Seminar: Vestibular imaging with 7T MRI

Presenters: Professor Penny Gowland (School of Physics) and Kingkarn Aphiwatthanasu (PhD student)

Abstract: 7T MRI can provide excellent images of the vestibular system and also the nerves serving it at isotropic resolutions of about 300 um. We have achieved this using careful control of the B1 field at 7T.  We have used these images to measure the geometry of the cochlear and cross sectional area of the nerves with good reproducibility. The data could be adapted to measure other aspects of the nerve and other soft tissue characteristics (potentially including blood flow) if this would be useful.

Bio: Penny Gowland is a Professor of physics in the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre with an interest in quantitative imaging and high resolution anatomical imaging. Kingkarn Aphiwatthanasu is a PhD student in physics with a background in radiography.