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Building work on national MRI facility gets underway

Building work has started  on the new national MRI facility being established at the University of Nottingham that will be home to the UK’s most powerful MRI scanner, which will be used by researchers and doctors to give unprecedented insights into brain function and the mechanisms of human disease.

UK's most powerful MRI scanner funding awarded

The University of Nottingham has been awarded a UKRI Infrastructure Fund to develop the UK’s national ultra-high field imaging facility. Tesla Engineering Ltd and Philips UK and Ireland have been selected to construct the elements of the bespoke scanner.

Nottingham's success makes BBC national news

BBC News reports on the University of Nottingham’s plans to build the UK’s most powerful magnetic resonance scanner, designed to tackle and advance treatments for brain and human health diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Parkinson’s.

50 years of MRI in Nottingham

The University of Nottingham continues to lead the world in MRI and has recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of Sir Peter Mansfield publishing his first research paper that led to the MRI invention that has revolutionised medicine.