Assessment of the Meditech Euroscanner for clinical use

In April 1983, Prototype I of the Meditech Whole Body CT Scanner (Euroscanner) was installed at Frenchay Hospital as part of a Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) trial to assess its function and reliability. After a few months usage, several modifications were made to the machine. The official trial therefore commenced on Prototype II in the middle of January 1984 and lasted until the end of July 1984. During that time a planned changeover took place in the Neuroradiological Department, with the replacement of a ten-year-old EMI 1010 head scanner by an IGE 8800. This meant that from the beginning of May until the end of July, the Meditech Scanner was the only available CT scanner in a busy Regional Department with District Hospital commitments as well. This paper provides a summary of the clinical experiences resulting from the use of the machine, and is a rider to that in which Greensmith et al (1985) describe the physical properties of the machine.