Upgrade to MR aids active surveillance in prostate cancer
Paul Strickland Scanner Centre fundraising manager Rina Rawal, MRI superintendent radiographer Linda Culver, consultant radiologist and professor of cancer imaging Professor Anwar Padhani and Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager Andreas Hadjiphanis.
Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, an independent medical charity based at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, has upgraded its MR system to the UK’s first Magnetom Prismafit. Provided by Siemens Healthcare, the upgrade is part of wider improvements at the centre to increase throughput and reduce patient waiting times.
The charity will use the high specification system for the assessment of next generation anti-cancer treatments designed to improve life expectancy and quality.
“The upgraded system is imaging between 12 and 15 patients per day,” said consultant radiologist and professor of cancer imaging Professor Anwar Padhani. “Although we are using the Prismafit for all sorts of procedures such as oncological, brain and spinal imaging, the technology has been particularly valuable to our prostate cancer work.”
See the full report on page 20 of the April 2015 issue of RAD Magazine.
