Hologic

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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Mourne Scan Clinic invests in DXA and x-ray at private health hub

County Down’s Mourne Scan Clinic in Newry has partnered with supplier of integrated healthcare solutions Hospital Services Limited (HSL) to implement advanced diagnostic services at its newly-launched private health hub. The investment in imaging technologies includes a Hologic Horizon W DXA scanner and a Shimadzu Radspeed Fit x-ray system. Hologic’s Horizon DXA bone density scanner […]

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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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