Acronym Heaven
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Or acronym hell. A look at the (ab)use of the English language for marketing MRI acquistion pulse sequences and methods.
MRI Cryptic Crossword
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Announcing—a MRI puzzle for Christmas 2007… a MRI Physics Cryptic Crossword.
First prize is a 20q game, which is an incredible little device which can guess what you’re thinking, by asking twenty apparently inane questions like “Is it larger than a duck?”.
Submit your answers to crossword@revisemri.com. Go for it! Competition ended.
Knowledge transfer
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Knowledge Transfer (KT) is concerned with the exploitation of knowledge, to speed up the translation of scientific advances into benefits for patients.
The World Report on Knowledge for Better Health (WHO 2004) has identified a large gap between what is known and what is actually being done in health systems. The so-called know-do gap. Increased communication and interaction between health systems and health research systems was called for. How do researchers achieve this?
Linux and MR systems
Monday, November 5th, 2007
I recently installed the Ubuntu (Linux) operating system on my home PC. My aim is to see how well I can get by with free software for all my home-use activities, which include website development, internet browsing, word processing, finance management, music, email and more. (Ubuntu automatically detected all my hardware, including wireless, bluetooth, printers, and “Fn” keys, and sucessfully repartitioned my hard drive to dual-boot with Windows Vista—very nifty. But I digress.) In the course of my dabbling in Linux, I have found myself more well prepared for performing research-related activities on one manufacturer’s MR scanner, which also runs on Linux.
Beekeeping and the womb
Monday, October 29th, 2007
There’s something very peaceful about opening a beehive. Well, OK, not at first.