MRI Suite

A faster, more advanced MRI research platform open to all UCL researchers to develop innovation in MRI and expand our capabilities to analyse and diagnose an array of neurological conditions

Five Siemens 3T new MRI scanners will be located in the basement of Grays Inn Road, opening in 2028.  A shared facility between UCL and UCLH National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery will provide shared scanning services (run by UCLH) for an estimated additional 30,000 people per year. 

20% of each scanner’s usage will be dedicated to research, opening the door to even more discoveries within the new neuroscience centre.  

MRI imaging and data analyses of patients and clinical trial participants with five MRI scanner 3T and data storage. 

These scanners will complement our existing research 3T MRI neuroimaging facilities at Queen Square and provide additional MRI capacity for cohort studies and trials, as well as for translational imaging methods research led by Queen Square Institute of Neurology investigators and key UCL collaborators. 

Through the Patient Research Hub, outpatients visiting the Grays Inn Road building for clinical MRI imaging appointments who wish to participate in research may be offered opportunities to consent to their scans being included for research analysis, as well as for diagnosis and management of their own condition. Maximising such opportunities will increase the speed, and potentially decrease the cost, of our work translating research  discoveries into new treatments, while making the most efficient use of patients’ time.