This year MRI celebrates the 50th anniversary of P. Lauterbur’s seminal discovery paper on MR imaging published on March 16, 1973. The first human sized scanners producing ‘proof of principle’-images were based on homemade magnets with a typical field strength of ~ 0.05 Tesla. First commercial MRI machines appeared in the early 80s with field strength approaching 0.5 Tesla. Sounds familiar ? Today MRI at 0.05 and at 0.5 Tesla are back as ‘hot topics’ in the current developments. The presentation will present the ‘then and now’ of MRI and discuss opportunities from ongoing technological developments to demonstrate that these trends are not just a revival of previous work, but open up new ways into the future of MRI.
Professor Hennig is an internationally leading pioneer in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). His research interests include MRI methodological and technological developments and their applications in clinical medicine and basic science. He has made numerous and seminal contributions to MRI technology development since the inception of MRI several decades ago. At present, Professor Hennig’s key fields of interest are neurology and neuroscience, cardiovascular MRI, MR in oncology and metabolic disease. He has published over 500 scientific papers (h-index 95) and holds more than 100 patents. He received numerous international awards including Gold Medal of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Max Planck Award, Houndsfield Medal for Medical Imaging, and Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Science. He was also the past President of ISMRM and is presently serving on the editorial board of MRM, MAGMA and Applied Magnetic Resonance.
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