Visit from Julich

Drs. Jon Shah and CH Choi visited CNIR on Monday 10-17 on their way to attend a meeting at KAIST. They are from the Juelich Research Center in western Germany. Dr. Jon Shah is the Director of the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine and had considerable background in physics and novel MRI experiments that interested me. Indeed one of his research focuses, which he presented in a seminar in the afternoon on Monday, was titled Quantitative MRI. His research encompassed a wide array of MR experiments, most notably ultra-high (9.4T) field human MRI combined with PET (in progress), as well as compact, Hallbach-magnet based MRI instrumentation. A close working relationship with Siemens appeared to have been a contributing factor in his Institute's accomplishments over the years. Dr. Choi studied in University of Aberdeen, UK, the place of Dr. Hugh Seton who I remember from the Clarke group collaboration more than 10 years ago. A small world indeed.