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Emma Thomson

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+45 3862 0505

Position

Postdoc

Research Interests

My work focusses on preclinical cytoarchitectural mapping combining information from both MR and synchrotron radiation CT images. My aim is to use my expertise in MR Physics and sequence design to explore the limits of MR and synchrotron imaging to expand our knowledge of brain microstructure.

Research Groups

Microstructure and Plasticity

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2020

MRes in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London

2019

BSc in Physics, University of Surrey

Employments

2023 -

Postdoc at DRCMR

2019 - 2023

PhD Student at University College London, UK

2017 - 2018

Trainee Physicist at the National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography, Surrey, UK

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Publications

Mackenzie, A., Thomson, E.L., Mitchell, M. et al. Virtual clinical trial to compare cancer detection using combinations of 2D mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis and synthetic 2D imaging. Eur Radiol 32, 806–814 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08197-x

Mackenzie, A, Kaur, S, Thomson, EL, et al. Effect of glandularity on the detection of simulated cancers in planar, tomosynthesis, and synthetic 2D imaging of the breast using a hybrid virtual clinical trial. Med. Phys. 2021; 48: 6859–6868. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15216

Emma L. Thomson, Elizabeth Powell, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Geoff J. M. Parker. Quantification of water exchange across the blood-brain barrier using non-contrast MR fingerprinting. Preprint. bioRxiv 2023.11.15.567199. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.15.567199