Further purchase of ultrasound system, after a number of similar decisions in recent years
The South Durham Health Care NHS Trust has recently added a new HDI 5000 SonoCT system with Xres to a growing number of Philips Ultrasound systems it has purchased in the last six years. Christine McGrath, a superintendent in the radiology department at Darlington Memorial Hospital, explained: "We perform a wide variety of imaging including abdominal, gynaecology, breast, small parts, musculoskeletal, venous, arterial and obstetric ultrasound.
We therefore need a high end system which gives us diagnostic confidence." "After assessing several competitive systems, the HDI 5000 SonoCT came top in our tests again.
The quality of the images is quite outstanding, both in grayscale and colour.
The use of Sono CT makes the image quality far superior to anything else on the market at the moment.
The system is very easy to use with everything where you want it to be." Christine concluded: "The application specialists and engineers are also very good.
They are pleasant and friendly and there has been lots of follow up from them to check everything is okay.
I've attended a few Philips Ultrasound courses as well and have always found the staff to be extremely helpful."
