Note change of venue to Anglia Ruskin University

This talk will illustrate how MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), one of the basic tools of medical diagnostics, grew out of a series of discoveries in basic academic scientific research and applied technological developments. This concept, taken together with the commercial development of large scale superconducting magnets and massive superfast computing power, has been developed into one of the most precise machines in the medical world.

Richard Aldridge joined UEA in 1969 as a Lecturer in Physics; his research interest was into the effect of atomic disorder on the physical properties of materials (collective magnetism and electrical transport for example). In the late '70s and early '80s he was involved in the inception and founding of engineering at UEA . Richard’s research interests migrated to looking at various algorithms involved in segmentation of images particularly medical ones; hence his interest in MRI . Richard has held several Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Colorado and Western Australia. During his academic life Richard has acted as a consultant to a wide range of industries both local and national and education in a range of areas from basic microprocessor technology through C and Java programming to basic electronics in the school curriculum.

Date: Thursday 17 March 2016

Time: Tea served at 18:00. Talk starts at 18:30

Venue: Lab 002, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT

Free to attend. All welcome. Registration required. To register, visit: http://www.theiet.org/events/local/232450.cfm

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This event is organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Cambridge Network