Musgrove Park Hospital installs advanced CT

At Musgrove Park Hospital are Siemens Healthcare CT applications specialist Louise Hillier, consultant radiologist and CT lead Dr Danial Fox, CT project manager Gill Stapleton Smith, specialist CT radiographer Emma Cubitt, CT modality lead Ben Ying, trust chairman Rosalinde Wykes, regional sales manager Darren Parker, project manager Graham Davies and specialist CT radiographer Paul Winterson.

Musgrove Park Hospital, part of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a Somatom Definition Flash CT system from Siemens Healthcare.  The system is supporting cardiology services, in addition to providing oncology, vascular and general trauma imaging.  With its rapid imaging times, it is currently enabling around 250 patients to be scanned weekly.

“Musgrove was designated a regional trauma centre and this CT scanner, which is generally acknowledged to be the world’s most advanced, reinforces our commitment to providing the finest imaging facilities,” said CT project manager Gill Stapleton Smith.  “We have been fortunate to install the scanner in a suite large enough to accommodate a full trauma team, with adjacent reporting and viewing facilities.  Because of this, we will benefit from working with Siemens as a reference site for product development and visits from other CT teams.”

See the full report on page 8 of the April 2013 issue of RAD Magazine.