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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) has extended its Synapse PACS partnership with Fujifilm. In 2012 RUH agreed a managed service contract for which Fujifilm installed Synapse PACS, Mobility and 3D. At the end of 2018, RUH decided to continue the relationship for a further five years in a new agreement that incorporates […]

One of the first patients in the UK to receive high energy proton beam therapy (PBT) has praised UK oncologists for embracing proton beam therapy and the transformative effects it has had on his treatment. Ryan Scott from Cardigan in Wales underwent treatment for a brain tumour at the Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales in […]

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has completed the first student exchange with University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). At the beginning of September Bridie Goodleff and Liam Hamilton set off from London Heathrow, on the journey to Tromsø in Arctic Norway where they would spend the next […]

Professor Mathias Prokop will be delivering the BIR/Canon Mayneord Memorial Lecture at UKIO on Monday, June 10 titled ‘Advanced computer analysis in oncologic imaging: a necessity or a hype?’ Professor Prokop from Radboud University, the Netherlands, is an expert in body imaging with a special focus on multislice CT and new imaging technologies. As one […]

Elekta has completed an important phase in a large project at Cork University Hospital by delivering five linacs in five days. The successful project was the result of a team effort between Elekta, the Flegg’s rigging team and Cork University Hospital and involved several months of workshops, site inspections and careful planning. “A huge thank […]

Change Healthcare has implemented its Radiology PACS, Image Repository and Workflow Intelligence solution at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust, replacing an existing PACS at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The process involved a collaborative approach between Change Healthcare and CUH. In its role as technology partner, Change Healthcare was able to advise the trust regarding aspects […]

Pictured following the handover of a Hologic Horizon A DXA system to Northampton General Hospital are Vertec product specialist Bill Reid with assistant practitioners Della Townley and Nicky Courtney. The new system continues to enhance the hospital’s service to the community with a range of bone density and osteoporosis screening as part of the hospital’s […]

Warwick Hospital has received an Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems, which includes an upgrade to its Vitrea Enterprise system, providing advanced visualisation solutions for both Aquilion CT scanners at the hospital. CT/MRI lead radiographer Beverley Bradley said: “We have been so pleased with the Aquilion CX installed seven years ago that […]