MR
Spectroscopy: Clinical Applications and Research Frontiers - Day 1 Jeffry R. Alger, Peter B. Barker, John
Kurhanewicz, and Daniel M. Spielman, Organizers
Saturday, 21 April 2001
Last updated 20 January 2009
Educational
Objectives:
Upon
completion of this session, participants should be able to Describe fundamental principles of clinical MR
spectroscopy; Define diagnostic and management situations in which
there is a clinically significant justification for a MR spectroscopy examination; Explain crucial elements of the clinically indicated MR
spectroscopy examination; List key factors to be considered in developing a
radiological interpretation of the clinically indicated MR spectroscopy exam;
Summarize the recent evolution of MR spectroscopy technology.
Introduction to Clinical Spectroscopy, Jeffry R. Alger, Chair
08:00
Fundamentals of Clinical
MRS
Peter B. Barker
08:30
Single Volume Techniques
Robert E. Lenkinski
09:00
Spectroscopic Imaging
Daniel M. Spielman
09:30
Magnetic Field
Homogeneity
Michael B. Smith
10:00
Break
Clinical
Spectroscopy - From Research to Routine, Peter B. Barker, Chair
10:30
Dementias and Epilepsy
Graeme Jackson
11:00
MR Spectroscopy and
Neuro-oncology
Jeffry R. Alger
11:30
Multiple Sclerosis
Douglas L. Arnold
12:00
Break
13:30
Focal Brain Lesions in
AIDS
Linda Chang
14:00
Pediatric Neurology
Petra Pouwels
14:30
Prostate Neoplasia
John Kurhanewicz
15:00
Psychiatric Diseases
Perry F. Renshaw
15:30
Break
Clinical
Spectroscopy - Reporting the Results, John Kurhanewicz, Chair
Describe fundamental principles of clinical MR
spectroscopy;