ISMRM24 - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Diffusion Imaging

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Diffusion Imaging

Sunrise Course

ORGANIZERS: Sune Jespersen, Sila Kurugol, Shaihan Malik, Henrik Odéen, Yasuhiko Tachibana, Cristian Tejos, Richard Thompson

Monday, 06 May 2024

Nicoll 2

07:00 - 08:00

Moderators: Cemre Ariyurek & Jacques-Donald Tournier

Skill Level: Basic

Session Number: S-M-03

CME and CE Credit

Session Number: S-M-03

Overview
This course will over 4 mornings give Absolute beginner’s guides to 4 commonly encountered topics of interest for a broad audience; 1) Diffusion imaging, 2) Fat-water separation, 3) fMRI, and 4) Susceptibility imaging. Both technical considerations and clinical applications will be discussed for each subject.

Target Audience
This course is designed for scientists and clinicians who are interested in starting clinical and research projects in any of the covered topics and would like to quickly get caught up on the basics.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the acquisition and processing methods applicable for the covered topics;
- Discuss the pros and cons of each method;
- Identify different areas of applications for each method;
- Summarize the challenges of qualitative MRI in MSK imaging;
- Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative MRI in MSK imaging; and
- Explain the QIBA MSK initiative.

07:00		Diffusion: Fundamentals View Presentation Video Onur Afacan Keywords: Contrast mechanisms: Diffusion, Neuro: Brain, Physics & Engineering: Pulse design This educational talk explains the basics of diffusion MRI, focusing on how water moves in tissues and the acquisition, analysis, and artifacts of diffusion MRI scans. Participants will learn about diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for mapping brain tracts. By the end, they'll understand these MRI techniques and their applications in clinical and research contexts.
07:30		Diffusion: Clinical Applications View Presentation Video Hong-Hsi Lee Keywords: Contrast mechanisms: Diffusion In this talk, we will quickly recap the fundementals of diffusion and introduce the clinical applications of diffusion MRI in the brain, such as the acute ischemia, abscess, tumors, acute encephalitis, and presurgical plan. Furthermore, we will talk about the application of diffusion MRI in the prostate, in particular the Prostate Imaging Reporting And Data System (PI-RADS) for tumor identification.