Christian Kames wins the 2016 QSM Reconstrcution Challenge

Christian Kames wins the 2016 QSM Reconstrcution Challenge

Magnetic resonance imaging scientist Christian Kames has won the Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping Reconstruction Challenge 2016. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a technique that turns an MRI scan into maps of magnetic properties of biological tissues. Due to its high sensitivity to tissue damage, QSM is currently one of the hot topics in MRI. 24 teams submitted […]

Hockey concussion papers featured in the media

Our recent publications on advanced MRI of concussion in ice hockey players were featured in several news stories, including a cover story in the Vancouver Sun and an interview with CBC.

Austrian Ambassador visits MRI Science Lab

Austrian Ambassador visits MRI Science Lab

On June 22 2016, Austrian Ambassador Arno Riedel and Austrian Consul General David Anthony Haber vist the MRI Science Lab and the UBC MRI Research Centre.

GE Pulse Programming and MRI Science Course

In the spring of 2016, Professor Gareth Barker from King’s College London held an MRI sequence development course, which was organized by Drs. Shannon Kolind and Alexander Rauscher. We thank the Child & Family Research Imaging Facility for hosting the course and General Electric for their support..