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Paving the way for scientific breakthroughs that will transform the lives of patients now and in the future.
The launch of the UK’s first-of-its-kind national total-body PET imaging platform will provide a complete picture of the nation’s clinical PET imaging research, leading to transformations in the way we research, predict and treat diseases forever.
The impact will have far-reaching effects on the progress of the scientific, medical, and academic communities and for patients across the UK.
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Total-body PET is 10 times more sensitive than current state-of-the-art PET/CT imaging technology.
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State-of-the-art total-body PET imaging scanners serving the length and breadth of the UK.
Learn moreConnecting the UK’s PET imaging community will transform our detection, diagnosis and treatment of multi-organ diseases.
NPIP brings together cutting-edge imaging infrastructure with clinical intelligence, delivering new and unique opportunities for greater insight and discovery.
Our next-generation total-body PET imaging scanners will provide superior functional imaging, transforming insight for our UK-wide PET community.
The national platform will connect projects and begin to build a rich bank of data for improved sharing and knowledge transfer, creating the most complete picture of patient health in the UK and globally to date.
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Advances in imaging and informatics pioneered here in the UK have led to a step-change in how we diagnose and treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, bringing hope to patients and their families.
Our £32 million backing for this Platform will give British clinicians and researchers access to a never-before-seen breadth of data, pushing forward new innovations from drug discovery to screening, strengthening our life sciences sector, and ultimately transforming lives.
Latest News
Patient and Ministers Unveil NPIP’s First Total-Body PET Scanner as London Site Becomes Operational
November 28, 2024Patients are starting to benefit from one of the UK’s first total-body PET scanners, brought to St Thomas’ Hospital in London by the National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP). Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, […]
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National Pet Imaging Platform joins UK Health Data Research Alliance to accelerate data-driven research and enhance patient care
August 7, 2024At its quarterly board meeting on 14 August, the UK Health Data Alliance (the ‘Alliance’) will formally welcome the National Pet Imaging Platform (NPIP) to its association, bringing the total number of its members to 106. NPIP is proud to join the Alliance’s mission to accelerate improvements in biomedicine, health and care by encouraging widespread […]
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Total body PET: Leveraging New Technology and UK Infrastructure to Help Improve Patient Outcomes
August 1, 2024NPIP Director of Operations and Engagement, Dr Juliana Maynard is featured in radmagazine’s June issue. Click here to read the article in full via the radmagazine website.
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Propelling UK Total-Body PET to Transform Patient Outcomes
July 25, 2024NPIP Director of Operations and Engagement, Dr Juliana Maynard is featured in the National Health Executive magazine’s July/August 2024 issue. The article is available via the NHE website here.
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Royal Free London Joins National PET Imaging Platform as Collaborative Partner
January 22, 2024Building a community of excellence The National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) is delighted to welcome the Royal Free London as a collaborative partner in bringing revolutionary total-body PET capabilities to the UK. Launched in October 2023, NPIP is the UK’s first-of-its-kind national total-body PET platform for drug discovery. Funded through a £32m investment from the UK […]
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UK launches its first national total-body PET platform for drug discovery
October 5, 2023Patients to benefit from game-changing full-body scans to provide a richer picture of human health for clinical research. A partnership between Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK will deliver scientific breakthroughs with the launch of the UK’s first-of-its-kind national total-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging platform for drug discovery. […]
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