Making cardiac MRI faster
Diagnostic
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is key in diagnosing a wide range of heart diseases, and whilst safe, they take a long time to do.
This makes them potentially uncomfortable for patients, especially children, and limits the number of scans that can be performed.
This project will use techniques called Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) to make CMR scans up to three times faster. Already used successfully in the brain, if these faster scans are specialised for the heart, it will not only reduce patient discomfort, but also mean more people have access to CMR scans when needed.
The development of a new AI-supported model for imaging the heart based on data from over 700 people with atrial fibrillation, allow ablation to be more personalised to individual patients.
Cardiac patches for heart repair
A trial for every patient
Personalised angina care
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