Project of EU 6th Framework Program "Maria Currie"

Project Acronym: PHELINET

Project coordinator: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Head of the project part: Prof. Ing. Ivan Frollo, DrSc.

Period of the project 1.12.2006 - 31.12.2010

Cooperating institutions:

1. Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Medical School (Jogu-Clinics) established in Germany;
2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) established in Spain;
3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) established in France;
4. Unité de Recherche en Résonance Magnétique Médicale (U2R2M), Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (LKB)
5. The University of Sheffield (USFD) established in United Kingdom;
6. Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre (UnivCopenhagen) established in Denmark;
7. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) (DKFZ) established in Germany;
8. Jagiellonian University (UNI JAG) established in Poland;
9. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JOGU) established in Germany;
10. Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences (IMS SAS) established in Slovakia;
11. Siemens AG, Medical Solutions (Siemens) established in Germany;
12. Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. (PMS) established in The Netherlands;
13. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG (BI) established in Germany;
14. RAPID Biomedical GmbH (RAPID) established in Germany;
15. Esaote S.p.A (Esaote) established in Italy;
16. Spectra Gases Ltd. (Spectra Gases) established in United Kingdom.

PHELINET (Polarized Helium Lung Imaging Network) aims at a wide dissemination and a rapid transfer to end-users of the hyperpolarized (HP) Helium3 lung MRI technique, through pan-european training and intense cooperation of eleven academic and six industrial collaborators. It focuses on (i) the realization of the strong potential of this technique for lung diseases diagnostic and for the evaluation of therapy efficacy, (ii) the development and the finalization of improved, efficient and robust methods and tools for HP Helium3 lung MRI.

More information on the Cordis and Phelinet page.