At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- AI-assisted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (diagnostic test)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 19 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- AI-assisted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging — diagnostic test: An AI algorithm will be used to automatically position (plan) the scan planes used in a cardiac MRI scan.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 150
- Started
- 2026-05-01
- Last checked
- 2026-05
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for cardiovascular diseases
- • NA - 150 participants
- • Cardiac MRI (CMR) scanning allows doctors to create detailed images of the heart
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases
Where?
- • London - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
Cardiac MRI (CMR) scanning allows doctors to create detailed images of the heart. However, the need for experienced cardiac radiographers to perform each scan can make CMR's delivery difficult, and some patients in the UK wait more than half a year for a scan. These radiographers must take pictures of different part of the heart, termed "views", each of which must be precisely positioned. The investigators believe they can revolutionise CMR, by using artificial intelligence to automatically position the views so radiographers can focus on more difficult tasks. The investigators have used a retrospective database of pseudonymised (anonymised and linked) CMR scans at our hospital to create these artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and they have validated them retrospectively on previous studies. The investigators now wish to test the algorithms prospectively. In this study, the investigators will recruit patients undergoing clinical CMR scans. In addition to the routine images acquired by expert radiographers, the investigators will require a duplicate set of images, positioned and planned by the AI algorithms. The investigators will then compare, within each patient, the AI-planned and expert-radiographer-planned scanning in terms of both speed and image quality.
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What we know so far
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
What the study is looking for
- ✓Adult (aged at least 18 years)
Who cannot take part
- ✗Children (patients below age 18).
- ✗Pregnant patients.
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (1 UK site)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
James P Howard, MB BChir PhD
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