This is a prospective, observational, study exploring the kinetics of tissue iron uptake following intravenous iron infusion (Ferinject), received as part of standard clinical care in a group of iron-deficient patients.~Participants will be recruited through the Iron Deficiency Management Service, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) . Participants will receive their intravenous iron infusion (Ferinject) as part of their standard clinical care by an NHS clinician. They will undergo all the study MRI scans and additional study procedures at the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), which is based at the John Radcliffe Hospital and is part of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine within the Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford.~Each participant will undergo 4 MRI scans; baseline, 3hours, 14 days and 42 days post intravenous iron infusion. Blood samples will also be collected at those timepoints for assessment of relevant heamatological and iron parameters.
The aim of this study is to track where the iron goes in different tissues in the hours, days and weeks after an intravenous iron infusion. We will track iron in tissues using MRI relaxometry parameters R1/R2/R2* which are well established as accurate indicators of tissue iron content.