Veradius Unity

Radiotherapy is a highly effective local anti-cancer treatment delivered to around 50-60 per cent of cancer patients.  Installation of the Bayer-Medrad contrast injector on The Christie’s Unity MR linear accelerator (believed to be a world first) will allow the radiotherapy team to administer contrast agent to aid in tumour and organ at risk (OAR) visualisation […]

A Stockport woman is set to become the first patient in the world to be treated for cervical cancer entirely using state-of-the-art radiotherapy at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Karen Hall, who lives in Offerton, will receive a full course of this radiotherapy delivered using the Elekta Unity MR-linac. Hall was diagnosed after going to […]

Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, Londonderry, has invested in a Philips Veradius Unity C-arm and a Stille imagiQ2 table, which will be used predominantly for abdominal fluoroscopy. Senior radiographer Nuala Quigg said: “We selected Veradius Unity to reduce patient dose and, in order to further reduce dose and improve image quality, we purchased the Stille table. […]

Senior therapy radiographer Trina Herbert, lead research radiographer Dr Helen McNair and MR-linac radiographer Gillian Smith. The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have delivered the first treatment in the UK using a MR-linac system.  The patient received radiotherapy treatment as part of the PRISM clinical trial, which is the first of […]

Theatre sister Megan Macartney, deputy sister Rachel Rogers, radiographer Alanna Dickson, Philips UKI interventional product specialist Simon Bunce, deputy charge nurse Jade Dano and Philips UKI applications specialist Joe Glennon. Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has received two new C-arm systems, a Veradius Unity and a BV Pulsera from Philips UKI.  Both machines are replacements […]

Philips UKI customer support engineer Josh Souber, radiographer Daniel Edden, senior radiographer Trevor Smith, superintendent radiographer Lynn Butson, Philips UKI account manager Barry Heathcote, clinical scientist Sandra Hopkins, senior radiographer Will Davies, clinical scientist Matthew Daniel and radiographer Grant Wilson-Brodie. Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth has purchased two Philips Veradius Unity mobile C-arms as replacement […]

Radiology staff nurse Kim Marlow, endoscopy junior sister Paula Leaney, Philips Healthcare imaging systems account manager Barry Heathcote, radiology deputy manager Emma Francis, endoscopy nurse team manager Jo Fox, radiology staff nurse Peter Brown, radiology charge nurse Guy Williams and radiographers  Bethany Taylor and Sharon Wasika. Worthing Hospital, part of West Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation […]