The Innovation Lecture 2020

Scotland has acquired one of the world’s most-powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines for clinical research. The University of Glasgow, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Siemens, the scanner manufacturer, have joined forces to bring to Glasgow a 7 Tesla (T) ultra-high-resolution scanner. Conventional MRI systems operate at 1.5T or 3T.

The 7T scanner is installed in the Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) at the Queen Elizabeth University hospital in Glasgow.

This online webinar lecture describes the technical developments that are underway in Glasgow to address these issues and, more generally, to exploit the enormous potential of 7T MRI in diagnostic neuroimaging.

Professor David Porter is a physicist specialising in magnetic resonance imaging particularly of the human brain. At 7 Tesla, this MRI scanner presents a wealth of opportunities to push back the boundaries of knowledge and innovation, but it also presents significant technical challenges. Challenges arising at this higher field strength from shorter radiofrequency wavelength leads to poor uniformity and signal loss in some brain regions, preventing the routine use of 7T MRI in clinical applications. A further challenge is the increased sensitivity of the imaging process to any patient motion during scans as the spatial resolution is improved.

Professor David Porter is a physicist specialising in magnetic resonance imaging particularly of the human brain. At 7 Tesla, this MRI scanner presents a wealth of opportunities to push back the boundaries of knowledge and innovation, but it also presents significant technical challenges. Challenges arising at this higher field strength from shorter radiofrequency wavelength leads to poor uniformity and signal loss in some brain regions, preventing the routine use of 7T MRI in clinical applications. A further challenge is the increased sensitivity of the imaging process to any patient motion during scans as the spatial resolution is improved.

You can log on from 5:45pm  We will close at 8pm. The event is free but you do need to register through Eventbrite by clicking https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/engineering-scotland-innovation-lecture-2020-registration-124214519973

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