North West Veterinary Specialists Invest More Than £1 Million Into Efficient Care With A New High-Tech MRI Scanner

NWVS Invests More Than £1 Million Into Efficient Care With A New Hi-Tech MRI Scanner

NWVS Imaging and Anaesthesia teams with the new state-of-the-art MRI scanner. From left, Joanna Raszplewicz, Mary Tonge, Emma Coogan, Marius Conradie, Annette Kerrins, Heather Challinor, and Casey Halpin-Parr (Credit: Supplied/Image was provided to The Liverpudlian to share, courtesy of the Publicist on behalf of their client. We make no claim to this content).

A specialist veterinary hospital in the North West has invested more than £1 million in a state-of-the-art MRI scanner.

The Philips BlueSeal MR 5300 will further help Linnaeus-owned North West Veterinary Specialists (NWVS) offer more targeted and effective clinical care for all pets referred to the practice in Sutton Weaver, Runcorn which is situated in the Liverpool City Region.

Hospital Manager Jenny Pearson explained that the new scanner, together with the dedicated NWVS diagnostic imaging team, will enable the practice to see more patients and deliver quicker and more accurate results to support diagnosis.

“Every patient is unique and this new scanner will help us deliver effective, personalised and targeted care." - Jenny Pearson, NWVS Hospital Manager.

Jenny Pearson, NWVS Hospital Manager, said: “A large proportion of our patients will require some form of diagnostic imaging to help diagnose their specific problems and plan their treatment."

She added: “Every patient is unique and this new scanner will help us deliver effective, personalised and targeted care."

Jenny, said: “It is very user-friendly as it incorporates a wealth of AI-driven technologies to simplify and automate the most complex clinical and operational tasks."

She said: “It is also easy to position around the patient for comfort and produces high-quality, high-resolution imaging which is essential when visualising the smaller anatomies."

Jenny added: “This significant investment will help us meet the rising demand for imaging, enabling us to diagnose an increasing number of clinically challenging cases accurately, efficiently and cost-effectively.”

[The new tech] also means we can perform MRI on large breed dogs without sacrificing the image resolution.” - Luca Motta, Head of Neurology at NWVS.

Luca Motta, Head of Neurology at NWVS, added: “This high-field MRI scanner gives a higher signal-to-noise ratio, leading to superior image resolution and also shorter scan times when compared to a low-field machine."

Luca added: “In addition, thanks to the new software we can run sequences which we could not carry out on the previous low-field MRI. It also means we can perform MRI on large breed dogs without sacrificing the image resolution.”

The new scanner is the latest acquisition in the hospital’s diagnostic imaging suite. NWVS has also invested in a Toshiba Aquilion Lightning 16-row helical CT scanner, a Siemens CIOS connect fluoroscopy unit and an Esaote Veterinary Mylab Eight eXP ultrasound machine in recent years.

For more information on NWVS, visit the Northwest Veterinary Specialists website or alternatively, you can visit their social media profiles.