MPI or Mpi may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Magnetic particle imaging Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is an emerging non-invasive Tomography, tomographic technique that directly detects Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, superparamagnetic nanoparticle tracers. The technology has potential applications in dia ...

, a tomographic technique *

Myocardial perfusion imaging Myocardial perfusion imaging or scanning (also referred to as MPI or MPS) is a nuclear medicine procedure that illustrates the function of the heart muscle (myocardium). It evaluates many heart conditions, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), ...

, a medical procedure that illustrates heart function *

Mannose phosphate isomerase Mannose-6 phosphate isomerase (MPI), alternately phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) () is an enzyme which facilitates the interconversion of fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) and mannose-6-phosphate (M6P). Mannose-6-phosphate isomerase may also enable the s ...

, an enzyme *

Mass psychogenic illness Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for c ...

, the rapid spread of illness symptoms where there is no infectious agent * Master patient index, an index referencing all patients * Multidimensional Pain Inventory, a pain medicine assessment questionnaire

Computing

* Marburg Picture Index, online database of photographs of artworks * Merchant plug-in, software used to prevent credit card fraud on e-commerce sites * Message Parsing Interpreter, a Lisp-like language on TinyMUCK *

Message Passing Interface The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is a portable message-passing standard designed to function on parallel computing architectures. The MPI standard defines the syntax and semantics of library routines that are useful to a wide range of use ...

, a communications protocol for parallel computation * Multi-Point Interface, an automation programming protocol from Siemens *

Multipath interference In radio communication, multipath is the radio propagation, propagation phenomenon that results in radio signals reaching the receiving antenna (electronics), antenna by two or more paths. Causes of multipath include atmospheric ducting, ionosph ...

, a physical effect that causes signal degradation in communication systems * Multiple precision integer, a programming language type supporting arbitrary precision

Other science and technology

Magnetic particle inspection file:Wet magnetic particle testing on a pipeline.jpg, A technician performs MPI on a pipeline transport, pipeline to check for stress corrosion cracking using what is known as the "black on white" method. No indications of cracking appear in this ...

, a method of detecting defects in ferrous materials * Multi point injection, fuel injection system for automobile engines * Maximum potential intensity, a meteorology term associated with tropical cyclones

Companies and organizations

* Magnetic Peripherals Inc., a Control Data Corporation subsidiary renamed Imprimis and sold to Seagate Technology *

Manitoba Public Insurance Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (MPI; ) is the non-profit organization, non-profit Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation which administers public auto insurance, motor vehicle registration, and driver's license, driver licensing in ...

, a Crown corporation in Manitoba * Markov Processes International, a provider of investment research, analytics and technology * Materials Processing Institute, a company providing industrial R&D services based in the UK *

Max Planck Institute The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the M ...

, Germany *

Migration Policy Institute The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an American non-partisan think tank established in 2001 by Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou. About The Migration Policy Institute was established by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kathle ...

, Washington, DC *

Mihajlo Pupin Institute Mihajlo Pupin Institute () is an institute based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is named after Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin and is part of the University of Belgrade. It is notable for manufacturing numerous computer systems used in SFR Yugoslavia - especia ...

, Serbia *

Ministry for Primary Industries The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI; ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity, and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary ...

, New Zealand *

Ministry of Planning and Investment The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI, ), formerly the Committee of State Planning, is a governmental ministry charged with the role of state management over planning and investment. The ministry's headquarters is located in Hanoi.

, Vietnam *

Mission Pictures International Mission Pictures International (MPI) is a foreign sales, finance, and distribution company specializing in family and faith-based entertainment for mainstream audiences worldwide. Mission Pictures International (MPI) was founded in 2008 by entert ...

, a foreign sales, finance, and distribution company *

MotivePower MotivePower, Inc. (MPI) was an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives. The company traces its history back to being a division of Morrison-Knudsen (MK) since 1972.Movimiento Pro-Independencia Throughout the history of Puerto Rico, its inhabitants have initiated several movements to gain independence for the island, first from the Spanish Empire until 1898 and since then from the United States. Today, the movement is most commonly re ...

, the Puerto Rican Pro-independence Movement *

Moving Picture Institute The Moving Picture Institute (MPI) is an American non-profit organization and film production company founded in 2005 by Thor Halvorssen. MPI's films focus on human freedoms. The organization's president is Rob Pfaltzgraff. Mission and purpose ...

, an American non-profit organization and film production company *

MPI Media Group MPI Media Group is an American producer, distributor and licensor of theatrical film and home entertainment. MPI's subsidiaries include MPI Pictures, MPI Home Video, Gorgon Video, and the horror film distributor Dark Sky Films. The company is ...

, an American home entertainment company

Other uses

Mpi language Mpi is a Loloish language of Thailand. The number of speakers is in decline. It is spoken in the following two villages in northern Thailand. *Ban Dong, Tambon Suan Khuean สวนเขื่อน, Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province (aut ...

, a language of Thailand *

Mpi people The Mpi people, officially called Kaw (Umpi) () are an ethnic group of Thailand. Their population is limited to the villages of Ban Dong in Phrae province and Sakoen in Nan and numbered at 1,287 according to surveys in 2017. The groups were fir ...

, an ethnic group from Thailand * Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (FAA location identifier), California, US * Milanka Price Index, a stock index in Sri Lanka *

Multidimensional Poverty Index Multidimensional Poverty Indices use a range of indicators (monetary, health, education and others) to calculate a summary poverty figure for a given population, in which a larger figure indicates a higher level of poverty. This figure considers b ...

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