June 27, 2024 – Dr Nathalie Barrau with flying colours A bright and colourful defence on 3D MR Spirometry! Nathalie Barrau began her doctorate by following in the footsteps of Tanguy Boucneau’s pioneering work on 3D MR spirometry. In just a few years, she has established the reliability and reproducibility of…

June 27, 2024 – Seminar 6 – Synthetic and augmented MRI – Bruno Madore Following Nathalie Barrau’s morning PhD defence that he reviewed and examined, Bruno Madore opened in the afternoon the door to future MRI. It may be synthetic or sensor-aided, future MRI will be augmented by the ruling…

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 – Seminar 5 – Imag(en)ing the interior body – Jenny Slatman – Following a transdisciplinary approach, Jenny Slatman (Tilburg) wondered around imaging and imagining the inner self. Following an original participative approach, she raised and addressed many questions. What happens when medical images travel outside the…

April 30, 2024 – Seminar 4 – Human ventilatory activity – Thomas Similowski – Far from the usual common sense, it seems that we do not like tranquillity. Breathing needs to be reconsidered along a continuously challenged mechanism. We are prone to sigh from time to time to make sure…

May 9, 2024 – V|LF-Spiro3D at ISMRM 2024 in Singapore! – At the ISMRM 2024 annual conference in Singapore, Anna Reitmann and Adrien Duwat (UPSaclay) presented their research on MRI sequences and mechanical lung elongations. They engaged with fellow researchers, exchanging insights and ideas for future developments.  One of the highlights of the Congress…

April 4, 2024 – 3D MR Spirometry workshops at BioMaps – During the Paris consortium meeting, groups of five to ten people were invited to participate in four workshops at BioMaps (UPSaclay) to cover 3D MR spirometry at large. First, Adrien Duwat and Georges Willoquet presented the second prototype of the MR-compatible spirometer they are currently developing…

March 28, 2024 – First lung image acquired from FCI system – The new Field-Cycling Imager (FCI) being constructed at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has produced its first images, including heart and lungs. These were obtained during its commissionning, which is still under way. More improvements are expected after the rest…

April 4, 2024 – Immersive and pedagogical sensitive theater – In a groundbreaking display of creativity and collaboration, the first day of the V|LF-Spiro3D consortium meeting unfolded with an immersive exploration into the realm of medical imaging and breathing. At Le sas, participants were greeted with a novel approach that engaged…

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…