Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust recently in vested in Canon ultrasound, purchasing a total of five Aplio 500 systems, one for Todmorden Health Centre, to be used for a variety of exams and one for Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for the antenatal clinic. Calderdale Hospital took delivery of three systems, two for the antenatal clinic and the third scanner for the Gynaecology Assessment Clinic. Chosen for its high image quality, excellent uptime and Canon’s unique low flow colour technology (SMI), the new systems also come with Canon’s highly valued lifetime applications support.
Shown here, (photo: Calderdale20), back row, left to right, Louise Higgins, Applications Specialist Canon Medical Systems; Advanced Practitioner Sonographers: Tina Halstead, Lisa Bury, Ann Hampshire and John Sunderland. Kate Grayson, Team Lead in Ultrasound; Alina Robertshaw, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer; Jo Bertelsen, Account Manager, Canon Medical Systems and Nicola Longthorne, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer.
Seated in front: Lexi Hall-Lembo, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer; Samantha Ambler, Student Sonographer and Chris Bostock, Advanced Practitioner Sonographer
The Aplio 500 offers advanced performance that can be relied on day-after-day. Cost-effective, productive and versatile, it provides superior imaging with outstanding depth and detail. It comes with extra functionalities and increased image quality that will allow the users to scan patients in a faster time frame and is also equipped with a wide range of probes for use in scanning women in gynaecology and obstetrics, as well as 3D transvaginal capabilities.
Canon’s SMI (Superior Micro-vascular Imaging), which complements colour Doppler techniques in visualising small micro-vasculature. In addition, the Aplio 500 is also equipped with 3D packages. Both of these exciting technologies, along with the quick and easy-to-use functions of the system, improve the patient experience due to decreased scanning times and improved image quality.
Canon Medical Systems has a carbon-zero project in place. We have calculated the carbon footprint for each of our products to including manufacturing, shipping and 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