Cardiac MRI: Innovations and Advances
Roderic I. Pettigrew and Warren J. Manning, Organizers
Saturday, 21 April 2001

Last updated 20 January 2009

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to
 Describe the methodological basis of ultrafast/real-time cine MR techniques;
Describe ultrafast black blood imaging and explain its potential clinical role;
Explain the physiologic basis of and methods for myocardial perfusion and pharmacologic stress imaging to detect ischemic coronary disease;
Contrast the CMR techniques for assessing myocardial viability and explain the clinical role of CMR in patients with ischemic heart disease;
Describe the current status of coronary MRA and atherosclerotic plaque imaging.
The final 10 minutes of each talk will be reserved for questions.
08:00 Welcome and Introduction: Innovations in CMR
08:10 SENSE Markus Weiger
08:50 SMASH Daniel K. Sodickson
09:30 True FISP Gerhard Laub
10:10 Break
10:30 Real-Time Imaging and Applications Bob S. Hu
11:10 Ultrafast Black Blood Imaging Orlando P. Simonetti
11:50 Multislice Perfusion Imaging Andrew E. Arai
12:30 Break
14:00 Dobutamine MR Eike Nagel
14:40 HARP in Ischemic Hearth Disease Jerry L. Prince
15:20 Contrast-Enhanced Viability Raymond J. Kim
16:00 Break
16:20 Clinical Coronary MRA Update Matthias Stuber
17:00 Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging Jean-Francois Toussaint
17:40 Adjournment