“MR Education Unlimited”

Program
Last Updated 16 October 2008

Saturday, 3 May 2008
07:45 Welcome & Announcements Carolyn Bonaceto, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
SMRT President 2007-2008

Anna Kirilova, B.Sc., R.T.(R)(MR)
2008 Program Co-Chair
     
    Moderator: Charles Stanley, CRA, R.T.(R)(CT)(MR)
     
08:00 Radio Frequency and Specific Absorption Rate Considerations Joel Felmlee, Ph.D.
     
09:00 Clinical Cardiac MRI: Optimize Your Workflow Cindy Comeau, B.S., R.T., (N)(MR)
     
10:00 Break  
    Moderator: Anne Marie Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
     
10:15 Challenges in Musculoskeletal MRI Dominic Kennedy, BAppSc (MIT)
     
10:45 Veterinary MRI James Stuppino, B.S., R.T., (R)(MR)
     
11:15 SMRT Business Meeting  
     
12:00 SMRT Luncheon  
    Moderator: Vera Miller B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
     
13:00 Advances in Pulse Sequences/ Molecular Imaging Michel D. Noseworthy, Ph.D.
     
  Proffered Paper Award Winners: Exploring Advanced MR Applications  
14:00 President’s Award Proffered Paper: Transverse Relaxation Time of the Exercised Skeletal Muscle by Ultrafast Imaging Violet Chua, BSc.
     
14:15 1st Place Award- Clinical Focus: Susceptibility Weighted Imaging of Cartilage Zahid Latif, R.T., (R)(MR)(CT)
     
14:25 2nd Place Award- Clinical Focus: NOVA (Non-invasive Optimum Vascular Analysis) Studies Accurately Identify Cerebral Vascular Deficits to Redefine Patients at Highest Risk for Strokes Susan Ryan, A.A.S.
     
14:35 1st Place Award- Research Focus: Treatment Response of Quetiapine in Bipolar Mania Using 1H-MRS Barry Southers, B.S., R.T., (R)
     
14:45 2nd Place Award (Tie)- Research Focus: NPI: A Joint Acquisition/Analysis Approach to Allowing Binary Tissue Classification of the Brain John Totman, D.C.R., (R)
     
15:00 Break  
    Moderator: Caron Murray, M.R.T.(R)MRT(MR),
2008 Program Co-Chair
     
15:15 Hot Topics in Breast MRI Thomas Helbich, M.D.
     
16:15 Imaging the Pregnant Patient Leena Mammen, M.D.
     
17:30 SMRT Reception and Poster Walking Tour  
     
 
 
Sunday, 4 May 2008
07:45 Welcome & Announcements Wendy Strugnell, BAppSc (MIT)
SMRT President 2008-2009

Nancy Talbot, M.R.T.(R)(MR)
2008 Program Co-Chair
     
    Moderator: Cindy Comeau, B.S., R.T.(N)(MR)
     
08:00 Vascular MRA (1.5 and 3T) Brian DeSouza, R.T.(MR)
     
09:00 Body MRI 2008: Tips & Techniques & New Advances Russell Norman Low, M.D.
     
10:00 Break  
    Moderator: David Stanley, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
     
10:15 Parallel Imaging Jason Polzin, Ph.D.
     
  Proffered Papers Award Winners: Emerging MR Applications in Women's & Men's Health  
11:15 2nd Place Award (Tie)- Research Focus: Utilizing BREASE (Breast Spectroscopy Exam) to Monitor Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response at 3T - Preliminary Results Brandy Reed, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
     
11:25 3rd Place Award - Research Focus: Utilizing a Single Point Dixon Sequence for Fat/Water Separation in Dynamic Contrast Breast MRI: A Feasibility Study Caron Murray, M.R.T., (MR)
     
11:35 3rd Place Award - Clinical Focus: Prostate Spectroscopy in Radiation Therapy: The Role of the Technologist Beyond MRI Simulation Theresa Richardson, R.T.,(R)(MR)(CT)
     
11:45 SMRT Awards Presentation and Luncheon  
    Moderator: Steven Shannon R.T.(R)(MR)
     
13:00 Safety Forum: MR Safety Update Emanuel Kanal, M.D., F.A.C.R.
     
  Challenges & Opportunities for the MR Safety Officer John Posh, A.S.R.T
     
15:00 Break  
    Moderator: Pamela Vincent, R.T.(R)(MR)
     
15:15 Brain Imaging Medley Carolyn Roth, R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)(M)(CV)
     
16:15 Artifacts & Remedies Forum
Part 1 & Part 2
John Christopher, B.A., R.T.(N)(MR)
Laurian Rohoman, R.T.(R)(MR), ACR
     
17:15 Adjournment  
     

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