Centargo

Bayer is attending October’s European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) annual meeting in Glasgow and invites attendees to visit its booth to discuss how the Centargo Cardio applications service and Centargo’s cardiac-specific Smart Protocols can support imaging professionals in creating a tailored cardiac CT imaging practice to ensure quality results. The clinical goal for CT […]

St Joseph’s Hospital, Newport, hosted its first CT Study Day in June, welcoming specialist radiographers from across Wales and beyond. The event marked the hospital’s third annual study day for radiographers, following two MRI-focused CPD events, and was held in recognition of the installation of a CT suite featuring a Canon Aquilion One/Insight Edition scanner […]

The clinical goal for contrast-enhanced CT examinations is to achieve diagnostic contrast enhancement in the target region of interest, says Bayer. Contrast enhancement is influenced by patient, contrast medium and scanner factors. The most important patient-related factor affecting the magnitude of vascular and parenchymal contrast enhancement is body weight, since different body weights can influence […]

The nuclear medicine department at The Christie, Manchester recently achieved an important ‘first’.  Having invested in Bayer’s CT fluid delivery device Centargo, they are the first hospital in the country to connect Centargo to their scanner using an Injector Scanner Interface (ISI connection).  Consultant medical physicist and nuclear medicine group leader Dr Heather Williams explains […]

The first patients have been scanned at the £15 million radiology facility at Cannock’s Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). The purpose-built modular building is part of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and hosts the first of four scanners: two CT and two MRI systems costing around £1 million each. The facility will employ 70 new staff […]

Every day, a diverse patient population presents unique imaging challenges to CT departments all over the country. North Devon District Hospital’s CT department understand this and recently made the decision to upgrade their CT injector to Bayer’s Medrad Centargo to help face these challenges. Individualising protocols for every patient’s scan has in the past been […]

Bayer is looking forward to seeing the radiology community again at this year’s UK Imaging and Oncology Congress in Liverpool. The theme at this year’s event touches on clinical excellence in a time of chaos and Bayer comments: “It has undoubtedly been a chaotic and complex time since we last got together at UKIO in […]

Ipswich Hospital were one of the eight trusts nationally that installed a brand new Bayer Medrad Centargo CT injection system during its controlled commercial release in 2020.  Emma Smith, CT lead radiographer explains their early experience: “As a department our experience with Centargo has been exceptional from the very start. Having the opportunity to change […]