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InHealth has selected Canon Medical Systems UK to replace and expand its range of CT scanners.  Four Aquilion Prime SP CT systems have been ordered to support InHealth’s service provision to over two million patients a year. The orders are the latest in a decade-long CT partnership between the two companies.  The four new CT […]

The department of podiatric surgery at Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford is said to have pioneered the UK application of intra-operative x-ray C-arms operated by podiatric surgeons at work. The first system, a Fluoroscan Premier, was installed in 1999 followed by an InSight in 2006 that has now been replaced. In the last 20 […]

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood has been given the thumbs-up by England’s health watchdog following a recent inspection. An unannounced visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessed care at the centre and looked at whether the service is safe, responsive, well-led and caring. Inspectors rated the centre as “good” […]

This year at ECR in Vienna, Fujifilm Medical Systems Europe celebrated the 20-year anniversary of Synapse PACS and presented REiLI, a work-in-progress global medical imaging and informatics AI initiative. There are now 5,000 Synapse PACS systems installed in healthcare facilities around the world, which Fujifilm says is the largest market share for PACS worldwide. “In […]

Hospital Services Limited (HSL) has announced its expansion in Great Britain with a number of appointments and a new headquarters in Nottingham. With 28 years of business experience in clinical and commercial positions across organisations including Siemens and Hologic, Paula Scully has assembled a team she believes will bring the same success as has been […]

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has opened a ‘dementia-friendly’ x-ray room, following the advice of Admiral nurses who specialise in caring for dementia patients and their families in the NHS, care homes and hospices. The nurses were asked to advise in the selection of surroundings to create an environment that helps calm patients with […]

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, has acquired a Canon Medical Systems Aquilion One Genesis Edition CT scanner to replace a system that had reached the end of its useful life. Consultant radiologist Dr Bernhard Tins said: “The system provides excellent image quality with high spatial resolution and proven […]

Princess Elizabeth Hospital breast unit’s latest addition is the first Mammomat Revelation to be installed in the UK, providing Guernsey with tomobiopsy and tomosynthesis facilities. According to an NHS report, the percentage of women attending breast cancer screening has fallen to its lowest rate in ten years, with many women stating discomfort as a key […]