This is a past event
The event will be free to attend and booking will not be required. The event is part of British Science Week.
In 1980 the very first scan of a patient by MRI was carried out at the University of Aberdeen. Now a new generation of scanners has been designed and built there. Called “Fast Field-Cycling MRI”, the devices switch rapidly between strong and weak magnetic fields, generating extra diagnostic information for the doctors who read the scans. The experts talking at this event are members of a European consortium called “IDentIFY” which aims to perfect and demonstrate the value of the new technology. They will explain how the FFC-MRI scanners work, and how clinical trials using a prototype scanner are already helping medical staff to see more about their patients’ condition.