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St. Luke’s Radiology first to try out Planmed Verity®
Extremity 3D Scanner in the UK
Planmed Verity has Planmed Verity® Extremity Scanner subtle extremity fractures, such as those
a CE mark and FDA raised remarkable interest at UKRC of the scaphoid, on the patient’s first visit.
clearance . 2012, the largest diagnostic imaging event Its CBCT technology, using a flat panel
in the U.K., held in June 2012 in Manchester. detector, enables the system to use a
As a result, Planmed partner Xograph significantly lower radiation dose – just
Healthcare installed the first Planmed one-tenth of that of a conventional multi-
Verity mobile extremity CT scanner at St. detector CT (MDCT) scanner.
Luke’s Hospital in Headington, Oxford.
The unique motorised gantry rotation
This state-of-the-art CBCT scanner is also allows weight-bearing imaging of the
set to revolutionise extremity CT imaging, lower limb, which is extremely useful when
bringing 3D imaging into emergency examining the knee and ankle.
departments, orthopaedic clinics, sports
injury, and trauma centres for fast diagnoses St. Luke’s Radiology
at the point-of-care.
St. Luke’s Radiology is an independent
The Planmed Verity ’s ultra-high radiology and orthopaedic medicine
resolution capability allows it to display practice with a spine intervention service
and a sports medicine service. It is also
a substantial teaching practice running
national and international courses.
