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GOSH pioneers functional MRI scans for epilepsy patients

30 November 2010

Great Ormond Street Hosptial is the first to offer epilepsy patients functional Magnetic Resonance Imagin (fMRI) scans. This enables clinicians to see which parts of the brain control which vital functions eg memory, speech. language and movement. This is turn gives the surgeon more information about where in the brain to avoid or operate on in those patients for whom brain surgery is suitable.

Read more about GOSH patient Adian Murphy and the work of the fMRI team.

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Notes to editors

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust is the country’s leading centre for treating sick children, with the widest range of specialists under one roof.

With the UCL Institute of Child Health, we are the largest centre for paediatric research outside the US and play a key role in training children’s health specialists for the future.

Our charity needs to raise £50 million every year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research. With your help we provide world class care to our very ill children and their families.

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