MR

Some of the delegates convene after an MR-guided tour of the brain. Delegates at the University of Liverpool’s MR Anatomy for Radiotherapy CPD study day took part in dynamic facilitation and in-depth learning at the start of the first MR anatomy course designed specifically for radiotherapy professionals. Fun prize quizzes, a relaxed format and plenty […]

At Nottingham City Hospital are Philips Healthcare sales specialist interventional x-ray Ruth Turner, Philips district general manager central and west Rob Davies, Philips district operations manager Ian Mitcham, specialist radiographer Angela Cox, superintendent radiographer Kathy Beet, interventional radiology nurse Nicky Babiarz, Philips service delivery manager Simon Bannister, key account manager Samantha Bramley and customer service […]

Maria O’Connell from Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Andrea Moore from the Adelaide and Meath Hospital and Ann-Marie Brennan from Mater Misericordiae University Hospital look on while Siemens’ Peter Weale demonstrates what is required for cardiac MR.   Siemens Ireland and Healthcare 21 hosted a cardiac CT and MR study day at University College Dublin. The course, […]

Pause for a picture at the Philips MR Users’ Group Meeting in Oxford.   Philips Healthcare had to cancel its MR user group meeting planned for January because of the extreme weather conditions at the beginning of this year.  The rescheduled meeting was held more recently at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre in Oxford where […]

Pictured with their new injector are MRI deputy radiographer Sarah-Jane Platt and senior radiographer Sharon Holdstock.   Lewisham Hospital has taken delivery of a power injector from Covidien.  The Optistar Elite MR injector is a battery-free, integrated system for injection of contrast medium for MRI.   MRI deputy radiographer Sarah-Jane Platt said: “It is so […]

Course participants and Toshiba personnel pose for a picture during the MRI study day at the Greenway in Cheltenham.   Toshiba Medical Systems held an MRI Study Day for users at an Elizabethan Manor in the Cotswolds.   Rakesh Puni, superintendent radiographer at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, started the day with a […]

The 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) held in Chicago draws to a close today.   Although final audited figures will not be available until January, RSNA expects the overall attendance at the meeting to be between 57,000 and 60,000. Over 700 attendees from the UK and […]

Pictured with a new injector are MR superintendent Sue Brook, senior MR radiographer Louise Parkin and capital equipment specialist Linda Mulholland of Bracco UK.     Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, has installed an EmpowerMR injector in its purpose-built MR department that was opened earlier this year.    See this report on page 22 of […]