Hologic

This year Hologic will showcase new technologies for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease. These include AI-powered solutions such as Genius AI Detection (GAID), with enhanced detection and decision-making capabilities, and 3DQuorum, which leverages Genius AI technology to streamline 3D mammography workflows by producing 6mm SmartSlices, and is said to reduce reading time […]

On Vertec Scientific’s stand this year managing director Kate O’Reilly will be accompanied by senior sales specialist responsible for Terason ultrasound systems, Ashland dosimetry systems and the CalMed insufflator system Gavin Adcock; technical sales specialist responsible for Hologic’s DXA Simon Champion; sales specialist responsible for Meicen radiotherapy treatment alignment and immobilisation devices Josh Garroway; and […]

At Hologic, we are dedicated to providing innovative technologies focused on women’s health, helping healthcare professionals diagnose and treat their patients with precision, certainty and confidence. Our technology underpins the majority of breast cancer and cervical cancer screening programmes in the UK, and sexually transmitted infection testing as well as gynaecological and other surgical services […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner has been supplied and installed by Vertec Scientific for Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in its new sport and exercise science department at Oriam, Scotland’s national sports performance centre. The scanner will be used with Oriam’s partners for sport and exercise science research and to monitor the health of athletes. Associate […]

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 […]

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 […]