Perspectum Diagnostics \u2013 a spinout from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine \u2013 has reinvested money in the University of Oxford, to fund a three year multicentre European health economic study into methods of diagnosing fatty liver disease. This first of three payments totaling \u20ac759,999, is part of a \u20ac3.4m project, won by Perspectum in the H2020 grant competition.
A powerful new heart scanner to improve the treatment of heart disease has been installed at the Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, thanks to a \u00a31m grant from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
A volunteer who has been taking part in a heart imaging study at the Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), has kindly donated \u00a3500 to support further work in the Centre.
Congratulations to Marios Margaritis and Rohan Wijesurendra, who have won this year\u2019s RDM Graduate Studies Prize. Both students showed immense dedication in their studies and have made significant findings in our understanding of cardiovascular disease.
Dr Victoria Stoll was awarded the Early Career Award for Translational CMR at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Medicine.
Dr Luca Biasiolli at the university has been backed by the British Heart Foundation to study whether a new MRI scanning technique could be used to spot the potentially dangerous plaques that cause stroke.
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