A second Philips Ambition X 1.5T MRI scanner has been installed at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM), Margate, part of East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. Both scanners have been upgraded with SmartSpeed technology, promising faster, smarter imaging. Kent and Canterbury Hospital principal MRI radiographer and lead radiographer Raghurajan Maraparambil said: “QEQM has commissioned […]
Read MoreGrantham and District Hospital, part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, has taken delivery of a Philips Ingenia Ambition X MRI system. During the equipment evaluation process, Compressed SENSE and the in-bore patient experience were the two main factors that led to the hospital choosing this system. With the in-bore experience the hospital has already […]
Read MoreIn July, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust became the first UK hospital to introduce the Philips Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR, said to be the UK’s first MRI system to enable helium-free operations. Use of BlueSeal technology could save 1,700 litres of liquid helium as it contains less than 0.5 per cent of the helium […]
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