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Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre has received another Simple Up platform from Rothband (WSR Medical Solutions). The robust but easy-to-use platform allows users to raise the patient safely to the best height for weight-bearing x-rays of lower limbs. From a low step-up position the platform can be raised to 84cm and […]

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has transformed its breast imaging services with the UK’s first Mammomat B.brilliant mammography system from Siemens Healthineers. This addition is said to bring the latest technology including the widest tomosynthesis angle with the fastest scan time on the market of less than five seconds. Following its accreditation by the […]

Patients in Leeds are expected to benefit from faster and more accurate chest x-ray diagnoses with the introduction of AI software that is undergoing clinical evaluation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). Every year, more than 135,000 chest x-rays are performed at LTHT. The software will act as a ‘second pair of eyes’ for […]

Healthcare is responsible for around 4.4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to non-governmental organisation Healthcare Without Harm. Imaging departments powered by energy-intensive PACS contribute a significant share of this, says Rosenfield Health. Short-lived hardware cycles and high electricity consumption increase carbon burden, so initiatives that streamline data processing and extend equipment lifespans […]

Medical technology manufacturer Smart Reporting says it is shaping AI use in radiology by embedding it into reporting workflows in ways that are structured, transparent and meaningful, with the mission to support radiologists, not replace them. AI-generated image analysis yields extensive data, but rather than just presenting findings Smart Reporting says it aligns data with […]

Following a review of scanning capacity and provision as part of the North of Scotland Programme, Compleo Health has partnered with NHS Orkney to deliver a relocatable MRI scanner. The review highlighted the need for a permanent scanner at The Balfour Hospital, which provides services to some of the most remote areas in Scotland. NHS […]

Ergéa UK, a vendor-neutral provider of managed equipment services (MES), has published a white paper exploring how modern MES solutions can help expand patient access to radiotherapy across the UK. Radiotherapy MES: A Planned Long-Term Solution to the UK Radiotherapy Crisis outlines how a radiotherapy MES provides a structured, funded and strategic approach to addressing […]

Diagnostic imaging professionals across the NHS are being urged to help shape the next generation RIS by detailing their needs to Vertex in Healthcare. The initiative was formally launched at the UKIO Congress in Liverpool. The aim is to ensure the technology can help to reduce administrative burdens placed on radiologists and wider imaging teams, […]