ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting & Exhibition ○ 20-26 April 2013 ○ Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
WEEKEND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Imaging Acquisition & Reconstruction
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced
ORGANIZERS: David O. Brunner, Ph.D., Kevin F. King, Ph.D. & Xiaohong Joe Zhou, Ph.D.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
08:30-17:45
OVERVIEW
This course will describe commonly used imaging pulse sequences and their building blocks, data acquisition and artifact suppression strategies, and basic and advanced image reconstruction techniques.
TARGET AUDIENCE
MR physicists and engineers, pulse sequence developers, and clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of MRI acquisition and reconstruction methods.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
Develop a systematic understanding of pulse sequence building blocks and components; Gain an in-depth understanding of advanced data acquisition strategies, and their potential and limitations; Describe common approaches to address motion; Understand the state-of-the-art fast imaging techniques; Grasp advanced image reconstruction algorithms; and Identify common artifacts and understand how to reduce them.
PROGRAM
Moderators: Peter Börnert, Ph.D. & Xiaohong Joe Zhou, Ph.D.
|  |  | Pulse Sequence Building Blocks |
08:30 |  |  | RF Pulses Designs: From Basics to the State-of-the-Art | Adam B. Kerr, Ph.D.
09:00 |  |  | Gradients: What Can They Do? | Chen Lin, Ph.D.
09:30 |  |  | Dealing with Motion: Gating, Triggering & Sampling | Christopher J. Hardy, Ph.D.
10:00 |  |  | Break - Meet the Teachers |
|  |  | Contrast Manipulation |
10:30 |  |  | Pulse Sequence Modules I (IR, DE, Spatial SAT & Chem SAT) | Graeme C. McKinnon, Ph.D.
11:00 |  |  | Pulse Sequence Modules II (Tagging, Labeling, Diffusion Sensitization & MT) | Eric C. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.
11:30 |  |  | Flow Contrast without Using Exogenous Agent | Yiping P. Du, Ph.D.
12:00 |  |  | Break |
|  |  | 12:00-12:15 Meet the Teachers |
Moderators: David O. Brunner, Ph.D. & Kevin F. King, Ph.D.
|  |  | Advanced Acquisition Strategies |
13:30 |  |  | Echo-Train Pulse Sequences: EPI, RARE & Beyond | David C. Alsop, Ph.D.
14:00 |  |  | Non-Cartesian k-Space Sampling | James G. Pipe, Ph.D.
14:30 |  |  | Spoiled & Balanced Gradient-Echo Sequences | Klaus Scheffler, Ph.D.
15:00 |  |  | Break - Meet the Teachers |
|  |  | Image Reconstruction |
15:30 |  |  | Reconstruction of Non-Cartesian k-Space Data | John M. Pauly, Ph.D.
16:00 |  |  | Parallel Image Reconstruction | Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.
16:30 |  |  | Phase-sensitive Image Reconstruction | Qing-San Xiang, Ph.D.
17:00 |  |  | Compressed Sensing | Michael Lustig, Ph.D.
17:30 |  |  | Adjournment |
|  |  | 17:30-17:45 Meet the Teachers |