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Logos of the European Workshop on Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (top) and the European Magnetic Resonance Forum (bottom) |
The European Magnetic Resonance Forum, for short EMRF, was founded as "European Workshop on Magnetic Resonance in Medicine" in 1982 and started its activities in 1983. It was created as an open institution to organize continuing education meetings on magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in medicine. In 1991, the Workshop was incorporated into the newly created EMRF Foundation, a nonprofit organization. This opened the door to a more intensive interdisciplinary exchange in addition to the medical applications of magnetic resonance. In the statutes of the foundation its mission is defined as follows: "The European Magnetic Resonance Forum Foundation has been created to promote continuing education, exchange of information, research, development, and application in the field of magnetic resonance in medicine, in neighboring disciplines, and the natural and computer sciences. It also supports applications of this technology for the benefit of the environment and development of needy areas of the world." The EMRF Foundation is not a membership society. Its efforts complement such societies. It is independent of any commercial influence and governed by a board of trustees consisting, at present, of four members, two radiologists, one natural scientist, one lawyer. The Foundation's accounting is state-supervised. |
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Peter A. Rinck, Chairman of the Board (top), and Robert N. Muller, Vice Chairman (bottom), are involved in research and teaching of magnetic resonance imaging since the very beginning of this modality. Professor Rinck is a radiologist, Professor Muller a chemist. |
The Foundation has arranged numerous teaching and continuing education courses, mostly in English, but also in French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian. Dedicated seminars were aimed at advanced basic and clinical science applications. Upon request, the Foundation will support teaching courses by supplying teaching material and sponsoring speakers. However, strict rules and standards apply for such sponsorships. Slowly, new objectives were added. During the last fifteen years, the Foundation has been increasingly approached to provide travel grants, mostly by young scientists in the former East bloc and in developing countries. This includes grants for conferences organized by the EMRF, but also for the European Congress of Radiology and the annual meetings of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. There has also been an increase in applications for training and research grants, computer equipment, and even clinical radiological equipment. Increased sponsorship, mostly from private sources, has made it possible to add to the number of travel and educational grants. In the future, these activities are to be expanded by additional fund-raising efforts. EMRF presents two prizes, the European Magnetic Resonance Award since 1986 and the Humanitarian Award of the EMRF Foundation since 2007. The Foundation is also involved in humanitarian aid, although these efforts are very specific and limited.
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