Leeds

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 […]

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is piloting an AI tool designed to improve prostate cancer diagnosis. In collaboration with Lucida Medical, the trust is testing the effectiveness of the Prostate Intelligence (Pi) tool, an advanced AI and machine learning software system, in detecting prostate cancer lesions from MRI scans. Patients with prostate cancer face a complex diagnostic […]

A significant part of training and education in the National Health Service (NHS) must be embedded in clinical settings to help ensure that students and trainees can gain practical experience within a great learning environment. In November, the partnership between AGFA HealthCare and Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT) provided the opportunity to see such facilities being delivered […]

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 […]

A multi-million pound NHS initiative that already spans six trusts is growing to help laboratories across different parts of the UK digitise pathology services. Led by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and laboratories in the surrounding region, the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) is a collaboration of NHS trusts, academia and industry partners. Organisations involved […]

Micrima continues to increase the number of sites collecting data for the development of its early breast cancer detection system Maria. During December the third Maria breast imaging system in the UK was installed at the St James’s University Hospital site, part of The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The system will initially be collecting […]

Senior leaders from the health technology industry, the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities and five universities have formed a partnership to accelerate health technology innovation for the Leeds City Region. Partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to drive new approaches to improving patient and population health and care through better and […]

Diagnostic imaging equipment company Future Medical Equipment Limited has carried out the removal of a Philips MD Eleva fluoroscopy room from a hospital in Leeds. The room had reached the end of its life and needed to be removed to make way for new equipment.  Operations director James Laurie commented: “Future Medical has a highly […]