Abstract #0317

The UK7T Network – optimized design of a multi-site, multi-vendor travelling heads study.

William T Clarke¹, Olivier Mougin², Ian D Driver³, Catarina Rua⁴, Andrew T Morgan⁵, Stuart Clare¹, Susan Francis², Richard Wise³, Adrian Carpenter⁴, Keith Muir⁵, and Richard Bowtell²

¹Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ³Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁴Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁵Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Research sites in the “UK7T Network”, a consortium of 7 tesla capable sites in the UK, have conducted a pilot multi-site, multi-vendor neuroimaging study. The Network aims to create a harmonized set of imaging protocols relevant for clinical research. This study evaluates the differences seen in a set of structural and functional sequences run on three different scanner models, manufactured by two different vendors, at four different sites. In this abstract we identify key differences found between systems and a provide a synopsis of the main findings. The results will inform a future ten subject “travelling heads” study.

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