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Day One, Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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07:45-08:00 |
Welcome
- Cindy Comeau, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), SMRT President 2006-2007
Announcements - Vera Miller, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR), 2007
Program Chair
Moderator - Mercedes Pereyra, R.T., (R)(MR) |
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08:00-09:30 |
Safety Forum
Hans Engels, Ph.D.
Julie Strandt-Peay, B.S.M., R.T.(R)(MR) |
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09:30-10:25 |
Parallel Imaging - Donald W. McRobbie, Ph.D. |
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10:25-1040 |
Break |
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10:40-11:10 |
Emerging Pulse Sequences in MR Imaging:
Proffered Papers |
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10:40-10:50 |
1st Place Award - Research Focus: Functional Liver
Evaluation Using Blood-Oxygen Level
Dependent (BOLD) Imaging
Jay Neadles, R.T., (R) (MR)
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10:50-11:00 |
3rd Place Award - Research Focus (Tie): Muscle
Blood-Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD)
Imaging: A Potential Tool to Evaluate Chronic Compartment Syndrome
Toni Cormier, M.R.T., (MR)
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11:00-11:10 |
3rd Place Award-Research Focus (Tie):
Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) Sequence for
Breast Calcifications at 3T
KellyAnne McGorty, B.S., R.T. (R)(M)(MR)
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11:10-12:00 |
Fusion Imaging -
Anna Kirilova, B.Sc., R.T.(R)(MR) |
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12:25-13:00 |
SMRT Business
Meeting & Luncheon
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Moderator - Pam Vincent, R.T.(R)(MR) |
13:00-13:50
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Artifacts -
Robert J. Herfkens, M.D. |
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14:00-14:50 |
Musculoskeletal MR
- Joshua M. Farber, M.D. |
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14:50-15:20 |
Functional and
Molecular Imaging with MR Contrast Agents - Michael Moseley, Ph.D. |
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15:20-15:30 |
Break |
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15:30-16:20 |
Female Pelvis - Carolyn Reinhold, M.D. |
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16:20-17:10 |
SMRT Oral Poster Presentations:
Poster Award Winners ~ Clinical and Research Focus |
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16:20-16:30 |
1st Place Clinical Focus Poster Award - Susan
Crisp, R.T.(NM)(MR)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol Optimization for Detection of
Endometriotic Lesion |
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16:30-16:40 |
2nd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award - Alain
Thoeni
Whole Spinal Cord MRI as a Routine Screening Examination in Multiple
Sclerosis - Use of Parallel Imaging |
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16:40-16:50 |
3rd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award – Birayet
Ucan
MR Angiography on the Move: Enhanced Workflow in Large-FOV MRA due
to Continuously
Moving Table Acquisition |
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16:50-17:00 |
1st Place Research Focus Poster Award - Caron
Murray, M.R.T.(R), (MR)
Predicting Response to Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast
Cancer by Diffusion
Weighted MRI: A Pilot Study |
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17:00-17:10 |
2nd Place Research Focus Poster Award - Caron
Murray, M.R.T.(R), (MR)
Supine Breast MRI Utilizing a Zonal Motion-Adapted Acquisition and
Reordering Technique |
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17:10-17:20 |
3rd Place Research Focus Poster Award - Anne Dorte
Blankholm, R.T. (MR)
Optimising DSC Perfusion-Imaging by Minimizing Susceptibility
Artefacts at 3 Tesla:
Parallel Imaging and SE versus GRE |
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17:20-17:30 |
Poster Questions/Discussion |
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17:30 |
SMRT Poster Presentations and Walking Tour
Reception |
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Day Two, Sunday, 20 May 2007 |
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07:45-08:00 |
Welcome - Carolyn Bonaceto, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR),
President 2007-2008
Announcements –
Vera Miller, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR), 2007
Program Chair
Moderator: Sonya Belville, R.T., (R)(MR) |
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08:00-08:50 |
Proton Pilates for Pupils & Professionals - Elizabeth A. Moore, Ph.D. |
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08:50-09:40 |
Neuro/CNS Lesions -
Raquel Del Carpio-O'Donovan, M.D. |
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09:40-09:50 |
Break |
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09:50-10:05 |
President’s Award -Proffered Paper: Neonatal Brain
Imaging at 3 Tesla: Comparative
Study of Standard Transverse 2D TSE T2 and Non Motion Corrected
BLADE
Michael Kean, R.T.
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10:05-10:35 |
Liver Iron -
Greg Brown, R.T.
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10:35-11:05 |
Protocol Optimization - Carolyn Roth,
R.T.(R)(MR) |
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11:05-11:35 |
fMRI - Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D. |
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11:35-12:00 |
MR Elastography - David W. Stanley, B.S.,
R.T.(R)(MR) |
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12:00-13:00 |
Awards Luncheon |
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12:20-12:50 |
Forum for International Attendees
Wendy Strugnell, D.Sc.
Pam Vincent, R.T.(R)(MR) |
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Moderator - Anne
Dorte Blankholm, R.T.(R)(MR) |
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13:00-14:00 |
Cardiac Forum
Andrew E. Arai, M.D.
Mercedes Pereyra, R.T.(R)(MR) |
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13:50-14:40 |
Nursing Forum
Maureen Hood, M.S., R.N., R.T.(R)(MR)
Filip DeRidder, R.N. |
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14:40-14:50 |
Break |
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14:50-15:20 |
Exploring Advanced
Imaging Techniques: Proffered Papers |
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14:50-15:00 |
1st Place Award-Clinical Focus: Validation of an
Automated Left Ventricular Segmentation Technique for Quantifying
Stroke Volume
Cindy Comeau, B.S., R.T. (N) (MR)
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15:00-15:10 |
2nd Place Award-Research Focus: Comparison of
Changes of the Signal Intensity and Contrast Ratio with Respect to
Variations of Concentration of the Contrast Media at 1.5T and 3.0T
MRI
Seong-Phil Go, R.T.
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15:10-15:20 |
2nd Place Award-Clinical Focus: High Spatial and
Temporal Resolution MRA of the Entire Peripheral Vascular System
Using a New 3D Time-Resolved MRA Technique (TWIST)
3rd Place Award-Clinical Focus: High Spatial and Temporal Resolution
MRA (TWIST) in Acute Dissection
Kai B. Reiter, R.T.
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15:20-16:10 |
Contrasts - How, When and Why - Marco Essig,
M.D., Ph.D. |
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16:10-17:00 |
Perfusion/Stroke
Imaging - Leif Østergaard, M.D., Ph.D. |
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17:00 |
Adjourn |
