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During October and November last year Fujifilm delivered CPD Now presentations accredited by the College of Radiographers to more than 300 radiology professionals across the UK.  Across six weeks the team visited 12 hospitals and ran 24 sessions, covering a total of 1,730 miles from Portsmouth to Inverness. “We understand how difficult it can be […]

Professor Andre Dekker, professor of clinical data science at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, received the Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Memorial Award, following delivery of a lecture entitled ‘Big data for better cancer care’ at the BIR annual congress.  He was presented with the award by BIR president Dr Jane Phillips-Hughes. The talk focused on the […]

Diagnostic imaging equipment company Future Medical Equipment Limited has carried out the removal of a Philips MD Eleva fluoroscopy room from a hospital in Leeds. The room had reached the end of its life and needed to be removed to make way for new equipment.  Operations director James Laurie commented: “Future Medical has a highly […]

The World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation (WRETF) has appointed Dr Keith Piper as a trustee.  As programme director of the MSc course on clinical reporting at Canterbury Christ Church University for over 20 years, he is no stranger to educational matters having developed and provided training courses for UK and overseas students. His interest in […]

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) has installed a new SPECT/CT suite in its nuclear medicine department.  A Symbia Intevo Bold SPECT/CT from Siemens Healthineers has been installed along with a Medrad injector pump system for contrast-enhanced SPECT/CT studies. The scanner’s improved CT capabilities mean faster imaging times and it also acts as a […]

At BNMS Hermes Medical Solutions will be demonstrating its latest software for radionuclide therapy dosimetry.  “We recognise the need for commercial applications to facilitate compliance with the IR(ME)R 2017 legislation,” states the company.  “This requires that all hospitals individually plan and verify the radiation dose delivered to target volumes and organs at risk.  Hybrid dosimetry […]

On World Cancer Day on February 4, the University of Cumbria announced that it is starting new research that will help to shape future national NHS cancer services. The university’s Health and Social Care Evaluations (HASCE) team has secured £50,000 from the Northern Cancer Alliance (NCA) for the nine-month Vague Symptoms Pathways research project. Academics […]

Pictured during a visit to the RAD Magazine office is British Heart Foundation local fund-raising manager Sophie Tibbitts with RAD Magazine’s Katherine Powell, Mechel Rees and Sue Wallbank.  Tibbitts received a cheque for £6,500, the profit from this year’s RAD Magazine Foundation Charity Golf Day, which took place in September at Hallmark Hotel Cambridge. Published […]