Aberdeen

Urology nurse specialist Corinne Buckett, CNS uro-oncology Kevin Wardlaw and healthcare support worker Theresa Yule. A Hitachi Arietta V60 ultrasound unit has been selected as system of choice for the upgrade pathway in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s urology department.  It was chosen for its wide range of transducers, in particular the ‘through-crystal’ C25P probe for percutaneous nephrolithotomies […]

With a mobile in an Edinburgh supermarket car park are members of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme including radiographers, support, procurement and management staff. Scotland’s breast screening service has gone digital, following Hologic’s success in both phases of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme (SBSP) tenders in 2012 and 2013.  Thirty-eight 2D Selenia Dimensions mammography units […]

Assistant technical officer Carol Sinclair, Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound sales specialist Scott Couper and sonographer Amie Hay. Woodend Hospital Aberdeen, part of NHS Grampian, has purchased a Toshiba Aplio 500 ultrasound system to replace an existing system.  Lead sonographer Christine Clark said: “We chose the Toshiba machine because of its excellent imaging and ergonomics.  We […]

Students in the radiography suite at the university’s Faculty of Health and Social Care.   Radiography professionals from across the UK descended upon Aberdeen at the end of October to celebrate 75 years of radiography education and training in the city.   Alumni and former members of staff from Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Aberdeen […]

A Symbia S SPECT was officially opened at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by former chief technologist Eddie Stevenson MBE.  Pictured, from left, are nursing assistant Julie Clark, senior clinical scientist Dr Roger Staff, senior technologist Joan Innes, technologist Jill Pope, head of nuclear medicine Dr Howard Gemmell, principal technologist Lesley Lovell, Eddie Stevenson, staff nurse Grace Ferguson, […]

Sandra Booth and Joanne Norton with a SonoSite M-Turbo.   BMI Healthcare’s Albyn Hospital in Aberdeen is making the most of a SonoSite M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system, recently introduced for a continually growing array of gynaecological and vascular applications.   Imaging department manager Sandra Booth explained: “The portability of the M-Turbo system is important as […]

NHS Grampian consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr G P Ashcroft with actress, author and National Osteoporosis Society patron Susan Hampshire OBE, Xograph Healthcare territory sales manager Steve Taylor and research physicist Martin Downing.   A pioneering orthopaedic research direct Digital Radiography system (dDR), the Adora RSA, was officially opened by actress, author and osteoporosis campaigner Susan […]