ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition • 03-08 June 2023 • Toronto, ON, Canada
Tailoring MRI to Local Needs: A Journey Around the Globe | |||
10:30 |
Establishing a Community for MR Research Expertise in Latin
America
Pablo Irarrazaval
Keywords: Transferable skills: Research coordination Twenty-eight years ago, we started an MRI research center in Chile. It was a real challenge to do it, given the scarcity of resources and, more importantly, the little appreciation for the technology and even less for researching it. This is our experience, our choices, and the lessons we learned. |
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11:00 |
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MRI Services to Meet the Clinical Needs of Southeast Asia
Pek-Lan Khong
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11:30 |
Building Accessible MRI Scanners to Meet the Infrastructural
Demands of South Asia
Arjun Arunachalam
Keywords: Physics & Engineering: Hardware Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners have been used for regular clinical diagnosis for close to forty years now. However, while today there are regions in the world where the public has easy access to state-of-the-art scanners, there also exist regions where such accessibility is virtually non-existent. In this talk, the terms affordability and accessibility are elaborated upon and a design-criteria for an accessible and affordable scanner specifically for south Asia is presented. Finally, a summary of the steps that may be required to make MRI accessible and affordable to all is shared. |
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12:00 |
Social & Educational Needs for Building Sustainable MRI Access
in Sub-Saharan Africa
Udunna Anazodo
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The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.