the Magnetom Free.Max presents a new class of MRI systems that Siemens Healthineers calls ‘High-V MRI’. The scanner’s combination of digital technologies and a field strength of 0.55T broadens the range of clinical applications for MRI systems. “Magnetom Free.Max considerably improves pulmonary imaging with MRI and allows patients with implants to be […]

MRI lead radiographer Apollo Exconde at Guildford Diagnostic Imaging – Alliance Medical, Royal Surrey County Hospital, has thanked RAD Magazine readers for their support of his LEGO Ideas Open MRI project, in which he submitted a design for a model made of the famous building bricks. He hopes playing with the model of the MRI […]

Faster MRI scanning times speeds up departmental workflow enabling more patients to be seen in a working day, helping to alleviate some of the pressures on today’s radiology teams. In addition, the less time a patient spends in an MRI scanner, the better, particularly for individuals with claustrophobia or anxiety. Recent innovations in MRI to […]

Like many companies, Envirotect has remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to support the NHS, continuing with the manufacture and installation of copper radiofrequency and enviro-Steel magnetic interference shielding protection for MRI scanners. RF tests and annual RF door inspections, servicing and repairs have been prearranged with trusts to ensure minimum inconvenience while following strict […]