Part of the University Hospitals of Leicester choses instruments for general ultrasound work including guided biopsies, drain insertions, small parts and musculoskeletal examinations
Glenfields Hospital, part of the University Hospitals of Leicester, has chosen two new HDI 5000 instruments from Philips Ultrasound for all its general ultrasound work including guided biopsies, drain insertions, small parts and musculoskeletal examinations.
Alison Rathod, senior 1 radiographer in the radiology department, explained: "One of the new systems has a number of additional imaging tools, including SonoCT, Xres, and Panoramic Imaging.
Xres smooths the image both during scanning and for post processing.
It gives excellent images in musculoskeletal work, for which there is an increasing demand.
It is also ideal for examinations of bowel and for looking at liver texture.
The Panoramic Imaging function is particularly useful for looking at thyroids or limbs.
As you scan across the area it builds up the image sections to show the whole structure which isn't possible with general scanning." "After assessing several instruments, we decided on the HDI 5000s because the image quality is superior and many of us were already familiar with Philips ultrasound equipment.
We also find the applications specialists and service engineers friendly and helpful."
