RSNA 2003

Janet De Wilde attended this year's RSNA meeting in Chicago and sent back daily reports on the latest MRI developments as they were unveiled.

You can read Janet's reports on the latest MRI technology from GE, Hitachi, Philips, Siemens and Toshiba on the RSNA 2003 news section of our website.

MHRA publications - forthcoming

MHRA 03144 Evaluation: Open MRI Systems (nee Open Comparison Report Issue 4)

The latest report detailing open MRI systems was sent to the MHRA for publication on the 19 December 2003.

This report contains summaries of the technical specification and imaging performance of nine open scanners:

• GE Profile 0.2T
• Hitachi Airis 0.2T
• Siemens Concerto 0.2T
• Philips Panorama 0.23T
• GE Ovation 0.35T
• Hitachi Airis II 0.3T
• Philips Panorama 0.6T
• Fonar 360° 0.6T
• GE OpenSpeed 0.7T

The MHRA should be publishing this report in mid-January 2004. It will also be the first sporting the MHRA's new cover design.

You can pre-order copies via our website.

MRI test objects

MagNET can provide a full set of MRI test objects for routine quality assurance and acceptance testing.

A full set contains test objects for assessing:

• SNR
• Uniformity
• Geometric linearity/distortion and slice width
• Spatial resolution
• Slice position
• Phased array spine

Please contact us for further information.

mri training

MagNET's next "MRI Quality Assurance and Safety" course will be held on Friday 26 March 2004.

This will be a one-day course focusing on MRI quality assurance techniques and safe working practices.

Places are available for this course, but, as always, we strongly recommend registering as soon as possible.

Full details of the course programme can be found on our website.

Since the course began, we've regularly updated the content to keep it as up-to-date as possible. Recently, there's been a lot to fit in to a one-day course.

Consequently, we've decided to split future courses such that they concentrate on MRI safety or quality assurance only.

The course dates for the remainder of 2004 will be as follows:

MRI Safety
Thursday 24 June 2004

MRI Quality Assurance
Thursday 23 September 2004

You can register for all of these courses via our website.

thank you!

We all at MagNET would like to thank you for your interest in our work over the past year.

We wish you all the best for the festive season and for a peaceful new year.

The MagNET Team:
Janet De Wilde
David Price
James Williams
Ioannis Delakis
Caroline Renaud
Shirley Khan

contact us

Please contact us if you would like further information on any of MagNET's publications or services:

MagNET
Department of Bioengineering
Bagrit Centre
Imperial College London
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2AZ
UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6305
Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 6337
Email: enquiry@magnet-mri.org
Website: http://www.magnet-mri.org/

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