Discovery

The Centre for Medical Imaging, a new £2.87 million facility for teaching, learning, research and clinical provision, has opened at the University of Salford. GE HealthCare has worked with the university to provide equipment including the Revolution Maxima CT scanner, one of the first to be installed in the UK. This will join two Discovery […]

Pictured at a follow-up visit to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital are Vertec Scientific product specialist Bill Reid, superintendent radiographer Catherine Phillips, DXA lead Liz Clifford and bone densitometrist Julie Poulsom.  They met to check the improvement in performance of the department’s Hologic Discovery DXA scanner following a recent upgrade. Phillips commented: “We are happy with the upgrade […]

Pictured following an upgrade of a Hologic Discovery DXA system supplied by Vertec Scientific to the University of Birmingham’s School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, are building manager Steve Allen and Vertec product sales specialist Bill Reid. The Discovery is being used in various ways to support academic […]

At St Thomas’ Hospital are Vertec DXA product specialist Sue Barlow, department of twin research nurse manager Gail Clement, research nurse Johanna Honey, research associate Marina Cecelja and senior research nurse Liisa Bevan. Hologic’s Discovery DXA scanner is to be used in research into how genes affect disease.  Researchers at the department of twin research […]

At the handover of a Hologic Discovery DXA system supplied by Vertec Scientific to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff are clinical technologists Ray Wong and Faye Morton, senior clinical technologist Sian George, Vertec product specialist Bill Reid, clinical technologist Kristian Edginton, principal clinical scientist Rebecca Pettit, senior clinical scientist Sarah Darlington, senior clinical […]

Pictured with Vertec Scientific’s Bill Reid (right) during a follow-up visit to the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath are clinical scientists Darren Hart and Dr Jackie Shipley, osteoporosis nurse Jackie Webb, academic clinical fellow Dr Phillip Hamann and radiographer Jean Hueting. Dr Shipley said: “As a specialist hospital, the RNHRD was one […]

At the opening of a Discovery MR750w scanner at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are consultant radiologist Paul Malcom, Norwich Research Park chief executive Professor Andrew Stewart Coats and hospital chief executive Anna Dugdale. Patients and clinicians have welcomed a new arrival at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) – a GE Healthcare Discovery MR750w […]

At a follow-up meeting at Southmead Hospital’s Avon Orthopaedic Centre are lead technician Louise Carter, clinical research fellow and orthogeriatrician Dr Celia Gregson, director of North Bristol NHS Trust DXA service Professor Jon Tobias and Vertec product specialist Bill Reid.     The visit followed the upgrade of an Hologic Discovery system with the latest […]