MIUA 2017 is the 21st conference of the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis series organised in the United Kingdom for communicating research progress within the community interested in biomedical image …more
A recent article in Business Quarter reports on the soon-to-be-opened Imaging Centre of Excellence at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow and the first 7T clinical MRI scanner in Scotland …more
The EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) funded a working group on vascular contributions to neurodegeneration organised by Professor Joanna Wardlaw, which brought together 55 international experts in …more
The latest issue of the quarterly magazine Research Matters published by NHS Research Scotland includes an article featuring the start-of-the-art medical imaging facilities being opened at SINAPSE centres, including the …more
Courtesy of Dr Jamie Murray, this image shows topographic maps of scalp-recorded EEG illustrating a Left Parietal effect associated with recollection in an episodic memory task, during the time window …more
A Newton Mobility Grant awarded from The Royal Society to SINAPSE researcher Dr Maria Valdés Hernández and Dr Esin Öztürk Işık from Bogazici University in Turkey supported a workshop on …more
Edinburgh Imaging Academy offers two successful online Master programmes through a virtual learning environment. Candidates can choose either the online MSc/Dip/Cert in Neuroimaging for Research, the online MSc/Dip/Cert in Imaging …more
The first fMRI study of experimentally-generated déjà vu, conducted by SINAPSE researchers from the University of St Andrews, is featured in a New Scientist article. The article highlights work by …more
Courtesy of Dr Pauline Hall Barrientos, this animated image demonstrates the 3D PC-MRI technique which visualises blood flow through vessels. This image illustrates 3D blood through a carotid with stenosis, …more
Seeing is one thing; touching is another. Whereas conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) allows us to see anatomy and pathology, MRE allows us to non-invasively ‘feel’ inside the living body, …more
Dr Christine Démoré, who has been an active SINAPSE member in ultrasound research at the University of Dundee, is moving to a position at the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, …more
A SINAPSE seed fund PhD studentship is available at the University of Aberdeen, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and industry partner IXICO. Project summary: Dementia is a global …more
Prof David Wyper, CEO of SINAPSE, is preparing to embark on a sponsored cycle through France to raise funds for the Neurosciences Foundation to support brain cancer research. See below …more
Courtesy of Prof Neil Roberts and Lucy Hiscox, this image illustrates Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE), a new MRI-based technique that enables non-invasive palpation (i.e. ‘touching’) of living tissues so as …more
The Brain Imaging of Normal Subjects (BRAINS) project at the University of Edinburgh now has brain MRI images across the lifespan available to request at the following website: BRAINS Imagebank …more