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Contentious Issues in MR
28 Sep 2006

British Institute of Radiology, London

Meeting Programme

09.30

Registration and coffee

 

Chairman: Dr Simon Blease
 

10.00

Field strength - what's the optimum?

 

Prof Penny Gowland, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

10.25

Devices and safety - the challenge of higher field strength

 

Speaker tbc

10.50

The Physical Agents (EMF) directive - a threat to MR and sanity?

 

Dr Stephen Keevil, Kings College London, London

11.15

Discussion

11.30

Coffee

 

 

11.45

Whole body screening

 

Eddy Van Heel, PreScan UK Ltd

12.10

Abdominal imaging - MR or CT?

 

Dr Tony Blakeborough, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield

12.35

Discussion

12.45

Lunch

 

 

13.45

Electron Spin Warp Imaging - will it ever have a place?

 

Prof David Lurie, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

14.15

Contrast agents - do we use enough?

 

Prof Peter Dawson, University College London Hospital, London

14.35

Discussion

14.45

Coffee

 

 

15.15

Suite design. Should Shellock’s white paper be used in UK?

 

Mr Ian Benton, Wardray Premise Ltd, Thames Ditton

15.40

Accreditation standards. Should ACR accreditation be used in UK?

 

Mr Jeevan Gunaratnam, Med-Tel UK Ltd, London

16.00

Discussion

16.15

Close


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