Advanced Body MRI Course
Omaha Hilton, Omaha, NE, USA
25-27 June 2010

 
Program
 
  Friday, 25 June 2010
   
11:30 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Welcome and Introduction
   
MRI Technique, Safety Issues, Contrast Media
13:15 MR Imaging Technique: State-of-the-Art Imaging at 1:5T
  Speaker: Donald G. Mitchell, M.D.
  • Sequences of the commonly used protocols in body MRI
• T1-weighted sequences
• Chemical shift imaging
• T2-weighted sequences
• Strategies to capture the arterial phase
• Importance of optimizing T1 contrast for gadolinium-enhanced imaging
• 3D sequences for dynamic gadolinium-enhanced sequences
   
13:50 MR Imaging Technique: State-of-the-Art Imaging at 3:0T
  Speaker: Shahid M. Hussain, M.D.
  • Back to the basics: comparison of the basic physics
• Influence of SAR, susceptibility, and body shape
• Challenges and solutions
• Improved coils and parallel imaging applications
• Sequence optimization
• MultiTransmit technique
   
14:25 Diffusion Imaging: Body Applications
  Speaker: Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., M.R.C.P.
  • Sequence description and optimization for body MRI
• Applications for abdomen, pelvis, prostate, and breast
• Treatment response and changes on diffusion
• Pitfalls
   
15:00 Break
   
15:20 MRI Contrast Media
  Speaker: Scott B. Reeder, M.D., Ph.D.
  • FDA approved contrast media
• Chemical structure and hemodynamics
• Safety profile
• Mode of injection
• Methods to capture the arterial phase
• Role of liver-specific contrast media
   
15:55 Perfusion Imaging: Body Applications
  Speaker: Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., M.R.C.P.
  • Sequence description and optimization for body MRI
• Applications for abdomen, pelvis, prostate, and breast
• Treatment response and changes on perfusion
• Pitfalls
   
16:35 Adjourn
   
18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception
   
19:30 Free evening to explore the sights and sounds of Omaha
   
  Saturday, 26 June 2010
   
07:00 - 07:45 Breakfast
   
Liver and Pancreas
08:00 MR Imaging of the Liver Cysts, Hemangiomas, and Metastases
  Speaker: Shahid M. Hussain, M.D.
  • Appearance on T1-weighted sequences
• Role of in- and opposed phase imaging
• Appearance on T2-weighted sequences
• Enhancement patterns of cysts, hemangiomas, metastases
• Role of liver specific contrast media
• MRI verus CT
   
08:45 MR Imaging of Fatty Liver, Fibrosis, and Cirrhosis
  Speaker: Scott B. Reeder, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Focal versus diffuse fatty liver
• Concurrent fatty infiltration and iron deposition
• NAFLD, NASH, fibrosis, and cirrhosis
• Chemical shift imaging and Dixon methods
• MR elastography
• Quantification of iron overload
• Quantification fatty content of the liver
   
09:30 MR Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinomas
  Speaker: Shahid M. Hussain, M.D.
  • Role of in- and opposed phase imaging
• Role of T1-weighted sequences with long TE
• Appearance on T2-weighted sequences
• Enhancement patterns of HCC, FNH, and adenomas
• What to do with tiny (<1cm) enhancing liver lesions in cirrhosis
• MRI versus CT
   
10:10 Break
   
10:30 Biliary Tree Disorders: How to Evaluate MRI & MRCP
  Speaker: Kartik Jhaveri, M.D.
  • Review of MRCP techniques in short
• Common biliary tree diseases (stones, PSC, Caroli’s disease)
• Klatskin tumors: detection and staging
• MRCP versus ERCP
   
11:15 MR Imaging of the Pancreatic Cystic Masses
  Speaker: Donald G. Mitchell, M.D.
  • Overview of the common and uncommon pancreatic cystic lesions
• Appearance on T1, T2, and contrast enhanced images
• Distinction benign and malignant lesions
• Significance of the upstream and downstream dilatation
• IPMN
• MRI versus CT for pancreatic cystic lesions
   
12:00 Lunch
   
13:00 MR Imaging of the Pancreatic Solid Masses
  Speaker: Kartik Jhaveri, M.D.
  • Appearance of the normal pancreas and tumors on T1-weighted sequences
• Appearance of the normal pancreas and tumors on T2-weighted sequences
• Solid pancreatic tumors (neuroendocrine, adenocarcinomas)
• Focal pancreatitis versus pancreatic tumors
• Staging (extent of main lesion, relationship with the vessels, lymph nodes, liver metastasis)
• MRI versus CT for pancreatic masses
   
Genitourinary Tract
13:45 Fast MR Imaging of Acute Abdomen in Children and Adults
  Speaker: Trevor J. Andrews, Ph.D.
  • Patient preparation and screening
• Coils and patient positioning
• Sequence selection and recent developments
• Examples of common and uncommon acute abdominal conditions
   
14:30 Break
   
14:50 MR Imaging of the Prostate Carcinoma
  Speaker: Masoom A. Haider, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
  • Prostate anatomy (zonal anatomy, anatomic spaces, neurvascular bundel)
• Surface coil versus endorectal coil
• Specific MR imaging sequences (MRS, DWI, Dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging)
• Post-processing of dynamic data sets
• MRI appearance of the normal prostate and tumors
• Lymph node and bony metastases
• Prostate carcinoma and the relationship to PSA: current concepts and controversies
   
15:30 Break
   
  Vendor Session – No CME Credit
15:35 SPECIAL VENDOR PRESENTATION: Philips HealthCare
 
• MultiTransmit: What is it? -not available Romhild Hoogeveen, Ph.D.
• MultiTransmit in Breast MRI Jan W. Casselman, M.D.
• MultiTransmit in Body MRI Shahid M. Hussain, M.D.
   
16:45 Adjourn
   
   

Sunday, 27 June 2010

   
7:00 – 7:45 Breakfast
   
Women’s Imaging
08:00 Breast MRI: Technique
  Speaker: Marko K. Ivancevic, Ph.D.
  • Patient preparation and screening
• Coils and coil positioning
• Contrast media
• Sequence selection
• Dynamic imaging, post-processing, and interpretation
• 3T imaging using MultiTransmit
• Role of MRI in relation to US and Mammography
   
08:45 Breast MRI: Lesion Detection and Characterization
  Speaker: Jan W. Casselman, M.D.
  • Appearance of normal breast tissue on contrast-enhanced images
• Appearance of normal breast tissue on T2
• Common benign breast lesions
• Common malignant breast lesions
• Pitfalls
   
09:30 Breast MRI: Challenging Cases (continues from the presentation above)
  Speaker: Jan W. Casselman, M.D.
  • Quiz and explanation
• How to approach challenging cases
   
10:10 Break
   
10:30 MR Imaging of the Female Pelvis: Technique
  Speaker: Patricia Noλl, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
  • Patient preparation and screening
• Coils and coil positioning
• Contrast media
• Sequence selection
• Dynamic imaging, post-processing, and interpretation
   
11:10 MR Imaging of Gynecological Malignancies
  Speaker: Patricia Noλl, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
  • Cervical cancer: staging and pitfalls
• Endometrial cancer: staging and distinction from adenomyosis and fibroids
• Ovarian cancer: different types and distinction from ovarian follicles and hemorrhagic cysts 
   
11:55 Closing remarks, boxed lunch, and adjourn
   
 
 

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