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Three Hologic Fluoroscan mini x-ray C-arm systems have supplied by Vertec Scientific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.  For use in the operating theatre, the Fluoroscan was designed for the specialist hand and foot surgeon.   The platform features a flat detector system for high resolution, distortion-free image quality via a 75 micron array and 2K […]

Future Medical Equipment, in conjunction with USA-based Dedicated Imaging Solutions, will now be offering replacement parts for sale in England.  The initial offering of replacement parts will be focused on GE Healthcare MR and CT systems. Future Medical Equipment believe this expanded offering should help alleviate some of the challenges that European customers currently face […]

Almost 200 radiography students had the chance to meet representatives from hospitals, NHS trusts and recruitment agencies at this year’s Kingston University and St George’s, University of London, careers fair. Hosted at St George’s Tooting campus, it was the largest radiography fair the joint faculty of health, social care and education, has hosted so far […]

King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, has had two Bracco CT Exprès contrast media injectors installed in its CT department.  The system has had a positive impact on how the hospital runs on a day-to-day basis.  CT radiographer Elizabeth Sobiesinski, pictured on the right with radiographers Jenny Gibson and Emma Gambell and CT radiographers Kirsty Podgorzec and […]

Royal Philips has launched its DigitalDiagnost C90 ceiling-suspended digital radiography system.  The system offers a live tube camera, versatile room configuration capabilities and exam automation technologies that provide improved patient and radiographer experiences.  Designed to meet the imaging needs of the most demanding institutions, the C90 helps reduce procedure length. The system integrates the Philips […]

Tadworth Children’s Trust is a charity for children with brain injury, operating from a campus in Surrey where rehabilitation, education and community services are available to children, young people and their families.  With plans to move x-ray facilities to a newly-refurbished but smaller space the trust decided to transition from a traditional room to a […]

Medray recently hosted two ‘super user’ training days, where radiographers from across Ireland attended events at Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin and University Hospital Limerick. This training event focused on key operator and advanced user training. Shweb Rahman from Carestream covered all aspects of DR workflow, imaging and advanced software functions of the DRX-Evolution x-ray […]

To promote best practice and excellence in radiation safety, a series of short advice sheets has been published by The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) that give information on key aspects of radiation safety, why they are important and where to find some further information.  Practical tips and guidance are given on five aspects of […]