Development of novel MR and PET/MR imaging techniques
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Imaging Acquisition and Analysis Methods - Development of novel multimodality imaging and analysis techniques using MRI and PET/MRI using volunteer participants
IRAS ID
162706
Contact name
Suzanne Emerton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
When a piece of scanning equipment or scanning method is new, or is being used for a specific illness for the first time, the settings of the scanner need to be altered and adjusted in order so that they are optimised for that purpose. Imaging scans have the potential to give us a better understanding of diseases and treatment. Often, when a patient with an illness is scanned for a research project we need data acquired from someone who is healthy to provide a comparison.
This research is for the purpose of optimising the settings or 'sequences' that will be applied to the UKs first PET/MRI scanner for the purposes of optimising the scanning procedure for clinical scans, research projects, and for comparison or 'control' data for research projects to be undertaken using the PET/MRI scanner.
We intend to ask normal volunteers and patients recruited as volunteers to undergo a PET/MRI scan, during which no radioactive medicines will be used. In some cases we would like to use a standard dose of a Gadolinium-based contrast agent in order to improve the visibility of abnormal structures or lesions in the body. Gadolinium-containing MRI contrast agents are water based solutions that are injected into the body to improve the image quality and allow a more accurate picture to be seen.
REC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0276
Date of REC Opinion
22 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion