Construction of an Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) at the new South Glasgow University Hospital

成像和基因组技术之间的协同作用已被认为是分层或精准医学未来发展的重要驱动力。分层医疗的好处现在已经得到了全球的认可，苏格兰在利用这一潜力方面处于独特的地位，因为它拥有强大的学术研究基础，NHS内先进的电子健康记录，以及在基因组学、生物信息学和诊断方面的强大行业地位。南格拉斯哥大学医院代表了对格拉斯哥和苏格兰地区10亿英镑的投资。新医院将于2015年开业，届时将成为西欧最大的医院，并将在一个地点提供产科、儿科和成人服务。位于新医院的Imagine卓越中心（ICE）将独特地容纳一台7特斯拉MRI扫描仪以及用于临床和研究的其他成像模式，包括3T MRI和高分辨率多层CT，所有这些都是联网的，并与主医院内的大量服务扫描仪共享工作人员。这种最先进的设备将与临床学术成像专家、NHS临床物理专家、行业创新空间以及精密医学活动扩展的潜力一起安置。格拉斯哥大学领导了耗资2000万英镑的苏格兰分层医学创新中心（SMS-IC）的开发，该中心将位于ICE大楼附近。因此，ICE和SMS-IC的合址将为两个中心提供重要的附加价值。建立一个具有国际竞争力的医学成像中心，将NHS、学术和行业合作伙伴结合起来，将使格拉斯哥能够支持比目前更大的数量和种类的临床试验和转化开发，包括相关的供应链。该设施将与商业、学习、研究和临床设施位于同一地点，并将向行业合作伙伴和合作者开放，从而确保苏格兰当地专业cro公司基地和其他服务提供商的利益。拟议的设施将最大限度地促进新南格拉斯哥大学医院卓越临床研究的经济影响，并确保医院成为临床研究驱动的英国生命科学集群的典范。因此，该提案完全符合苏格兰生命科学战略，该设施将为苏格兰现有资产增加重大价值。

The synergy between imaging and genomics technologies has been recognised as being an important driver to the future development of Stratified or Precision Medicine. The benefits of stratified medicine are now globally recognised, and Scotland is uniquely placed to capitalise on this potential, owing to its strong academic research base, advanced electronic health records within the NHS, and a strong industry presence in genomics, bioinformatics and diagnostics. The South Glasgow University Hospital represents an investment to Glasgow and Scotland in the region of £1Billion. When it opens in 2015, the new hospital will be the largest in Western Europe and will include maternity, paediatric and adult services on a single site. The Imagine Centre of Excellence (ICE), located at the new hospital, will uniquely accommodate a 7 Tesla MRI scanner together with other imaging modalities for clinical and research use, including 3T MRI and high resolution multi-slice CT, all networked and sharing staff with the large number of service scanners within the main hospital. This state-of-the-art equipment will be housed alongside clinical academic imaging specialists, NHS clinical physics expertise, innovation space for industry, and potential for expansion of precision medicine activities.The University of Glasgow led the development of the Scotland-wide £20M Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC), which will be based adjacent to the ICE building. The co-location of ICE and SMS-IC will therefore provide significant added value to both centres.The creation of an internationally competitive centre in medical imaging incorporating NHS, academic and industry partners will allow Glasgow to support a much greater volume and variety of clinical trials and translational development than currently, including the associated supply chain. The facility will be co-located alongside commercial, learning, research and clinical facilities, and will be accessible to industry partners and collaborators thus ensuring spin off benefits to the local Scottish company base of specialist CROs and other service providers.The proposed facility will maximise and facilitate the economic impact from the clinical research excellence at the new South Glasgow University Hospital, and ensure the hospital site becomes a clinical research-driven UK exemplar of a Life Sciences cluster. As such, the proposal fully aligns with the Scottish Life Sciences Strategy and the facility will add significant value to existing assets in Scotland.