Glasgow,UK: The University of Glasgow, in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, will take delivery of Scotland’s first ultra-powerful 17.5 tonne 7 Tesla (7T) MRI scanner at the new Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) on the site of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), on Sunday 27 November at 10am.
The new ultra-high resolution scanner – one of the world’s most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines– is also the first scanner of its kind in the UK to be located in a clinical setting.
The £10m 7T MRI scanner will be used to advance critical clinical research and will allow scientists and clinicians to study the human body in greater resolution than ever before, ultimately benefitting patients. The 7T MRI scanner will offer researchers the opportunity to learn more about a host of health conditions, initially focusing on brain imaging to look at conditions such as small blood vessel diseases, stroke, dementia, brain tumours, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Disease, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.
