GE host first UK 3T meeting

Pictured at a GE Healthcare 3T MR Symposium held in London recently are  rom left:Dr Vijay Sawlani, Morriston Hospital, Wales; Professor Steve Williams, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Professor Patrick Turski MD, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin; Professor Lindsay Turnbull, Centre for MRI Investigations, Hull University and from GE Healthcare, General Manager, MR Europe, Stefano Vagliani; High Field MR Product Manager Bryan Mock, PhD, Stephen Gibbs and Regional Sales Manager Northern Europe Karl Blight,

The GE Healthcare UK MR team recently hosted the 1st UK 3T MR Symposium at the Kings Place venue in Kings Cross, London.

The event, which attracted over 160 consultant radiologists, radiographer, managers and general imaging community staff, featured a 3T Imaging Symposium and the launch of the Signa MR750 3.0T to the UK market.

Guest speakers presented their experiences of 3T MR in diagnostic imaging.

GE Healthcare UK MR manager Stephen Gibbs, predicted, “The use of 3T, and the development of technology that the Signa MR750 3.0T brings, will mean that 3T MR will change many clinical and care pathways”.

A full report will be published on page 10 of the January 2009 issue of RAD Magazine.