Advanced MR Brain Imaging Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced Alberto Bizzi, M.D., and Micheal D. Phillips, M.D., Organizers Sunday, 20 May

Overview The one-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of advanced brain MR imaging techiques including high field imaging, high resolution cortical imaging, image analysis, parallel imaging, diffusion tensor imaging and fibertracking, functional MRI and functional connectivity. It intends to broaden attendees’ knowledge of state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques. Educational Objectives Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Describe and define the basic concepts, physics and analysis of parallel, volumetric, perfusion, diffusion and functional MR imaging of the brain; • Recognize the technical requirements and potential pitfalls of advanced MR techniques such as parallel imaging, diffusion tensor imaging,   perfusion imaging and functional MRI; • List the strengths and weaknesses of individual advanced brain imaging techniques and compare relative merits of different approaches.   For example, participants should be able to compare the relative merits of susceptibility-based and arterial spin labeling methods   for perfusion imaging; • Recognize physiological MR parameter changes occurring with brain development and aging; • Select and identify patient management conditions in which advanced MR techniques are clinically useful and appropriate;   further, participants should be   able to select the best technique for individual clinical conditions; • Describe the practical nuts and bolts required to apply these methods in clinical practice or clinical research; and • Explain the benefits and drawbacks of imaging at very high field strengths such as 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla. Audience Description This course is designed for: • Neuroradiologists, neuroimaging physicians including neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists, neuroscientists, physicists   and biomedical engineers who are interested in broadening their understanding of the principles and applications of advanced   brain MR imaging. • The level of the course is intermediate; it is designed for participants with a basic to intermediate knowledge of the topics involved.

	Diagnostic
08:00		Present and Future of Brain Tumor Imaging	Soonmee Cha, M.D.
08:30		Diffusion/Perfusion MRI vs CT/CT Perfusion in Acute Stroke Triage	Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D.
09:00		MRI and Neuropathology Correlations in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy	Nadia Colombo, M.D.
09:30		Using MRI to Find Genes for Metabolic Diseases - not available	Marjo S. van der Knaap, MD, Ph.D.
10:00		Break - Meet the teachers
10:30		Advanced imaging of the spine at 3 Tesla	Elias R. Melhem, M.D., Ph.D.
11:00		Surgical Planning in Tumors with fMRI and DTI	Stefan Sunaert, MD, Ph.D.
11:30		fMRI of Neurodegenerative Disorders	Frederik Barkhof, M.D., Ph.D.
12:00		Brain Volumetrics of Aging	Marco Bozzali, M.D.
12:30		Break
		12:30 - 12:45 - Meet the teachers
	Diffusion Tensor Imaging
14:00		DTI: Concepts, Quantification and Quality Issues	Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.
14:30		DTI of Brain Development	Petra S. Hüppi, M.D.
15:00		Fiber Tracking: Concepts and Applications	Aaron S. Field, M.D., Ph.D.
15:30		Break - Meet the teachers
	Challenges at Higher Field
16:00		Cytoarchitectonic Mapping of the Human Cerebral Cortex	Katrin Amunts, M.D., Ph.D.
16:30		Parallel Imaging: Concepts and Brain Applications	Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
17:00		Brain Imaging Challenges at 7T	Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
17:30		Adjournment
		17:30 - 17:45 - Meet the teachers