Siemens installs fluoro, x-ray systems at U.K. pediatric hospital

Siemens Healthcare has installed its interventional imaging system and combined fluoroscopy and radiography unit at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in England.

The Artis zee multipurpose interventional system will be used for angiograms, venous and barium studies and the Luminos dRF for fluoroscopy and radiography will be used as a screening facility for barium studies when the Artis zee imaging system is in use, stated the Malvern, Pa.-based company.     

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