Making cardiac MRI faster
In progress
17/06/2024
South East
Diagnostic
Awarded amount: £246,174
Grant scheme: NET
Institution: Imperial College London
Principle Investigator: Dr Sonia Nielles-Vallespin
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.
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