Thinking Inside the Box: Fairford Medical’s CT Scanbox

The latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2018’, has highlighted the severe lack of provision of imaging equipment in the United Kingdom, and in turn indicates a real concern for the countries’ medical imaging sector. Interestingly in this report, the United Kingdom is labelled as […]

THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: FAIRFORD MEDICAL’S CT SCANBOX

The latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2018’, has highlighted the severe lack of provision of imaging equipment in the United Kingdom, and in turn indicates a real concern for the countries’ medical imaging sector. Interestingly in this report, the United Kingdom is labelled as […]

The ukio conference in liverpool this week focuses on imaging and oncology, so we take a fresh look at the need and benefits of lung cancer screening with low dose ct

Whilst the last decade has seen a number of advances in surgical, radiotherapeutic, and chemotherapeutic methods of treatment, lung cancer remains one of the most serious and difficult to treat diseases we face. Unfortunately, when lung cancer is diagnosed, 55 per cent of patients will already have metastatic disease – meaning the cancer has spread […]

Can Brain Differences Be Negatively Affecting Your Health?

What if the structure of your brain was causing problems with your physical health or vice versa? This is the question that researchers from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands set out to answer in their study that harnessed sophisticated MRI technology to assess the link between the brain and the body. To investigate […]

5 Medtech Pioneers

From innovative diagnostic methods and cutting-edge imaging techniques to mobile apps for monitoring health and wellbeing, the digital age has given way to a new era in healthcare. Thanks to vast developments in the field of medical science and technology coupled with an influx of funding from eager investors, MedTech has quickly become one of […]

The Team Behind A Medical Imaging Machine

As advances in artificial intelligence, automation and IoT begin to materialise and find their way in to modern medical practice, the question as to whether technology can replace humans in the provision of healthcare is raised once more. For existing radiologists, fear of the future and the technological developments it holds is not uncommon. The […]

What Are The Challenges Of Gaining Regulatory Approval And How Can You Overcome Them?

As the MedTech sector continues to enjoy exponential growth across Europe and the US, the list of cutting edge healthcare solutions is rapidly expanding by the day. In fact, according to the most recent report from the European Patent Office (EPO), medical technology was the most popular patent filing category of 2018, with 13,795 filings […]

How Is Ai Changing Medical Imaging?

Confirmed through countless studies, the potential that artificial intelligence holds in enhancing patient outcomes is no secret. With the ability to analyse immense swathes of data-sets and extract meaningful insights, the practice of radiology and pathology are set to benefit from the continuation in development of AI-based medical imaging solutions. Until now, however, no roadmap […]

Why Do We Need An Mri Machine?

Medical Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines play a critical role in modern healthcare – so much so, in fact, that most of us take for granted the capabilities they provide to hospitals and healthcare facilities across the world. With its ability to map the internal organs and functioning of the human body without the use of […]

The Difference Between Veterinary And Human Medical Imaging

From X-Rays and CT scans to ultrasound and MRI, medical imaging takes the centre stage in the modern healthcare landscape; the role it plays in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of illnesses and injuries making it hard to imagine a time in which we weren’t reliant on such technology for clinical analysis […]