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Raybloc X-ray Protection was approached by Interserve Construction to supply and install lead shielding products at NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham in an urgent response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project had to be completed within three days, giving the Raybloc team two days to manufacture and one day to install the equipment. Having discussed the […]

Pictured during a visit by ScreenPoint Medical to the Thirlestaine Breast Centre in Cheltenham are breast clinician Dr Dagmar Godden, ScreenPoint Medical ceo Professor Nico Karrsemeijer, consultant radiologists Dr Sarah Vinnicombe, Dr Eleanor Cornford and Dr Richard Sidebottom with ScreenPoint Medical’s marketing manager David Lee. The Thirlestaine Breast Centre was among the first sites in […]

Held in Manchester, more than 100 delegates registered for Philips’ annual MRI scientific and educational meeting designed to bring together radiologists, radiographers, physicists and MRI service managers from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The agenda featured talks about the latest techniques in MRI, as well as an opportunity to share experiences with […]

Routine monitoring of player health and specialist sports medicine research projects at Manchester United Football Club have received a boost with the introduction of a Vantage Galan 3.0T MRI from Canon Medical Systems UK. The system has taken its place in the club’s imaging centre at the Old Trafford training ground alongside CT and ultrasound […]

An innovative fund-raising idea from The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is helping to transform cancer care across Merseyside and Cheshire. As the charity looks forward to opening a new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool, it is building a replica made from 500,000 LEGO bricks. The money raised will support the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre which […]

New courses to help radiographers improve their scanning skills have been announced by Imaging Innovated, to complement medical imaging courses for other healthcare professionals. These include a musculoskeletal MRI anatomy and pathology course aimed at radiographers working in an MRI setting covering normal cross-sectional imaging anatomy, pattern recognition principles, considering tissue types and their MRI […]

Royal Bournemouth Hospital has installed a ceiling-mounted Alphenix Sky vascular interventional imaging system from Canon Medical Systems UK to expand its range of clinical services and improve efficiency. The Alphenix Sky replaced an over- the-couch fluoroscopy system that was used mostly for barium procedures, arthrograms and hysterosalpingography. The new system will expand the range of […]

Interviews with radiology department heads conducted by research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan illustrate how Agfa’s DR 800 hybrid DR system supports expanded imaging operations, clinical care, productivity, patient satisfaction and dose reduction. Frost & Sullivan’s white paper ‘Leveraging the benefits of multi-functional radiology imaging technology’ states: “The growing demand for diagnostic imaging studies, […]