PETCT

Siemens Healthineers has announced a new radiopharmacy in Dunstable, UK. Designed as the UK’s first 8X radiopharmacy, the manufacturing facility will deliver output at eight times the capacity of a single radiopharma facility today. The £26 million investment is intended to bolster the long‑term supply of PET radiopharmaceuticals in the UK, supporting more consistent, reliable […]

Siemens Healthineers is co-leading a major European Union research initiative dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease. The project, ACCESS-AD, unites more than 30 European partners from hospitals, universities, patient organisations and wider industry, representing expertise in neurology, imaging, data science and patient advocacy. While treatment has traditionally focused on symptoms, […]

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, has become the first in the UK to install the Biograph Trinion PETCT system from Siemens Healthineers. The system replaces an existing scanner and is expected to significantly improve patient throughput, reducing average scan times from around 25 minutes to approximately seven minutes while increasing appointment capacity. Th […]

GE HealthCare is planning to showcase a new era of nuclear medicine innovation designed to advance precision care and transform clinical workflows. At the heart of its exhibit is the Omni 128cm total body PETCT system, a next generation molecular imaging platform engineered to deliver one bed vertex-to-thigh along the entire axial field of view […]

In a move expected to transform imaging education, Alliance Medical Limited (AML) and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have joined forces to co-design and develop what is said to be the UK’s first PETCT Postgraduate Certificate. The first cohort is due in September 2026. The initiative is a response to the […]

Affidea has opened its flagship neuraCare Centre in Athens, Greece, marking the first step in a planned rollout of a European network of centres of excellence in neurology. The provider of advanced diagnostics and community-based polyclinics says it is responding to the need for more integrated, innovative and patient-focused care, as the number of some […]

MIS Healthcare and United Imaging Healthcare Europe recently hosted a group of UK healthcare professionals on two international site visits, offering insights into the next generation of cross-sectional imaging that is shaping clinical practice. The first visit took place at Casilino Polyclinic in Rome, Italy, where clinicians observed the uCT 960+, United Imaging’s premium CT […]

King’s College London is the first centres in the UK to benefit from having two Biograph Vision Quadra PETCT systems from Siemens Healthineers. This is expected to increase quality of care for patients while also enabling King’s to conduct radiopharmaceutical, basic science and clinical research. As part of the UK’s National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP), […]