Virtual Meetings Archive
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SMRT Virtual Meeting:
MR Safety
27 February 2020 at 13:00 PST
Moderators: Kate Negus, B.Appl.Sc.,RMIT(MR) & Laura Vasquez. Ph.D., RVT, R.T.(R)(MR), MRSO
Overview: This virtual event will include two 30 minute live presentations from experts in the field of MR Safety. The session will open with a live presentation from Dr Donald McRobbie Ph.D, (Australia) co-author of the popular MR physics textbook MRI from Picture to Proton. Dr McRobbie is a registered diagnostic imaging medical physicist, MRI physicist and MR safety expert.
The second live presentation will be given by Dr Michael Steckner Ph.D, M.D, (USA), who is an experienced Senior Research Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Skilled in medical devices, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, product development, and research and development.
The two presentations will be followed by a question and answer session.
Objectives:
- Identify and understand risks related to the MR safety of implants and devices;
- Identify areas of MR Safety not commonly known;
Title: Six Things You Didn’t Know About MR Safety
Speaker: Donald W. McRobbie, Ph.D.
University of Adelaide, School of Physical Sciences
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Title: Implants and the MR Worker
Speaker: Michael Steckner, Ph.D, M.D.
Canon Medical Research USA, Inc.
Beachwood, OH, United States
ISMRM & SMRT Virtual Meeting:
Women in Leadership: Insights from our ISMRM & SMRT MR Community Leaders
03 December 2019 at 11:30 PST
Learn from our women in leadership and hear them describe their journeys, greatest accomplishments and advice on how to further your professional career.
Download the flyer and spread the word!Karla L. Miller, Ph.D.
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc.(R)
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience
Australia
Roberta A. Kravitz
ISMRM Executive Director
United States
Pia C. Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D.
Lund University
Sweden
Moderators: Margaret Hall-Craggs, M.D., Women in ISMRM Chair, and Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI), Past SMRT President
SMRT MR Learning Lab:
The Principles, Challenges & Applications of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in the body
21 November 2019 at 13:00 PST
Coming Soon: Watch & earn CE credits! It’s FREE for members, US$20.00 for non-members.
Moderators: Liana G Sanches-Rocha, M.Sc.(MR)(R) and Kurt G Schilling, Ph.D.
Overview: This virtual event will include two 30 minutes live presentations from experts in the field of MR Diffusion. The session will open with a live presentation from Michael Kean (AUS), who is a very experienced and respected MR Radiographer interested in MR Diffusion and will provide an expert’s explanation on “the principals, concepts and technical challenges of acquiring diffusion weighted imaging in the body.”
The second live presentation will be given by Dr Eric E Sigmund (PhD), an Associate Professor at NYU Langone Health, who will present on “DWI in the body: applications and challenges for oncology imaging.”
The live presentations will be followed by time for discussion – to provide the audience of MDs, PhDs, MRI Technologists and Radiographers with the opportunity to “Ask the Experts” questions about the challenges they encounter, techniques they use and the experience they have when acquiring diffusion weighted imaging in the body.
Objectives:
- Explain the basic principles of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging;
- Recognize the main technical challenges of acquiring Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in the body; and
- Understand why Diffusion-Weighted Imaging is used in the oncology protocols.
Title: Diffusion Imaging of the Body: Concepts and Technical Challenges
Speaker: Michael Kean R.T., FSMRT
Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD
Overview: The presentation will address the technical concepts and challenges associated with acquiring DWI of the abdomen. The concepts to be addressed will include acquisition strategies, fat suppression and its impact on image quality and artefact reduction.
Objectives:
- Be familiar with the impact of different acquisition strategies on image quality;
- Understand the impact on sequence parameters on image quality; and
- Recognise artefacts and potential solutions.
Title: DWI in the Body: Applications and Challenges for Oncology Imaging
Speaker: Eric P Sigmund Ph.D.
New York University, Department of Radiology, Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, United States
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD
Overview: This talk will discuss the tools of acquisition and analysis applied to the imaging of cancer in the body with several variants of diffusion-weighted MRI. These include elements to ensure good image quality at the organ level, as well as capture the specific complexity of tumors and their host tissue the microscopic level. Both of these priorities involve approaches uniquely suited for body diffusion imaging.
Objectives:
- Understand unique challenges and solutions for good image quality for body DWI of cancer;
- Understand the applications of DWI techniques beyond apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) (IVIM, DTI, DKI) in the body for both cancerous tissue and the surrounding host organs; and
- Understand examples of advanced modeling of cancerous tissue for further specificity of body DWI.
SMRT MR Learning Lab:
How to Deal With Arrhythmia in CMR Imaging
17 October 2019 at 08:00 PDT
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Coming Soon: Watch & earn CE credits! It’s FREE for members, US$20.00 for non-members.
Moderators: Rhys Slough, BSc (Hons) Pg Dip (MRI), and Ben Statton, M.Sc., B.Appl.Sc.(MedRad)
Title: Cardiac MR Imaging in Patients with Arrhythmias
Speaker:Peter Kellman, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD, USA
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD
Overview: The proposed session will focus on methods for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in patients with arrhythmias. CMR methods using breath-held, gated, segmented imaging protocols are vulnerable to artifacts in the presence of significant RR-variation. Real-time and/or single shot methods can be used to mitigate these artifacts. The presentation will cover cine, perfusion, and late enhancement imaging.
Objectives:
- Understand the mechanism that causes artifacts in segmented imaging protocols;
- Understand methods using arrhythmia rejection; and
- Understand the benefits of single shot and/or real-time cine imaging.
Title: Cardiac MR Imaging in Patients with Arrhythmias: The Technologists Perspective: Tips, Tricks, and Possible Solutions
Speaker: Jane M Francis DCR(R), DNM, FSCMR
Barts Heart Centre
London, England, UK
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD
Overview: This session will focus on recognising normal cardiac rhythms, including sinus bradycardia and tachycardia and common arrhythmias, distinguishing them from gradient induced artefact and provide some tips on how to improve image quality particularly cine imaging with different MR sequences.
Objectives:
- Recognise sinus rhythym and how to optimise for fast and slow rates;
- Recognise common cardiac arrhythymias and distinguish them from gradient induced artefact; and
- How to optimise ECG triggering in dealing with cardiac arrhythymias and sequence choice.
The Fundamentals & a Clinical Perspective of Current & Emerging Applications of 4D Flow Imaging
MR Learning Lab in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Flow & Motion Study Group
19 September 2019 at 15:00 PDT
Earn CE credit for watching this video! It’s free for members, $20 for non-members.
Title: The Fundamentals of 4D Flow Imaging
Speaker: Oliver Wieben, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI, USA
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Kevin Michael Johnson, Ph.D., MR Flow & Motion Study Group Chair
Overview:
This presentation will review the basic concepts of 4D Flow MRI including data acquisition, post processing, visualization, common artefacts and pitfalls.
Objectives:
- Understand the principles on how velocity sensitive MRI data are acquired;
- Understand the benefits, pitfalls, and future potentials of 4D Flow MRI; and
- Understand basic principles of hemodynamic analysis possible with 4D Flow MRI.
Title: A Clinical Perspective of Current & Emerging Applications of 4D Flow MRI
Speaker: Nicholas S. Burris, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Shawna L. Farquharson, M.Sc.(R), MR Flow & Motion Study Group SMRT Representative
Overview:
This presentation will highlight a variety of emerging clinical applications of 4D Flow MRI, will review some of the current barriers to clinical adoption, and suggest potential future pathways towards routine clinical use of 4D Flow techniques.
Objectives:
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of 4D Flow MRI for assessment of clinical patients.
- Understand some basic technical challenges and considerations when acquiring and analyzing 4D Flow MRI data in patients.
- Review some potential applications for clinical 4D Flow MRI.
MRI Safety: Implant Labeling & its Practical Applications
MR Learning Lab in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Safety Study Group
22 August 2019 at 08:00 PDT
Organizers: Kirsty Campbell & Vera Kimbrell
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Title: Implants and Other Devices: MRI Safety Testing and Labeling Guidelines
Speaker: Terry Woods, Ph.D.
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices & Rad. Health
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Accreditation: 0.5 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Titti Owman, R.N.(R)(CT)(MR), FSMRT
Title: Interpreting and Applying MRI Labelling Information for Implants & Devices
Speaker: Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D., FACR, FACC, FISMRM
Director, MRI Safety
USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Accreditation: 0.5 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Anne Marie Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
Q&A Session: Ask The Experts
30 minutes (maximum) for questions from the virtual meeting audience.
Overview:
This virtual event will include two 30 minute live presentations from experts in the field of MR Safety. The session will open with a live presentation from Terry Woods, Ph.D. The session will highlight MRI related safety concerns produced by implants and other devices, provide an overview of standards and guidelines for assessing MRI safety, and describe standard MRI safety labeling guidelines.
The second live presentation will be given by Frank Shellock, Ph.D., who is a physiologist with more than 30 years of experience conducting laboratory and clinical investigations in the field of magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Shellock will present on interpreting the standards and guidelines presented by Dr. Woods and how to apply MRI Labeling Information for Implants & Devices.
Objectives:
- Identify and understand risks related to the MR safety of implants and devices based on their intended location in the MR environment, electrical activity, and implant status;
- Describe standards and guidelines that relate to MR safety of implants and other medical devices; and
- Recognize and understand MRI safety labeling for medical devices, including the standard MR safety terms: MR Safe, MR Conditional, and MR Unsafe.
The How and Why of MR Spectroscopy
MR Learning Lab in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Spectroscopy Study Group
18 July 2019 at 15:00 PDT
Organizers: Kirsty Campbell & Huijun Vicky Liao
Watch the video & earn CE credit here! It’s free for members, $20 for non-members.
Title: The “How to” of MRS: Things to Consider When Planning Acquisition
Speaker: Caroline (Lindy) Rae, Ph.D.
Neuroscience Research Australia
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Accreditation: 0.5 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Michael Kean, (RT)FSMRT
Overview: The proposed session will discuss the range of different approaches to single voxel MRS and highlight their purposes and limitations. It will canvass things to consider when planning MRS acquisitions and what, realistically, can be achieved with the method.
Objectives:
- Understand the different acquisition options for acquiring MR spectra
- Understand which acquisition options may be optimal for what you want to measure
- Understand the practical issues you need to consider when setting up a MRS acquisition
Title: The Clinical Applications of MR Spectroscopy
Speaker: Alexander P. Lin, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Accreditation: 0.5 CE/CPD credit
Moderator: Huijun Vicky Liao, B.Sc., ARMRIT
SMRT Representative, MR Spectroscopy Study Group
Overview: The goal of this presentation will be to provide technologists with practical knowledge of how magnetic resonance spectroscopy is utilized for diagnosis and treatment monitoring across a broad range of clinical diseases.
Objectives:
- Understand how MR spectroscopy is utilized in different pathologies such as cancer, neurological disorders, metabolic disorders, and non-neuro application in both pediatrics and adults.
- Understand how to acquire spectroscopy for these different diseases by reviewing different protocols for each condition.
- Learn how to provide quality control on MRS data and recognize when real-time changes need to be made to ensure accuracy and excellence.
Challenges, Advances & Applications of MR Spinal Cord Imaging
MR Learning Lab in Collaboration with the ISMRM White Matter Study Group
20 June 2019
08:00 PDT
Organizers: Kirsty Campbell & Helle Simonsen
Watch the video & earn CE credit here! It’s free for members, $20 for non-members.
Speaker 1: Ben Kennedy, B.Appl.Sc.,Mst(MRI)
Title: MRI of the Spine at 3T
Overview:
The proposed session will look at historical challenges of MRI of the spine at 3T, addressing many of these challenges with technology advancements and parameter optimization and novel imaging that 3T SNR allows us to take advantage of.
Objectives:
- Understanding challenges of 3T physics vs large FOV spine imaging
- Current technology making clinical 3T of the spine a new gold standard
- Parameter optimization for best standards of Spine imaging at 3T
Moderator: Hugo Vrenken, Ph.D.
Note for ARRT R.T.s: This talk was previously accredited for CE credit in May 2019 at the SMRT Annual Meeting in Montreal, QC, Canada. It is your responsibility to maintain a record of previously submitted and credited live or self-learning CE activities. Duplicate credit for the same activity is not permitted in the same biennium.
Speaker 2: Klaus Schmierer, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Spinal Cord MRI in the Diagnosis & Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis: A Clinical Perspective
Objectives:
- Understand that MS is a common and complex disease;
- Understand the importance of correlating MRI findings with the underlying pathology; and
- Understand the challenge of assessing specific tissue features other than myelin in the spinal cord
Moderator: Helle J. Simonsen, (MRT)FSMRT
SMRT Representative, White Matter Study Group
SMRT MR Learning Labs:
MRI Safety: Risk Prevention & Creating an MRI Safety Culture
26 April 2019 at 16:00 PDT
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
MRI Safety is universal. There are no geographic boundaries, cultural preferences, or religious exemptions. The danger is real for everyone.
Accreditation: 1.0 CE/CPD credit
Target Audience: MRI Technologists, Physicians, Nurses, MRI Support personnel
Registration Fee: Free for members; US$25 for non-members
Speaker 1:
John C. Posh, B.S.,R.T., (R)(MR)
Title:
Preventing MRI Accidents: Best Practice Recommendations to Minimize Risk
Objectives:
- Understand the concept of risk and how it applies to MRI;
- Understand how risk is managed in general and the impact it has on MRI operations; and
- Learn the types of accidents that happen in MRI and the countermeasures for preventing them.
Speaker 2:
Laura P. Vasquez, PhD, RVT, RT(R)(MR), MRSO
Title:
Creating an MRI Safety Culture and Performance Improvement Program
Objectives:
- Deliver recommendations for implementation of an institutional interprofessional MRI safety committee;
- Provide suggestions for facilitation of leadership engagement and administrative accountability; and
- Describe ways to foster a culture of education, standardization, quality and safety.
Moderators:
Claire B. Mulcahy, M.MRT., B.Appl.Sc.
Greg C. Brown, A.Dip.Rad.Tech.
SMRT/CAMRT MR Learning Labs:
Accelerated MRI Using Compressed Sensing
Tuesday, 05 March 2019
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
Watch this webinar to gain basic concepts of Nyquist sampling, aliasing, and parallel imaging (SENSE and SMASH). Understand the application of compressed sensing (CS) for MRI data acquisition and learn how this newer method can accelerate imaging without the need for Nyquist sampling. Walk away understanding the principles of the CS approach along with a host of clinical applications now available from MRI vendors.
Speaker:
Michael Noseworthy, Ph.D.
Moderator:
James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Accreditation: 0.25 CE/CPD credit (not available for credit for archive viewers)
Registration Fee: CLOSED (was: Free for members; $15 for non-members)
Objectives:
- Refresh the understanding of undersampling and its consequences with MRI;
- Introduce how undersampling using compressed sensing works;
- Understand how compressed sensing can be applied using clinical examples.
Target Audience: MRI Radiographers, Technologists and Radiologists
Thursday, 21 February 2019
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
Speaker 1:
Declan O’Regan, FRCP, FRCR, Ph.D.
What Clinicians Need from Cardiac MRI
Speaker 2:
Cindy Comeau, B.S., RT(N)(MR), FSMRT, FSCMR
Getting Started: The Core Cardiac MRI Exam
Moderators:
Muriel Cockburn, DCR, B.Sc.(Hons), FSMRT
Marty Sherriff, B.App.Sc., R.T. (MR)
Accreditation: 1.0 CE/CPD credit (not available for credit for archive viewers)
Registration Fee: CLOSED (was: Free for members; $25 for non-members)
Objectives:
- Understand the common indications for CMR and the information clinicians require.
- Learn how different CMR sequences are used to answer clinical questions.
- Appreciate the appearances of common pathologies on CMR.
Target Audience: MRI Radiographers, Technologists and Radiologists
Improving Throughput Without Compromising Patient Care & Creating Value in MR
Friday, 18 January 2019
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
Presenters:
Michael P. Recht, M.D.
Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI)
Target Audience: MRI Radiographers and Technologists, Radiologists
Accreditation: 1.25 CE/CPD credits
Registration Fee: CLOSED (was: Free for members; $25 for non-members)
Talk 1: Value in MR: What Is It and How Do We Create It?
Presenter: Michael P. Recht, M.D.
Talk 2: When Throughput Affects Patient Care: How to Improve Your Numbers Without Compromising Care
Presenter: Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI)
Moderators:
Kirsty Campbell, NDMDI, PG Dip (MRI)
Joe Joslin, B.S., R.T.(MR)(R)
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes, with questions at the end
Objectives:
- How to improve patient throughput;
- How value can be created and operationalized in MR; and
- How to use data to improve the MRI department.
RF Safety in MRI: An MR Technologist’s Perspective
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
Presenter: Vera Kimbrell, BSRT, (R)(MR), FSMRT
Vera Kimbrell is a MR technologist/radiographer from Boston, Ma. USA. She works at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the role of clinical educator for MRI. She has been in MR for over 30 years and an educator for the majority of that time. Currently the Chair of the SMRT Safety committee, Vera has lectured and taught MR safety internationally.
Target Audience: MR Technologists, Radiographers, Students, Clinicians & Early Career Scientists
Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD credits
Registration Fee: CLOSED (was: Free for members; $15 for non-members)
Moderator: James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Time: There will be two presentations of this webinar. Please only register for one.
- 09:00 PST / 12:00 EST / 20:00 UTC
- 12:00 PST / 15:00 EST / 23:00 UTC
Duration: 30 minutes
Objectives:
- Explain the safety related issues related to Radiofrequency Magnetic Fields (RF)
- Define devices and practices that contribute to RF burns
- Describe workflows to mitigate hazards related to RF
- Review accidents and explore preventative solutions
Diffusion Imaging & Fiber Tractography: Tips & Tricks for Clinical Use
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
On-demand viewing & credits now available. Click the title to access.
Moderators: Ben Statton, M.Sc., B.Appl.Sc. (London, England) and Ileana Jelescu, Ph.D. (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Target Audience: MR Technologists, Radiographers, Students, Clinicians & Early Career Scientists
Accreditation: 1.0 CE/CME/CPD credits
Time: 07:00 PDT; 16:00 The Netherlands; 01:00 Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 1 hour
Fee: Free for members; $25 for non-members
Overview:
This session provides a focused review suitable for a broad audience on one widely-used or emerging area of Neuroimaging. This presentation is targeted to radiographers, technologists, researchers and clinicians interested in understanding and developing diffusion tractography MRI methods for neurosurgical planning. Core techniques and their shortcomings will be discussed in the context of practical clinical cases.
Speaker 1:
Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc.(R) (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Speaker 2:
Alexander Leemans, Ph.D. (Utrecht, Netherlands)
SMRT/CAMRT MR Learning Labs:
MRI Contrast Agents: Safety Issues and Practice
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Speaker: Lawrence Tanenbaum, M.D.
Moderator: Jim Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Target Audience: MR Technologists, Radiographers, Students, Clinicians & Early Career Scientists
Accreditation: 1.0 CE/CPD credits
Learning objectives:
- Describe the different gadolinium contrast agents available, including their chelate structure, stability and retention.
- Describe the link between gadolinium contrast agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF).
- Review current literature and regulation related to the safe and effective use of gadolinium contrast agents.
- Identify strategies for discussing contrast media with patients.