27th ISMRM Annual Meeting • 11-16 May 2019 • Montréal, QC, Canada
Educational Course Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Role of MRI |
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Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Role of MRI
Weekday Course ORGANIZERS: Elna-Marie Larsson, Pia Maly Sundgren
Monday, 13 May 2019
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Session Number: M-06
Overview This session will focus on how MRI, including physiological methods, can contribute to the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). Target Audience Trainees, radiologists, physicists, and basic scientists. Educational Objectives As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to: - Identify the MRI criteria supporting the diagnosis of iNPH 2; - Recognise the CSF flow abnormalities in iNPH and how they can be investigated by MRI 3; - Describe the role of aqueductal and glymphatic CSF dynamics in iNPH 4; and - Discuss the role of MRI for patient selection for shunt surgery and for treatment follow-up in iNPH.
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The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. |