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BBS Medical has released an adapter that allows its ProbeHunter probe testing device to conduct dynamic testing and validation of the performance of Olympus endoscopic ultrasound devices that utilise advanced features for imaging, sampling and interventional EUS/EBUS procedures. “This means that we can include Olympus in the adapter portfolio and the adapter list of all […]

At Princess Alexandra Hospital are antenatal screening coordinator Tina Ten-Hove, senior sonographer Naomi Ridout, advanced practitioner Paula Mattock and student sonographer Hannah Rout.    Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, has chosen an Aloka ProSound Alpha 7 ultrasound system from Olympus KeyMed for use in maternity ultrasound.     Explaining the decision, advanced practitioner Paula Mattock […]

At Kettering General Hospital are Olympus application specialist Eileen Bradley with advanced practitioners Lindsey Gulliver, Andrea Moore and Claire York.   An Aloka ProSound Alpha 7 installed at Kettering General Hospital is the first of five for the maternity ultrasound and fetal health departments.  Olympus application specialist Eileen Bradley said: “During the department’s evaluations one […]

From left are superintendent Jeanette Parminter and sonographers Kay Gibb, Teresa Smith, Carolyn Dawson, Linda Towler, Amanda Mundy and Joanne Moakes.   Basildon Hospital has chosen three Aloka ProSound Alpha 6 ultrasound scanners to replace the Aloka SSD-3500s that have provided several years of service to the maternity ultrasound unit.    The systems were chosen […]

With an Aloka ProSound Alpha 6 are, from left, urology clinic HCA Brenda Leverington, urology clinic manager sister May Caber, sonographer Alison Ball and clinical ultrasound manager Julie Boyden.   Southend Hospital has taken delivery of an Aloka ProSound Alpha 6 from Olympus for use in its busy urology outpatients clinic.    The system is […]

Participants at an ultrasound workshop focusing on the use of ultrasound to exclude developmental dysplasia of the hip benefited from hands-on training in small groups using Aloka ultrasound systems supplied by Olympus.    The course was organised by the medical physics team at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in conjunction with the paediatric/orthopaedic […]

The 21st Euroson Congress held in Edinburgh this week attracted around 900 attendees to the Scottish capital.   The meeting hosted by the British Medical Ultrasound Society and EFSUMB offered delegates a three day programme of lectures, lunchtime symposia, integrated training sessions and workshops, plus the opportunity to get hands on experience of state-of-the-art equipment. […]

Superintendent sonographer Gill Lawson and senior sonographer Sarah Farrell of St Richards Hospital in Chichester are pictured with an Aloka ProSound Alpha 7, supplied by Olympus KeyMed.     The Alpha 7 was purchased for the obstetric unit and is used for the full spectrum of obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound, as well as paediatric imaging.  […]