History & facility info
Here we list further information on, & the history of the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE.
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
Facility Director
Senior Staff
Technical Staff
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
We are dependent on donations to help push forward the frontiers of science.
We are extremely grateful to the following organisations for major funding support:
- AgeUK
- Alzheimer's Society
- British Heart Foundation
- Chief Scientits Office
- Cohen Charitable Trust
- Dunhill Medical Trust
- GE Medical Systems
- Medical Research Council
- MS Society
- National Institute for Health Research Emerging Medicines Evaluation (EME) Board
- National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme
- NHS Lothian Research & Development
- Row Fogo Charitable Trust
- Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration
- Scottish Funding Council
- Stroke Association
- Translational Medicine Research Initiative
- Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility Edinburgh
- Wyeth / TMRI Ltd
- USA NIH
- Private Donations
Donations
Find out more about how to support the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE.