KSMRM on-line education day

This year's KSMRM education day was held on June 19, 2021 in the form of a whole-day on-line lecture series. The lectures were streamed on-line from a studio that was set up in a conference hall provided by Guerbet Korea, in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Out of the 14 speakers, 5 uploaded a pre-recorded video, 1 presented remotely on-line, and the rest (8) spoke in person from the studio. A total of 141 people registered for the event, and typically 80 ~ 90 people were logged in at any given time. This is the second time when the education day was delivered in a live stream format, following the last year's example. The sessions went smoothly without any major technical or logistical issues. Most of the lectures were on clinical applications of MRI, given by medical doctors in Radiology. Thank you all who helped prepare and wrap up this annual event successfully!

11.7T System at Gachon Univ.

 

Gachon university has recently acquired an 11.74 T MRI system from an Italian company, ASG Superconductors, which made a big local news (https://www.bosa.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2139691) a few months ago. The picture above was taken on the 28th of May at the site where it is being installed, the Neuroscience Research Institute (Song-do branch) in Incheon. The magnet is being vacuum-checked, and is not cooled down yet. The magnet is not actively shielded, and although configured to image a human subject (with about 56 cm accessible bore), will primarily be used for animal imaging for the near future, for regulatory reasons. While the field strength is already quite unique, what is even more interesting is that the system is being configured for a sequential PET scan through a rail  system connecting the two scanners. Prof. Kyoung-Nam Kim (left in picture), kindly provided a tour of the building with several photo opportunities.