Birmingham MRI research centre launched

UHB director of medical physics Professor Stuart Green, Lamboo Mobile Medical director Joost Lamboo, Mayo Clinic Medical director and associate professor division of neuroradiology Dr John Wald, Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Carl Rice, Siemens Healthineers managing director Peter Harrison, Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity trustee Sylvia Richards, UHB chief executive Dame Julie Moore, Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity trustee Clive Richards OBE, Cobalt chief executive Peter Sharpe, Royal College of Radiologists president Dr Nicola Strickland, UHB executive director of delivery Tim Jones and Cobalt MRI manager Karen Hackling-Searle.

The official launch of a state-of-the-art MRI research facility on the campus of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham took place in April.  The ITM Imaging Centre has been developed by Cheltenham-based medical charity Cobalt working with the Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).

Cobalt invested £2m in the research facility, which houses Siemens MRI technology, providing not only the latest imaging techniques but also the opportunity to evaluate new technology for the benefit of many patients.  The centre is able to support a range of research for many specialties including cardiac, liver, oncology and neurosurgery.

See the full report on page 17 of the June 2017 issue of RAD Magazine.