St Mary’s Hospital

St Mary’s Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, has four GE HealthCare MRI systems in its acute department, which accommodate a range of diagnostic examinations including cardiac MRI. In January 2024, St Mary’s became the first UK site to install the latest AI for cardiac imaging, Sonic DL. Similar to AIR […]

St Mary’s Hospital in London have been able to scan two more patients per day as a result of MR upgrades. A total of 54 GE HealthCare MR scanners have been upgraded across the country to tackle elective recovery and was partly funded by NHS England. St Mary’s Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS […]

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, based across five London hospitals including Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St Mary’s, has implemented the Biograph Vision PETCT scanner from Siemens Healthineers to enhance workflow efficiency. Installed at Charing Cross Hospital, the system will primarily be used for oncology, infection and neurology, including amyloid examinations, with plans to include PETCT […]

The MRgFUS (MR-guided focused ultrasound) team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is led by principal investigator Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc, who has been working with the technique for more than 20 years. A team including consultant neuroradiologist Brynmor Jones, MRgFUS clinical research fellow Dr Ayesha Jameel, consultant neurologist Dr Peter Bain and consultant neurosurgeon Professor […]

Fujifilm account manager Iain Sims, core services superintendent Kathy Gunn, senior radiographers Alvi Ajdini and Sammy Akande and radiographers Marta Escorial Cartanya and Mathieu Wetu-ngani. Charing Cross Hospital’s radiology department needed a new digital mobile unit as radiographers were finding an existing fleet of old mobiles unreliable. St Mary’s Hospital, also part of the Imperial […]

Standing from left are Philips UKI account manager, imaging systems, Paul Ringwald, service delivery manager south Peter Chase, MRI sales specialist Peveril Johnstone and head of operations, clinical support, cancer and diagnostics business unit Diane Adams.  Seated in front are MRI superintendent radiographer Alistair Day and MRI senior radiographers Kathy Roper, Ash Buchan and Steve […]

Students participating in a simulation-based training session. Immersive cardiology simulation training, sponsored by Toshiba Medical Systems, took place at the Surgical Innovation Centre, St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.  The Hammersmith MDT Immersive Team Simulation sessions use the simulation framework iCAST (imperial Cardiology Simulation Training) programme. Developed by Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS […]

Staff at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. The MRI department at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, has standardised its MRI injectors with the Nemoto Sonic Shot GX MRI contrast injector, supporting four MRI scanners ranging from 1.5T to 3.0T. “It makes a world of difference,” said MRI lead Paula Robinson of the injector, installed by MIS Healthcare, […]