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DeeKayJay

@deekayjay.bsky.social

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Director, Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre MRI physicist with equal interests in microstructural MRI with ultra-strong gradients, & democratising MRI so that everyone, everywhere can benefit from the latest advances in MR technology.

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jun 16

Welcome/Croeso to the team Lucia!!

Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Jun 15

Very pleased to welcome new postdoc Dr Lucia Hernandez Pena @luciahp96.bsky.social to our lab.
Lucia will be working on our new longitudinal study on microstructure brain development and its relation to cognition and mental health in adolescence, with a large team of collabs at Cardiff and Donders

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jun 6

🧠 Tractography on Ultra-Low Field MRI!

Thrilled to share "Diffusion Tensor Imaging & Spherical-Deconvolution-Based Tractography Using an Ultra-Low Field, Portable MRI System", led by James Gholam

lnkd.in/emDyp9gT

Thanks to the Gates Foundation, Wellcome LEAP & Wellcome who supported this work!

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Apr 8

As a man now in the ‘second half’, I am doubly interested in this topic now

Having read Chris Hoy’s incredible book over Christmas, it reassured me that we’re doing, & what we could be doing, with MRI is so important

Anyway, kudos to Malwina, Filip & Fabrizio. Always a pleasure to work with them
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Antje Hellwich @antjehellwich.bsky.social · Apr 8

#MRI of the #Prostate: The Promise of Ultra-Strong Gradients and Advanced Microstructural Imaging by Dr Molendowska, @deekayjay.bsky.social, et al (Lund University & CUBRIC)
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#dMRI #DWI #Microstructure
@tomhilbertmri.bsky.social

Extending conventional DWI to include advanced diffusion encoding and image readouts brings the field closer to realizing the promise of a “virtual microscope.”
These advancements rely on high-performance MRI systems, with particular emphasis on the gradient system.
Importantly, a vast majority of advanced DWI methods gain marked improvement in data quality from ultra- strong gradients and more efficient readout strategies, and the exploration of biomarkers can be extended to include experimental designs that were previously either too slow or yielded insufficient SNR.

Such developments are particularly promising for prostate imaging, offering high-fidelity high-resolution images that reflect ever more subtle features of tissue microstructure—enhancing detection, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring.

The authors present early insights into the novel information made accessible by new hardware, and how this drives further development in the context of prostate cancer imaging. As powerful MRI systems become commercially available worldwide, strong-gradient technology will facilitate new imaging biomarkers, likely playing a fundamental role in everyday clinical diagnosis and advancement of individualized precision medicine.

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Mar 14

Really important session for which I suspect the plenary hall will be packed
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · Mar 13

Wednesday, 14 May - The Plenary
Ernst Lecture: Environmentally Sustainable MRI Equipment

Join us on Wednesday at 10:30 HST for a critical discussion on making MRI more sustainable. Be a part of the conversation!
Learn more: ow.ly/670G50Vaopa

#ISMRM2025 #ISMRM #ISMRT #MRI #MedicalImaging #MR

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Mar 6

Huge congratulations Nikola! I remember you talking so passionately about this last time you were over. Super chuffed for you!

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Mar 2

At a bookstore in London today… wondering why someone had turned all these books face down.
But after a closer look, it all made sense 👍

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sunejdk.bsky.social @sunejdk.bsky.social · Feb 12

Check out the newest paper from from Anders Sandgaard on Larmor frequency shifts in axons analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Predicting Mesoscopic Larmor Frequency Shifts in White Matter With Diffusion MRI—A Monte Carlo Study in Axonal Phantoms

We aim to validate if MRI measures anisotropic mesoscopic Larmor frequency shifts from white matter axonal microstructure relative to B0 and if dMRI estimates this anisotropy. Recent models describe ...

analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Feb 7

A beautiful way to end the week: Giving the good news to the winners of the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social –@ismrm.bsky.social "Knowledge Exchange Program", which fosters two-way exchange of MRI expertise & knowledge between sites in Africa & non-African institutions

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Feb 7

A fantastic meeting this week between CUBRIC & the Siemens Healthineers Swiss Innovation Hub as part of the Cardiff University / Siemens Healthineers Strategic Partnership.

Way more collaborative ideas than we have time for! Thanks Tom Hilbert, Gian Franco Piredda & Tommaso Di Noto for coming!

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Feb 7

Congrats S-J! Super happy for you!

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Feb 6

At @CUBRICCardiff, we are thrilled to announce the release of the Welsh Advanced Neuroimaging Database (WAND)!

Multiscale multi-modal data from 170 volunteers incl. 3T Connectom; 3T & 7T; MEG; TMS & comprehensive trait questionnaire & cognitive data
Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d8QOu

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jan 30

We're seeking a Ph.D. student to join us on our 'Deep Microstructural Phenotyping of the Developing Adolescent Brain' Wellcome Discovery Award.

A unique chance to study microstructural development with ultra-strong gradients AND ultra-high field.

Please repost
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www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Deep Microstructural Phenotyping of the Developing Adolescent Brain at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Deep Microstructural Phenotyping of the Developing Adolescent Brain at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jan 21

Concert photos! They’d go down a storm

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jan 17

Congratulations Tim! Great news and really pleased for you!!

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DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jan 6

This is plain terrible news. I never worked directly with Eleanor but served on grant review panels at Wellcome with her, and always enjoyed our chats.
I am so very sorry for her family and for all her many colleagues in Queen Square and beyond.

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · Jan 1

First post, & first New Year's resolution kept!

I've just left X (read why there, but I guess, if you're here, you have the same issues☹️)
I hope that this space will become, (& remain!) the collegiate space we need to keep up with everyone's work, developments, GOOD news & so on
Happy new year all!

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