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DAY 1 - Wednesday, 5
September 2012 |
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14:00-17:00 |
Registration &
Speaker upload, Lund University Hospital, outside Auditorium Area |
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DAY 2 - Thursday, 6
September 2012 |
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06:30-17:00 |
Registration &
Speaker upload available |
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08:15 |
Welcome |
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Session 1: Basic MR-Safety
Moderator: Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D. |
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08:30 |
Static Magnetic
Field |
John F. Schenck,
M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA |
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09:00 |
Time-Varying
Gradient Field |
Donald W.
McRobbie, Ph.D.
Charing Cross Hospital
London, England, UK |
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09:30 |
Radio-Frequency
Field |
J. Thomas
Vaughan, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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10:00 |
Poster Session 1
& Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available) |
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Evaluation of
EM Simulations of RF Heating using Thermal Simulations
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Mélina Bouldi,
Ph.D.Cand.
Grenoble
Institute Neurosciences
La Tronche,
France |
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An Optically
Powered Toroidal Current Sensor for RF Safety Monitoring
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Maryam
Etezadi-Amoli, M.Sc.
Stanford
University
Stanford, CA,
USA |
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Experimental
Evaluation of RF Shield at 1.5 Tesla MRI |
Krzysztof R.
Gorny, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA |
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Prediction
Mapping of RF Burning: Demonstration by Using a Phantom with
an Elaborated Set-Up of an RF Resonant Loop |
Tohru Yamamoto,
Ph.D.
Hokkaido
University
Sapporo, Japan
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Session 2: MR-Safety
Standards & Guidelines
Moderator: Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A. |
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10:45 |
Standards &
Guidelines in North America |
Terry O. Woods,
Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA |
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11:05 |
Standards &
Guidelines in the European Union |
Stephen F.
Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK |
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11:25 |
MR Safety
Standard IEC 60601-2-33 Update |
Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany |
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Session 3: Safe
Clinical Practice
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D. |
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11:45 |
Contrast Agents |
Emanuel Kanal,
M.D., F.A.C.R.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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12:30 |
Lunch & Speaker
upload available |
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Session 3
(continued): Safe
Clinical Practice
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D. |
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13:45 |
Acoustic Noise
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David L. Price,
M.Sc.
UCLH NHS Trust
London, England, UK |
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14:15 |
Making Your MR-Dept
Safe |
Anne Marie
Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA |
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14:45 |
3T Safety in
Practice |
William
Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA |
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Oral Session 1 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D. |
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15:20 |
Safety
Considerations in Hybrid Imaging: Whole Body Radiation
Exposure During PET/MR Examination Set Ups |
Anna Barnes,
Ph.D.
University
College London Hospital
London, England,
UK |
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15:30 |
Predicting
Long-term Temperature Increase from Time-Dependent SAR
Levels with a Single Short-Term Temperature Response
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Giuseppe
Carluccio, Ph.D.
New York
University
New York, NY,
USA |
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15:40 |
Ferromagnetic Metal Detection Before
MRI in Clinical Practice |
Andreas
Heinrich, Ph.D.
University Hospital Jena
Jena, Germany |
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15:50 |
Quantitative
Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Stray Static Magnetic
Fields from MRI Devices in Clinical & Research Environments
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Kristel Schaap,
M.Sc.
Utrecht
University
Utrecht, The
Netherlands |
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16:00 |
Poster Session 2
& Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available) |
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Detection of
Ferromagnetic Implants using a Ferromagnetic Detection
System: Implications for Patient Screening Prior to MRI
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Mark N. Keene,
Ph.D.
Metrasens Ltd.
Malvern, England, UK |
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Magnetic
Resonance Safety Procedure - A Training Program for Research
Students |
Helle J.
Simonsen, M.R.T.
Glostrup
Hospital
Glostrup, Denmark |
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Maintaining
Safety Standards in the Intra-Operative MRI ( i-MRI )
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Tong-Khee Tan,
F.R.C.A.
Singapore |
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The Methods
to Improve Occupational Well-Being in MRI Units |
Maria Tiikkaja,
M.Sc.
Finnish
Institute of Occupational Health
Helsinki, Finland |
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Session 4: Vendors’
Point of View: Current & Future MR-Safety Challenges &
Solutions
(no CME/CE available)
Moderator: Donald W. McRobbie, Ph.D. |
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16:45 |
GE Healthcare |
Daniel J.
Schaefer, Ph.D.
GE Healthcare
Milwaukee, WI, USA |
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16:55 |
Philips |
Johan S. van den
Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Meteren, The Netherlands |
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17:05 |
Siemens |
Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany |
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17:15 |
Discussion with Company Representatives |
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17:45 |
Introduction:
Visiting Kulturen |
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18:30 |
Welcome
Reception & Dinner at Kulturen (Open-Air Museum) |
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Day 3 – Friday, 7
September 2012 |
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07:00-17:00 |
Registration
& Speaker upload available |
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Session 5: Safety
Issues at Ultra-High Fields (UHF)
Moderator: Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D. |
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08:30 |
Physics
- permission withheld |
Thoralf Niendorf,
Ph.D.
Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, Germany |
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09:00 |
Physiology |
John F. Schenck,
M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA |
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09:30 |
RF Patient Safety in Parallel Transmission |
Ingmar Graesslin,
Dipl.Ing.
Philips Technologie GmbH
Innovative Technologies, Research Laboratories
Hamburg, Germany |
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Oral Session 2 –
Proffered Papers
Moderator:
Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D. |
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10:00 |
Transceiver
Array: Multiplex Multiband RF Pulses for SAR Control
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Hoby P.
Hetherington, Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA |
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10:10 |
Efficiency & SAR
in RF Shimming of the Inductively Decoupled Transceiver
Array
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Jullie W. Pan,
M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT,
USA |
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10:20 |
Impedance
Measurements to Quantify Coupling to Wires |
Christopher
Ellenor, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA |
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10:30 |
Poster
Session 3 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available) |
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Passive
Implant Artefact Measurement using the Susceptibility
Artefact Measurement Toolbox (SAM) |
Andreas
Heinrich, Ph.D.
University
Hospital Jena
Jena, Germany |
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Transient
Temperature Predictions for Passive Conductive Devices in
1.5T & 3.0T Magnetic Resonance Systems Using COMSOL
Multiphysics® & Validated with Experimentally Measured
Values in an ASTM F2182 Phantom |
Alan R. Leewood,
Ph.D.
MED Institute Inc.
West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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MRI-Induced
Tissue Heating Around Metallic Cerclages |
Norbert Leitgeb, Ph.D.
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria |
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Reduction of
Electric Field & SAR using a High Dielectric Material in 3T
Head Imaging |
Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug
Administration
Silver Spring,
MD, USA |
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Session 6: MR-Safety
for Implants
Moderator: William Faulkner, B.S. R.T.(R)(MR)(CT) |
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11:00 |
MR Safety
Implants Overview |
Gregor Schaefers,
Dipl.Ing.(FH)
MR:comp GmbH
Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
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11:40 |
MRI Standards
Regarding Implants;
Fixed Parameter Option: Limiting MRI Scanner |
Michael C.
Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Toshiba Medical Research Institute
Beachwood, OH, USA |
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12:20 |
MR Conditional
Pacemaker |
Eva Clausson,
MSc.
Medtronic AB
Kista, Sweden |
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12:35 |
Practical
Conditions Scanning Pacemakers |
Daniel J.
Wilson, Ph.D.
St. James’s Institute of Oncology
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK |
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13:00 |
Lunch & Speaker
upload available |
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Session 7: MR-Safety
for Implants Continues
Moderator: Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A. |
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14:00 |
Practical
Experience/Clinical Needs |
Mark J. White, Ph.D.
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
London, England, UK |
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14:20 |
Neurostimulators
& MRI: Industry Insights |
Heather D. Orser,
Ph.D.
Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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14:45 |
Neurostimulators
& fMRI: Industry Insights |
Ingmar Viohl,
Ph.D.
St. Judes Medical
Plano, TX, USA |
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Oral Session 3 –
Proffered Papers
Moderator:
Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A. |
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15:10 |
Evaluation of
the Proposed MR Fixed Parameter Option for Scanning AIMDs
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Johan S. van den
Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Best, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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15:20 |
Analysis of MRI
Safety Event: Lessons Learned & Clinical Practice Changes
Implemented |
Robert E.
Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA |
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15:30 |
Poster
Session 4 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available) |
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Improved
Compressed Sensing Reconstruction for Rapid Proton Resonance
Frequency Shift Temperature Mapping |
Christopher M.
Collins, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA |
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Tissue
Heating & the Specific Absorption Ratio (SAR) in Magnetic
Resonance Experiments |
Michael O. Dada,
M.Tech., B.Tech.
Federal
University of Technology
Minna, Nieger State, Nigeria |
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Analysis of
Conservative & Magnetically Induced Electric Fields
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Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug
Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA |
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MR Induced
DBS Heating in a Gel Phantom at 3T |
Greger Orädd,
Ph.D.
Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden |
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Session 8: Examining
the Anaesthetized Patient
Moderator: Sven E. Ekholm, M.D., Ph.D. |
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16:00 |
Intensive Care
Patients
- permission withheld |
Peter Reinstrup,
M.D., Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden |
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16:20 |
Pediatric
Patients |
Ihab Ayad, M.D.
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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16:40 |
Testing
Necessary Equipment in a Clinical Environment |
Johan Olsrud,
Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden |
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17:00 |
The Use of
Ferrodetection Systems for MRI Screening |
William
Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA |
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19:00 |
Course dinner
– Academic Students Club (AF) |
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Day 4 – Saturday, 8
September 2012 |
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07:00 |
Registration
& Speaker upload available |
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Session 9: Development
of Safety Guidelines & Training Procedures
Moderator: Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D. |
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08:30 |
Occupational
Exposure, Metrology
- permission withheld |
Bernd Ittermann, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany |
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09:00 |
Occupational
Exposure to EM fields in MRI Exams; IT’IS study |
Myles H. Capstick, Ph.D.
IT’IS Foundation
Zurich, Switzerland |
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09:30 |
Medical Physics Experts; What’s Needed
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Jeffrey W. Hand, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Imperial College London
London, England, UK |
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Oral Session 4 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D. |
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10:00 |
Comparison of
Temperature Mapping Method using CSI & PRF in MRI
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Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug
Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA |
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10:10 |
New Insights
into Local & Global Temperature Responses in Swine Due to
High Level RF Exposure by a Whole Body Resonator at 123MHz
- permission withheld |
Gerhard Brinker,
Dipl.-Phys.
Siemens
Healthcare
Erlangen,
Germany |
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10:20 |
High Level RF
Exposure of Swine by Whole Body Resonator Operating at
123MHz – Are there Suitable Parameters to Define a Threshold
for Acute Tissue Damage?
- permission withheld |
Gisela
Stoltenburg-Didinger, Ph.D.
Charité
Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break
& Speaker upload available |
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Session 10:
EC-Directive, Background & Current Status
Moderator: Freddy Ståhlberg, Ph.D. |
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11:00 |
Current Status
of EU EMF Directive |
Stephen F.
Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK |
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11:20 |
Current Status
of ICNIRP Guidelines |
Maila Hietanen,
Ph.D.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Helsinki, Finland |
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11:35 |
Practical & Clinical Studies |
Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D.
Danish Research Center for MR
Hvidovre, Denmark |
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11:50 |
Impact on MR
Healthcare & Research |
Stephane
Lehéricy, M.D., Ph.D.
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France |
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12:10 |
Impact on MR
Industry |
Johan S. van den
Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Best, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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12:30 |
Round-Table
Discussion |
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13:00 |
Summary &
Adjourn |
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13:15 |
Boxed Lunch |
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