CT scanner helps Royal Cornwall ED meet emerging clinical guidelines
CT imaging services in the emergency department (ED) at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have taken a step forward in modernisation with the installation of an Aquilion One Genesis Edition CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems. Routine and specialist CT procedures are expected to be quicker, at low dose and with excellent image quality due to the functionality of the scanner. Improvements in speed, efficiency and workflow are made possible with Ultra Helical, which captures a routine body scan in less than five seconds for faster treatment planning in trauma-based examinations.
“The Genesis Edition replaces an end of life head CT scanner and is an impressive step up in our clinical functionality in the ED. We now have advanced frontline CT scanning resources, removing the time delay factors of transferring patients to our main CT department,” said CT superintendent Elizabeth Van Lingen. “We feel confident that we have the department to meet increasing workload challenges and support emerging clinical guidelines in cardiac and stroke. The system has exceeded our expectations with its unique features and continued support from Canon Medical Systems UK. We feel clinically and operationally ready for the 2020s.”
Features of the Genesis Edition include Area Finder which allows field of view and scan range to be set at the gantry with volumetric imaging, without the need for a scanogram. Variable Helical Parameters allow prescribed and optimised image quality in each body region, scanning in a single helical acquisition, used for trauma cases and also oncology and transcatheter aortic valve implantation planning.
Picture: Senior radiographer Yvonne Roberts, imaging lead Emma Spouse, CT superintendent Elizabeth Van Lingen (seated), Canon Medical Systems UK CT applications specialist Graham Martin and account manager Megan Newberry (seated), senior radiographer Karen Trebilcock, consultant radiologists Dr Andrew Edwards and Dr Madeline Strugnell, senior radiographer Florence Weatherly and ceo Kate Shields.
Published on page 2 of the March 2020 issue of RAD Magazine.
