Wales

A Canon Medical Systems Aquilion CT scanner in a hospital in Wales has been deinstalled by Probo Medical. The removal of the system was led by the medical imaging company’s technical operations team, assisting the facility with an upgrade to improve patient outcomes. Although the Canon Aquilion CT system has served the hospital well with […]

St Joseph’s Hospital, Newport, hosted its first CT Study Day in June, welcoming specialist radiographers from across Wales and beyond. The event marked the hospital’s third annual study day for radiographers, following two MRI-focused CPD events, and was held in recognition of the installation of a CT suite featuring a Canon Aquilion One/Insight Edition scanner […]

The first Philips 7000 M has gone live in Wales at Llandudno General Hospital. The mobile radiography system is being used to provide an x-ray service while the radiology department at Llandudno is undergoing renovation. “An opportunity arose to replace two older machines with new digital systems and the Philips equipment suited our needs. The […]

Rosenfield Health says its PRIX tool is transforming the way medical institutions handle DICOM anonymisation, enabling bulk processing at high speeds. The experience of a leading healthcare provider highlights the tool’s impact on radiology workflows. “Before PRIX, anonymising a single study took up to 10 minutes, slowing down our workflow. With PRIX, it now takes […]

Singleton Hospital, part of NHS Wales’ Swansea Bay University Health Board, installed the UK’s first GE HealthCare StarGuide gamma camera in early 2022. StarGuide is a CZT ring detector gamma camera for SPECT/CT imaging, said to offer increased signal-to-background ratios, increased contrast-to-noise ratios, better lesion detectability and better lesion delineation. The acceptance testing of this […]

To increase the capacity of cardiac scanning and improve patient experience, St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport, Wales, has installed the Aquilion One / Insight Edition with the new Instinx AI-assisted workflow tool, making it the first hospital in Wales and the first private hospital in the UK to benefit from Canon Medical Systems’ most advanced […]

Compleo Health has taken another significant step forward with the delivery of the first contract in Wales, continuing to support healthcare providers with state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging solutions. As part of this new collaboration, a Siemens Magnetom Sola MRI relocatable system has been installed at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli. This cutting-edge technology is set to play a key […]

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has renewed its seven-year managed equipment service (MES) contract with Canon Medical Systems UK for a third term to 2031, in order to provide patient support and clinical continuity for diagnostic ultrasound systems. The ultrasound leadership team in radiology was instrumental in leading the health board-wide tender process that involved extensive […]