Cardiac MR Study Group
Sunday, 22 April 2001
15:30 - 17:30
Lomond

Last updated 20 January 2009

Business Meeting
Scientific Program
Cardiac Perfusion:  Problems and Answers
Chairs:  Dudley J. Pennell and Leon Axel
Why measure perfusion?
Dudley J. Pennell,
M.D.
Which sequence should we be using?
a. FLASH or FISP
Orlando P. Simonetti, Ph.D.
Siemens Medical Systems, Chicago, IL USA
b. EPI or EPI hybrid
Frederick H. Epstein, Ph.D.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
c. Discussion
How should we analyse the data?
a. Upslope is good enough clinically
Mark B. Hofman, Ph.D.
Univ Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
b. Deconvolution is essential
Michael Jerosch-Herold, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
c. Discussion
How should we present the data?
a. Segmental analysis
Eike Nagel, M.D.
German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany
b. Parametic mapping
Juerg Schwitter, M.D.
University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
c. Discussion