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ProbeFix offers hands-free measurement during stress echocardiography. Medical device distributor Mermaid Medical reports that many studies show that the majority of sonographers are scanning in pain and experiencing work-related musculoskeletal disorders caused by repetitive movements, poor body posture and intense pressure.  Medtech start-up Usono, from the Netherlands offers ProbeFix, an ultrasound accessory tool that provides […]

Radiographer Devon Benton, lead radiographer Claire Nicoll, senior radiographer Celerino Matibag and radiographers Guillermo Guerra and John Banks. Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s new Fujifilm FDR nano mobile x-ray unit is being well used the radiology team.  “The staff really like using the FDR nano,” said lead radiographer Claire Nicoll.  “It’s so easy to use, manoeuvre and […]

The Innovation Agency chief operating officer Lorna Green, RMS commercial director Michael Lancaster, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust director of commercial procurement services Andrew O’Connor, Adrian Bentley of Brandforth and RMS clinical director William Bailey. Radiology management business RMS has won the Best Small Business Award at the North West Excellence in Supply […]

Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims, senior radiographers Byron Mapi-ot and Blessing Muchemeyi, plain film reporting superintendent radiographer Lee Shoesmith, radiographer Kuda Mazendame, senior radiographer Elida Barcelos, acting x-ray superintendent radiographer Elaine Ryan and radiographer Chiara Miselli. Southend University Hospital has transformed an analogue room, which was previously its radiographers’ least favourite, into their outpatient […]

President of the BIR Dr Jane Phillips-Hughes congratulates Dr Dominik Benz. President of the BIR Dr Jane Phillips-Hughes presented a range of awards at the BIR annual congress in November. Dr Dominik Benz from University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, has been awarded the BJR/Jusha Early Career Investigator Award for his paper on ‘A low dose and […]

Pictured at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in San Antonio, Texas, are Vertec Scientific md Bill Hipgrave, Klarity Medical ceo Peter Larson and sales manager Andrew Howe with Vertec product specialist David White. Klarity Medical’s products include a comprehensive range of thermoplastics and other immobilisation technology and are […]

The team from Leicester General Hospital with Lloyd Stewart and Robert Mason from Althea and account manager for MIS Healthcare Tony Rogers (far right) with a new Samsung GC85. Leicester General Hospital has worked with Althea and Samsung Healthcare through University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s vendor-independent managed service to replace all of its plain […]

Senior radiographer Marivic Corpus, deputy superintendent Amey Sheldekar, Guerbet national product manager diagnostic imaging Peter Spain, radiology department assistant James Hearne and senior radiographer Abdul Momand. Staff at Ealing Hospital in London have taken delivery of the first of five Flowsens CT injectors from Guerbet. The new injectors are part of a larger project to […]