Royal Oldham Hospital upgrades imaging department with innovative
MRI
26 Oct 2010
The Royal Oldham Hospital, part of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust in northern England, has upgraded its imaging department to offer
patients quicker scanning times following the installation of a Magnetom
Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI from Siemens Healthcare.
The system replaces an old scanner and will increase the range of
clinical applications the hospital can provide.
Patients living in Oldham will no longer have to make the journey
to Rochdale Infirmary and Birch Hill Hospital or North Manchester
General Hospital to receive advanced MRI scans. The hospital expects
up to 4,500 patients a year to benefit from the installation as it
will be used for a range of examinations including general whole
body scans, breast imaging, vascular imaging and potentially
orthopaedic and neurological presentations.
The Magnetom Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI at the Royal
Oldham Hospital. (Left to right): Sue Clegg, Senior Radiographer;
Andrew Green, Radiology Superintendent; and Dr. Samy Jeyagopal, Site
Lead for Radiology.
“The Avanto is one of the world’s leading systems in its class
and our radiography staff have all commented that its speed will
allow us to undertake more examinations,” said Dr Samy Jeyagopal,
Site Lead for Radiology at The Royal Oldham Hospital. “We are
already increasing the number of patients scanned and the image
quality is outstanding. This means patients will receive a more
accurate and quicker diagnosis, which will lead to faster treatment
and follow up procedures.”
“The Avanto’s fast image acquisition and excellent quality will
help speed up diagnosis and allow The Royal Oldham Hospital to scan
more patients,” said John Brady, Regional Sales Manager at Siemens
Healthcare. “We are delighted that with the system in place patients
in the community will no longer have to travel further afield for
MRI scans.”
The Royal Oldham Hospital has also installed an Acuson S2000
ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare for its imaging in
musculoskeletal examinations.