rheumatology

Southampton is first UK hospital to add MyLab X90 ultrasound system

Rheumatology patients at NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility are to benefit from the addition of Esaote’s MyLab X90 ultrasound system. As part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the research facility is hosted by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust at Southampton General Hospital and supports studies in a range of novel […]

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Southampton trust acquires five ultrasound systems for children’s rheumatology

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has updated three Esaote ultrasound systems with the new MyLab X75 and its high frequency transducers, which are said to deliver outstanding image quality and Doppler sensitivity, as well as two MyLab Omegas, which are Esaote’s high end, portable, multidisciplinary ultrasound platform. The MyLab Omegas will continue to take […]

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Poole Hospital adds sensitive ultrasound platform for rheumatology department

Poole Hospital’s rheumatology department has purchased an Esaote MyLab 9 eXP. The ultrasound system is well suited to rheumatology due to its sensitive Power Doppler function and a wide range of transducers up to 25MHz. Consultant rheumatologist Dr Muhammad Khurshid has used several Esaote ultrasound systems in the past few years in his rheumatology practice. […]

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Medway trust acquires ultrasound units for community rheumatology service

Rheumatologists Professor Yasser El-Miedany and Dr Amjad Jilani have purchased two Esaote MyLab X7s for a new service within a community setting, offering the Dartford and Medway area of Kent fast access to MSK/rheumatology services. This service follows the model Professor El-Miedany set up in the Dartford, Grave-sham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and […]

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Portsmouth purchases ultrasound system for giant cell arteritis

Consultant rheumatologist at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Ernest Wong has purchased Esaote’s MyLab 9 eXP ultrasound system to help develop ultrasound examinations of the temporal artery for giant cell arteritis in the south-west region. Dr Wong selected the MyLab 9 eXP for its new 24MHz probe, which is said to provide excellent Doppler sensitivity […]

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Aberdeen Royal enhances MSK ultrasound service with two further platforms

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s rheumatology team has purchased two Esaote MyLab 9 ultrasound systems to join an existing Esaote MyLab 60. The department of rheumatology has been using musculoskeletal ultrasound since 2008 for the early detection of synovitis, and assessment and monitoring of inflammatory arthritis.  Dr Hazem Youssef and Dr Nicola Alcorn are EFSUMB certified level […]

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Lothian access improved

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary associate specialist in rheumatology Dr Lucy Maggiori and leader of Scottish Rheumatology Ultrasound Group and faculty lead of the UK Sonography Synovitis Course Dr Neil McKay. West Lothian Hospitals has extended its early rheumatoid arthritis service with three ultrasound systems, so that patients will not need to travel into central […]

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Clinicians strengthen their skills at rheumatology study day

A group of GE customers learned about ultrasound in rheumatology. GE Healthcare held a customer study day focused on rheumatology at Salford Royal, Manchester.  The one-day course was designed for rheumatologists who are starting to incorporate ultrasound into their everyday clinical list, as well as those who have intermediate ultrasound skills and wish to enhance […]

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