The 1994 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Biotechnologies (including Medical Technologies)

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Paul Christian Lauterbur

U.S.A. / May 6, 1929 - 2007
Chemist; Professor and Director, Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, University of Illinois

Workshop

Forum: "Application and Prospectives of Magnetic Resonance Imaging"

Moderators:
Masahiro Endo (Senior Researcher, National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
Tokuko Watanebe (Professor, Tokyo University of the Marine Sciences)

13:00
Opening
 
 
Greetings
Toyomi Inamori; Manarging Director, The Inamori Foundation
 
Greetings
Hiroo Imura; Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Committee in Advanced Technology;
President, Kyoto University
13:15 
Introduction of Laureate
Yukio Tateno; Member, the Kyoto Prize Committee in Advanced Technology;
President, the Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
13:20 
Commemorative Lecture
Paul Christian Lauterbur; Lectures in Advanced Technology
"Novel Approaches to Macroscopic and Microscopic NMR Imaging and Spectroscopic Imaging"
14:10 
Introduction of the Lectures by the Chairperson
Masahiro Endo
 
Lecture
Kunio Tanaka; Assistant Professor, Asahikawa Medical College
"Historical Review of Bio-Medical NMR Techniques in Japan"
 
Lecture
Hirotake Kamei; Senior Researcher, Electrotechnical Laboratory
"The Role of NMR in the Measurement of Brain Functions"
15:10 
Intermission
 
15:30
Introduction of the Lectures by the Chairperson
Tokuko Watanabe
 
Lecture
Jerome L. Ackerman; Director, NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
"NMR Microimaging and Spectroscopy of Biomaterials"
16:00 
Introduction of the Lectures by the Chairperson
Masahiro Furuse; President, Nakatsugawa Municipal General Hospital
 
Lecture
Shoji Naruse; Lecturer, Kyoto Prefecrural University, School of Medicine
"Clinical Application of MR Imaging-Present and Future Prospects-"
17:00 
Question and Answer
 
17:25 
Closing Address
Yukiko Tateno
17:30
Closeing
 

Workshop Abstract(PDF)