Team
The project, led by Professor Reza Razavi and Professor Jo Hajnal encompasses a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, robotics experts, imaging specialists, computing specialists and clinicians. The Award has been granted to Kings College London, along with colleagues at St Thomas’ Hospital, Imperial College London, the University of Firenze (Florence, Italy), the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada) and Philips Healthcare.
We will use state of the art techniques in ultrasound, MRI, robotics and computing to create a multi-probe system for automated ultrasound imaging.
Clinical Team
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital

- Professor Reza Razavi (Lead)
- Expert in Paediatric Cardiovascular Science Academic Website reza.razavi@kcl.ac.uk
- Professor Mary Rutherford
-
Expert in Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Academic Website mary.rutherford@kcl.ac.uk
- Dr David Lloyd
- Clinical Research Fellow david.lloyd@kcl.ac.uk
- Jacqueline Matthew BSc(hons), MSc
-
Research Radiographer
jacqueline.matthew@kcl.ac.uk
- Ms Emily Skelton
- Research Sonographer emily.skelton@kcl.ac.uk
- Ms Milou Van Poppel
- Clinical Research Fellow milou.van_poppel@kcl.ac.uk
- Dr Thomas Day
- Clinical Research Fellow thomas.day@kcl.ac.uk
- Stefanie Chan
- Recruitment Coordinator
Evelina Children's Hospital

- Dr John Simpson
-
Expert in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Academic Website
Clinical Website john.simpson@gstt.nhs.uk
King's College London

MRI Team
King's College London

- Professor Joseph Hajnal (Lead)
- Expert in Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Academic Website jo.hajnal@kcl.ac.uk
- Tom Roberts
- MRI Physicist t.roberts@kcl.ac.uk
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada)

- Dr Christopher MacGowan
- Expert in fetal MRI Research website christopher.macgowan@sickkids.ca
- Dr Aneta Chmielewski
- Cardiac MRI Researcher aneta.chmielewski@sickkids.ca
Image Computing Team
King's College London

- Professor Julia Schnabel
- Professor of Computational Imaging – Project lead at King's
- Dr Alberto Gomez
- Research Fellow, Image Computing website alberto.gomez@kcl.ac.uk
- Dr. Veronika Zimmer
- Research Fellow
Imperial College London

- Professor Daniel Rueckert
- Expert in Visual Information Processing website d.rueckert@imperial.ac.uk
- Dr Bernhard Kainz
- Lecturer b.kainz@imperial.ac.uk
- Dr. Liu Tianrui
- Research Associate t.liu15@imperial.ac.uk
Ultrasound Team
King’s College London

- Professor Jo Hajnal
- Chair of Imaging Science
- Dr Laura Peralta-Pereira
- Research Fellow, MIMO acquisition laura.peralta_pereira@kcl.ac.uk
University of Firenze (Florence)

- Professor Piero Tortoli
- Expert in Elecronics – Project lead at Florence website piero.tortoli@unifi.it
Philips Healthcare, USA

- Dr Aleksandra Popovic
-
Department Head - Ultrasound Imaging and Interventions
aleksandra.popovic@philips.com
Robotics
King's College London

- Professor Kawal Rhode
- Expert in Biomedical Engineering – Project lead at King's Website kawal.rhode@kcl.ac.uk
- Dr Richard James Housden
- Automated Robotics Systems Researcher Website richard.housden@kcl.ac.uk
Research Steering Group
- Dr Philip Jordan
- Innovations Associate, Wellcome Trust p.jordan@wellcome.ac.uk
- Dr Silvia Giampieri
- Project Manager
- Professor Basky Thilaganathan
- Director of Fetal Medicine Unit, St. George's Hospital baskaran.thilaganathan@stgeorges.nhs.uk
- Professor Richard Bibb
- Professor of Medical Applications of Design, Loughborough University r.j.bibb@lboro.ac.uk