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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, […]

Royal United Hospital, Bath, has placed the first order of a Spectrum Dynamics Veriton-CT solid state SPECT/CT system. Supplier Link Medical’s ceo Peter Dobson said: “We would like to thank the radiology team of Dr Richard Graham, Dr David Little and Dr Stewart Redman for their support, together with Martyn Evans and the team in […]

New innovative diagnostic imaging solution combines the latest in expandable unit technology with state-of-the-art imaging facilities Mobile Medical Plus expands the capabilities of existing mobile imaging services to further relieve burden on the NHS and other healthcare providers Alliance Medical and Expandable Healthcare today announced the launch of Mobile Medical Plus in the UK, a […]

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has acquired three Philips Epiq Elite ultrasound systems, two for use at Bradford Royal Infirmary and the third for St Luke’s Hospital. The machines at Bradford Royal Infirmary will be used for inpatients, including interventional procedures, whereas the machine at St Luke’s will be used mainly for OP MSK […]