Professor Ian Marshall
Emeritus Chair of Magnetic Resonance Physics

Background
After graduating in physics from Oxford University, I joined Lothian Health Board as a Medical Physicist, working on Physiological Measurement and the development of instrumentation for research studies.
In 1992, I was awarded a PhD for work on non-invasive measurement of airways using an acoustic technique. Since 1991, I have specialised in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, being appointed to the University of Edinburgh in 1996. I was appointed Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics in 2007 and was Head of Medical Physics & Medical Engineering 2008-2011.
I divide my time between the Brain Research Imaging Centre and the Medical School at Little France, leading a small group of physicists supporting the development of MRI for clinical and preclinical use.
I am Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the British Chapter of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and served on the Annual Meeting Program Committee of ISMRM 2011-2013. I chair the Local Organising Committee for the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology conference to be held in Edinburgh 1-3 October 2015.
Research summary
I am interested in all aspects of Magnetic Resonance, with particular emphasis on the development, application and evaluation of techniques for clinical and biomedical use. Specific interests are:
- quantitative blood flow and cardiac studies
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the non-invasive investigation of metabolism
- undersampling techniques for rapid imaging
- large-scale numerical simulations of MRI
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A Comparison of CVR Magnitude and Delay Assessed at 1.5 and 3T in Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
In:
Frontiers in physiology, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.644837
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Sources of systematic error in DCE‐MRI estimation of low‐level blood‐brain barrier leakage
In:
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28833
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Cerebrovascular Reactivity Measurement Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review
In:
Frontiers in physiology, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.643468
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A Review of Translational Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Human and Rodent Experimental Models of Small Vessel Disease
(16 pages)
In:
Translational Stroke Research, vol. 12, pp. 15-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-020-00843-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Diurnal brain temperature rhythms and mortality after brain injury: a prospective and retrospective cohort study
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.23.21250327
Research output: › Working paper (Published)