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  2. School of Medicine
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  4. Advanced Imaging Centre

Advanced Imaging Centre

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Advanced Imaging Centre (AIC) 

The AIC is located in a refurbished wing of the Gilbert Scott building and in the Clarendon Wing of the Leeds General Infirmary. It is a collaboration between the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals and as part of a shared model delivers University of Leeds and NHS research as well as the NHS cardiovascular MRI service. The 500m2 facility in the Gilbert Scott building contains a Siemens Prisma 3T MRI scanner with multinuclear capability, laboratory space, offices and a modern seminar room. The Clarendon Wing facility houses two Philips MRI scanners (1.5T Ingenia and 3T Achieva) and clinical reporting space.   

Leads: Professor Sven Plein and Professor Jurgen Schneider 
Contact: Kathryn Richards 
 

MRI scanner

MRI scanner

 

NHS Cardiovascular imaging facilities  

We work closely with the NHS and have access to clinical echocardiography, CT, SPECT, and PET facilities. Contact Dr Dominik Schlosshan for more details. 

Applications 
Research methods - Our clinical imaging facilities support a wide range of clinical translational research including: 

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Contact:  Professor Jurgen Schneider 
Quantitative perfusion imaging.  Contact: Professor Sven Plein 
Diffusion Tensor Imaging.  Contact: Dr Irvin Teh 
Parametric mapping and DTI (clinical).  Contact: Dr Erica Dall’Armellina
4-dimensional flow.  Contact: Dr Malenka Bissell  
 
Research themes – Current research themes in our clinical imaging facilities include: 

Ischaemic heart disease – Contact: Dr Erica Dall’Armellina 
Cardiovascular disease & Diabetes – Contact: Professor Sven Plein 
Cardiomyopathy – Contact: Dr Peter Swoboda 
Chronic inflammatory disease – Contact: Professor Sven Plein 
Congenital heart disease – Contact: Dr Malenka Bissell 
Heart valve disease – Contact: Dr Erica Dall’Armellina 
Athletic heart disease – Contact: Dr Peter Swoboda 
Neurological disease – Contact: Ione Fine 

MR Physics research support is provided through the Leeds MR Physics Collective, led by Profs D. Buckley, J. Schneider and Dr D. Wilson. 
 
Partners and sponsors 

British Heart Foundation 
Medical Research Council 
Arthritis UK 
National Institute of Health Research 
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 
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