cardiac

The Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank, Scotland, has updated its cardiac CT scanning equipment. The Aquilion One/Prism Edition CT scanner introduces next-generation reconstruction technology to assist with high cardiac imaging…
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The close collaborations between industry, sport and academia are heralding many advances in imaging research techniques to improve cardiac health for all The world watched in horror as Inter Milan player Christian Eriksen suffered a…
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The Leeds Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Unit and the University of Leeds are undertaking pioneering research addressing challenges in the diagnosis and monitoring of infants with congenital heart disease. The project aims to…
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The Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Heart Attack Centre has become the first in England to install the Artis icono floor from Siemens Healthineers. The addition of the multi-axis floor angiography system is part of a project to…
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Glasgow Royal Infirmary’s department of nuclear cardiology has increased patient throughput since receiving a D-SPECT Cardio system from Link Medical, distributor for the Spectrum Dynamics range of gamma cameras. D-SPECT Cardio is…
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Royal Philips has introduced the Philips Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Model, said to provide a more patient-friendly solution compared to the current standard of care for managing AAA patients. Based on 3D ultrasound, Philips AAA Model…
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Spectrum Dynamics Medical has introduced EMAC (emission map attenuation correction) to its digital SPECT (D-SPECT) cardiac scanner. The patient-specific software application seeks to remove perceived issues and provide solutions in SPECT…
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Whipps Cross Hospital, London, has acquired a Philips Incisive CT system in order to develop paediatric and cardiac imaging. The scanner comes with a ‘tube for life’ guarantee, which means that if the tube fails over the life of the…
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Canon Medical Systems UK is supporting University of Exeter research by co-funding a PhD studentship to research cardiac function and health and fitness in children with paediatric congenital heart disease. The aim of the project is to…
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Royal Philips and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have reached a seven-year managed service agreement to help deliver the trusts’ vision of setting new standards of excellence for cardiac care. “The cardiology team is very proud of…
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