ISMRM Advanced Body MR - 22 April 2001

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to

Describe recent technical developments in the practice of body MR;

List areas in which the indications for clinical body MRI have recently been better documents or expanded;

Apply recently developed body MR imaging techniques to clinical practice;

Recognize controversial issues in the acquisition and interpretation of body MRI examinations.

08:00	Current Body MRI Techniques	Donald G. Mitchell
08:40	Contrast Agents for Hepatic MRI	Janice Ward
09:20	A Pattern Recognition Approach	Richard Semelka
10:00	Break
10:20	Cirrhotic Nodules - Benign vs. Malignant	Shahid M. Hussain
11:00	Hepatic MRI - Advanced 3D Imaging	Vivian S. Lee
11.40	Discussion	Drs. Hussain, Lee, Mitchell, Semelka, and Ward
12:00	Break
13:30	Anatomic and Functional Evaluation of Renal Artery Stenosis	Thomas M. Grist
14:10	Extrahepatic Abdomen: MRI vs. CT	Russell N. Low
14:50	Discussion	Drs. Lee, Grist, and Low
15:10	Break
15:30	Adnexal Masses: MRI Diagnosis	Eric Outwater
16:10	MRI of the Uterus and Cervic	Rahel A. Kubik-Huch
16:50	Discussion	Drs. Kubik-Huch and Outwater
17:10	Adjournment