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Leeds Children's Hospital Opts for Ultimax-i for Paediatric Precision
Leeds Children’s Hospital has successfully gone live with the new Ultimax-I from Canon Medical Systems UK. Emily Keyte, Radiology Team Manager.
Transition to new radiography/fluoroscopy system cited as ‘easy’.
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The precision of paediatric fluoroscopy examinations at Leeds Children’s Hospital, one of the UK’s largest specialist hospitals for children from birth to young adults, has been enhanced by the installation of a new multi-directional C-arm from Canon Medical Systems UK. The Ultimax-i replaced an end-of-life system from a different vendor and has delivered upgraded and diverse functionality for a range of paediatric examinations.
Emily Keyte, Radiology Team Manager for General and Paediatric Radiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust states, “The Ultimax-i is a valuable new addition to our range of diagnostic imaging tools serving patient referrals from across Yorkshire. It is predominantly used for paediatric fluoroscopy examinations which include contrast swallows, micturating cystograms and non-GA paediatric interventional examinations. Its light-beam diaphragm functionality is key for us, ensuring precision in centring and collimation for our paediatric patients. The new ability to do ‘Fluro Loops’ allows us to review and store dynamic fluoroscopy sequences directly through PACS to support regional video fluoroscopy services.
The precision of paediatric fluoroscopy examinations at Leeds Children’s Hospital has been enhanced by the installation of a new multi-directional Ultimax-i from Canon Medical Systems UK. Pictured L to R: Dr Imran Kasli, Paediatric Consultant Radiologist, Emily Keyte, Radiology Team Manager, Ruth Rowe, Canon Account Manager, Dan Brearley, Canon Clinical Applications Specialist, Sophie Hardy, Radiographer and Daisy Barker, Radiographer.
Optimum image quality
The virtual collimation on the Ultimax-i provides optimum image quality and dose limitation. It comes as part of the DoseRite suite of dose management technologies designed to minimise patient X-ray exposure at the same time as maintaining optimum image quality. The large flat panel detector generates 4 field-of-view levels, fine pixel pitch and high signal-to-noise ratio whilst ensuring low-dose patient coverage and high-resolution imaging for improved visualisation. Emily Keyte continues, “In addition to refreshing our fluoroscopy and radiography capabilities with the Ultimax-i, Canon Medical UK worked in partnership with our wider team on the room re-modelling. This included the introduction of comforting sensory lights to provide a calm, ambient environment for patient examinations of all ages. Furthermore, the training provided by Canon Medical UK on the new system was great – it was easy to understand and is an intuitive system to use." Ruth Rowe, Account Manager at Canon Medical Systems UK adds, “It is really pleasing to hear that the Leeds Children’s Hospital team has transitioned easily to Canon Medical UK having worked with a different system for many years. It is our aim to deliver innovative new functionality smoothly and instantly to benefit patients receiving treatment, and for the staff operating the systems. Our proven mix of in-person apps training and online knowledge accessed through the Medical Imaging Academy is part of this successful handover process.” //
