[BIC-announce] MRI Talk at MGH Dec. 9 [CANCELLED]

[Rick Hoge]

Dear all,

Unfortunately today's talk by Dr. Chronik has been cancelled.

Best regards,

Rick

Prof. Blaine Chronik from Western University <http://silverberg.physics.uwo.ca/index.html> will be giving a lecture on MRI Hardware and DreMR on Dec. 9that 3:30pm in Room L7-140 of the Montreal General Hospital. 
 
The talk is targeted for a general audience
 
Changing magnetic fields in MRI: challenges and opportunities
 
Magnetic fields are clearly necessary in Magnetic Resonance Imaging - it is right there in the name! The main magnetic field is very strong, the radio-frequency magnetic fields are very fast, and the gradient magnetic fields are somewhere in between. In this talk, we will talk about the effects, good and bad, of changing (in time) these magnetic fields. On the one hand, the presence of changing magnetic fields represents a particular challenge for implanted medical devices (think pacemaker). We will review the status of medical devices within the MR system environment, and look ahead to what is on the horizon. On the other hand, the ability to change the main magnetic field (say from 1.5 T to 1.7 T, then back again) during imaging allows some exciting opportunities. We will review a new method of MR called delta relaxation enhanced MRI ("dreMR") and the potential benefits associated with the technique.
 
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