Nuffield Health’s Wimbledon hospitals add pair of CT scanners to support patients with complex conditions
Nuffield Health’s Parkside and Cancer Centre London hospitals in Wimbledon are seeing patients using two innovative CT scanners that support people with specialist health conditions through advanced technology.
The GE HealthCare Revolution Apex Elite CT scanner at Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital can capture an entire image of the heart in one heartbeat, meaning CT scans are safer for people with serious cardiac and other conditions and diagnosis is likely to be faster. It also offers an auto positioning system, enabled by a 3D camera and AI algorithm, that helps ensure optimal patient positioning.
It is said to be the first of its type installed at an independent hospital in the UK and only the second in England. Installation took place in October last year and more than 1,800 people have been scanned so far.
At Nuffield Health Cancer Centre London, a SPECT/CT scanner from GE HealthCare is located in the refurbished nuclear medicine department. It delivers a scan using a lower radiation dose, enabling patients undergoing cancer care and those with serious underlying conditions to be diagnosed faster and more safely. The 3D images obtained through a new generation gamma camera provide more detail for clinicians to diagnose complex conditions in the brain, lung and other parts of the body.
“Our hospital teams at Parkside and Cancer Centre London are enjoying using the advanced technologies that both CT scanners offer to people with complex care needs,” said health systems director Kate Farrow.
“Both CT scanners offer flexibility to clinicians and they enable us to treat and care for more patients from local communities, which demonstrates our purpose of building a healthier nation.”
Lead picture: With the Nuffield Health Cancer Centre London SPECT/CT system are senior radiation therapy and nuclear medicine radiographer Meghna Baby, senior nuclear medicine technologist Rachel Hibbert, nuclear medicine and PETCT services manager Angie Wong and health systems director at Nuffield Health Parkside and Cancer Centre London hospitals Kate Farrow.
Published on page 22 of the July 2024 issue of RAD Magazine.
