Aintree Hospital recently acquired a Canon Aquilion PRIME CT scanner. The new equipment is an additional system to three other Canon CT systems at the hospital, and is located in the new major trauma centre that treats in excess of 80,000 patients per year.
Kate Hughes, CT Manager, comments, “We already have three Canon scanners and we know they are very reliable machines with a very comprehensive after-sales service. Also being familiar with the functions reduced the training period, and Canon understood our needs throughout the procurement process. We like the speed, reliability and ease-of-use of the new system, key requirements for equipment in an A&E department.”
The Aquilion PRIME is the ideal CT scanner for a busy A&E department that needs to provide instant access to a wide variety of examinations. The system has a wide bore, bariatric couch and high output generator to ensure that all patients can be scanned comfortably and without compromise. The inclusion of lateral couch movement ensures that minimal patient movement is required to achieve perfect positioning.
In an environment where time is of the essence, InstaView, Canon’s instantaneous image reconstruction and review software enables immediate image review, allowing for critical decisions to be made. Intuitive, structured workflow ensures rapid scanning which along with the integration of Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction (AIDR 3D Enhanced) the patient dose can be lowered by up to 75 percent compared to conventional scan techniques.
The scanner had a wide array of advanced packages to ensure all clinical scenarios are covered including SURECardio; wide volume brain perfusion and variable helical pitch.
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Shown here, left to right, Dr Suzanne Amin, Consultant Radiologist; Dr Erica Thwaite, Consultant Radiologist; Karen Irwin, CSI Manager; Kate Hughes, CT Manager; Kathy Porritt, Radiographer; Dr Aldo Camenzuli, Consultant Interventional Radiologist; Ray Smith, Radiographer; Graham King, Account Executive CT/MR/XR, Canon Medical Systems and Dr Rebecca Hanlon, Radiology Clinical Director
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:
CT equates to 12 stoves and 48,365 litres of water