Dr Jimmy Ball
MSci, PhD
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Research Associate in Spin Polarisation Physics
+44 114 215 9142
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Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Polaris
18 Claremont Crescent
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S10 2TA
- Profile
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I am a post-doc in the POLARIS imaging group, having completed my PhD in Physics under the supervision of Graham Norquay and Jim Wild in March 2024. I have a MSci in Physics from the University of Nottingham.
- Research interests
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My research focuses on advancing techniques to enhance hyperpolarised xenon-129 (HP-129Xe) production via spin-exchange optical pumping. Large-scale HP-129Xe gas MRI studies for investigating pulmonary conditions rely on the ability to rapidly produce HP-129Xe gas with high nuclear polarisation. Using NMR, absorption spectroscopy and finite-element modelling, we are able to probe the gas dynamics and spin-transfer processes within our system. These insights are used to optimise the geometry and operational parameters (temperature, pressure, flow rate) of the polariser.
Additionally, I am developing 129Xe and proton (1H) MRI techniques to study gas dynamics in the airways, aiming to improve our understanding of respiratory conditions and treatment.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
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Journal articles
- . Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 354, 107521-107521.
- . Chest, 164(3), 700-716.
- . Molecules, 28(1).
- . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Conference proceedings papers
- . Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp OA4590-OA4590)
- . ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening
- . ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening
- . Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- . Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- . Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging
- . Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging
- . 09.01 - Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- . 05.02 - Monitoring airway disease
- . A99. LOOK AT THAT! NEW FINDINGS FROM LUNG IMAGING, Vol. 205 (pp a2175-a2175). San Francisco, CA, 13 May 2022 - 13 May 2022.
- . ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- . ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- . ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- . ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- . ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
Preprints