bone densitometry

Vertec Scientific has installed a DXA system at Newmarket Community Hospital. X-ray service manager and NMR lead Michelle West commented: “Newmarket Community Hospital has installed a new DXA machine, which is a new service for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. This service is an invaluable modality in supporting bone health diagnosis for our patients. “The […]

At the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, the nuclear medicine physics department continues to enhance its bone densitometry provision with the replacement of a second Hologic Horizon DXA scanner, further strengthening an already well established and expanding DXA service. The scanner is located within a refurbished, purpose-designed scanning room, created to optimise the patient […]

Isle of Wight NHS Trust has installed a Hologic Horizon bone density scanner and reports that it is pleased with the system and the service provided by supplier Vertec Scientific. “Our DXA service is based in the new community diagnostic centre adjacent to St Mary’s Hospital here on the Isle of Wight,” a spokesperson for […]

Fujifilm has launched a new range of DXA systems in the UK. The FDX Visionary-A is a pencil beam system offering bone specialists a cost-effective and powerful solution for osteoporosis diagnosis and fracture risk assessment. The FDX Visionary-DR is a narrow fan beam system, which is designed to deliver optimal diagnostic capability, excellent image quality […]

Rotherham Hospital has received a Hologic Horizon C DXA system optimised for bone density measurement, supplied by Vertec Scientific. Previously the scanning service was based in the town’s diagnostic centre using a Hologic QDR Discovery C installed in 2006. The service has now been transferred to a purpose-built unit in the main hospital. The DXA […]

Pictured following the handover of a Hologic Horizon A DXA system to Northampton General Hospital are Vertec product specialist Bill Reid with assistant practitioners Della Townley and Nicky Courtney. The new system continues to enhance the hospital’s service to the community with a range of bone density and osteoporosis screening as part of the hospital’s […]

Established in 2006, the Swansea NHS Trust mobile DXA service scanned more than 1,000 patients in its first year. Since then the service has proved to be very popular, with over 18,000 patients scanned by the end of last year. The mobile service calling at Withybush Hospital, West Wales General Hospital and Singleton Hospital was […]

Pictured at a National Osteoporosis Society meeting in Birmingham on the Vertec Scientific stand are Vertec applications specialist Joy Thorpe, consultant rheumatologist and osteoporosis specialist Professor David Reid and Vertec DXA product specialist Bill Reid. The company offers the Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner featuring a wide range of applications and the ability to meet […]