3Dimensions

Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup has officially opened its new digital radiography and mammography rooms in Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust’s imaging department. For the busy symptomatic breast unit, the clinical team installed a Hologic 3Dimensions mammography system with 3D capability and biopsy functionality. Consultant radiologist Dr Jane Goligher said: “We wanted to work with […]

Hospital Services Limited (HSL) is now carrying out installations of digital breast tomography and tomo biopsy units for the Health Service Executive’s Symptomatic Breast Service. Several mammography systems are up and running across the country. Initial installations took place at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal and at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, where clinical […]

The Royal United Hospital Breast Unit in Bath, offers a symptomatic service and a specialist family history service. With its two mammography systems due for replacement, the team chose the 3Dimensions mammography system with Hologic 3D Mammography technology on both. Superintendent mammographer Alison Smith said: “Our priority was to source a system that offers high […]

Parkside Hospital in Wimbledon has installed a 3Dimensions mammography system from Hologic that enables high resolution breast tomosynthesis. The hospital provides a comprehensive service, with dedicated one-stop breast clinics and a surgical service employing triple assessment techniques for cancer diagnosis. With the addition of the Affirm breast biopsy guidance system and the Affirm lateral arm […]

The breast centre at Great Western Hospital in Swindon offers a symptomatic service plus breast screening as part of the Wiltshire breast screening service. With two mobile and two static systems to be replaced, the team chose Hologic 3Dimensions mammography system for all four, with Hologic 3D Mammography on two systems. Breast centre manager Suzie […]

Six Hologic 3Dimensions mammography systems have been installed by HSL as part of three hospital installations.  Cork University Hospital has received three systems, two systems have gone to St James’s Hospital Dublin, while University Hospital Waterford has received one system. “The orders formed part of a Health Service Executive (HSE) breast imaging tender, and installations […]