Course Description
This eleven-and-one-quarter hour course will review and update a wide spectrum of
MR applications in neuroimaging. Presentations will include recent developments in
MR, such as diffusion imaging, perfusion imaging, diffusion-tensor imaging, BOLD imaging
or 3T-MR imaging. Clinical topics will include stroke, white matter diseases,
infection/inflammation, brain tumors, vascular malformations, epilepsy, pituitary
diseases, degenerative diseases of the spine, postoperative spine, spinal cord tumors,
metabolic disease, pediatric tumors, newborn brain injury imaging, head and neck tumors. |
Educational Objectives: |
Upon completion of this session,
participants should be able to:
 Describe fundamental principles of diffusion MR,
diffusion-tensor MR, perfusion MR and BOLD imaging;
Describe the current status of high-field neuroimaging;
Apply new techniques in stroke, infection, metabolic
disease, white matter disease, seizures, cognitive disorders, and brain tumors;
Describe strength and weakness of MR perfusion imaging
vs. CT perfusion imaging, MR angiography vs. CT angiography, and MR head-and-neck imaging
vs. CT head-and-neck imaging;
Explain the role of various MR techniques in the
diagnosis of disease of the spine, and head and neck;
Discuss the role of MR techniques in the workup of
patients with stroke, white matter disease, infection/inflammation, brain tumors, vascular
malformations, epilepsy and pituitary disorders;
Apply MR techniques in various pediatric diseases of the
central nervous system. |
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Friday, 11 July |
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