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The Insider UK: Scottish tech firms join forces on ground-breaking MRI scanner

Two Glasgow-based businesses have collaborated to produce a ground-breaking MRI scanner which aims to provide new insights into brain disease research. The project aims to provide new insights into brain disease research and will provide a large visual field for the neuroscientists to carry out functional-MRI studies.

The Insider UK: Scottish tech firms join forces on ground-breaking MRI scanner

The Herald: Two Glasgow Firms Hail ‘Ground-Breaking’ New MRI Scanner

TWO Scottish firms have collaborated to produce a ground-breaking magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner which aims to provide new insights into brain disease research.

Both based in Glasgow, Wideblue, a product design consultancy, has linked up with MR CoilTech, to create the high-density radiofrequency (RF) head coil technology which it is claimed has successfully completed its first trial at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Herald: Two Glasgow firms hail ‘ground-breaking’ new MRI scanner

First Trial of “ground-breaking” MRI Scanner Project Completes

Glasgow-based product design consultancy Wideblue has contributed to the completion of the first trial of a “ground-breaking” MRI scanner project at the University of California, Berkeley.

First trial of “ground-breaking” MRI scanner project completes

Wideblue Contributes to Ground Breaking MRI Scanner Project

Leading product design consultancy Wideblue has congratulated its client MR CoilTech on successfully completing the first trial of a novel high-density radiofrequency (RF) head coil technology at the University of California, Berkeley.

The head coil design, a first of its kind, utilizes 16-channel transmit and 96-channel receive RF architecture. The new prototype high-density head coil combines with the NexGen 7T scanner capabilities to enable high-resolution full brain imaging to support studies of the cerebral cortex at an unprecedented microscale resolution — boosting the image resolution by a factor of 20 than current 7T MRI. The project aims to provide new insights into brain disease research.

Wideblue Contributes to Ground Breaking MRI Scanner Project

Wideblue’s Customer MR CoilTech Successfully Trials New 96 channel 7 Tesla MRI Head Coil

Congratulations to Wideblue’s customer MR CoilTech for a successful first trial of their new 96 channel 7 Tesla MRI Head Coil at the University of California, Berkeley. The new prototype product enables high resolution, full brain imaging to support studies of the human cerebral cortex at an unprecedented microscale resolution. The compact coil design also incorporated a mirror system which is critical for functional MRI studies. Preliminary imaging achieved a resolution of 0.25mm, which is expected to be improved further in the future. Dr. Shajan Gunamony from MR CoilTech said “We are delighted with the work that Wideblue did on the CAD design of the prototype and with the excellent initial results. It has allowed us to meet the deadline for an important abstract submission and we look forward to making more progress with this groundbreaking new product.”

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