Western General Hospital installs Artis zee biplane system

Published: 3-Sep-2012

Enhanced image quality boosts neurological services at Scottish hospital

The Western General Hospital in Edinburgh has installed an Artis zee biplane system for neuro interventional and pain relief procedures.

Located in the angiography suite of the department of clinical neurology, the system extends the range of procedures the hospital can undertake due to its enhanced image quality and range of 3D applications, offering superior results in the diagnosis and treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and spinal vascular disease.

Supplied by Siemens Healthcare, the equipment also comes with the company’s syngo DynaCT solution, providing 3D soft tissue imaging directly within the interventional suite, virtually avoiding patient transfers to CT and greatly expanding diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities in neuroradiology. Other advanced features such as 3D Roadmapping capability with syngo iPilot facilitates efficient workflow during interventional procedures, providing more effective and faster guidance and potentially reducing the use of contrast agents and radiation dose. In addition, Siemens’ Parenchymal Blood Volume allows for quantitative measurements of brain blood volume to be undertaken with visualisation of the whole brain in 3D.

The hospital has also opted for a full-colour 56-inch medical-grade display that allows multiple inputs simultaneously, offering an integrated tableside control 8-megapixel resolution.

“The quality of images is superb and will help us operate a faster and safer department,” said Brian Innes, lead neuro-interventional radiographer at hospital. “The potential time savings for the future of our angiography suite are great and we are already benefiting. For example, we are able to follow up clipped aneurysm patients via IV injection using syngo DynaCT in 15 minutes, which used to require a day case admission. With greater diagnostic confidence from image quality and faster turnarounds the department will become more efficient.”

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