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Workshop on Standards for Quantitative MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool for diagnosing, treating, and understanding a host of medical conditions, and the technology is evolving rapidly.

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Credit: MRI scanner at the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consortium

On July 14-16, 2014, NIST will host a workshop on quantitative MRI, its uses and the development of standards.

The workshop will bring together key players and groups working on standards for MRI to accomplish the following goals: increased conversation amongst the existing efforts, harmonization of future efforts, and adoption of the standards efforts by the vendors.

Flyer - PDF

In 2006, NIST hosted a similar workshop that launched many quantitative MRI standards efforts.

Sponsors

 

The event will begin at 8:00 am MDT on Monday, July 14, 2014. The event will end at 12:00 pm MDT on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. There will be informal events in the afternoon of Sunday, July 13, 2014.

Draft Agenda (PDF) - July 9, 2014

Best Western Plus Boulder Inn
770 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80303
1-800-233-8469, reference code: NIST
$134/night Book by June 13, 2014
Includes hot breakfast and in-room internet access


Millennium Harvest House Boulder
1345 28th Street Boulder, CO 80302
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Call (800) 545-6285 and reference Program ID# 1407NISTRB $111/night Book by June 13, 2014

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NIST Visitor Information

If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site. Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.

NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays (up to 24 hours) in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12. When registration is open, the required NIST-1260 form will be available as well.
Created March 7, 2014, Updated May 13, 2016