The body at work: imaging multiorgan physiology and metabolism
MRI is an ideal tool for studying physiology non-invasively in humans. We use it to measure a wide range of physiological parameters, from blood flow, to biochemistry, in vivo, across multiple organs. The ability to study multiple organs, sometimes simultaneously, is valuable in studying multimorbidity and multi organ effects of disease, for instance brain injury that can result from liver disease, or the interactions between the heart and kidneys in renal disease. Importantly we look at how the body responds to challenges from eating food, to exercise, in healthy people and in people with disease.
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