3rd Joint Meeting:
International MRI Conference & Workshop |
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New Horizons in MR |
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The
meeting, held on 24th September 2000, Sunday, was jointly
organized by the Hong Kong College of Radiologists and the
European-Chinese Society for Clinical Magnetic Resonance. This year, for
the first time, the venue chosen for the event was the Hong Kong Academy
of Medicine Jockey Club Building. |
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After
the Opening Ceremony at 8:30am, renowned MR specialists from Europe
delivered plenary lectures, focussing on the recent developments in MRI: |
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Prof
C Matos |
(Belgium) |
New
advances in Body MR |
Prof
C Altehoefer |
(Germany) |
New
Advances in Body MRA |
Prof
J Hennig |
(Germany) |
New
advances in Cardiac MR |
Prof
Ch Moonen |
(France) |
Clinical
MR Spectroscopy |
Prof
D Le Bihan |
(France) |
Diffusion
Imaging: Basics and Clinical Applications |
Prof
L Ostergaard |
(Denmark) |
Perfusion
Imaging: Clinical Applications. |
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In
the afternoon, workshops were conducted on Body MR and MRA, Cardiac MR,
Clinical MR Spectroscopy, and Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging, arranged in
consecutive parallel sessions. |
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There
were 114 registrants for the meeting, including 10 from Macau. The general
feedback was that the topics were new and focused. |
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The
major sponsor of the event was Nycomed-Amersham. Other sponsors included
General Electric, Philips, Siemens, and Bruker Medical. We would like to
thank them for their support of radiology training and educational
activities in Hong Kong. |
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Speakers, organizing committee and audio-visual team at the opening of the MRI conference and workshop |
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Afternoon workshop session |