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Polarised Lung and Respiratory Imaging Solutions project wins award

 “The team from the University of Sheffield's Academic Unit of Radiology won the award for their Polarised Lung and Respiratory Imaging Solutions (POLARIS) project. Since 2000, the team of physicists, engineers and clinicians from the University have been developing innovative imaging technology, which illuminates lung function and helps clinicians identify early signs of lung disease. The new technology has resulted in earlier diagnosis of emphysema and smoking related damage, as well as other lung conditions and diseases such as cancer, asthma and Cystic Fibrosis. Developed at Sheffield, the technique of hyperpolarised gas MRI involves a person inhaling small amounts of noble gases (Helium-3 and Xenon-129), which are then imaged inside an MRI scanner. The gases are hyperpolarised using high power lasers by a process called optical pumping. The group have developed specialised MRI hardware and gas laser polarisers with EPSRC and EU funding and have taken this hardware through regulatory approval for human lung imaging studies. The high-resolution images of the airspaces that are produced offer additional functional information that is currently not available with conventional MRI scans, traditional X-rays or lung CT scans.” Read more at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mediacentre/2011/sheffield-wins-medical-award.html

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