The Ultrasound Department at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, which is run by Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust, recently acquired two Canon Aplio 500 ultrasound systems.
The Canon equipment was chosen for its high image quality, ergonomics and manoeuvrability. Beverley Evans, Head of Ultrasound at Grimsby Hospital, “The addition of the two Canon Aplio 500 ultrasound machines to our current departmental facilities will allow us to provide improved image quality. Vascular and MSK imaging will benefit especially from this improvement in image quality, thus allowing the Trust to continue to offer our patients a first class service. In addition to the improved quality, the systems were also chosen for their excellent ergonomic design and are very user friendly, thus ensuring safe working conditions for the staff as well.”
Canon’s Aplio 500 delivers high quality performance. Based on its innovative High Density Architecture, users can obtain clinical images of exceptional resolution and detail. Canon’s unique iStyleTM productivity suite offers a full host of technologies, providing ergonomic relief by reducing keystrokes, improving workflow and raising the consistency of exams. A smaller, lighter form gives great manoeuvrability while the fully configurable console and intelligent workflow support functions enable fast exams and productivity.
With features such as QuickScan, greater consistency in exams can be achieved by ensuring that superb image quality is the benchmark at all times. With a simple push of a button, the user can automatically optimise image quality in 2D and spectral Doppler modes with acoustic precision while suppressing unnecessary noise and clutter in echo-weak regions.
Shown here (left to right) Emma Roberts, Advanced Health Care Assistant; Cara Duffy-White, Angela Cliff and Liz Bowles, Advanced Practitioner Sonographers; Oby Odunsi-Gibson, Student Sonographer; Beverley Evans, Head of Ultrasound at Grimsby Hospital; Nick Church, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer; Louise Higgins, Ultrasound Applications Specialist, Canon Medical Systems and Gale Kerr, Advanced Health Care Assistant
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