{"id":10534,"date":"2021-04-20T07:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/?p=10534"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:13:07","slug":"philips-installs-leading-digital-imaging-solutions-at-westmead-hospital-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/philips-installs-leading-digital-imaging-solutions-at-westmead-hospital-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Philips Installs Leading Digital Imaging Solutions at Westmead Hospital in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Royal Philips has announced the successful installation of its most advanced digital diagnostic and interventional neurovascular imaging solutions in the brand new Central Acute Services Building at Westmead Hospital (Sydney, Australia). Fast-tracked under the New South Wales (NSW) Government\u2019s COVID-19 response plan, this new state-of-the-art integrated health, education, and medical research facility features a new digital imaging enabled operating room and expanded imaging services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MR imaging during neurosurgery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centerpiece of a one billion Australian Dollar Westmead Health Precinct redevelopment project, the Central Acute Services Building is now equipped with Philips\u2019 most advanced medical imaging technology, including Australia\u2019s first two Philips Magnetic Resonance &#8211; Ingenia MR-OR &#8211; intraoperative systems. Part of a sterile dual-room concept that offers an operating suite directly connected to a scanning room, the MR-OR systems will provide MR imaging during neurosurgery. This will help enable closer collaboration between surgeons and radiologists, delivering greater speed, efficiency and clinical confidence. With up-to-date MR information at virtually any time during surgical procedures clinicians can make real-time adjustments to treatment during these procedure. For critical neuro cases such as stroke and acute trauma, where fast diagnosis and treatment are essential, these combined capabilities help to optimize patient outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10537 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210420a2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speed and accuracy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Central Acute Services Building installation also includes Philips Image Guided Therapy System &#8211; Azurion biplane -, allowing clinicians to perform an array of cardiac and vascular interventions. Specifically selected by Westmead Hospital\u2019s Interventional Neuro, Vascular and Surgical teams for its speed and accuracy in trauma care, this industry leading image-guided therapy platform allows clinicians to confidently perform procedures by offering them a superior user experience that lets them optimize lab performance and workflows to suit their personal preferences and make fast, informed decisions to provide superior care for their patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is very encouraging to see public health departments adopting technologies and workflows aligned to a more sustainable and robust healthcare future,\u201d said Matt Moran, Managing Director of Philips Australia and New Zealand. \u201cThe Westmead Health Precinct is a leading example of what is possible in terms of next-generation health delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westmead Health Precinct is one of the largest health, education, research and training providers in Australia. Staff and patients began relocating to the new facility in February, 2021, with both the adult and children\u2019s emergency departments now open to the public. In addition to Philips Magnetic Resonance \u2013 Ingenia MR-OR \u2013 and Image Guided Therapy System \u2013 Azurion biplane \u2013, Philips has also provided Westmead Hospital\u2019s Central Acute Services Building with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Image Guided Therapy System \u2013 Azurion FlexMove<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radiography \u2013 DigitalDiagnost C90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Image Guided Therapy Mobile Mobile C-arm System \u2013 Zenition 70<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile Radiography \u2013 MobileDiagnost wDR 2.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Philips has announced the successful installation of its most advanced digital diagnostic and interventional neurovascular imaging solutions in the brand new Central Acute Services Building at Westmead Hospital (Sydney, Australia). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,676,10],"tags":[759,57],"class_list":["post-10534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-imaging-diagnostics","category-strategic-development","tag-hospitals","tag-philips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24182,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10534\/revisions\/24182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}