February 6, 2024 –First inclusion of asthma and COPD patients – As part of the gb-spiro3d protocol, we welcomed patients with asthma and COPD. The inclusion of patients with asthma and COPD is crucial, as our aim is to study the sensitivity of 3D MR spirometry to respiratory pathologies. On July 4,…

March 15, 2024 –VLF whole-body scanner installation in Aberdeen – After one full year of building renovation of the Biomedical Physics Building that hosted the very first human MRI scanner in the 1980s (Mark 1 -> link: https://www.ghat-art.org.uk/mark-1-the-worlds-first-whole-body-mri-scanner/), the AMT team was happy to start re-installing their very low-field MRI…

February 19, 2024 – SPIE Medical Imaging 2024 – Oral paper presentation on MRI data postprocessing in the framework of the V|LF-Spiro 3D project. The presentation wag given at the SPIE Medical Imaging conference, in San Diego, USA, on 19 February 2024 by Catalin Fetita (IPP) and concerned lung lobes segmentation for…

April 1, 2024 – New recruit in Aberdeen – Nicholas Senn – April 1, 2024 – AMT was joined by a new post-doctoral fellow! Meet Nick Senn, who will be working on lung imaging and image reconstruction tools for ultra-low field MRI systems, and field-cycling imaging too! He has previous experience…

March 25, 2024 – Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging Congress (IABM 2024) – On March 25-27, the project V|LF-Spiro3D and particularly Université Paris-Saclay were nicely represented by a group of PhD students who showed off some preliminary results of their research at the Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging Congress (IABM 2024) . Spirometry is…

March 22, 2024 – BioMaps annual seminar – From 20 to 22 March, BioMaps (UPSaclay) left the medical imaging laboratory empty to fill Fort-Mahon in the north of France, on the Normandy coast, where sea gulls and late winter fog create a new scene for scientific discussion. At the beginning of their…

March 26, 2024 – Seminar 3 – Fast field cycling – Lionel Broche – Fast field cycling is no longer a fantasy!  At AMT, it is routinely ramped up to 0.2 T and down to virtually zero. Lionel Broche presented the many ongoing clinical trials in which the magnetic field is…

April 4-5, 2024 – Consortium Meeting in Paris – Day 2 Following a dynamic first day, the V|LF-Spiro3D Consortium shifted gears to the bustling economic district of La Défense in Paris for the second day of the consortium meeting. Hosted at the offices of Siemens Healthineers, the day was dedicated to comprehensive…

April 4-5, 2024 – Consortium Meeting in Paris – Day 1 On April 4th and 5th, 3D MR Spirometry research resonated in Paris with the first physical meeting of the V|LF-Spiro3D Consortium, hosted in Paris. This ambitious European project, involving 10 partners from 4 different countries, brought together over 40 experts…