CMR-Links

MR - Societies:

• http://www.ismrm.org
  (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
• http://www.scmr.org
  (Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance)
• http://www.esmrmb.org  
  (European Society for Magnetic Resonance in
  Medicine and Biology)
• http://www.escardio.org/wg26/
  (CMR working group of the European Society of
  Cardiology: cases, news, meetings)

Journals:

• http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0740-3194 
  (MRM – Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
• http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1053-1807 
  (JMRI – Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• http://www.scmr.org/journal/index.shtml
  (JCMR - Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance)
• http://www.esmrmb.org
  (MAGMA - Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics,
  Biology and Medicine)

CMR-Centers:

• http://www.mr.ethz.ch
  (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
• http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/cmr/
  (Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
• http://www.leedscmr.org
  (Leeds CMR)
• http://www.nums.nwu.edu/feinbergcardio/mri/
  (Northwestern University)
• http://www.lumc.nl/1010/LKEBHome/english/research/ MRI/LKEBMRIMain.html
  (Leiden University)
• http://www.rbh-cmr.org
  (Royal Brompton Hospital)
• http://www.cmr-academy.com
  (CMR-Academy – Berlin)

CMR-Industry:

• http://www.medical.philips.com
• http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/index.html
• http://www.siemensmedical.com

Contrast Agent Companies:

• http://www.amershamhealth.com/
• http://imaging.mallinckrodt.com/index.asp
• http://www.schering.com/
• http://www.bracco.com/Bracco/home.htm
• http://www.epixmed.com/ - blood pool agent MS 325

Software/Injector Companies:

• http://www.medis.nl/
  - postprocessing software
• http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/cr1/
  dicom.html
  - explains DICOM, links to free DICOM viewers (e.g. Acculite)
• http://www.medrad.com/
  - injectors
• http://www.bruker-biospin.de
  - High-field MRI and MRS

MRI-General:

• http://www.mrisafety.com
• http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri
  (online textbook)
• http://www1.stpaulshosp.bc.ca/StPaulsRadiol.html
  (MRI-artifacts)

General Cardiology:

• http://www.acc.org
  (American College of Cardiology)
• http://www.americanheart.org
  (American Heart Association)
• http://www.escardio.org
  (European Society of Cardiology)
• http://www.dgkardio.de
  (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie)
• http://www.herzstiftung.de
  (Deutsche Herzstiftung)
• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Journals:

• http://circ.ahajournals.org
  (Circulation – AHA)
• http://circres.ahajournals.org
  (Circulation Research – AHA)
• http://atvb.ahajournals.org
  (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology - AHA)
• http://hyper.ahajournals.org
  (Hypertension – AHA)
• http://www.cardiosource.com/library/
  journals/journal?sdid=4884
  (Journal of the American College of Cardiology – ACC)
• http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/euhj
  (European Heart Journal – ESC)
• http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/home.asp
  (Deutsches Ärzteblatt)
• http://ebm.bmjjournals.com
  (Evidence based medicine)

Other Resources for Cardiology:

• http://www.cardiosource.com/
  (web based free newsmagazine for cardiology in association with the ACC)
• http://www.esced.org
  (web bases teaching resource of ESC –
  accredited for CME)

General Medical Resources:

• http://www.medscape.com
  (free resource)
• http://www.mdconsult.com
  (excellent resource with 40 renowned reference
  books, journal search and practice guidelines,
  however only free 30 day trial version for cardiology)
• http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
  (Collection of web-based free medical journals)
• http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
  (good link list for all kinds of topics)
• www.thieme.de
  (link: via medici, German)

Medline:

• http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed

General imaging:

• http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/imaging/ contents.html
• http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/echo_atlas/ contents/index.html
• http://www.echobyweb.com
• http://www.cevis.uni-bremen.de/~jend/Lunge/inh.html (lungs, German)
• http://www.scmr.org/education/atlas/intro/index.html (anatomy – CMR)

English-German Dictionary:

• http://dict.leo.org
  (LEO, Technical University of Munich)