Londonderry

Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, County Londonderry, part of Northern Health and Social Care Trust, has gone live with an Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner from Canon Medical UK. Situated near the emergency department, the system will provide trauma and out-of-hours related scanning and will support general and cardiac outpatient appointments. The transition to the new […]

The first AI-assisted CT system in Northern Ireland has been ordered by Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, County Londonderry, according to Canon Medical Systems UK. The system will strengthen radiology services and improve diagnostic waiting times for the population served by Northern Health and Social Care Trust. The Aquilion Prime SP CT will be situated in […]

Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, Londonderry, has invested in a Philips Veradius Unity C-arm and a Stille imagiQ2 table, which will be used predominantly for abdominal fluoroscopy. Senior radiographer Nuala Quigg said: “We selected Veradius Unity to reduce patient dose and, in order to further reduce dose and improve image quality, we purchased the Stille table. […]

In the radiotherapy CT sim pre-treatment department are CT clinical specialist Bernie McCafferty and radiographers Sarah Kelly and Emma Kerr. Therapeutic radiographers in the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Derry, Londonderry, have completed training in the use of the Bracco CT Exprès syringeless dynamic power injector. “The CT Exprès is syringeless, with […]

Oncology Systems Limited medical physicist Asia Baginska, IBA customer support specialist Isabel Bong and radiotherapy physicist Dr Wendy Hyland. IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) has announced the first clinical implementation of Dolphin Online Ready Patient QA and Monitoring solution in the UK.  The treatment monitoring technology distributed by Oncology Systems Limited to Altnagelvin Area Hospital, […]

Pictured at Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Derry, Londonderry, are Bracco account manager Noel Lynott, radiology services manager Tracy McIvor and CT radiographers Seana Nolan, Aoibhin Monaghan and Elaine Dunlop. McIvor said: “Since moving to Bracco’s CT Exprès last year, our levels of efficiency have improved substantially.  The system allows us to tailor our injections to each […]

Altnagelvin Area Hospital radiographer Ciarrah Winters, clinical specialist radiographer Joanne McFeely, senior radiographer Aoibhin Monaghan, Philips Healthcare mammography/dXR specialist Tamara Harwood, Philips customer service engineer Brian Murray, Philips project manager Neil Dryden, Philips account manager Morgan Evers, radiology services manager Dan McLaughlin and radiology department manager Tracey McIvor. Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, Derry, Ireland has […]

Radiology services manager Dan McLaughlin, senior radiographer, theatres and mobiles, Nuala Quigg, Philips Healthcare’s customer service engineer Brian Murray, account manager Morgan Evers, applications specialist surgery Akbar Rahimi, sales specialist surgery Simon Bunce, radiographers Susan Lavery and Paula O’Connor and senior radiographer Mary Doherty. Altnagelvin Area Hospital’s new Philips Veradius Neo C-arm has been a […]