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August and September promise to be exciting months at Oncology Systems (OSL). Not only are we celebrating the launch of the dedicated SABR Solutions section of the OSL website, but we are also thrilled to announce the release of the OmniBoard 2.0. The dedicated SABR webpage is your virtual destination for all your patient immobilisation […]

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has installed an Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems UK, as part of the Dorset Lung Cancer Pathway. It will enable greater imaging capacity to fulfil high priority fast-track lung cancer appointments across Dorset, taking patient referrals from the Poole catchment area, as well as from Royal […]

Telemedicine Clinic (TMC), the teleradiology unit of European diagnostics group Unilabs, is launching cancer diagnostics services in the UK. TMC works in partnership with radiologists from many UK and global institutions. “The sooner a cancer is identified, the faster it can be treated and the better the outcome,” said UK medical director Dr Gareth Davies. […]

Bradford Royal Infirmary has increased its diagnostic imaging capacity and re-organised its suspected COVID-19 and normal imaging radiology workflow with the introduction of a Relocatable CT Scanner. Rapidly deployed by Canon Medical Systems UK, the temporary facility is located between A&E and radiology. “The Relocatable CT Scanner allows us to keep ‘green’ patients (without suspected […]

Esaote has appointed Emma Burgess as clinical applications specialist who will primarily work across the north of England and Scotland. Burgess started her career as a diagnostic radiographer, before embarking upon a role as an advanced practitioner sonographer and imaging specialist advisor with the Care Quality Commission. She went on to gain an MSc in […]

University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, is introducing remote digital pathology capabilities to enable pathologists to socially distance when needed and offer more flexible ways of working. Philips is providing an IntelliSite Pathology Solution comprising an Ultra Fast Scanner and Image Management System to help reduce pressure on the hospital’s pathology service by streamlining workflow and extending […]

As the impact of the pandemic started to hit the UK in March, the team at Fujifilm was determined to provide the best service possible. While most of the organisation started to work from home, a core team remained at the Bedford headquarters. Engineers have been busy in the workshop getting mobile systems configured and […]

An optimised intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) pioneered at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has been shown to spare adverse life-long side effects in head and neck cancer patients following treatment. Initial results from the Dysphagia-Aspiration Related Structures (DARS) trial, funded by Cancer Research UK and the […]