Northwood

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre completes major MRI upgrade

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre in Northwood, London, has completed an ambitious upgrade of its MRI service with the installation of the second new MRI scanner in less than a year. The scanners form part of a major upgrade to the centre that will conclude with the installation of a PETCT system. The two Siemens Healthineers […]

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MP opens charity-funded MRI unit at Mount Vernon

Tim Farron MP with Professor Anwar Padhani from Paul Strickland Scanner Centre in the MRI scanner control room. A £1.5 million charity-funded MRI scanner unit at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre was officially opened by Tim Farron MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy, during a special event in September. The MRI unit was […]

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Scanner centre receives credit for innovation

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre ceo Claire Strickland, Grand Challenge Commission chair for Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership John Gourd and chair of PING and head of pharmaceuticals and life sciences at VWV Paul Gershlick.  Credit: VWV. Charity Paul Strickland Scanner Centre has picked up the 2018 Pharmaceutical Industry Network Group (PING) Innovation Award, which recognises and […]

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Crucial role of imaging highlighted

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre advanced radiographer Suzannah Patel and head of research Vicki Major. Paul Strickland Scanner Centre has highlighted the crucial role played by medical imaging in modern healthcare by supporting the International Day of Radiology 2017. The centre operates as an independent medical charity at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. Charity chief executive […]

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Royal visitor helps scanner centre celebrate its three decades

HRH The Duchess of Kent unveils a commemorative plaque at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre. A rare visit by HRH The Duchess of Kent made 30th Anniversary celebrations extra special for patients and staff of Paul Strickland Scanner Centre.  The London charity is based on the Mount Vernon Hospital site in Northwood and was established by […]

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Upgrade to MR aids active surveillance in prostate cancer

Paul Strickland Scanner Centre fundraising manager Rina Rawal, MRI superintendent radiographer Linda Culver, consultant radiologist and professor of cancer imaging Professor Anwar Padhani and Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Andreas Hadjiphanis. Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, an independent medical charity based at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, has upgraded its MR system to the UK’s first Magnetom […]

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Ireland’s first open bore MRI and adaptive CT

Pictured (from left) are Julie Prendergast of Siemens Healthcare Ireland, radiographer Miroslav Helesic and care assistant Ann Kinsella beside a Siemens Magnetom Verio 3T in Euromedic Northwood, Dublin   Euromedic Ireland, one of Ireland’s leading diagnostic healthcare providers, has installed the latest in MRI and CT technology at two of its newly-upgraded facilities in Northwood […]

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