News News stories 2 July 2018 Celebrating PhD VIVA success Congratulations to the following people on passing their PhD VIVAs. 12 May 2017 New MRI scanner up and running The new POLARIS MRI scanner at the Northern General Hospital is now up and running. 5 May 2017 Hyperpolarised gas ventilation MRI detects early lung disease in children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Hyperpolarised gas MRI uses inhaled gases to directly image the airspaces of the lungs. Search Sorry, we couldn't find that text as part of a news story in this area of the website. Try using the search box at the top of the page to search the whole website instead.