By Huijun (Vicky) Liao, MR-RT, MRSO, 2023 ISMRT AMPC Chair Dear ISMRT colleagues, How is your day going? “It’s going” is the answer that I usually get when I ask my coworkers that question. Yes, our day is full of challenges! My typical workday starts with a long list of patients waiting to be [...]
By Sonja K. Boiteaux, M.Sc., RT(R)(MR), MRSO, CHC 2022-2023 ISMRT President I hope this message finds you happy and healthy! Living in the humid subtropical climate of Houston, TX, USA, means we have shallow gradient or minimal change in the weather as we move through the autumn season, though it is nice that the [...]
By Huijun (Vicky) Liao, MR-RT, MRSO, 2023 ISMRT AMPC Chair It is my absolute pleasure and honor to serve as your ISMRT Annual Meeting Program Committee (AMPC) Chair for Toronto 2023. In May of 2021, Nancy Beluk (the SMRT president of 2020-2021) and Anne Dorte Blankholm (the president of 2021-2022) entrusted me with the [...]
By Sonja K. Boiteaux, M.Sc., RT(R)(MR), MRSO, CHC 2022-2023 ISMRT President It is a humbling honor to take on the role of president of the ISMRT. Being chosen to lead this great group of global MR radiographers and technologists is such a privilege. For those who don’t know me, I completed my certificates as [...]
By Anne Dorte Blankholm, Ph.D., M.Sc.Radiographer, MRSO., 2021-2022 ISMRT President Dear ISMRT members and colleagues, I hope that you are all well. Here in the Nordic countries, days are getting longer and more light gives encouragement and hope for the future. The status of the pandemic looks like we will have fewer restrictions in [...]
By Anne Dorte Blankholm, Ph.D., M.Sc.Radiographer, MRSO., 2021-2022 SMRT President I hope this message finds you all well and safe. On the part of the globe where I live, summer is now over and the autumn has begun; the forest is taking on new warm colors, and the weather is getting cooler. The COVID [...]
By Rhys Slough, M.Sc., 2022 SMRT Program Chair Dear SMRT and ISMRM Colleagues, I trust you are all well, and for those who are not, I wish you well as soon as possible. It is with great personal delight that I introduce myself as your SMRT Annual Meeting Program Chair for London 2022. I [...]
By Anne Dorte Blankholm, Ph.D., M.Sc.Radiographer, MRSO., 2021-2022 SMRT President Having worked with MR for more than 30 years, MR safety is always on my agenda. I remember being part of starting the first MR center in the western part of Denmark. We started with no doors to the scanner rooms (Zone IV), and [...]
By Anne Dorte Blankholm, , Ph.D.,M.Sc.Radiographer, MRSO., 2021-2022 SMRT President It is a great honor and a pleasure for me taking over the presidency of the SMRT. I am especially honored being the first Danish SMRT president and only the second SMRT president from Europe. For those of you who don’t know me, I [...]
