Kent

AI software helps speed up x-ray reporting

Qure.ai’s qXR software procured though the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Framework Agreement Clinicians at East Kent Hospitals are using artificial intelligence (AI) software to help check chest x-rays for patients in its emergency departments. The qXR software, developed by Qure.ai, can spot potential issues almost instantly and alert doctors, reducing any potential delay […]

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Medway Maritime chooses DR mobile for bedside images in new A&E department

Deputy general imaging Emma Gould, radiographer Laura Baker, head of imaging Lorraine Becconsall, radiographer Daniel Mitrea, deputy general imaging Paramjit Beebeejaun, Fujifilm account manager Craig Burrows, assistant practitioner Sheila Curtis, radiographer Bidya Rai and Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims. Medway Maritime Hospital’s new A&E department is in the final phase of development, and the […]

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Kent treatment centre picks compact, versatile system

Senior therapy radiographer Sheila Nakabuye, care coordinator Sanell Pienaar, Penny Bohn Living Well coordinator Julie Wilson, Philips Healthcare imaging systems account manager Barry Heathcote, lead therapy and diagnostic radiographer Erna Joubert, dosimetrist Susannah Jansen van Rensburg, senior oncology nurse Hazel Harrop and deputy manager Dawn Bell. GenesisCare West Malling Diagnostic and Treatment Centre opened its […]

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Buckland Hospital finds DR unit copes with busy periods

Philips Healthcare imaging systems account manager Barry Heathcote, sales graduate Tom Butler, senior radiographers Michael Turnbull and Matthew Evans, principal radiographer Lee Gavin, radiology assistant Elizabeth Allen, sonographer Anna Madar and Philips DR sales specialist Seamus Flood Buckland Hospital, part of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, has replaced old x-ray equipment with a […]

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Spire Alexandra installation makes it a perfect ten

Pictured with Hologic Breast Health sales specialist Steve Adams are senior mammographer Madeleine Mockridge, breast care nurse Lesley Messih and senior radiographers Tanya Richrath and Angela Rowett. Spire Alexandra Hospital at Walderslade in Kent has become the tenth in the Spire Healthcare Group to install a Hologic Selenia Dimensions, as the private healthcare group looks […]

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Students learn about usefulness of ultrasound in osteopathy

Fourth year research students Lise Galatius and Katharine Spens, post dissertation on osteopathic research hypotheses tested by mainstream imaging techniques, are pictured with department head Lance Bird. The European School of Osteopathy (ESO) in Maidstone, Kent, has invested in a SonoSite M­-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound system, giving its students the opportunity to discover how the technology […]

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Standing spine examinations are quicker at Spire Alexandra

Paramedical services manager Stuart Unthank, radiographer Paramjit Chauhan, Toshiba Medical Systems x-ray clinical applications specialist Carl Smith, account executive Colin Pellow and radiographers Deborah Mount, Madeleine Mockridge, Karen Soave and Angela Rowett. Spire Alexandra Hospital’s recently acquired Toshiba Ultimax-i x-ray fluoroscopy system is expanding the range of examinations on offer at the Kent private hospital. […]

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Skeletons help celebrate World Radiography Day

BMI Fawkham Manor Hospital staff at take part in World Radiography Day. Fujifilm helped BMI Fawkham Manor Hospital in Kent celebrate World Radiography Day by donating promotional items including diaries and lanyards to hand out during the event. Radiology manager Ann Smart said: “We’ve had some great feedback from the hospital staff on how impressed […]

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