Professor Andrew Farrall
Honorary Professor of Neuroimaging & Education. Consultant Neuroradiologist.

- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Contact details
- Email: andrew.farrall@ed.ac.uk
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Address
- Street
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Room FU202D/1,
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (CCBS),
Chancellor's Building,
49 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4SB
Background
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy Programme director:
- 2015-present. Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh
- 2008-2015. Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- 2002-present. Consultant Neuroradiologist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian
- 2004-2007. Neuroradiology Fellow, University of Edinburgh. Supervisor: Prof. JM Wardlaw
- 1997-2002. Roradiology Registrar / Resident, Dalhousie University & QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
Qualifications
- 2002. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Diagnostic Radiology)
- 2002. American Board of Radiology Certification (Diagnostic Imaging)
- 1998. Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
- 1997. Medicinae Doctor (MBChB equivalent), University of Calgary
- 1995. Master of Science (Medical Biophysics), University of Western Ontario
- 1990. Bachelor of Science (Honours, First Class, Physics & Chemistry), University of British Columbia
Undergraduate teaching
Edinburgh Imaging Academy
Postgraduate teaching
I am currently the Programme Director of the Edinburgh Imaging Academy, which delivers imaging related degree programmes at the University of Edinburgh:
- Neuroimaging for research MSc / Dip / Cert
- Imaging MSc / Dip / Cert
- PET-MR principles & applications Cert
- Applied medical image analysis Cert
MSc projects supervised
- Quantitative MR derived imaging parameters as a predictor of secretory and histological phenotype in pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 17-18.
- Guidelines & frameworks for management of incidental findings in neuroimaging research in Australia. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 14-15
- Intracerebral Haemorrhage Expansion – Assessment of Imaging Quality & Predictors of Expansion. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 13-14
- Neuroimaging correlates of depression in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic literature review. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 13-14
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
I am a Neuroradiologist, which means I am involved with medical imaging of primarily the brain & spine. My work is both clinical - in the NHS - as well as research & educationally based - at the University of Edinburgh.
My main research interest is in how imaging can be applied to the investigation of stroke, small vessel disease & the ageing process. I also teach about imaging, mainly via online learning degree programmes - at the Edinburgh Imaging Academy.
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Accuracy of Automated Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Stroke Imaging: A Critical Evaluation of Current Evidence
In:
Stroke, vol. 53, pp. 2393-2403
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.036204
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Automatic segmentation of white matter hyperintensities from brain magnetic resonance images in the era of deep learning and big data – A systematic review
In:
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 88, pp. 101867
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2021.101867
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Hyperdense artery sign, symptomatic infarct swelling and effect of alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke
In:
Stroke and Vascular Neurology, pp. svn-2020-000569
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2020-000569
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Clinical diagnosis of TIA or minor stroke and prognosis in patients with neurological symptoms:: A rapid access clinic cohort
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210452
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Effect of IV alteplase on the ischemic brain lesion at 24-48 hours after ischemic stroke
In:
Neurology, vol. 91, pp. e2067-e2077
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006575
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
In the press
- Professor Andrew Farrall's inaugural lecture: Imaging - much more than a pretty picture. Edinburgh Imaging seminars & lectures, 2017.
- Professor Andrew Farrall describes his clinical work as a neuroradiologist and the online education courses offered by Edinburgh Imaging Academy. Research in a Nutshell, 2013.