{"id":275748,"date":"2025-07-19T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275748\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T21:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:43:18","slug":"sheffield-pet-mri-facility-neuroscience-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275748\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield PET-MRI facility | Neuroscience Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"leadintro\">The Sheffield PET-MRI facility is the UK\u2019s 8th and Yorkshire\u2019s only PET-MRI facility. It is set in a purpose built state-of-the-art facility that is attached to the existing University of Sheffield MRI unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.matterport.com\/show\/?m=ei6M5nPTvZU&amp;brand=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the full screen virtual tour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sheffield PET-MRI scanner will provide unprecedented views of inside the human body by combining the power of both MRI and PET images in a single scan. It will help our scientists and medics to tackle some of the most devastating diseases affecting millions of people.<\/p>\n<p>The scanner is a 3T GE PET-MRI system that is equipped with a time of flight PET detector and full multi-nuclear MRI capability for complementary functional and structural imaging of the whole-body. There are huge advantages in combining the ability of PET to detect and quantify disease processes with the ability of MRI to provide detailed anatomical and functional information.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility will enhance our medical research, and allow us to take exciting discoveries into clinical trials to give patients in Yorkshire access to ground-breaking new treatments.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nvwY3pPeaX8.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"423\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Professor Jim Wild, Head of Imaging at the University of Sheffield, explains the clinical and research benefits of the new Sheffield PET-MRI facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheffield scanner appeal<\/p>\n<p>Following an appeal, launched by the University of Sheffield in 2017, the new PET-MRI facility was supported by thousands of donations from people across the region and around the globe, who helped bring the revolutionary scanner to Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/plqlBSQgMLM.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"423\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Sheffield, explains the fundraising project behind the new PET-MRI facility and why this is such an important facility for the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"e76e6d50-c23e-4235-8090-6ac59a49a544\" href=\"https:\/\/sheffield.ac.uk\/giving\/causes\/research\" title=\"Support research at Sheffield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support research at Sheffield<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PET-MRI scanner will speed up the diagnosis of, and lead to the development of new treatments for some of the most devastating diseases including:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases including dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson\u2019s disease and motor neuron disease (MND)<\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy<\/li>\n<li>Cardiovascular disease<\/li>\n<li>Lung disease<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Cancer<\/li>\n<li>Infectious diseases<\/li>\n<li>Kidney disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sheffield PET-MRI facility is the UK\u2019s 8th and Yorkshire\u2019s only PET-MRI facility. 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