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DAY 1 - Wednesday, 5
September 2012 |
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17:00 |
Registration |
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DAY 2 - Thursday, 6
September 2012 |
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07:00 |
Registration |
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08:15 |
Welcome |
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Session 1: Basic MR-Safety |
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08:30 |
Static Magnetic
Field |
John F. Schenck,
M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA |
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09:00 |
Time-Varying
Gradient Field |
Donald W.
McRobbie, Ph.D.
Charing Cross Hospital
London, England, UK |
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09:30 |
Radio-Frequency
Field |
J. Thomas
Vaughan, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break &
Poster Session 1 |
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Session 2: MR-Safety
Standards & Guidelines |
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10:45 |
Standards &
Guidelines in North America |
Terry O. Woods,
Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MO, USA |
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11:05 |
Standards &
Guidelines in the European Union |
Stephen F.
Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK |
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11:25 |
Standards &
Guidelines Outside North America & European Union |
TBA |
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11:45 |
MR Safety
Standard IEC 60601-2-33 Update |
Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany |
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12:05 |
Oral Session 1 –
Proffered Papers |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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Session 3: Safe
Clinical Practice |
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13:45 |
Acoustic Noise
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David L. Price,
M.Sc.
UCLH NHS Trust
London, England, UK |
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14:15 |
Making Your MR-Dept
Safe |
Anne Marie
Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA |
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14:45 |
3T Safety in
Practice |
William
Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA |
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15:15 |
Contrast Agents |
Emanuel Kanal,
M.D., F.A.C.R.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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16:45 |
Coffee break &
Poster Session 2 |
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Session 4: Vendors’
Point of View: Current & Future MR-Safety Challenges &
Solutions
(no CME available) |
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16:45 |
GE Healthcare |
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17:05 |
Philips |
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17:25 |
Siemens |
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17:45 |
Introduction:
Visiting Kulturen |
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18:30 |
Welcome
Reception at Kulturen (Open-Air Museum) |
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Day 3 – Friday, 7
September 2012 |
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07:00 |
Registration
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Session 5: Safety
Issues at Ultra-High Fields (UHF) |
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08:30 |
Physics |
Thoralf Niendorf,
Ph.D.
Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, Germany |
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09:00 |
Physiology |
John F. Schenck,
M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA |
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09:30 |
Heating & SAR
monitoring |
Ingmar Graesslin,
Dipl.Ing.
Philips Technologie GmbH
Hamburg, Germany |
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10:00 |
Oral Session 2 –
Proffered Papers |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break &
Poster Session 3 |
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Session 6: MR-Safety
for Implants |
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11:15 |
MR Safety
Implants Overview |
Frank G.
Shellock, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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12:00 |
IEC Standard for
Active Implants |
TBA |
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12:20 |
MR Conditional
Pacemaker |
Eva Clausson,
MSc.
Medtronic AB
Kista, Sweden |
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12:35 |
Practical
Conditions Scanning Pacemakers |
Daniel J.
Wilson, Ph.D.
St. James’s Institute of Oncology
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 7: MR-Safety
for Implants Continues |
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14:00 |
MRI with
Intracranial Electrodes & Neurostimulators - Overview |
Frank G.
Shellock, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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14:15 |
Practical
Experience/Clinical Needs |
John S.
Thornton, Ph.D.
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
London, England, UK |
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14:30 |
Neurostimulators
& MRI: Industry Insights |
TBA |
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14:55 |
Neurostimulators
& fMRI: Industry Insights |
Ingmar Viohl,
Ph.D.
St. Judes Medical
Plano, TX, USA |
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15:20 |
Oral Session 3 –
Proffered Paper |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break &
Poster Session 4 |
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Session 8: Examining
the Anaesthetized Patient |
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16:00 |
Intensive Care
Patients |
Peter Reinstrup,
M.D., Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden |
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16:20 |
Pediatric
Patients |
Ihab Ayad, M.D.
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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16:40 |
Testing
Necessary Equipment in a Clinical Environment |
Johan Olsrud,
Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden |
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17:00 |
The Use of
Ferrodetection Systems for MRI Screening |
William
Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA |
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19:00 |
Course dinner
– Academic Students Club (AF) |
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Day 4 – Saturday, 8
September 2012 |
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07:00 |
Registration
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Session 9: Development
of Safety Guidelines & Training Procedures |
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08:30 |
Occupational
Exposure, Metrology |
Bernd Ittermann, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany |
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09:00 |
Occupational
Exposure to EM fields in MRI Exams; IT’IS study |
Myles H. Capstick, Ph.D.
IT’IS Foundation
Zurich, Switzerland |
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09:30 |
Medical Physics Experts; What’s Needed |
Jeffrey W. Hand, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Imperial College London
London, England, UK |
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10:00 |
Oral Session 4 – Proffered Papers |
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10:30 |
Coffee break
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Session 10:
EC-Directive, Background & Current Status |
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11:00 |
Current Status
of EU EMF Directive |
Stephen F.
Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK |
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11:20 |
Current Status
of ICNIRP Guidelines |
Maila Hietanen,
Ph.D.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Helsinki, Finland |
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11:35 |
A Radiologist´s
Perspective on the Directive |
TBA |
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11:50 |
Impact on MR
Healthcare & Research |
Stephane
Lehéricy, M.D., Ph.D.
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France |
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12:10 |
Impact on MR
Industry |
Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany |
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12:30 |
Round-Table
Discussion |
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13:00 |
Summary &
Adjourn |
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13:15 |
Lunch (Advance
Registration) |
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