MR Safety Study Group 2007 Berlin Program

Wednesday 23 May 2007 @ 19:30
Hall 14.2/Oslo at the ICC-Berlin
 

19:25
Welcome and Introduction
Alayar Kangarlu, Ph.D., Daniel J. Schaefer, Ph.D.

19:30
"History of US Regulation of MRI: An Individual Scientist's Perspective"
John Schenck, M.D., Ph.D.,  General Electric Global Research, Schenectady, NY, USA.

19:45
"Introduction to MR Patient and Occupational Safety Issues and the EU EMF Directive"
Juergen Hennig, Ph.D., University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

20:00
"Scientific Basis for Static Magnetic Field Concerns: Chronic and Acute Exposures"
Penny Gowland, Ph.D.,  University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

20:15 "Safety Concerns at Ultra High Field(>4T): B0 and RF Effects"
Alayar Kangarlu, Ph.D.,  Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

20:30
"Induced Fields In Workers Due To Time Varying Gradients and Movement Through Static Gradients"
Stuart Crozier, Ph.D., University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.

20:45
"Understanding RF Safety Using Computational Electromagnetics"
Tamer Ibrahim, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

21:00
Panel Discussion followed by Open Discussion:
John Schenck, Juergen Hennig, Penny Gowland, Stuart Crozier, Tamer Ibrahim, Daniel J.Schaefer,
Alayar Kangarlu

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