Horizon W

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 £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 […]

Established in 2006, the Swansea NHS Trust mobile DXA service scanned more than 1,000 patients in its first year. Since then the service has proved to be very popular, with over 18,000 patients scanned by the end of last year. The mobile service calling at Withybush Hospital, West Wales General Hospital and Singleton Hospital was […]

Pictured at a recent training session on a Hologic Horizon W DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific are Vertec applications specialist Joy Thorpe, Northumbria University senior lecturer Ian Walshe, PhD student Emma Sweeney and lecturer Thomas Jones. Northumbria University is one of the largest universities in the UK, with more than 30,000 students from 134 […]

Vertec product specialist Bill Reid with Gloucester Rugby Club performance nutritionist and former player James Hudson and Birmingham City University programme leader for sport and exercise nutrition Dr Matt Cole. Birmingham City University and Gloucester Rugby Club are running a collaborative research project to investigate changes in body composition throughout a competitive season in elite […]

Vertec product specialist Bill Reid with radiographer specialists Pippa Weston and Georgina Hollick. Hertford County Hospital’s bone mineral density service has received a Horizon W DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific.  In a typical week around 95 patients will be scanned. Radiographer specialist Pippa Weston said: “Patients find the Horizon more friendly than previous systems […]

Pictured following the handover of a Hologic Horizon W DXA system supplied by Vertec Scientific to the rheumatology unit at Basildon University Hospital are consultant rheumatologist, osteoporosis Dr Anupama Nandagudi, clinic chaperone Emily Webb, patient pathway officer Tracey Trott, Vertec product specialist Bill Reid, osteoporosis nurse specialist Jessica Meadway, MEMS team leader Paul Malone, associate […]

Pictured at Yeovil District Hospital during a follow-up visit to see how staff are getting on with a new Hologic Horizon W system is DXA scanning lead Chris James and Vertec product specialist Bill Reid. James commented: “Yeovil Hospital has a brand new Hologic Horizon which replaced a Hologic Discovery that was over ten years […]