The Women’s & Children’s Department at Hull Royal Infirmary recently acquired five new Canon ultrasound systems. The Department purchased four Aplio 500 scanners and one Xario 200 machine. The four Aplio 500s replaced aged Canon systems.
The Canon equipment was chosen for its high image quality, ergonomics and manoeuvrability. Dr. Anne-Marie Coady, Consultant Radiologist and Lead for Obstetrics & Gynaecological Ultrasound says, “We have been using Canon equipment here in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Women &Children’s Hospital, Hull for almost fifteen years and we have always found the equipment to be very well suited to all aspects of women’s health imaging. The advances in technology have always been at the forefront of imaging and the company has always been very supportive to the ever-evolving needs of a very busy, modern obstetric and gynaecology department.”
Continuing, Dr. Coady comments, “The equipment is user-friendly and meets all the ergonomic requirements needed to keep pace with the increasingly demanding workload encountered by ultrasound departments. The support during installation of all the new equipment has always been exemplary, but the after sales support and attention is amongst the best we have encountered; nothing has been too much for the application specialists assigned to Hull. Canon has also been enormously supportive of ultrasound educational courses.”
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.
Smaller, smarter and simpler, the Xario 200 comes with outstanding image quality and superior workflow in an easy-to-handle, compact scanner.
Shown here (left to right, standing) Pam Jennings, Receptionist; Louise Gibson and Catriona Watt, Sonographers; Dr, Anne-Marie Coady, Consultant Radiologist; Lauren Turney, Receptionist; Emily Coulson, Sonographer; Louise Higgins, Ultrasound Applications Specialist, Canon Medical Systems; Charlotte Collier and Emily McHugh, Student Radiographers; Heidi Roche, Receptionist; Ann Brown Sonographer; Eileen Williamson, Support Worker, and Chris Harrison, Lead Sonographer in Obstetrics
Kneeling in front, left to right, Vicky Elvin, Support Worker; Shauna Smith, Student Radiographer and Margaret Mullaney, Sonographer
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