What ESMRMB does

ESMRMB (European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology) is a Vienna-headquartered, Austrian-registered nonprofit professional society founded in 1984 that supports educational activities and research dissemination in the field of magnetic resonance in medicine and biology. It serves MR-specialists, early-career researchers, and institutional members — including universities, hospitals, and research institutions — across Europe and internationally. Its core service portfolio comprises the annual scientific congress (ESMRMB 2026 scheduled for Girona, Spain), the peer-reviewed MAGMA journal (Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine), and a year-round education program that includes hands-on MRI courses, an online video library, topical workshops, and certification (Certificate of MR Excellence). Supporting member services include the ESMRMB Wiki collaborative platform, job board, event calendar, working groups (e.g., ESMRMB-GREC), a mentoring programme, and an early-career fellowship programme.

The society operates an integrated member ecosystem across digital and physical channels: an ePortal with OAuth authentication (integrated with the European Society of Radiology's infrastructure), a wiki-based knowledge and careers platform, and active social presence on Facebook, X, BlueSky, and LinkedIn. It maintains strategic cooperation partnerships with peer European bodies — notably the European Society of Radiology (ESR), European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), and ISMRM — and supports joint educational activities such as Advanced Imaging Techniques courses and the EU Advanced School on Chest MRI.

Revenue is generated through five principal streams: recurring membership fees, registration income from analogue and digital congresses and scientific events, training and educational activity fees, advertising and licensing from scientific publications (primarily MAGMA), and administration of scholarships, grants, and awards. ESMRMB does not publish financial figures, and operates as a member-governed association with no parent company or subsidiaries, funded by these member-facing and sponsor-supported activities rather than equity capital.

Name

ESMRMB

Legal name

European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology

Website

https://esmrmb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society and Scientific Publishing

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific & Laboratory Reference (Chemistry, Biology, Physics; Methods & Protocols) (EDAGAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Sciences & Nursing (EDAGABAF)

Keywords

• Magnetic resonance research
• Medical imaging society
• MRI scientific meetings
• Radiology continuing education
• MR research publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: ESMRMB processes membership fees from society members as part of its core operations for membership administration and record-keeping.
2. Congress and Event Registration: Revenue generated from advertising, organization and realization of analogue and digital web-based scientific events including congresses, symposia, seminars, and lectures.
3. Training Sessions and Educational Activities: Revenue from advertising, organization and realization of training sessions and educational activities for MR professionals.
4. Scientific Publications (MAGMA): Advertising, creation, production and distribution of analogue and digital scientific publications including the MAGMA journal.
5. Scholarships, Grants, and Awards: Advertising, public offer, grant and administration of scholarships, grants, prices and awards.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ESMRMB is a nonprofit professional society that advances the field of magnetic resonance in medicine and biology by organizing an annual scientific congress, publishing the MAGMA peer-reviewed journal, delivering educational programs (lectures, hands-on MRI courses, online video library), running working groups and committees, and offering member development services such as fellowships, mentoring, and certification. Membership is open to individual MR specialists and institutional members (universities, hospitals, research institutions) across Europe and beyond.

Product overview

ESMRMB (European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology) is a professional society rather than a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of a portfolio of member services centered around the ESMRMB Annual Scientific Meeting (the flagship congress event), the MAGMA scientific journal, and comprehensive education programs including lectures, courses, and the ESMRMB Wiki collaborative platform. Additional services include the ESMRMB Event Calendar, Job Board, Working Groups, Early Career Fellowship Programme, Mentoring Programme, and Certificate of MR Excellence. These services are interconnected: the congress serves as the primary gathering for the community, education programs support professional development throughout the year, the Wiki facilitates knowledge sharing, and career development is supported through fellowships, mentoring, and the job board.

Differentiator

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Brands

• MAGMA: Official journal of the society: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine - a peer-reviewed scientific publication covering MR research.

Products and services

• ESMRMB Annual Scientific Meeting Annual scientific congress bringing together magnetic resonance specialists for presentations, networking, and the exchange of scientific and technical information; the 42nd meeting (ESMRMB 2026) is scheduled for September 30 – October 3, 2026 in Girona, Spain.
• MAGMA (Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine) Peer-reviewed scientific journal published by ESMRMB covering magnetic resonance research in physics, biology, and medicine, including Book of Abstracts and Commentaries from ESMRMB congresses.
• Education of ESMRMB A portfolio of educational activities including lectures, hands-on MRI courses, and the Online Educational Video Library covering MR physics, clinical applications, sequence development, and advanced imaging techniques.
• ESMRMB Job Board Wiki-based platform for posting job offers and job seeker profiles in the MR field, including faculty, industry, PhD, postdoc, and technologist positions.
• ESMRMB Event Calendar Calendar platform listing MR-related events including congresses, workshops, schools, and conferences organized by ESMRMB and partner organizations, with the ability for third parties to submit their own MR-related events.
• ESMRMB Wiki Collaborative wiki platform for the MR scientific community to share scientific content, professional profiles, event announcements, and job postings, with content released under CC-BY-SA license.
• Early Career Fellowship Programme Fellowship programme supporting early-career researchers in magnetic resonance, providing opportunities for professional development and networking within the ESMRMB community.
• Mentoring Programme Mentorship initiative connecting experienced MR professionals with early-career members for guidance and professional development.
• Certificate of MR Excellence Professional certification programme recognizing excellence in magnetic resonance practice and knowledge.
• PET MR Course Hands-on MRI training course focusing on PET-MR imaging, operated on GE equipment, covering protocols for oncology and brain disorders, MR safety, PET radioprotection, and processing techniques including DTI, fMRI, and PWI.

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Society of Radiology (ESR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESMRMB discloses ESR as a cooperation partner and discloses personal data to the European Society of Radiology, indicating a strategic relationship for promoting medical imaging in Europe.
• European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint activity ESNR and ESMRMB for Advanced Imaging Techniques in Neuroradiology courses, with joint modules on fMRI, DTI, perfusion, CEST and MRS imaging techniques hosted at Amsterdam University Medical Center.
• European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESMRMB endorsed 6th European Congress of Medical Physics organized by EFOMP, indicating collaborative relationship in medical physics education and advancement.
• European consortium V|LF-Spiro3DminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean consortium funded by European Innovation Council and Innovate UK, organizing EU Advanced School on Chest MRI with support from University of Aberdeen.
• ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESMRMB endorses ISMRM Workshop on White Matter MR Imaging & Beyond, indicating international collaboration in MRI education.
• Cooperation Partners in Medical ImagingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESMRMB discloses cooperation partners as legal persons whose purpose or scope of business are connected with the promotion of medical imaging.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• European Congress of Radiology (ECR) / ESR Congress organization: ECR, organized by ESR, is a major annual European imaging congress where MR research is presented alongside other modalities. It competes for member attention and sponsorship spend that could otherwise flow to ESMRMB's standalone annual meeting.
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA): RSNA is the largest global radiology society, hosting the annual RSNA meeting and publishing Radiology. Although primarily US-anchored, it serves as a broad incumbent that ESMRMB's institutional and individual members may also engage with for cross-modality imaging content.
• European Society of Radiology (ESR): ESR is a strategic partner and broader European imaging society that convenes the larger radiology community (including but not limited to MR) via the ECR congress. Its wider mandate makes it a broad incumbent that overlaps with ESMRMB on MR-related educational and policy activities.

Direct peers

• European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR): ESNR is a direct peer in the European imaging community with overlapping clinical and educational scope in neuroradiology. ESMRMB and ESNR co-organize advanced imaging courses, evidencing direct comparability in audience, content, and delivery model.
• ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine): ISMRM is the global counterpart and primary direct competitor of ESMRMB, serving the same MR-in-medicine-and-biology community with annual meetings (e.g., ISMRM Annual Meeting), workshops, and educational programs. ESMRMB already cooperates with ISMRM on endorsed workshops, indicating overlapping scope and audience.
• European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP): EFOMP represents medical physicists across Europe and collaborates with ESMRMB on educational events (e.g., endorsed European Congress of Medical Physics). It serves a closely adjacent scientific community — MR physicists — with comparable membership-society and congress-driven model.

Regional players

• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM): AAPM is a North American counterpart to EFOMP, serving medical physicists (including those working in MR). It is comparable to ESMRMB via its professional society structure, education focus, and member-driven conferences, though it operates primarily in the US/Canada geography.

Emerging players

• Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS): BEMS is a smaller international scientific society focused on bioelectromagnetics, an adjacent scientific domain to MR physics. While narrower and less clinically focused, BEMS addresses a partially overlapping research community and uses a similar society/congress/journal model.
• Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM): SIIM focuses on imaging informatics and AI in medical imaging — an emerging theme inside MR. While narrower in modality, SIIM addresses an audience (clinician-scientists and imaging informaticists) that increasingly overlaps with ESMRMB's membership as AI/ML in MRI grows.

Others

• International Society for Neuroimaging in Genetics (ISNG): ISNG is a small professional society at the intersection of neuroimaging and genetics. It is thematically adjacent to ESMRMB's MR-research mission but operates at a smaller scale and serves a more specialized research sub-community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

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