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The CT department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, has had a scanner wrapped in nature-themed vinyls. Senior radiographer Jodi Gooding said the aim of the design – as with an MRI scanner that was wrapped last year – was to “bring the outside in.” As part of the design, from Grosvenor Interiors, the ring of the […]

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has improved access to cardiac care across the region with the introduction of the first Somatom Pro.Pulse CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers in the UK. The decision to install the Somatom Pro.Pulse was driven by the need to improve cardiac services in the community. Previously, patients requiring cardiac imaging […]

ScanLab’s Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) Calculator is a feature for its ScanLabMR MRI and CT simulation and education software. It is intended to give MRI technologists, radiologists and educators a more reliable way to understand and optimise image quality. According to the company, SNR calculators currently provided by MRI manufacturers often offer only partial calculations and […]

Probo Medical has completed another complex diagnostic imaging deinstallation project, removing a Siemens Healthiners Artis cath lab system from a hospital facility. The process began with Probo Medical’s certified engineers powering down the system and disconnecting electrical, network and radiation components. Following OEM protocols, the team then dismantled the ceiling-mounted C-arm, patient table and flat […]

Affidea has opened its flagship neuraCare Centre in Athens, Greece, marking the first step in a planned rollout of a European network of centres of excellence in neurology. The provider of advanced diagnostics and community-based polyclinics says it is responding to the need for more integrated, innovative and patient-focused care, as the number of some […]

MIS Healthcare has been accredited by Best Companies as one of the UK’s top employers across multiple categories. The annual Best Companies listings highlight organisations that demonstrate outstanding levels of employee engagement, workplace culture and organisational development, areas on which MIS Healthcare says it has placed increasing strategic focus in recent years. MIS Healthcare achieved […]

Vets Now Glasgow has had the MyLab X90Vet veterinary ultrasound system from Esaote supplied and installed by Imotek International. Following a review of the market by the veterinary emergency and referral hospital, the MyLab X90Vet was selected for performance and reliability to support the complex and specialist caseload handled by Vets Now Glasgow. Hospital director […]

Submitted by SCoR head of education and research Dr Emma Hyde The Society and College of Radiographers (SoR/CoR) has begun work to refresh its guiding document Patient, Public and Practitioner Partnerships within Imaging and Radiotherapy, known as the 4 Ps. First published in 2018, the document sets out shared values for person-centred care, showing how […]