A second Philips Ambition X 1.5T MRI scanner has been installed at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM), Margate, part of East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. Both scanners have been upgraded with SmartSpeed technology, promising faster, smarter imaging. Kent and Canterbury Hospital principal MRI radiographer and lead radiographer Raghurajan Maraparambil said: “QEQM has commissioned […]
Read MoreQure.ai’s qXR software procured though the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Framework Agreement Clinicians at East Kent Hospitals are using artificial intelligence (AI) software to help check chest x-rays for patients in its emergency departments. The qXR software, developed by Qure.ai, can spot potential issues almost instantly and alert doctors, reducing any potential delay […]
Read MoreThe Kent and Medway Medical Imaging Consortium has procured a medical imaging system from Sectra to support faster diagnosis and earlier treatment, and to increase capacity to meet growing demand. Radiologists and other clinicians at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust will be […]
Read MorePrincipal radiographer Fiona McPartlin, MIS ultrasound account manager Douglas Ogg, advanced practitioner Kirstie Wiltshire, consultant radiologist and clinical director for breast screening Sarah Moorhouse and medical physicist Sarah Matthews. Earlier this year, following an exhaustive evaluation process, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust took delivery of three Samsung RS80A ultrasound systems supplied by MIS […]
Read MorePictured at the handover of a second C-arm are consultant in trauma and orthopaedics Mr James Casha, Vertec product specialist Keith Lakin, consultant in trauma and orthopaedics Mr Sharat Jain, associate specialist trauma and orthopaedics Mr Nitin Shah and chief executive East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Stuart Bain. Hologic says that two deliveries […]
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