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 […]