HTS–MRI workshop held
Robinson Research Institute (RRI) recently hosted a group of Japanese researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Kyushu University and Kyoto University attending a joint workshop on HTS magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Following on from the successful NZ-JPN HTS magnet workshop held in December 2014, this workshop brought together the RRI-MRI team and the Japanese team behind the 3 T BSSCO head-only vertical bore MRI system.
The workshop enabled both teams to discuss in detail their MRI projects, and to explore potential avenues for collaboration. Over the course of the week, the researchers from NIMS' Superconducting Wire Unit also had the opportunity to appraise the RRI's automated 8 T superconducting wire characterisation system.