More coils reduce scanning time at Bournemouth

Staff at Royal Bournemouth Hospital welcome the arrival of a Magnetom Aera MRI system from Siemens Healthcare.  From left are radiology fellow Dr Mark Bryant; senior radiographers Sarah Jenkins and Susan Grundy; superintendent radiographer Matthew Benbow; Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Paul Vaughan and senior radiographers Samantha Tuomi; Wendy Eden and Andrea Foden.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, part of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a Magnetom Aera 1.5T MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. The system replaces another from Siemens and is used for examinations such as neuroimaging, orthopedics, cardiac, oncology and angiography.

See the full report on page 10 of the September 2011 issue of RAD Magazine.