Last updated Thursday, 31 July 2008

Overview

The workshop program will cover the latest advances in the application of MR to cancer research, and will feature invited presentations by scientists from the field of clinical oncology and radiology, as well as from experimental radiology and cancer imaging.  In addition to invited scientific presentations, the program will include an educational lecture, presentations of proffered papers, poster sessions, and the Negendank Memorial Lecture on a special topic of clinical relevance.

The goals of the workshop are to present results from cutting-edge experimental imaging and to explore and develop translational research for clinical applications.  This is the first time the MR of Cancer Workshop will be held in the Eastern United States since the inception of this workshop in Baltimore in 1996.
 

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees should be able to:

1. describe the use of in vivo MRI and MRS methods in clinical and experimental oncology ;
2. evaluate the role of in vivo NMR methods in clinical trials;
3. interpret information provided by in vivo NMR methods in the assessment of cancer treatment response and/or systemic toxicity;
4. predict the nature of future NMR methods used in experimental and clinical imaging of cancer;
5. describe recent advances in molecular imaging of cancer;
6. define advances in targeted contrast agents in molecular cancer imaging; and
7. explain the potential role of metabolomics in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
 


Audience Description

This workshop is designed for
• Basic researchers in laboratories using in vivo MRS/MRI or other MR methods in drug development, cancer research, molecular imaging, at the
  level of faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students;
• Clinical investigators and clinicians in radiology, oncology, or pharmacology; and
• Industry scientists employing MR imaging and spectroscopy in the pharmaceutical industry or contrast agent / molecular imaging companies.

Members of the audience would have particular interests in methodological development of in vivo MRS and MRI, including applications of MRS and MRI to basic cancer research, clinical translation of MRS and MRI, applications to drug development and contrast agent development
 

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.