Cambridge

Retired professor of radiology Adrian Dixon takes a look back at being part of a body of fund-raisers in Cambridge that raised £1 million to buy and run Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s first whole body CT scanner, the first for the east of England region. It was opened by King Charles, then HRH Prince of Wales, in […]

The DXA team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has received two Horizon DXA scanners from Vertec Scientific. The Horizon systems build on the capabilities of the Discovery model they replaced and allow the team to select a fast, high definition mode to detect vertebral fractures, using less radiation than […]

In July 2022, GE HealthCare completed the upgrade of the Diagnostic Healthcare Limited (DHC) Mobile Voyager with the AIR Coils and AIR Recon DL that was facilitating additional patient capacity at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust. Diagnostic Healthcare chief operating officer David O’Brien said: “We have spent the last two plus years supporting NHS trusts […]

A new display at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, highlights how patients have helped shape radiotherapy treatment. The multimedia installation in the entrance to the radiotherapy department has been produced in partnership with a group of patients, some of whom have shared their experience of radiotherapy treatment. In 2019 Cambridge was named by Cancer Research UK as […]

Change Healthcare has implemented its Radiology PACS, Image Repository and Workflow Intelligence solution at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust, replacing an existing PACS at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The process involved a collaborative approach between Change Healthcare and CUH. In its role as technology partner, Change Healthcare was able to advise the trust regarding aspects […]

Almost 70 golfers and non-golfers from the medical imaging industry attended the seventh annual RAD Magazine Foundation Golf Day, which was held at the Hallmark Hotel near Cambridge on September 20, 2018.  The event was organised by the RAD Magazine Foundation to raise funds for The British Heart Foundation. RAD Magazine managing director Mechel Rees […]

Toshiba Medical account manager Colin Pellow, pre-treatment team leader Sarah Knight, therapy radiographer Grant Bennett, assistant practitioner Katy Cooper, therapy radiographers Rosanna Langworthy and Graham Cone, Toshiba Medical CT senior applications specialist Andrew Watson and professional head of radiotherapy Jemma Chapman. The radiotherapy department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has replaced an aged CT scanner […]

Pictured, standing, are Philips UKI account manager Jamie Bryson, clinical radiologist Dr Marie-Aude Genain, head radiographer Anna Dussek, radiographer Becky Moran and Philips UKI interventional product specialist, mobile surgery Simon Bunce.  In front are radiographer Vicky O’Mahony and Cambridge Veterinary School dean Professor Mike Herrtage with Rafa the dog. Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital in Cambridge […]