‘I’ve had cancer, so volunteered to test Aberdeen’s ‘world first’ full-body scanner

In the 1980s, university researchers led by Professor John Mallard and Professor Jim Hutchison developed the world’s first whole-body MRI scanner, a breakthrough that transformed medicine worldwide. The more unusual image is the colourful “T1 map”, created using FCI technology. Future projects include aggressive brain cancer research…The newly opened next-generation FCI scanner, housed in the Hall Family Imaging Suite, is the only whole-body system of its kind anywhere in the world. Clinical studies are already under way, investigating conditions including stroke, brain health, cardiac fibrosis and brain cancer. If you enjoyed this story, you may also like:Exclusive: Work to begin on new ARI centre for cancer patients which will slash waiting times