Meet the Biomedical Imaging Scientist with The University of Manchester Biomedical Imaging Institute and the Manchester Museum of Science & Industry

“与科学家见面”活动是公众与工作中的科学家见面并了解他们所做工作的机会。这些活动通常在科学博物馆等场所举行，具有高度互动性，涉及动手桌面展品，适合全家人参加。生物医学成像涉及拍摄人体内部的照片。这样的图片-以及从它们得到的测量-可以用来检测和诊断损伤或疾病（例如使用X射线成像的断臂，或使用磁共振成像的癌症）;随着时间的推移监测患者的健康状况;更多地了解我们身体的组织和器官在健康或患病时是如何工作的;或者了解疾病对处方药等治疗方法的反应，从而使新的治疗方法能够更快、更便宜地得到测试和应用。大多数人都知道X光是什么，病人经常要去做扫描，但很少有人知道有许多不同类型的扫描或熟悉使这种扫描成为可能的基本科学原理。曼彻斯特大学生物医学成像研究所的世界级研究人员与曼彻斯特科学与工业博物馆（MOSI）合作开发和提供关于生物医学成像的Meet the Scientist活动。这些活动将为公众提供一个机会，让他们从推动这一科学领域向前发展的科学家那里了解医学成像背后的基本原理。该项目还旨在提高生物医学成像研究所向公众解释我们的研究的能力，并说明为什么它是有益的。这将通过为生物医学成像研究所的工作人员提供适当的培训来实现，以便以一种可访问的方式与公众谈论即使是我们也难以找到的想法。

Meet the Scientist events are opportunities for the general public to meet working scientists and learn about what they do. These events are typically held in places such as science museums, are highly interactive, involve hands-on desktop exhibits and are suitable for the whole family.Biomedical imaging involves making pictures of the inside of peoples' bodies. Such pictures---and measurements derived from them---can be used to detect and diagnose damage or disease (such as a broken arm using X-ray imaging, or cancer using magnetic resonance imaging); to monitor patients' heath over time; to learn more about how our bodies' tissues and organs work when healthy or diseased; or to learn how diseases respond to treatments such as prescription drugs, allowing new treatments to be tested and made available faster and more cheaply.Most people are aware of what an X-ray is, and that patients often have to go for a scan , but few people know that there are many different types of scan or are familiar with the basic scientific principles that make such scans possible.The world-class researchers at the University of Manchester's Biomedical Imaging Institute have partnered with the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) to develop and deliver Meet the Scientist events about biomedical imaging. The events will provide the general public an opportunity to learn about the basic principles behind medical imaging from scientists that are driving this field of science forwards. The hands-on exhibits developed will be reused in other events, such as science fairs and schools visits.The project also aims to improve the Biomedical Imaging Institute's ability to explain our research to the public what we do and show why it is of benefit. This will be achieved by providing Biomedical Imaging Institute staff with appropriate training in talking to the public in an accessible way about ideas that even we can find difficult.