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News Release from: Omniflex (UK) | Subject: Maxiflex alarm system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 January 2006
Omniflex provides radiation alerts at
brain centre
When Cambridge University wanted to protect staff and patients from accidental radiation leaks at its Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, it chose Omniflex for engineering support and array of alarms.
When Cambridge University wanted to protect staff and patients from the hazards associated with accidental radiation leaks at its Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC), it chose Omniflex for its engineering support, array of alarms and ability to interface with the widest range of monitors The WBIC is a research facility attached directly to the Addenbrooke Hospital Neuro Critical Care Unit and dedicated to imaging functions in the injured human brain using positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The WBIC needed to specify a centralised environmental monitoring system for the PET facility.
Omniflex provided a Maxiflex based distributed environmental alarm system connected to existing radiation monitoring equipment to provide cover in all important areas of the facility.
Monitoring is done centrally in the facility on a computer screen.
Features include: presentation of reliable real-time data from a network of distributed, personnel and environmental radiation monitors, in a format everyone can understand and in relevant locations; the storage of real-time data in a database providing a continuous record for compliance purposes; access to the database on request to demonstrate compliance; through the comprehensive array of alarms, the system safeguards against inadvertent or accidental infringement of statutory regulations governing the management of the release of gaseous radionuclides to the environment; summarised daily reports automatically generated; and future site environmental monitoring development catered for by interfacing with spare data acquisition channels and connections or by fitting additional Omniflex modules without major disturbance of the existing system.
Paul Burke, Cyclotron Engineer for WBIC, said: "I really appreciate the way the Omniflex engineers were so instrumental in turning my ideas (somewhat woolly in certain areas) into a working system".
"Throughout the development phase, they maintained a close working relationship with us and took great pains to ensure the final package was exactly tailored to our needs". Request a free brochure from Omniflex (UK) ...
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