Virtual Meetings Archive

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SMRT Virtual Meeting:
A “How-To” Guide to Presenting & Moderating at a Scientific Meeting

22 April 2021

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Overview:
Every year, the ISMRM and SMRT have a scientific meeting which is almost certain to metamorphize into a varied format of “face to face” blended with “virtual” forms of address, presentation, and moderation. The techniques of presenting are strongly aligned with techniques of education and teaching, and these techniques are best developed with both meeting formats in mind, with a foundation in quality educational material and delivery. A skilled educator and presenter is ideal to give members a lecture on goals to be aimed for and hopefully achieved during their time on the real or virtual stage. Similarly, moderating in this mixed format environment is a skill to be used to guide the meeting, and extract the most information from the presentation and presenters. Moderating in its own way, can go someway towards making or breaking a meeting.

A large number of ISMRM and SMRT members are presenting at the upcoming meeting, and another significant member cohort will be moderating the sessions during this meeting. This virtual meeting will come 3-4 weeks before the ISMRM/SMRT annual meeting and the timing of this virtual meeting would be perfect to address this much needed skillset.

Moderator:
Shawna Farquharson, Ph.D.

Accreditation:
Credits are not available for this event.

This virtual meeting is a general instruction session and is not intended for a specific meeting or event, but could be helpful to moderators and speakers of the 2021 ISMRM & SMRT Virtual Meeting & Exhibition.

Presentation 1:

A Guide to Presenting at a Scientific Meeting
Thijs Dhollander, Ph.D.
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Presentation 2:

A Guide to Moderating at a Scientific Meeting
Sonja Boiteaux M.Sc.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Joint SMRT & ISMRM MR of Cancer Study Group Virtual Meeting:
Imaging in Neuro-Oncology

08 April 2021

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Overview:
There is broad recognition that cancer imaging is best performed with standardized quality imaging protocols to enable serialized assessment of disease and treatment progression. That is a worthy goal in itself. However, there is a constant growth and body of work in the research domain which is yet to progress to routine clinical imaging practice. There is a recognized gap in application and translation of contemporary work and research in many imaging fields, including cancer. This meeting will explore current, and some emerging imaging techniques in the field of cancer, as well as the important process of translating contemporary imaging research into routine clinical practice.

Objectives:

Recognize the benefits of quality routine imaging practice;
Appreciate the process of applying new and emerging techniques into quality routine imaging; and
Appreciate and apply the techniques to translating contemporary research into application.

Accreditation:
The Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists (SMRT), A Section of the ISMRM, has designated this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 Category A Credit.
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Moderators:
Brandy Willis, M.B.A.,R.T.(R)(MR)
Fulvio Zaccagna, M.D.

Presentation 1:

Imaging Challenges in Neuro-Oncology: Current Clinical Pathways and New Therapies
Adam D. Waldman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Presentation 2:

Translating Research into Clinical Practise
Rhys A. Slough, M.Sc. (Med. Img. – MRI)
Cambridge University Hospital
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

The SMRT is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM).

SMRT Virtual Meeting:
MRI Safety: Scanning of Active Implants

25 March 2021

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Overview:
This meeting presents information to ensure the safe scanning of patients with active implants, namely, neuromodulation systems. The lectures will provide an explanation of the MRI issues that impact neuromodulation systems and will provide several examples of how best to manage patients with these devices.

Objectives:

Understand the MRI issues for active implants;
Understand the imaging parameters that are applied to MR Conditional, active implants; and
Understand the MRI labeling information for neuromodulation systems.

Moderators:
Anne Dorte Blankholm, Ph.D., M.Sc., Radiographer, MRSO
Titti Owman, R.N.(R)(CT)(MR)FSMRT

Presentation 1:

MRI Issues for Active Implants: Neuromodulation Systems, Part 1
Frank Shellock, Ph.D., FACR, FISMRM, FACC
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Radiology and Medicine
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Playa del Rey, CA, USA

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Presentation 2:

MRI Issues for Active Implants: Neuromodulation Systems, Part 2
Ilse Joubert Patterson, B.Rad.(MR)
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

The SMRT is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM).

SMRT Virtual Meeting:
Fetal MRI: Why, When, Where & How Do We Do It?

11 March 2021

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Overview:
Why Fetal MRI? This is an expanding area of interest and usefulness that has moved from research to clinical practice with no training programs for radiographers or radiologists. All have had to learn on the job with limited guidance to provide a service driven by clinician or patient requests. It’s still limited in availability but due in part to social media and the internet, patients now request it. Providers are playing catch up, made harder in countries that rely on an insurance system for healthcare.

Aligned tightly with fetal MRI is the fetal or neonatal postmortem service which further expands the application of this field into clinical governance and also brings significant learning resources.

Objectives:

Identify whether or not their site is an appropriate site for a fetal MRI service;
Identify goals and targets for the development of a formalized fetal MRI service; and
Identify the clinical and technical needs in building, as well as formalizing that fetal MRI service in what might be a sensitive and difficult context.

Moderators:
Martin Sherriff, B.Appl.Sc.,MRT(MR)
Kristina Pelkola, B.Sc.,R.T.(R)(MR)

Presentation 1:

Fetal MRI: Why, When & Where?
Elspeth H. Whitby, M.B.,Ch.B.
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Presentation 2:

Fetal MRI: How? A Radiographer’s Guide
Jeff Chen, Grad.Dip. MRI, MRSO
Monash Children’s Hospital
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

The SMRT is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM).

SMRT Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR in Radiation Therapy Study Group:
MRI and Its Role in Radiation Therapy Planning

04 February 2021

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Overview:
The role of MRI in radiation therapy is not like that of diagnostic medical imaging, medical research, or any other traditional or conventional context. Diagnostic imaging prioritizes morphology and signal enabled tissue typing. While lesion size, shape, and signal are key goals in this typical environment, the exact location of that lesion in space is not. Radiation therapy planning has very different goals in MRI to what most of us are used to. The diagnosis has already been made, and is no longer required. What is required is the ability to accurately, precisely, and repeatedly predict the exact location in space, of the gross tumour volume so as to prescribe a precise external beam of radiation. This ability is enabled only by equally precise distortion correction methods, reproducible patient positioning, and appropriate signal choice and parameters for gross tumour volume identification. This in turn creates a broad but heavy demand for quality assurance not previously seen in the MRI environment, such that MRI guided radiation therapy planning would not succeed without it.

Objectives:

Recognize the quality assurance demands in a radiation therapy planning MRI department;
Implement processes or people to develop, test, and validate the spatial accuracy of the MRI system for this context; and
Identify the sequences and parameters best used to meet the new goals of MRI in the context of radiation therapy planning.

Moderators:
Cynthia Eccles D.Phil
Glenn Cahoon, MSc., FSMRT

Presentation 1:

Quality Assurance for MRI in Radiation Therapy Planning
Maria Schmidt, Ph.D.
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton, United Kingdom

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Presentation 2:

The Goals for MR Imaging in Radiation Therapy Planning
Kate Skehan B. Med. Rad. Sc
Calvary Mater Hospital
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

The SMRT is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM).

SMRT Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM Diffusion Study Group:
Diffusion MRI of the Spine: What the Clinician Wants & How Optimization Can Deliver It

10 December 2020

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Moderators: Shawna Farquharson, Ph.D., and Kurt Schilling, Ph.D.

Overview:

This virtual meeting will consist of two speakers and experts in the field of Diffusion MRI, particularly Diffusion MRI of the spine. The session will start with Dr Francesca Bagnato, a neurology certified physician from the Vanderbuilt Medical Centre, speaking on Diffusion MRI of the spine, with a focus on what the clinician wants to see.

The second speaker is Mr Ben Kennedy from QScan Radiology Clinics. Ben is the MRI senior radiographer for QScan and has for many years taken a particular interest in sequence optimization. This includes general DWI techniques, and in particular, DWI of the spine.

The session will conclude with a live discussion and question and answer session of around 10-15 minutes, where registrants can ask the experts in a semi-public forum, questions pertaining to DWI clinical demands and utilization, as well as sequence techniques and optimization.

Objectives:

Identify imaging objectives when applying Diffusion MRI to the spine;
Recognize the unique technical challenges when performing DWI of the spine; and
Apply teaching points to their own sequences for greater optimization and utility of DWI in the spine.

Presentation 1:

Diffusion MRI of the Spine: What the Clinician Wants

Francesca Bagnato Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Centre
Nashville, TN, USA

Presentation 2:

Diffusion MRI of the Spine: Sequence Optimisation

Ben Kennedy, M.Sc., B.Appl.Sc.(MRI)
QScan Radiology Clinics
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

SMRT & ISMRM Virtual Meeting:
Top Tips for your Upcoming Abstract Submissions

19 November 2020

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Moderators: Sheryl L. Foster, M.H.Sc.(MRS)(MRI) & Nick J Palmer, PG.Dip. MRI

Overview: This will be an information and question & answer virtual meeting for ISMRM and SMRT members. It will serve as a guide on successfully writing and submitting abstracts for ISMRM and SMRT meetings, whether they be virtual or face to face. Goals will include resolving any ambiguity or misunderstanding of the points the abstract reviewing committee are looking for when assessing, and help eliminate any confusion over the submission requirements as well as the nomenclature of the submission steps.

Tips and Tricks for Creating an SMRT Award Winning Abstract

Petronella Samuels, B.Sc.
University Of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

What SMRT Abstract Reviewers Look For in an Abstract

Erin Gray, M.H.A., R.T.(R)(MR)
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA

What ISMRM Abstract Reviewers Look For in an Abstract

Nicole E. Seiberlich, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

SMRT Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR of Cancer Study Group:
Habitat Imaging With a Particular Emphasis on Validation of MRI Biomarkers for Imaging Tumor Heterogeneity

11 June 2020

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Moderators: Janine M. Lupo, Ph.D. & Rhys A. Slough, M.Sc. (Medical Imaging – MRI)

Overview:

This virtual event will include two 30 minutes live presentations from experts in the field of Oncology Imaging. The session will open with a live presentation from Professor Evis Sala (MD, PhD, FRCR) an academic Radiologist with a special interest in Cancer Imaging. Dr Sala will be presenting on “Habitat imaging for unravelling tumour heterogeneity in ovarian and kidney.”

The second live presentation will be given by Dr Natarajan Raghunand (PhD), an Associate Professor of Radiology and Director of Translational Cancer Imaging in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona Tucson who will be presenting on “Imaging tumor heterogeneity: tackling the inverse problem”

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 using MRI for Cancer imaging.

Objectives:

Describe the basis for habitat imaging and its value over current medical imaging models;
Review the organ systems currently being validated for biomarkers and methods under investigation; and
Explain implementation and its effect on current imaging sequences and post-processing.

Presentation 1:

Habitat Imaging for Unravelling Tumour Heterogeneity in Ovarian and Kidney Cancers
Evis Sala, M.D.,Ph.D.
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Overview: The proposed session will highlight the role of MRI based habitat imaging in unravelling tumour heterogeneity in ovarian and kidney cancers and its implications in clinical trials.

Objectives:

Understand the importance of tumour heterogeneity on patient outcome;
Learn the concept of habitat imaging; and
Understand the need for biological validation of tumour habitats.

Presentation 2:

Multispectral Analysis of mpMRI Images to Identify Tumor Sub-Populations
Natarajan Raghunand, Ph.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL, United States

Overview: This presentation will discuss some methods for reproducibly generating multispectral clusters on multiparameter MRI images to visualize tumor heterogeneity as a map of tumor sub-populations or “habitats”.

Objectives:

Understand the value of acquiring spatially co-registered multiparameter MRI images for imaging tumor habitats;
Understand the need for image intensity calibration for reproducible habitat imaging; and
Understand some applications of habitat imaging such as tumor response assessment.

SMRT Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM Pediatric MR Study Group:
Pediatric MR Imaging Techniques and Caveats and Insight into Imaging the Neonatal Brain

28 May 2020

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Moderators:
Glenn Cahoon, M.Appl.Sc., FSMRT, SMRT Representative, Pediatric MR Study Group
Duan Xu, Ph.D., Chair: Pediatric MR study group

Overview:

This virtual event will include two 30 minute live presentations from experts in the field of Pediatric MR. The session will open with a live presentation from Nancy Hill Beluk (USA) a MRI Radiographer from the Pediatric Imaging Research Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (UPMC), Pennsylvania. Nancy will be presenting on techniques and caveats in Pediatric MR Imaging which she has developed or experienced over her years of working with children.

The second live presentation will be given by Jorge Humberto Davila Acosta (Canada) from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. One of Dr Davila areas of interests include pediatric neuroradiology and will be speaking on MR Imaging the neonatal brain.

The live presentations will be followed by time for discussion – to provide the audience of MDs, PhD, 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 imaging pediatrics.

Presentation 1:

Neonatal Brain MRI: Why the Technique Parameters Differ from Adults?
Jorge Humberto Davila Acosta, M.D.
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Overview: The proposed session will highlight the brain maturation changes happening from the third trimester of fetal life to adulthood and will will provide an overview of the specific parameters that should be optimized in neonatal and infantile brain MRI imaging.

Objectives:

Understand the brain maturation process;
Understand why the need of special considerations for conventional brain MRI in neonates; and
Understand why the need of special considerations for non conventional brain MRI in neonates.

Presentation 2:

Pediatric MR Imaging Techniques and Caveats
Nancy Hill Beluk, R.T.(R)
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Accreditation: 0.50 CE/CPD

Overview: The session will highlight different techniques for successful non-sedation MRI scans in the pediatric population and provide insights into specific safety considerations.

Objectives:

Understand the differences of the various pediatric age ranges;
Understand screening procedures, preparation needs and how to limit motion; and
Understand specific safety concerns for this unique population.

ISMRM & SMRT Joint Virtual Meeting:
COVID-19: Perspectives from the MRI Front Line

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Broadcast 1

15 April 2020

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Moderators: Shawna Farquharson (AUS) & Larry Wald (USA)

Broadcast 2

18 April 2020

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Moderators: Shawna Farquharson (AUS) & Pek-Lan Khong (HK)

Organizers:

Kirsty Campbell
SMRT VMPC Chair
New Zealand

Shawna Farquharson
SMRT President
Australia

Presentations:

COVID-19 Emergency: The Italian Experience • Dr. Nivedita Agarwal, Italy (ISMRM)
COVID-19 Emergency: A Clinical Perspective from Korea • Dr. Jongmin Lee (ISMRM)
A Managers Perspective on Staffing and Operational Priorities • Chris Kokkinos, Australia (SMRT)
The Importance and Practicalities of PPE in MRI • Rhys Slough, UK (SMRT)
Strategies to Prevent the Intra-Departmental Spread of COVID-19 in Radiology • Dr. Yong Geng Goh, Singapore
Q&A and Panel Discussion

Accreditation:

The Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists (SMRT), A Section of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine has designated this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 Category A Credit.

The SMRT is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM).

SMRT Virtual Meeting:
MR Safety

27 February 2020

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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

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Learn from our women in leadership and hear them describe their journeys, greatest accomplishments and advice on how to further your professional career.

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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 Virtual Meeting:
The Principles, Challenges & Applications of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in the Body

21 November 2019

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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.”

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 Virtual Meeting:
How to Deal With Arrhythmia in CMR Imaging

17 October 2019

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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
Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Flow & Motion Study Group

19 September 2019

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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
Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Safety Study Group

22 August 2019
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

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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

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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 & Why of MR Spectroscopy
Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM MR Spectroscopy Study Group

18 July 2019
Organizers: Kirsty Campbell & Huijun Vicky Liao

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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
Virtual Meeting in Collaboration with the ISMRM White Matter Study Group

20 June 2019
Organizers: Kirsty Campbell & Helle Simonsen

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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 Virtual Meeting:
MRI Safety: Risk Prevention & Creating an MRI Safety Culture

26 April 2019

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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 Virtual Meeting:
Accelerated MRI Using Compressed Sensing

Tuesday, 05 March 2019

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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

The How & Why of Cardiac MRI

Thursday, 21 February 2019

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Talk 1:
Fiber Tractography for Practical Neurosurgical Application

Speaker 1:
Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc.(R) (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

Talk 2:
DTI Processing: Pitfalls in Clinical Applications

Speaker 2:
Alexander Leemans, Ph.D. (Utrecht, Netherlands)

SMRT/CAMRT Virtual Meeting:
MRI Contrast Agents: Safety Issues and Practice

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

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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.