| 18:30 |
Business Meeting |
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18:30 Welcome
Statement and Announcement of Group Formation: Opening session, with
brief
presentation on
major areas of MR safety that needs focus for more research
Alayar Kangarlu, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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18:40 History
of Study Group: Brief history of formation of the group and statistics
of its membership
population
J. Daniel Schaefer, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
USA |
| 18:45 |
Scientific Meeting |
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18:50 MR
Safety Issues: Considerations at High Fields
Alayar Kangarlu, Columbia University, New York, New York,
USA
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19:10 RF Power
Deposition, General Considerations and Implications of Implants/Devices
Tamer S. Ibrahim, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA
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19:30 Gradient
Safety at High Field
John A. Nyenhuis, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, USA
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19:50 MRI
Safety for Implants and Devices: Update 2006
Frank
G. Shellock, University of Southern California and Institute for
Magnetic Resonance Safety,
Education and Research, Los Angeles, California, USA
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20:10 Round
Table Discussion by Presenters, with further discussion of the role of
the MR of Safety
Study Group and
invitation and instruction for membership, inviting suggestion
for mid-year
meeting |
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