In another first for Green Radiology, the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and Siemens Healthineers have shown how using sustainable strategies for device delivery can substantially reduce greenhouse gas production in the medical imaging community. Supply chain carbon emissions, together with device manufacturing and operation, represent the largest contributors to carbon emissions in medical imaging.
In mid-July, the department received a Siemens MAGNETOM Sola 1.5T MRI system, delivered from Germany to our China Basin Landing site in San Francisco using a combination of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and short road transportation for an optimal mix of speed and sustainability. The scanner has been in use for clinical patients since early September.
Alastair Martin, PhD, who leads Capital Projects for UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, partnered with…
