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BSIR Education Webinar ‘CT-Guided Interventions: Pushing the Limits’

Thursday, September 10, at 1 pm (BST) International experts, Fred Lee MD, Professor Eric de Kerviler and Professor Alban Denys present their experience using the IMACTIS CT-Navigation system during challenging, complex and difficult CT-guided procedures.  Moderated by UK experts who have their own experience with the IMACTIS CT-Navigation system Dr Jon Bell and Dr Previn […]

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First of five UK diagnostic centres is destined for the Taunton area

Rutherford Health has agreed a contract with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to provide diagnostic services via a new state-of-the-art diagnostics facility. The agreement has been reached with diagnostics subsidiary Rutherford Diagnostics and will last for five years, with an option to extend to 10 years. The centre is expected to be built and operational by […]

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Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge is the first centre in the UK to introduce ExacTrac Dynamic

This cutting-edge technology developed by Brainlab is the first application of a 4D Thermal Camera tracking the patient’s external surface whilst correlating with X-Rays internal anatomical information for submillimetric accuracy radiotherapy treatment. Deep integration with Varian and Elekta delivery platforms enables a broad range of streamlined workflows accommodating both Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR). Building […]

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Consultant relishes the challenge of variety

Orbit21 Consulting was set up in mid-2019 with the aim of providing ‘practical consulting services that deliver’ by Ian Graves, who left Philips at the end of the previous year. The business is primarily aimed at the healthcare sector where he has undertaken a range of radiology-based projects working with customers including the NHS, service […]

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Motion management system allows MR acquisition with patient in compressed treatment position

Following the announcement that NHS England is accelerating the roll-out of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) treatments nationwide, many cancer centres will require access to specialised immobilisation equipment to enable its safe and effective delivery. Challenges exist in delivering SABR, especially involving treatment sites subject to respiratory motion, such as the lower lobes of the lungs, […]

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Partnership will launch photobiomodulation device to tackle mucositis and dermatitis

Oncology Imaging Systems Limited (OIS) has entered an exclusive partnership agreement with NeoMedLight, a Horizon2020 Small and Medium Enterprise (H2020 SME) award winner that develops innovative medical devices targeted at a better delivery of phototherapy. NeoMedLight was selected from thousands of European candidates, receiving a 2,4M€ grant from the European Commission for its CareMin650 device […]

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Dose reduction of AI-based CT engine proves a game changer at Mid Cheshire

A deep learning reconstruction AI, built into an Aquilion One Genesis Edition CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems UK, is said to be delivering a ‘new era’ of patient imaging at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. “Advanced deep learning reconstruction of clinical images using AiCE heralds a new era in CT. It enables phenomenal […]

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Devon breast unit welcomes mammography system’s ‘superb’ images

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has integrated a GE Healthcare Senographe Pristina mammogram system into the breast care unit. The system enables the department to deliver superior diagnostic accuracy in the detection of breast cancer. Consultant radiographer Sarah Knightley said: “Having worked with GE equipment since its digital beginnings in the early 2000s, […]

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