Yorkshire scientists look to cut scanning times
Freitag, 14 November 2008
Scientists from a Yorkshire university have created a new technology that could potentially cut scanning times for important health tests.
The University of York team have developed a way of making Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) a great deal more sensitive than was possible before.
Research undertaken at the York NMR Centre and the York Neuroimaging Centre has resulted in a new technique that means molecules can be easily detected more easliy in a scanner, while their chemical structure remains unchanged.
"The technique could ultimately replace current clinical imaging technologies that depend on the use of radioactive substances or heavy metals," commented Professor Simon Duckett, from the university’s department of chemistry.
He said that the development is "very positive implications for faster diagnosis for patients in the future".
The institution's department of chemistry's research was was graded 5A in the last Research Assessment Exercise and has never left the top five of UK Chemistry Departments in the National Student Survey.
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