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Biography

Dr Senn graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2015 with a MPhys (Hons) in Physics with Medical Physics. He then moved to the 51cg to undertake a PhD in Medical Physics, investigating the extent translated diffusion methods can measure breast cancer cell density and tissue heterogeneity using a clinical 3T MRI system.

Following the award of his PhD in 2019, he joined the 51cg Field-cycling Imaging Group as a postdoctoral Research Fellow. Over the next 9 months he investigated novel contrast mechanisms imparted to tissue stent test objects at field strengths below 0.2 T.

Following a short career break, Dr Senn returned to the 51cg Biomedical Imaging Centre in September 2022 as a Research Fellow to investigate and develop analysis methods to examine the extent Field-cycling MRI can detect cerebral small vessel disease. To date, Dr Senn continues this work as both co-applicant and Research Fellow.

Since April 2024, Dr Senn began working within the Center for Adaptable MRI Technology (AMT Center) at Aberdeen. As a postdoctoral Research Fellow he is working towards developing 3D MR spirometry at very-low field strengths as part of the SPIRO-3D consortium lung imaging project (

In 2024, Dr Senn also launched new pilot research efforts to realise new micro imaging capabilities for MRI (ARUK Scotland Junior Member Grant) and to develop an analysis pipeline to co-register digitised microscopy images to images acquired from Field-cycling MRI (Friends of ANCHOR Pilot Research Award).

Key words: MRI; field-cycling MRI; low-field MRI; SPIRO-3d; radial imaging; micro imaging; lung; cerebral small vessel disease; breast cancer; image analysis; pulse programming

Knowledge Exchange

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