Leeds General Infirmary

Patients in Leeds are expected to benefit from faster and more accurate chest x-ray diagnoses with the introduction of AI software that is undergoing clinical evaluation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). Every year, more than 135,000 chest x-rays are performed at LTHT. The software will act as a ‘second pair of eyes’ for […]

Agfa HealthCare’s latest insights into clinical breakthroughs show Leeds Teaching Hospitals revolutionising imaging IT within its trust. In association with BBC StoryWorks and Medtech Europe, Leeds Teaching Hospital’s radiology department took the opportunity to showcase progressive attitudes, visible and viable insights, and investment into clinicians’ wellbeing with the transition to Enterprise Imaging. As one of […]

The breast imaging service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the first in the UK to introduce an AI technology from Densitas that evaluates the technical quality of mammograms. The Canadian software company has worked to customise the intelliMammo software to meet the department’s needs and the image quality standards required by the NHS […]

Royal Philips and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have reached a seven-year managed service agreement to help deliver the trusts’ vision of setting new standards of excellence for cardiac care. “The cardiology team is very proud of the quality of cardiac care we are able to deliver for our patients,” said clinical director for cardiology […]

Leeds General Infirmary has replaced a ten-year-old CT system with a Somatom Force dual source CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers. CT lead radiographer Scott Viggars said: “The Somatom Force has brought dose neutral dual energy capabilities to the trust due to the unique design of having two x-ray tubes and two detectors. Patients are now […]

Pictured are Hitachi Medical Systems UK clinical application specialist Ann Harvey and locum sonographer Wayne Pattinson. As one of the country’s leading teaching hospitals and with an international reputation, Leeds General Infirmary is furthering  patient support and care in the antenatal department with the delivery of a Hitachi Aloka ProSound Alpha 7.  Together with an […]

Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Philip Tesh, consultant radiologist Dr Fahmid Chowdhury, nuclear medicine team leader Meg Bould, radiography assistant Michelle Wheeler, medical technical officer Janet Taylor, senior radiographer Clare Wolstenholme, medical technical officers Vicki Haigh and Clive Mushakwe. Children undergoing scans at Leeds General Infirmary are receiving an enhanced experience following implementation of new SPECTCT technology.  The […]

Pictured are sister Nicola Caygill, Wolverson X-Ray regional sales manager Gurpal Matharu, consultant in emergency medicine Dr Jonathan Jones and senior charge nurse Robin Darby. Leeds General Infirmary’s major trauma unit has taken delivery of a set of TraumaTransfer mattresses supplied by Wolverson X-Ray Limited.  Consultant in emergency medicine and trust major trauma quality improvement […]