Kingston Hospital installs Siemens interventional imaging system
6 January 2009
The radiology department at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust in southern
England has installed a Siemens Artis zee MP interventional imaging
system.
The new equipment was selected primarily for peripheral angiography
and angioplasty procedures. However its advanced imaging capabilities
mean that it will also be used for testicular vein and uterine artery
embolisation, vertebroplasty, renal and hepatobiliary work.
The advanced imaging capabilities and flexibility of the Artis zee
have improved patient throughput, making it possible to do three
angiograms in the time it previously took to do two. This means
staff can organise their days more efficiently and the department has
capacity for a greater number of patients. It has also allowed the
Radiology Department to offer new services, including Hickman Line
insertions.
Clinicians have identified two radiation-reducing features as
excellent benefits of the Artis zee. Careposition allows
radiographers to accurately position the patient without using radiation
by means of last image hold and virtual positioning. Carevision
enables the use of using pulsed fluoroscopy as low as 0.5p/s, as opposed
to continuous screening. Both features significantly reduce the
radiation dose without detracting from the high quality of images
delivered.
“The system provides images of a very high standard incredibly
quickly, while submitting the patient to significantly less dose,” said
Amanda Kenevin, Superintendent Radiographer at Kingston Hospital.
“The system is very user friendly and post processing is excellent,
especially during angiography — just what a radiographer requires.”
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