History & facility info

Here we list further information on, & the history of the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE.

Prof Joanna Wardlaw explains to Princess Anne the features of our 3.0T MR unit at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE official opening on 14th February 2017.
Prof Joanna Wardlaw explains to Princess Anne the features of our 3.0T MR unit at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE official opening on 14th February 2017.
History
  • 1998 - In January, the Brain Research Imaging Centre (BRIC) was founded & located in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital
  • 2006 - The Neuroimaging Sciences project administration mechanisms merged with the Clinical Research Facility
  • 2016 - BRIC became part of Edinburgh Imaging & is now referred to as the Edinburgh Imaging Facility WGH
  • 2017  - In February, a second Brain Research Imaging Facility was officially opened developed at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Little France site (Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE)
  • 2019 – The original BRIC facility at the WGH ceased to operate

 

 

 

Equipment
Modality Specification Manufacturer Model EI facility location
MR 3.0T Siemens Healthcare Magnetom Prisma RIE
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)   Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS OCT2 RIE
OCT Angiography   Optovue Avanti RIE

 

Acknowledgements

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We are extremely grateful to the following organisations for major funding support:

 

 

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