DEXA

Yeovil District Hospital chooses third Hologic DXA scanner

Yeovil District Hospital, which is now part of the newly formed Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has, for the third time, chosen a Hologic DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific based on the ‘excellent’ track record and customer support. The department performs a number of scans including bone densitometry, vertebral fracture assessment, single energy femur scans […]

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Independent imaging service provider Diagnostic Healthcare celebrates 20 years

April 2024 marked 20 years since Diagnostic Healthcare was established. Now one of the UK’s largest independent providers of imaging services to the NHS and private patients, the company says it has substantial experience of working across primary and secondary care sectors, supporting integrated care systems, NHS trusts and health boards with specialist imaging, reporting […]

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Updated scanners give Midlands DXA service trabecular bone score capability

Midlands Metabolic Bone Centre’s DXA service based at Bradwell Community Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, is part of the Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. The service has had two Hologic Horizon systems supplied and installed by Vertec Scientific to replace its previous Hologic Discovery A scanners, which were 10 years old. Advanced clinical practitioner and DXA service […]

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Addenbrooke’s update of DXA scanners enhances trabecular bone scoring

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 […]

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DXA scanner offers a new horizon in bone density assessment at St Luke’s Hospital

A £100,000 Hologic Horizon W system, which assesses the strength of patients’ bones and allows specialists to calculate their risk of fractures and osteoporosis, has been installed at St Luke’s Hospital, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. DXA section manager and clinical technologist Jane Threlkeld said: “The replacement of our previous DXA system […]

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Diagnostic Healthcare offers imaging services for a range of modalities

Diagnostic Healthcare provides multiple framework-accredited diagnostic imaging services on a range of modalities including mobile, relocatable and community MR, CT, ultrasound, DEXA, x-ray and cone beam CT. “We are one of the largest independent sector companies delivering clinical imaging services,” the company says. “We have over 15 years’ experience of working across both primary and […]

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