- Head of Division: Professor Tarek A Yousry, Dr. med. Habil.
- Deputy: Professor Claudia Wheeler-Kingshott, PhD
Vision
To develop and implement novel, safe, and effective magnetic resonance imaging methods to advance our understanding of how the central and peripheral nervous systems work and translate them to improve patient care.
Mission statement
The Division of Neuroradiology and Neurophysics (DNN) promotes academic neuroradiology and neuroimaging physics at Queen Square. Since its inception, its core objectives have been to support its members in all aspects of their professional career, to provide an environment for the academic and clinical members to interact and to ensure an open and constructive engagement between MR groups across the IoN. It therefore functions effectively as a cross-cutting theme spanning activities ranging from basic scientific developments through to clinical implementation.
Membership
The DNN brings together Academic Neuroradiologists, Physicists, Computer Scientists and Radiographers at the UCL Institute of Neurology, and research-oriented Clinical Neuroradiologists, Clinical Scientists and Radiographers at the NHNN.
The imaging groups represented in the Division are: the Neuroradiological Academic Unit, the NMR Research Unit of the Queen Square MS Centre, the Epilepsy Imaging research group and the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging; furthermore there is representation and involvement of the Faculty of Engineering Centre for Medical Imaging Computing (CMIC).
Strategy of the DNN
MRI Research facilities
Which scanner to choose? MR research is performed across 5 different facilities
Education
The DNN is very active in education, having developed the Master Course (MSc) in Advanced Neuroimaging and the workshop on MR safety.
Links
Below are a series of links to groups and sites of interest to members of the division. There are shown in categories to aid ease of browsing.
Professional bodies
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
- Institute of Physics in Engineering and Medicine
- European Society of Neuroradiologists
- American Society of Neuroradiology
ION groups making up the division
- Epilepsy Imaging Group
- Dementia Research Centre
- Department of Translational Neuroscience and Stroke
- NMR Research Unit physics group
- Functional Imaging Laboratory
Other UCL departments and groups
Information on MRI
- All You Really Need to Know about MRI Physics - Moriel Nessaiver
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Cardiac MR teaching files
- MRI Step by Step Interactive Course
- Continuing education seminars, products, and information for techs
- NMR Spectroscopy Concepts - Scott Van Bramer, Widener University
- The Basics of MRI - Joseph P. Hornak, PhD