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CONFERENCES	UPCOMING CONFERENCES
MONS, BELGIUM 29-30 January 2009	An Introduction to Metabonomics. Basics and Applications. Topics: NMR in metabonomics - sample preparation. NMR in metabonomics - spectral acquisition. Data processing . LC-NMR & 2D-NMR. Mass spectrometry in Metabonomics. *Details and titles of lectures will be posted soon. The number of participants is limited.*
COIMBRA, PORTUGAL 1-5 March 2009	An Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Selected Scientific Research Topics. A Basic Course including in-depth treatment of selected special topics for young researchers. *Details and titles of lectures will be posted soon. The number of participants is limited.*

EMRF GOES CHINA	MR IMAGE EXPERT AND BASIC TEXTBOOK AVAILABLE IN CHINA In cooperation with the People's Medical Publishing House, EMRF has published its basic MR textbook in China. The book was presented by its Chinese translator, Dr. Song Yingru, at a radiological conference in Nanjing City in October. *Details and* additional information

HUMANITARIAN AID "Corazones solidarios"	NEW FOCUS OF ACTIVITY OF EMRF HUMANITARIAN AID Since the beginning of 2006, EMRF Humanitarian Aid supports Fundación Corazones Solidarios, a small foundation in Bogotá, Colombia, dedicated to helping small children of very poor families. A number of additional donors could be found and have contributed to this effort. *Details and* additional information

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"The most advanced of all is the simple"

MR IMAGE EXPERT
celebrates its
20th anniversary

Twenty years after the start of its development, more than 12,000 copies of MR Image Expert have been distributed worldwide. Originally, the software was developed by Peter A. Rinck and Geir Torheim as a teaching aid for EMRF's courses, but very soon was also used for research and diagnostic purposes.

Based on relaxation time and proton
density values, MR Image Expert
creates synthetic magnetic resonance
images and can be applied for all
steady-state pulse sequences.

The latest version, planned to be released in 2010, will allow simulation of images for additional diagnostic purposes and easier import facilities from MR imaging equipment to PCs.

In the introductory description in 1988, the first version of the new software was described as follows:

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is one of the intellectually most demanding and challenging medical technologies.

Understanding the mechanisms which influence and change image contrast in MR imaging, in particular the relations between image contrast and pulse sequences and their parameters, is difficult and often requires much intuition and imagination.
Teaching tools such as textbooks and slide presentations are used to introduce the newcomer to the field, but the best teacher would be an MRI machine itself. However, learning by experience is time-consuming, expensive, and in cases with human pathology, impossible.

Thus, the next best tool is an MR imaging simulator, a computer program which simulates an MRI machine without performing real examinations. Such a simulator should be as close to reality as possible. MR Image Expert is a computer program which simulates the most important aspects of a magnetic resonance imaging equipment. We have tried to make it as simple to use as possible.

MR Image Expert ®

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