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Leicester General Hospital has received the UK’s first Alphenix Sky + system from Canon Medical Systems. The system was installed in the hospital’s new interventional suite by managed service provider Althea. The hospital’s clinical team and Althea’s technology team undertook an official procurement exercise last year to look at all the interventional systems on the […]

Wardray Premise has become an approved supplier of QuantaShield, a versatile radiation shielding product manufactured in the UK. It offers a shielding solution against x-rays, gamma rays, protons, neutrons and magnetic fringe fields. The standard interlocking blocks are offered with densities between 2g/cc and 4g/cc; however, ad hoc densities can be achieved to meet client […]

In this year’s study carried out by the FAZ Institute in cooperation with the Institute for Management and Economic Research as well as scientific associate Prognos, ulrich medical has been named one of Germany’s innovation leaders for the year 2020. The comparison is based on an international patent analysis over the last ten years. A […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has received the first CT container solution from Siemens Healthineers, which will provide a separate environment for the scanning of non-COVID-19 related examinations. With chest CT scans vital in the identification of viral pneumonia and tracking disease progression, CT plays a critical role in diagnosis and aiding clinical […]

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s orthopaedic service based at Musgrave Park Hospital provides a full range of elective orthopaedic procedures including joint replacement, spinal surgery and upper and lower limb surgery. The radiology department required a solution that would allow it to take single exposure long view images, improve efficiency and lower dose. “We […]

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Birkenhead, has received a DRX-Evolution Plus digital x-ray system from Medray, the distributor for Carestream products in the UK and Ireland. The newest features of the system include a table with higher weight capacity of up to 320kg, enhanced paediatric capabilities, extended tube column range for sites with high ceilings and a […]

The first installation of the MARIA breast imaging system in Germany took place in August at the Diagnostic Breast Centre in Göttingen. Training on the system has been completed and the first patient scanned. This is the first system to be installed as part of a distribution agreement between Hologic and Micrima in Germany, Austria […]

The impact of COVID-19 on diagnostic imaging at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has increased demand for chest CT scans, created a backlog of routine patient scans and increased the time needed to clean CT rooms between patients. It is estimated that an extra 62 hours of CT scanning time is required each week. To […]