Southend

At Spire Wellesley Hospital are Toshiba Medical Systems account executive CT/XR/MR and connectivity Colin Pellow, diagnostic imaging manager David Fowler and radiographer Joanna Hall. Spire Wellesley Hospital in Southend-on-Sea has upgraded a Toshiba Vantage XGV 1.5T MRI system.  Acquired in 2010 to replace a mobile unit, the system’s short bore magnet remains while all other […]

At Spire Wellesley Hospital are Toshiba Medical Systems account executive CT/XR/MR and connectivity Colin Pellow, imaging manager David Fowler and radiographers Jo Hall and Simon Marriage.     Spire Wellesley Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, is the first hospital in the UK to have acquired a Toshiba Aquilion CXL CT scanner.  Through its turnkey building solution that included all […]

Southend NHS Trust superintendent radiographer Julie Boyden is pictured with a Toshiba Viamo portable ultrasound system.   The outpatients clinic at Canvey Island, part of Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, recently invested in a Toshiba Viamo portable ultrasound system.     Superintendent radiographer Julie Boyden said: “We are extremely pleased with the Viamo.  It is […]

Pictured, from left, are superintendent radiographer Kim Baird, consultant radiologists Aron Sraj and Taghreed Toma and Siemens regional sales and corporate business manager Graham Walker.   Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has installed two Mammomat Inspiration full field digital mammography systems with stereotactic biopsy to expand digital imaging capabilities and improve services in line […]

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 […]

With a Symbia T TruePoint SPECT/CT at Southend Hospital are (from left) Southend Hospital associate director of operations for clinical support services Trevor Arnold, Siemens regional sales and corporate business manager Graham Walker, Taghreed Toma, lead NM radiologist and chief NM technologist Frank Grew.   A Symbia T TruePoint SPECT/CT from Siemens Healthcare has been […]

Radiology imaging manager David Fowler with hospital director Jo Dean.   The Spire Wellesley Hospital has installed a static MRI scanner to replace a visiting mobile MRI service.   The 1.5T Toshiba Excelart XGV is housed in a transportable container constructed around the magnet at the Smit factory in the Netherlands.     The Excelart Vantage […]

Consultant breast surgeon Mr Neil Rothnie and consultant clinical oncologist Dr Anne Robinson with the first Comfort patient.   Southend University Hospital is the first in the UK to use Nucletron’s Comfort catheter applicator system in combination with its high dose rate remote brachytherapy afterloader, the microSelectron, on a 53-year old breast cancer patient.    […]