The ISMRM/SMRT
Joint Forum is a collaborative effort among members
from both organizations. For the 2014 Annual Meeting
the topic selected is PET/MRI and is based on
feedback from last years� meeting evaluations. Your SMRT Annual Meeting registration includes this forum
scheduled on Monday afternoon. The organizers of
this years� forum are James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T.
(R)(MR), Executive Member of the SMRT, Cindy R.
Comeau, B.S, R.T.(N)(MR), FSMRT, Executive
Liaison-External Relations and Christine Chung,
M.D., ISMRM Education Chair from the University of
California, San Diego, USA.
Our esteemed list of speakers includes:
David A. Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D., MsB, FAHA, FACR,
Director Radiology and Imaging Sciences Senior
Investigator,
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/ Adjunct Investigator,
NHLBI, NIDDK & the current Treasurer of the ISMRM,
who will speak on Clinician Applications &
Challenges in the USA.
Gustav K. von Schulthess, M.D., Ph.D., MD Hon,
Chairman Department of Radiology, Professor and
Director Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital
Raemistr. Zurich, Switzerland will address
Clinician Applications & Challenges in Europe.
David W. Jordan, Ph.D., Senior Medical Physicist at
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland,
Ohio, USA will relate PET/MRI Technology
Challenges & Comparison of Systems.
John Totman Ph.D., Head of Imaging Operations
A*STAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre,
National University of Singapore Centre for
Translational Medicine will speak on PET/MRI
Technologists Challenges from a MRI Technologist
Point of View.
Kimberly Jackson, B.S., R.T. (N), LNMT, NMTCB Lead
Nuclear Medicine Technologist, PET/MRI Nuclear
Medicine Dept. NYU Center for Biomedical Imaging
will share experience on PET/MRI Technologists
Challenges from a Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Point of View.
A PET/MRI Panel discussion with questions from the
audience will follow the lectures. |