Company Profile
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Company Overview
The ISMRM is an international, interdisciplinary group united by a common interest in the science, technology, and application of magnetic resonance in medicine and related fields. It represents basic and clinical scientists developing new magnetic resonance techniques and applications, clinicians with a strong interest in magnetic resonance science and application, serves its membership directly as well as practitioners and their patients, regulatory and governmental agencies, and industry. Its multidisciplinary membership of over 5,000 and growing consists of clinicians, physicists, engineers, biochemists, and technologists. In addition to its large scientific meetings, the Society holds workshops and publishes two journals, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and a newsletter, MR Pulse. It also sponsors study groups on specific areas of scientific interest and chapters based on geographical location. An affiliated section, the Society for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT), was founded to provide a forum for education, information, and research in the field of magnetic resonance with the primary objective of advancing the education and training for MRI/S technologists worldwide.
Based in Concord, California, USA, incorporated as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit society, the ISMRM is governed by a 26-member Board of Trustees. The ISMRM Web site address is http://www.ismrm.org.