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…

April 30th, 2025 – Presentation at Nordic Society for Phenomenology From April 28-30, in Odense, phenomenologists gathered to talk a range of topics, including vaccine hesitancy, the impact of AI, experiences of autism, and therapeutic relationships in psychoanalytic treatment settings. Irene Groenevelt, who is currently a postdoc in the V|LF-Spiro3D…

April 8, 2025 – Seminar 12 -Precision Medicine, AI and Longitudinal Monitoring On April 8th, 2025, V|LF-Spiro3D had the pleasure of hosting a new dissemination seminar led by Maria Vakalopoulou, entitled “Precision Medicine, AI and Longitudinal Modeling.” The talk focused on the latest advances in the application of artificial intelligence to…

March 27th, 2025 – V|LF-Spiro3D at SFRMBM 2025 – Saint-Malo V|LF-Spiro3D at SFRMBM 2025: A Vibrant exchange of research and innovation From March 24th to 27th, 2025, numerous partners from the V|LF-Spiro3D project took part in the SFRMBM 2025 congress held in the beautiful coastal town of Saint-Malo, France. The event…

February 20th, 2025 – AMT and BioMaps workshop on low fields The BioMaps team spent a few days visiting the AMT team’s facilities at the University of Aberdeen. The programme included a visit to their new facilities with their various scanners and a workshop on low-field MRI (sequences, image reconstruction, RF and detection electronics). The…

February 10th, 2024 – Timothée Caussin – PhD student at UPSaclay Hello everyone, My name is Timothée Caussin, and I have recently started a PhD at the BioMaps (UPSaclay) laboratory, focusing on low-field MRI spirometry. My research aims at leveraging the advantages of low-field MRI for lung imaging and at…

January 28, 2024 – Seminar 11 – The Physiologic Basis of Spirometry On January 28, 2025, V|LF-Spiro3D had the pleasure of hosting the seminar “The Physiologic Basis of Spirometry”, presented by Prof. Pierantonio Laveneziana from Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière – Sorbonne Université. The event took place at BioMaps – UPSaclay, with attendees joining both in…

November 26, 2024 – First COPD patient at La Pitié On November 26th, 2024, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital marked a significant milestone with the first successful use of the 3D Spiro sequence in MRI for a patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The patient’s day began at 9 a.m. with an MRI…

December 18, 2024 – Newsletter #2 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 ADVANCER…