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Professor Vanessa Ferreira specializes in the study of heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Her doctoral research in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford focused on CMR myocardial tissue characterization, converging MR physics with technical development for clinical translation of myocardial T1-mapping. This involves measuring the T1 relaxation time of tissue types through MRI scans, providing quantitative insights into heart diseases. T1-mapping generates detailed maps that reveal subtle areas of disease, assisting in non-invasive diagnostics. With the aim of advancing CMR techniques, her goals include minimizing the use of contrast agents while maintaining the quality of diagnostic images. Vanessa's research is collaborative and interdisciplinary, engaging MR physicists, engineers, and clinician-scientists. She also delivers education in CMR and supervises doctoral and master's students in related research at OCMR, based at John Radcliffe Hospital.
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