Second Nottingham Symposium on Magnetic Resonance

In honour of Sir Peter Mansfield and his contributions to Magnetic Resonance

20 December, 1998

Last updated 16 Dec 1998.

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9:00 Welcome: Vice Chancellor Colin Campbell
9:15 Opening Address: Richard Ernst     The Advent of NMR in the Light of Sir Peter Mansfield's Innovations
MORNING RETROSPECTIVE
Chairs: Jacek Hennel and Peter Allen
10:00
Solid State
Invited Speaker: Al Garroway Solid State NMR, MRI and Sir Peter Mansfield: (1) From broad lines to narrow and back again and (2) A highly tenuous link to landmine detection
Invited Contribution:     Andrzej Jasinski    
10:30
Birth of MRI
Invited Speaker:     Andrew Maudsley     Early Development of Line-Scan NMR Imaging
Invited Speaker: Peter Morris First Experiences Of Human MRI
11:00 Coffee
11:30
High Speed MRI      Chair: Bob Turner
EPI & EVI Invited Speaker:   Roger Ordidge EPI between years 1977 and 82
Shielded Gradients Invited Speaker: Barry Chapman Actively Screened Gradient Coils
Clinical Applications (of High Speed MRI)   Invited Speaker: Brian Worthington   Steps towards realising the clinical potential of EPI
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Chairs: Richard Bowtell and Ken Packer
12:15 NMR Microscopy     Invited Speaker: Steve Blackband     NMR Microscopy: Beginnings and New Directions
12:35 Porous Media      Invited Speaker:    Paul Callaghan      Imaging and Diffraction - the Mansfield Legacy
13:00 Lunch
FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR HIGH SPEED MRI
14:30
Technical Opportunities and Challenges      Chair: Axel Haase
Panel Members:
Technical challenges: Richard Bowtell, Francisek Hennel
Safety Issues: Paul Harvey, Roger Ordidge
Spectroscopic Imaging:   Peter Allen, Herman Bachelard, Andrew Maudsley, Peter Morris
15:15
Opportunities in Basic Medical Science and Clinical Practice      Chair: Brian Worthington
Panel Members: John Firth, Penny Gowland, Laurie Hall, Donald Longmore, Michael Stehling, Bob Turner
16.00 Tea
Chair: Richard Ernst
16:30 New Horizons      Invited Speaker: Alex Pines      "Lighting Up" NMR and MRI
17:15 Closing Remarks: Peter Morris