Frimley Park Hospital

Mindray UK workshop creates point-of-care ultrasound super users

30 enthusiastic anaesthetists will be able to enhance their regional anaesthesia skills after successfully completing an accredited ultrasound workshop on regional anaesthesia run by Mindray UK and faculty from Frimley Park Hospital. Held on December 1, 2023 at Mindray UK’s Watford office the workshop included academic ultrasound essentials and practical training for eight different blocks […]

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Early findings of AI study at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust show 99.7% accuracy in triaging chest x-rays as normal

Potential to lighten consultant radiologists’ burden by up to 58% through radiographer reporting. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Qure.ai have announced the early results of a pilot study using an innovative radiology AI solution to read and differentiate between normal and abnormal chest x-rays (CXRs). qXR, a CE class IIb MDR cleared solution developed […]

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Frimley Park is first to receive AI to assist vascular case reporting

The first NHS hospital installation of Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE), a deep learning reconstruction AI algorithm, is now live at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey. It is integrated into an Aquilion One Genesis Edition CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems and is being used to improve the reconstruction and reporting of vascular cases by […]

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Frimley Park installs multi-dosing injectors to increase patient safety

Frimley Park Hospital has installed two of Bracco’s CT Exprès syringeless multi-dosing injectors in its CT department. Contrast media can be injected directly from the contrast bottles rather than having to be decanted, saving valuable time. CT lead radiographer Carmina Esperanza said: “We chose the CT Exprès injector because it has all the features that […]

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Frimley park launches contrast-enhanced mammography

Following the replacement of two mammography systems in 2017 with Hologic technology, Frimley Park Hospital breast unit has now launched contrast-enhanced mammography using Hologic’s I-View software. Lead mammographer Mary Bourak said: “We are currently using contrast mammography as an alternative to MRI for neoadjuvant patients. We acquire contrast-enhanced mammograms prior to commencement of oncological treatment, […]

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Early adopter Frimley Park keeps benefiting from point-of-care ultrasound

Consultant anaesthetist Dr Tim Pepall has used SonoSite ultrasound systems for the past decade. Frimley Park Hospital’s anaesthesia department is using point-of-care (POC) ultrasound to guide procedures such as vascular access and nerve blocks.  Consultant anaesthetist Dr Tim Pepall explained: “It’s essential to use ultrasound for central vascular access because of NICE guidelines, but we also […]

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