£2.7m funding to improve MRI scanning technology

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More than £2.7 million has been awarded to scientists to help develop a novel type of MRI scanning technology that produces unique images of the lungs.

The MRI scanner partnership between the University of Sheffield and GE Healthcare is one of 19 initiatives to receive funding as part of a £149 million scheme by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UKRI’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC)