A selection of papers presented at the Eighth International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media, 10-14 September 2006, University of Bologna, Italy.
This special issue of the online Journal Diffusion Fundamentals contains a number of contributions presented at the Eighth International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media, held in Bologna from 10 to 14 September 2006. The idea to publish this special issue was evoked shortly after the Conference as the large number of original and high quality contributions could not be published in the traditional printed Proceedings issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging because of space limitations. The Editorial Board of the online Journal decided to support the idea and to devote the issue to Giulio Cesare Borgia, professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Bologna, founder and promoter of the Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media (MRPM) Conferences, who died unexpectedly from a sudden illness in September 2002. Paola Fantazzini was asked to be guest editor. The idea was discussed within the Steering Committee and accepted with great enthusias
