The Welsh Institute of Chiropractic (WIOC), an outpatient clinic within the University of South Wales recently acquired an Aplio 400 ultrasound system, which was delivered with Panoramic and SMI software. The Institute selected Canon Medical for its good reputation, reliability and the local support it provides.

 

Alison McBride, member of the  at WIOC MSK ultrasound team said, “It is an exciting development for us at the Chiropractic Institute as we are expanding our MSK ultrasound service to enable us to provide post-graduate clinical placement opportunities for those trying to fulfil course requirements. The WIOC provides a multi-disciplinary holistic approach to dealing with MSK problems and the ultrasound department is an essential part of the service.”

 

The WIOC is chiropractic training centre which is fully integrated within the University of South Wales. The outpatient clinic was purpose built in 2000 to allow the fourth year student clinicians on the Master of Chiropractic degree to undertake their clinical training. It offers a wide range of healthcare services to the community including chiropractic care, rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging.

 

The Aplio series is Canon’s premium system for general imaging and comes with advanced imaging and productivity features to satisfy the most robust requirements and boost efficiency. The Aplio 400 at the WIOC comes with Panoramic View SMI, which complements colour Doppler techniques in visualising small micro-vasculature.

 

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Shown left to right: Erica Oliver, Ultrasound Applications Specialist, Canon Medical; Dr. Roger Denton, Sports Physician, Dr. Alf Turner, Programme Leader and Alison McBride, Course Organiser, Senior Lecturer/Sonographer

 

Canon Medical offers a full range of diagnostic medical imaging solutions including CT, X-Ray, ultrasound and MR, across the globe.  As of December 2016, Canon Medical became a member of the Canon Group.  In line with our continued Made for Life philosophy, patients are at the heart of everything we do.  Our mission is to provide medical professionals with solutions that support their efforts in contributing to the health and wellbeing of patients worldwide so that together our industry-leading solutions deliver an enriched quality of life.

 

Canon Medical Systems has a carbon-zero project in place.   We have calculated the carbon footprint for each of our products to include manufacturing, shipping, delivery and average hospital energy used for the standard lifetime of the equipment as follows:

Ultrasound equates to 1 stove and 3,415 litres of water

Canon Medical recently took its highly successful low dose road show over to Northern Ireland, where it was held over two consecutive days at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey. A total of twenty-nine radiographers attended across the two days, the events being free for Canon customers, with the level of experience varying from a month to over thirty years.   Delegates all enjoyed the programme and are looking forward to further events in Northern Ireland.

 

The aims of the event were to build on the success of the low dose road shows previously run by the Canon Medical UK CT applications team. Northern Ireland is a new part of Canon Medical UK’s business, and educational events have previously not been held there for Canon users. These events are a useful tool for customers to understand how the systems function, as well as informing delegates about Canon equipment, introduce more detail as to how it works, and also to provide a practical demonstration of the software in action. The emphasis is on how the technologies influence image quality and dose, providing information to assist delegates in optimising their equipment in the clinical environment.

 

New Canon technologies were also discussed in relation to enhanced image quality and low doses, including SEMAR, SURESubtraction, FIRST and other Canon unique software. Low dose Cardiac CT was also covered, looking at the challenges presented in cardiac CT and how they can be overcome.

 

The final presentation, “What is displayed”, looked at how dose is measured, how effective dose is calculated and what dose information should be displayed on the scanners.

 

Comments on the two days ranged from “Presentations were excellent; lecturers were obviously well-educated and confident in the field”, to “Very beneficial event – extremely well organised. It was very helpful to get CT radiography staff thinking about their scanner/operator techniques, rather than just rolling through the motions.  Many thanks!” 

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Shown here: Group photo of delegates and speakers

Canon Medical  has a carbon-zero project in place.  We have calculated the carbon footprint for each of our products to include manufacturing, shipping, delivery and average hospital energy used for the standard lifetime of the equipment as follows:

Ultrasound equates to 1 stove and 3,415 litres of water

New maternity ultrasound imaging service based in Oban provides much anticipated local service for mothers-to-be

 Canon Medical has partnered with Lorn and Islands Hospital to launch a new maternity scanning service for expectant mothers across the region. Sonographers at the hospital will use a Canon Aplio™ 400 ultrasound system and three probes to launch an expert and convenient local service for mothers-to-be.

Based at the Lorn and Islands Hospital in Oban, the service will cover Argyll and Bute and surrounding areas, as well as Mull and Tiree islands, with over 350 expectant mothers every year having access to a first-class maternity scanning service, which includes dating scans, Down’s syndrome screening, detailed anomaly scans and growth scans.

Lead sonographer, Helen Payne, says the Lorn and Islands service will make it much easier for local expectant mothers to get necessary scans. “Until this new local service was launched patients had to spend anywhere between two and a half to four hours travelling to Glasgow for their scans.”

 The launch of the new maternity scanning service comes after months of teamwork and collaboration between midwives, sonographers, radiology and hospital management and the service’s imaging partner, Canon Medical.

The sonography team has enjoyed help and input from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Glasgow and NHS Highland, as well as invaluable logistics and IT support from St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The service will use Canon Medical’s Aplio 400 ultrasound scanner and a high frequency probe for nuchal scans that produces exceptional image quality and accuracy for obstetrics imaging. Canon’s unique Advanced Dynamic Flow provides unparalleled colour imaging of blood through the foetal heart.

Helen Payne adds, “The imaging equipment is of the highest quality and the training and applications development work has been impressive   Canon has effectively worked with us to help design and deliver a first-class imaging service for the Argyll and Bute area.”

 Ergonomically designed with a fully customisable console, the scanner helps ensure every examination has an optimal result, providing the sonographers with unsurpassed image quality and superior productivity.

Mark Hitchman, UK Managing Director for Canon Medical says, “We are delighted to partner with Lorn and Islands Hospital to design and deliver a maternity scanning service. It’s exciting to know that specialist imaging equipment, operated by highly trained sonographers, is now easily accessible for mothers-to-be in the region.”

 

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Shown here, right to left, Tracey Bellas, Ultrasound Specialist, Canon Medical; Mark Nichols, Radiology Department Manager; Scott Couper, Ultrasound Sales Specialist, Canon Medical; Becky Brown, Midwife Sonographer and Helen Payne, Sonographer.    Seated in front is Jaki Lambert, Consultant Midwife

Canon Medical offers a full range of diagnostic medical imaging solutions including ultrasound, CT, X-ray and MR, across the globe.   As from December 2016, Canon Medical became a member of the Canon Group.   In line with our continued Made for Life philosophy, patients are at the heart of everything we do.  Our mission is to provid4e medical professionals with solutions that support their efforts in contributing to the health and well being of patients worldwide, so that together our industry-leading solutions deliver an enriched quality of life.

Canon Medical Systems has a carbon-zero project in place.   We have calculated the carbon footprint for each of our products to include manufacturing, shipping, delivery and average hospital energy used for the standard lifetime of the equipment as follows:

Ultrasound equates to 1 stove and 3,415 litres of water

 

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