ISMRM 25th Annual Meeting & Exhibition • 22-27 April 2017 • Honolulu, HI, USA
Weekend Educational Course: Body MRI: Optimize Your Clinical Practice
Body MRI: Optimize Your Clinical Practice: Approach to Setting Up a Body MRI Practice
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Kathryn Fowler, M.D., Kartik Jhaveri, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Lorenzo Mannelli, M.D., Ph.D. & Edwin J.R. van Beek, M.D., Ph.D., M.Ed., FRCR

Sunday, 23 April 2017
Room 315  08:15 - 09:45 Moderators: Vikas Gulani, Darren Lum

Skill Level: Intermediate
Slack Channel: #e_body
Session Number: WE19

Overview
This whole-day course focuses on the optimization of MRI protocols and for evaluation of diseases in the abdomen, and pelvis. Speakers will emphasize on the practical aspects of the implementation of MRI into routine clinical practice including software and hardware needs for state-of-the-art body MRI. A comprehensive review of contrast agents for body MRI will be presented. MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the liver, bowel, and genitourinary tract will be discussed.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at radiologists, imaging scientists and MR technologists who wish to review the state-of-art MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the abdomen and pelvis.

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
-Summarize the equipment and software requirements for implementation of a successful clinical body MRI practice;
-Illustrate a practical approach to diagnose and quantify liver disease;
-Demonstrate the impact of MRI in diagnostic workup of gastrointestinal disease; and
-Illustrate the utility of MRI in the diagnosis of genitourinary disease.


08:15
 An Update on Pulse Sequences & Hardware for Body MRI
Shahid Hussain, MD, PhD, FACR
This presentation will provide an update on pulse sequences and hardware for body MRI. This presentation is by no means a complete overview of the new hardware and pulse sequence development; due to the time constraints, this talk will highlight a few important developments pertinent to body MRI.
08:45
 Contrast Agents & Their Applications
Joseph Ippolito
This educational talk provides a broad overview of gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCA) for MRI with a focus on the types of gadolinium chelators, toxicity concerns with a focus on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), as well as potential applications for specific GBCA. Although numerous MRI contrast agents have been developed, this talk will focus on those that are clinically available to inform radiologists of potential clinical applications for GBCA. 
09:15
 Non-Contrast Enhanced MR Imaging of the Body
Ruth Lim
Contrast is widely used in body MRI, but is it always necessary? This presentation will review clinical scenarios and protocols where contrast may not be required.
09:45
 Break & Meet the Teachers
Body MRI: Optimize Your Clinical Practice: Focal Liver Lesions
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Kathryn Fowler, M.D., Kartik Jhaveri, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Lorenzo Mannelli, M.D., Ph.D. & Edwin J.R. van Beek, M.D., Ph.D., M.Ed., FRCR

Sunday, 23 April 2017
Room 315  10:15 - 11:15 Moderators: Sooah Kim, Lorenzo Mannelli

Skill Level: Intermediate
Slack Channel: #e_body
Session Number: WE19

Overview
This whole-day course focuses on the optimization of MRI protocols and for evaluation of diseases in the abdomen, and pelvis. Speakers will emphasize on the practical aspects of the implementation of MRI into routine clinical practice including software and hardware needs for state-of-the-art body MRI. A comprehensive review of contrast agents for body MRI will be presented. MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the liver, bowel, and genitourinary tract will be discussed.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at radiologists, imaging scientists and MR technologists who wish to review the state-of-art MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the abdomen and pelvis.

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
-Summarize the equipment and software requirements for implementation of a successful clinical body MRI practice;
-Illustrate a practical approach to diagnose and quantify liver disease;
-Demonstrate the impact of MRI in diagnostic workup of gastrointestinal disease; and
-Illustrate the utility of MRI in the diagnosis of genitourinary disease.


10:15
 MRI of Focal Lesions in the Non-Cirrhotic Liver
Ivan Pedrosa
The differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions in the non-cirrhotic liver is broad. MRI plays a crucial role in the non-invasive histologic characterization of these lesions and the decision making for patient management. In this talk we will present a simple, practical approach to focal hepatic lesions, review the MRI findings in the most common focal lesions in the non-cirrhotic liver, and discuss some of the pitfalls in image interpretation.
10:45
 MRI in the Cirrhotic liver
Utaroh Motosugi
MRI in the cirrhotic liver has important roles in the standard care of cirrhotic patients. Recent advance in MRI also offers functional information which can serve as MR-based biomarker to predict patients’ outcome.
 
Body MRI: Optimize Your Clinical Practice: GI
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Kathryn Fowler, M.D., Kartik Jhaveri, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Lorenzo Mannelli, M.D., Ph.D. & Edwin J.R. van Beek, M.D., Ph.D., M.Ed., FRCR

Sunday, 23 April 2017
Room 315  11:15 - 12:15 Moderators: Lorenzo Mannelli

Skill Level: Intermediate
Slack Channel: #e_body
Session Number: WE19

Overview
This whole-day course focuses on the optimization of MRI protocols and for evaluation of diseases in the abdomen, and pelvis. Speakers will emphasize on the practical aspects of the implementation of MRI into routine clinical practice including software and hardware needs for state-of-the-art body MRI. A comprehensive review of contrast agents for body MRI will be presented. MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the liver, bowel, and genitourinary tract will be discussed.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at radiologists, imaging scientists and MR technologists who wish to review the state-of-art MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the abdomen and pelvis.

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
-Summarize the equipment and software requirements for implementation of a successful clinical body MRI practice;
-Illustrate a practical approach to diagnose and quantify liver disease;
-Demonstrate the impact of MRI in diagnostic workup of gastrointestinal disease; and
-Illustrate the utility of MRI in the diagnosis of genitourinary disease.


11:15
 MR Enterography
Mary-Louise Greer
Magnetic resonance (MR) enterography is a robust alternative to modalities utilizing ionizing radiation in evaluating small bowel and surrounding structures in children and adults. Technical advances enabling rapid relatively motion-insensitive MR sequences and protocol modifications adapted to patients’ ages and morbidities will be detailed.  Image optimization improves diagnostic capabilities, further enhanced by systematic review. Image interpretation, from detection and characterization to quantification of disease burden in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - and increasingly other bowel disorders - will be discussed. The expanding role MR enterographic findings play as imaging biomarkers in the management of IBD will also be considered.  
11:45
 Rectal CA Staging
Marc Gollub
This lecture will cover the basic information needed to properly perform and interpret baseline MRI for rectal cancer staging. It includes recommended techniques and parameters by the ESGAR 2012/2016 guidelines. It illustrates how to interpret T- and N- staging as well as proper assessment of the CRM and of EMVI. It discusses geographic differences in treatment around the world and also introduces staging of low rectal cancer involving the anal sphincter apparatus.
12:15
 Lunch & Meet the Teachers
 
Body MRI: Optimize Your Clinical Practice: Pelvis & GU
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Kathryn Fowler, M.D., Kartik Jhaveri, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Lorenzo Mannelli, M.D., Ph.D. & Edwin J.R. van Beek, M.D., Ph.D., M.Ed., FRCR

Sunday, 23 April 2017
Room 315  13:15 - 16:15 Moderators: Jurgen Fütterer, Valeria Panebianco

Skill Level: Intermediate
Slack Channel: #e_body
Session Number: WE19

Overview
This whole-day course focuses on the optimization of MRI protocols and for evaluation of diseases in the abdomen, and pelvis. Speakers will emphasize on the practical aspects of the implementation of MRI into routine clinical practice including software and hardware needs for state-of-the-art body MRI. A comprehensive review of contrast agents for body MRI will be presented. MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the liver, bowel, and genitourinary tract will be discussed.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at radiologists, imaging scientists and MR technologists who wish to review the state-of-art MRI protocols and indications for assessment of disease in the abdomen and pelvis.

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
-Summarize the equipment and software requirements for implementation of a successful clinical body MRI practice;
-Illustrate a practical approach to diagnose and quantify liver disease;
-Demonstrate the impact of MRI in diagnostic workup of gastrointestinal disease; and
-Illustrate the utility of MRI in the diagnosis of genitourinary disease.


13:15
 Female Pelvis - Uterus
Evis Sala
MRI plays an important role in accurate classification, treatment selection and planning of suspected uterine anomalies as well as evaluation of other benign uterine conditions such as leiomyomas and adenomyosis. It plays a crucial role in surgical planning of patients with endometrial cancer by accurately predicting depth of myometrial invasion, cervical stroma invasion and lymph node involvement. In young patients with low grade endometrial cancer who wish to preserve fertility, MRI is used to exclude myometrial invasion prior to hormonal therapy. MRI is valuable in distinguishing cervical from endometrial origin of uterine cancer in cases of biopsy proven adenocarcinoma.
13:45
 Adnexal Masses
Nandita deSouza
The superior soft tissue contrast of MRI aids characterisation of adnexal masses.  T2-W contrast is the mainstay of diagnosis. Enhancement of T1-W images with gadolinium chelate is helpful in refining diagnosis. Examinations are optimized by scanning after the patient has emptied her bladder and intramuscular antiperistaltic agents have been administered. Classification into benign and malignant pathology is crucial for deciding on type of surgical management.  In addition, recognition of disseminated malignant disease determines whether or not neoadjuvant chemotherapy is warranted prior to surgical debulking.
14:15
 Fetal MRI
Daniela Prayer
Fetal Body MRI requires different contrasts to adequately visualize the organs at different stages of maturation. A profound knowledge of often complex pathologies that may involve more than one organ, and that may be diagnosed prenatally, is necessary for a tailored management of these pregnancies. Among all extra-CNS indications assessment of the fetal lungs has become the most important one, allowing an accurate prediction of the respiratory state of the newborn.
14:45
 Break & Meet the Teachers
15:15
 Renal
Nicole Hindman
This clinically oriented talk will review the Renal Mass MRI technique/scanning protocols at NYU, review the basics in renal mass lesion subtyping and pitfalls in the characterization of renal lesions and the clinical impact therein.
15:45
 Prostate
Hebert Alberto Vargas
This session discusses opportunities to take full advantage of current multiparametric prostate MRI to guide individual management in multiple clinical scenarios that affect prostate cancer patients.
16:15
 Adjournment
 
 

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