July 7th, 2026 – ISMRM Cape Town 2026 The AMT Centre has revealed its first-ever ventilation images capturing a full 3D view of the free-breathing lung using very low-field (VLF) MRI at just 100 mT. The breakthrough was presented at the ISMRM Cape Town 2026 “Take a Breath” session. While mapping how well areas…

May 20th, 2026 – Tout Passe ex(situ Medical imaging reveals the interior of the human body from multiple angles, eliminating the need for physical opening. Having become an essential part of building clinical diagnoses, it provides various insights into the anatomy and function of internal organs. It is now used…

April  7-12, 2026 –  Being at breath – NewImages Festival 2026 As part of the V|LF-Spiro3D project, we are pleased to contribute to Being at Breath, the fifth resonance axis of the Résonances art-science initiative, developed in collaboration with the Le sas, science-art-society group and NewImages Festival 2026. Hosted at the Cité des Sciences…

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…