February 27, 2025 – Newsletter #4 We are pleased to share the latest progress across the V|LF-Spiro3D work packages, highlighting important scientific, technical, and interdisciplinary advances. WP1 – Clinical Implementation  The pediatric arm of the study is actively ongoing at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. To date, 30 patients have been included…

February 20th, 2026 – 0.55 T Free.Max inauguration On February 20th, Xavier Maître, scientific coordinator, presented V|LF-Spiro3D on the occasion of the inauguration of the 0.55 Free.Max, the newest addition to BioMaps (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INSERM, CNRS). This MRI represents a key tool for the development of V|LF-Spiro3D protocols, allowing us…

November 19th, 2025 – Welcome Meghan Metcalf!  Art-science at AMT My name is Meghan Metcalf, and I am a final year student at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. Currently studying Fine Art, I joined Gray’s in 2022 directly into stage two. Previously spending several years at the Northeast…

October 3, 2025 – Art-science breathing research at JFR 2025! In conjunction with the exhibition of Primary Intimacy of being in the entrance hall of Palais des Congrès, Paris, Xavier Maître was invited on the stage of Agora JFR to present long term art-science research on medical imaging and self…

September 30, 2025 – Seminar 15 – MR Lung Imaging 3D UTE Spiral VIBE prototype in primary immune deficiency disease. What other MR techniques? Opening mindsets and imaging the lungs with magnetic resonance. Starting with a thoughtful study of the 3D UTE Spiral VIBE prototype in primary immune deficiency disease,…

August 8, 2025 – First V|LF-Spiro3D publication – European Radiology Functional patterns of healthy human respiratory dynamics were ascertained by 3D MR spirometry as now published in European Radiology this month, on August 8th, 2025.  The challenge was not obvious. All of us breathe our own way. We all have a…

July 24, 2025 – Newsletter #3 Over the past few months, the V|LF-Spiro3D project has achieved significant milestones across various Work Packages. From advancing data collection and launching new recruitments to submitting key scientific contributions, the project continues to make strides in understanding and visualizing breathing dynamics. WP1 The first…

July 8, 2025 – Seminar 14 -Validating 3D MR Spirometryin chronic pediatric and adult pulmonary diseases On July 8, 2025, the V|LF-Spiro3D project hosted a scientific seminar titled “Validating 3D MR Spirometry in chronic pediatric and adult pulmonary diseases” at the BioMaps laboratory in Orsay, France, and online via Microsoft Teams.…

June 17, 2025 – First low-field MR images of free breathing lung presented to SINAPSE ASM 2025 At the SINAPSE ASM 2025 conference, Dr Nicholas Senn presented the first low-field MR images of free breathing lung obtained at AMT Center, University of Aberdeen. Nicholas presented his proffered abstract to the…

May 27, 2025 – Seminar 13 -From imaging dinosaurs to lungs at low field On May 27, 2025, Nicholas Senn (AMT) delivered a seminar titled “From Imaging Dinosaurs to Lungs at Low Field”, offering a compelling overview of his work over the past year on the V|LF-Spiro3D project. Nicholas Senn…