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

会见科学家活动为普通公众提供了机会，让他们认识工作中的科学家，了解他们的工作。这些活动通常在科学博物馆等地方举行，互动性很强，涉及动手操作的桌面展品，适合全家人参加。生物医学成像涉及拍摄人体内部的图像。这些照片-以及由此产生的测量结果--可以用来检测和诊断损伤或疾病(如使用X射线成像的手臂骨折，或使用磁共振成像的癌症)；监测患者一段时间的健康状况；了解更多关于身体组织和器官在健康或患病时如何工作的信息；或者了解疾病对处方药等治疗的反应，从而更快、更便宜地测试和提供新的治疗方法。大多数人都知道什么是X光，患者经常需要进行扫描，但很少有人知道有许多不同类型的扫描，或者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，开发并举办了关于生物医学成像的Meet科学家活动。这些活动将为公众提供一个机会，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。开发的动手展品将在其他活动中重复使用，如科学博览会和学校参观。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工作的能力，并向公众展示为什么它是有益的。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，培训他们以一种容易理解的方式与公众谈论即使是我们也觉得困难的想法。

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.