Walk-through-the-week Overview - ismrm

WEEKEND EDUCATIONAL COURSES– Saturday
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The WEEKEND (7-8 May 2005):
The week at the ISMRM
begins with intensive oneand
two-day Educational
Courses that cover a broad
span of basic science and
clinical topics. On Saturday,
clinical courses include the
new introductory “Clinical
MRI: From Physical Principles
to Practical Protocols” and
other day-long courses on
Artifacts and Pitfalls, Breast
Imaging, and Clinical MR
Spectroscopy. On Sunday,
day-long courses include
courses focusing on Body,
Neuro, Musculoskeletal, and
Cardiac MR. Educational
offerings with relevance to
tomorrow’s application in the
clinic include courses on
Cancer, Functional MRI and
the rapidly evolving field of
“MR and Molecular Imaging.”
The new “Meet-the-Teacher-
Breaks” will provide the
opportunity for one-to-one
contact between attendees
and lecturers.
OTHER COURSES OFFERED:
MR Physics for
Physicists
Saturday, 7 May, 08:30 - 17:55
Sunday, 8 May, 08:00 - 15:00
Quantitative Image and
Data Analysis
Saturday, 7 May, 08:30 - 17:30
MR and Molecular
Imaging
Saturday, 7 May, 08:30 - 17:15
Current Debates and
Recent Advances in
Functional MRI
Sunday, 8 May, 08:15 - 17:30
Clinical MRI Course:
From Physical Principles
to Practical Protocols
A full-day introduction integrating MR physics
and clinical protocols
Joshua M. Farber, Vivian S. Lee, David J. Lomas, and James F.M. Meaney,
Organizers
Saturday, 7 May, 08:00 - 17:30
OVERVIEW
This course is designed for trainees in MRI, practicing clinicians,
and MRI technologists. The purpose of this course is to provide
a basic overview of the physical principles underlying the
generation of MR images with a view toward understanding how
and why these principles are important in practical clinical
protocols. Following a brief introduction, pairs of presentations
(one on physics, one on clinical protocols) will focus on specific
systems: musculoskeletal, body, vascular, neurological, and
cardiac. Over the course of the day, physics speakers will build
on physics topics and protocol speakers will use physical
principles to illustrate protocol choices and trouble-shooting
tips. This course starts the week-long program, ISMRM CLINICAL
MRI COURSE: FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE, (see page 11).
Speakers: H. Cecil Charles, Martin John Graves, Frank R. Korosec,
Vivian S. Lee, David J. Lomas, Christine H. Lorenz, James F. M.
Meaney, David J. Mikulis, Timothy J. Mosher, Norbert J. Pelc, and
Timothy P. L. Roberts.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe the basic physics principles of MRI;
• Explain the physics principles underlying common sequences
used in musculoskeletal imaging, body imaging, vascular
imaging, neurological imaging and cardiac imaging, and apply
these principles in protocol design for common indications;
• Recognize and avoid common pitfalls that arise in standard
imaging protocols.
Artifacts and Pitfalls:
Optimization in the Clinic
Kim Butts and Naeem Merchant,
Organizers
Saturday, 7 May, 08:30 - 17:30
OVERVIEW
This course is designed to describe
the artifacts and pitfalls seen in
many aspects of clinical MR
imaging. The course is divided by
body area and will cover hot topics
in artifacts and pitfalls in each
area. Several general lectures on
artifacts will also be given.
Clinicians are the target audience
and most of the lectures will be
given by clinicians.
Speakers: Matt A. Bernstein, Bruce
L. Daniel, David N. Firmin, Masoom
Abbas Haider, Bob S. Hu, Raymond
J. Kim, Denis Le Bihan, David J.
Lomas, James F. M. Meaney,
William B. Morrison, Sarah J.
Nelson, Scott B. Reeder, Caroline
Reinhold, and Mark Schweitzer.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
• Recognize artifacts and pitfalls in
clinical MR imaging;
• Identify the causes and cures
for these problems;
• Recommend ways to deal with
these artifacts when they are
encountered in their practice;
• Recommend ways to improve
their clinical imaging protocols;
• Appraise their own image
quality in terms of the artifacts
seen.
Breast Imaging
Kimberly Amrami and
Nola Hylton, Organizers
Saturday, 7 May, 09:00 - 18:00
OVERVIEW
This course will review current
and emerging applications of MRI
to breast cancer detection and
diagnosis. Techniques for
performing breast MR imaging and
MR-directed breast interventions
will be described and applications
to breast cancer screening,
differential diagnosis, disease
staging and treatment response
assessment will be critically
evaluated. Promising developments
on the horizon, including high field
breast MRI, breast MRS and
elastography, will be discussed.
Speakers: Patrick Bolan, Kathy
Brandt, Richard L. Ehman, Nola
Hylton, Debra M. Ikeda, Michael V.
Knopp, Christiane K. Kuhl,
Constance D. Lehman, and
Elizabeth A. Morris.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
• Describe the clinical
indications for MR imaging of
the breast;
• Compare and contrast MRI with
conventional breast imaging
methods for breast cancer
detection, diagnosis and
staging;
• Evaluate the relative
advantages and disadvantages
of different imaging techniques
and approaches for breast MRI;
• Identify the various MR-guided
interventional
procedures for the breast;
• Appraise the benefits and
limitations of MRI for
breast cancer screening
for high risk women;
• Describe the techniques and
potential applications for MR
spectroscopy of the breast;
• Describe newer, promising
techniques and applications for
breast MRI/MRS.
Methods and
Applications of Clinical
MR Spectroscopy
Franklyn A. Howe and Roland
Kreis, Organizers
Saturday, 7 May, 08:30 - 17:45
OVERVIEW
This course will cover the basics
of MRS and its clinical uses. The
technical sections will cover the
basics of MRS data acquisition,
plus advanced techniques relevant
to clinical studies, as well as data
processing, biochemical
interpretation, and quality
analysis. This will be followed by
updates of the main clinical
applications for 1 H MRS, as well as
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P and 13 C MRS.
Speakers: Douglas L. Arnold, Chris
Boesch, Robin A. de Graaf, Robert
J. Gillies, Franklyn A. Howe,
Roland Kreis, Graeme F. Mason,
Andrew A. Maudsley, David H.
Miller, Brian David Ross, Norbert
Schuff, Daniel M. Spielman, Markus
von Kienlin, and Kristen L. Zakian.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
• Describe fundamental principles
of clinical MR spectroscopy;
• Explain the crucial steps in
performing and evaluating a
MRS examination;
• Enumerate potential pitfalls in
the clinical application of MR
spectroscopy;
• List diagnostic and patient
management situations in which
there is a clinically significant
justification for a MRS
examination;
• Summarize recent clinical uses
of in vivo MRS;
• Create and implement an
appropriate MRS protocol for a
clinical or research study.