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JULY 2014 •
Vol. 3, Issue 3 |
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Milan, Italy: An Annual Meeting to Remember |
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Rhonda F.
Walcarius, B.Sc. (MRT)(R)(MR)
2014 Chair, Program Committee
"The 23rd SMRT Annual Meeting would not have been a success
without the wonderful support of our
corporate sponsors.” |
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I would like to
take this opportunity, on behalf of the 2014 SMRT
program committee, to thank everyone who was able to
come to the 23rd SMRT Annual Meeting in Milan,
Italy. I hope that you enjoyed the speakers’
presentations and that you may be able to use what
you have learned in your current practice.
In total, there were 326 people registered for this
meeting. Below is an itemization of the 30 countries
from which our registrants traveled to attend this
meeting. |
Australia |
34 |
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Germany
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13
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Poland |
1 |
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Switzerland
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4 |
Austria
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1 |
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Israel |
6 |
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Russia
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1 |
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Thailand |
2 |
Brazil |
2 |
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Italy |
7 |
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South Korea
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5 |
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The Netherlands
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24 |
Canada
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19
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Japan |
19 |
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Saudi Arabia
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2 |
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United Kingdom
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18 |
China |
7 |
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Lebanon
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1 |
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Scotland |
3 |
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USA |
65 |
Denmark
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23
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Lithuania
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2
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Singapore |
9 |
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Finland
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5
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New Zealand
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10
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Slovenia
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2
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France |
1 |
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Norway
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21 |
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Sweden
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19
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The 23rd SMRT Annual Meeting
would not have been a success without the wonderful support of our
corporate sponsors. Thank you so much for your generous donations. |
SMRT DIAMOND SUPPORTERS
GE Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Siemens
SMRT SAPPHIRE SUPPORTERS
Bracco
Toshiba America Medical Systems
SMRT RUBY SUPPORTERS
University of Queensland
SMRT PEARL SUPPORTERS
Medtronic, Inc.
SMRT FRIEND SUPPORTERS
Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety,
Education, and Research
Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D.
www.MRISafety.com
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And a very special Thank You to
the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Research & Education Fund for its Support of our SMRT Proffered
Paper and Poster Award Stipend Recipients. |
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For those who were unable to
attend, please check out future video home studies as the talks
given were really high quality and should be helpful to your MR
practice. |
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Invited Speakers to the 23rd SMRT
Annual Meeting in 2014 : |
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Maureen Ainslie, M.S.,
R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT |
Talissa Altes, M.D. |
Priti
Balchandani, Ph.D. |
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Mustafa Bashir, M.D. |
Christian Beaulieu, Ph.D. |
John
A. Carrino, M.D., M.P.H. |
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Janice Fairhurst, B.S.,
R.T. (R)(MR) |
William Faulkner, B.S.,
R.T. (R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT |
Anthony Faranesh, Ph.D. & Jonathan Mazal, M.S, R.R.A., R.T.
(R)(MR) |
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Kristan Harrington,
M.B.A., R.T. (R)(MR) |
Stephen Keevil, Ph.D. |
Michaela Martin - Siemens |
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Michael Moseley, Ph.D. |
Patrick Quarterman - GE
Healthcare |
Harald
H. Quick, Ph.D |
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Nina U. Salman, BSc. (Hons) |
Celestine Santosh, MBBS,
M.D., F.R.C.R. |
Daniel
K. Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Michael Steckner, Ph.D. |
Clare Tempany-Afdhal,
M.D. |
Kemal
Tuncali, M.D. |
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Marius van Meel - Philips
Healthcare |
Robert E. Watson, M.D.,
Ph.D. |
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Attendees listen to the
presentation |
Attendees pay attention to the speaker |
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To give everyone a review of the
speakers and their presentations: |
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Michael Mosley Ph.D. rocked the house with his presentation
of Innovations in Neuro Imaging. Hopefully some of the
innovations he presented will make it to mainstream practice
soon. |
Dr. John A. Carrino, M.D., M.P.H. followed with a
presentation on MR Neurography. From anatomy/pathology to
imaging, it was a great presentation for all MR
technologists. |
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Dr. Celestine Santosh, MBBS, M.D., F.R.C.R gave a unique
talk on stroke. He discussed the use of perflourocarbons and
oxygen in imaging to enhance the penumbra in acute ischemic
stroke. |
Dr. Christian Beaulieu, Ph.D. followed with a talk on DTI.
This talk was enjoyed by those technologists who currently
use DTI in practice as well as those who don’t. |
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Mr. van Meel gave the first of three diamond sponsored
presentations. He presented on Philips Healthcare’s mDixon
TSE – Integrating into your Clinical Mainstream. |
Dr. Daniel K. Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D. explained fast and
super-fast imaging. It’s such a privilege to hear a talk
from the person who changed the speed of MR scanning with
parallel imaging. |
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Maureen Ainslie, M.S., R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT gave us all a
technologists perspective of lung imaging in MR. |
Dr. Talissa Altes, M.D. followed Maureen’s talk with an
interesting presentation on hyperpolarized MR lung imaging. |
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William Faulkner, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT, provided a
presentation packed with useful information for MR
technologists to take back to their work places. |
Michaela Martin gave our second diamond sponsored talk from
Siemens titled, “Chronically Consistent Results – The New
MRI Exam Software DotGO”. |
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Saturday’s program ended with a game show hosted by Nina U.
Salman, BSc. (Hons) on MR Artifacts: Who wants to be a
MRillionaire? |
Winners of Who wants to be a MRillionaire?: Left to
right Duccio Guerrieri, Svein Are Vatnehol, Eddie Ng’Andew,
Pieter Sizoo |
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Runners up of Who wants to be a MRillionaire?: Left
to right Charles Stanley, Claire Mulcahy, Sony Boiteaux,
Wong Weng Hang |
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Jonathan Mazal, M.S, R.R.A., R.T. (R)(MR) and Dr. Anthony
Faranesh, Ph.D. started Sunday’s presentations off with
great talks from both a technologist's and a doctor's
perspective on MR. |
Janice Fairhurst, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR) followed with a
technologist’s insights into neuro interventional MR
imaging. |
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Dr. Kemal Tuncali, M.D. gave an interesting talk on
minimally invasive interventional MR. |
Dr. Harald H. Quick, Ph.D. offered the audience an
introduction to PET/MR. |
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Patrick Quarterman gave the third and final diamond sponsor
presentation from GE Healthcare titiled titled, “FOCUS:
Reduced FOV, High Resolution Diffusion Imaging”. |
Dr. Priti Balchandani, Ph.D. presented on imaging at 7T. As
not many technologists work on a 7T, this was a very
informative talk. |
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Dr. Clare Tempany-Afdhal, M.D. contributed a wonderful talk
on the very hot topic of MR prostate imaging. |
Dr. Mustafa Bashir, M.D. explained liver/fat quantification
using MR. |
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Kristan Harrington, M.B.A., R.T. (R)(MR) described a process
for evaluating an implant’s safety information. |
Dr. Robert E. Watson, M.D., Ph.D. delivered a fantastic talk
on MR safety showing many examples of what can happen if you
are not careful. |
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Vera Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR) and Dr. Michael Steckner,
Ph.D., M.B.A. provided an update on FPO: B. |
The last talk of the meeting was given by Dr. Stephen Keevil,
Ph.D. He presented an update on the European Union EMF
directive. |
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Raschel Van Luijk Snoeks moderates a session. |
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I would also like to thank the
moderators for giving their time during the meeting to introduce our
wonderful speakers: Vera Kimbrell, Raschel van Luijk-Snoeks, Sheryl
Foster, Amanda Hunt, James Stuppino, Scott Dunn, Kendra Huber,
Vanessa Orchard and Michael Schlenk. A special thank you to Kendra
Huber for her help in organizing the AV crew at the meeting; the
policy board members who volunteered for evaluation handout and
collection; and to Jennifer Olson, Kerry Crockett, Linda O-Brown,
Jacob Coverstone and Sandra Daudlin from the SMRT office for all
their amazing help putting this meeting together. |
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Program Chair Rhonda Walcarius assists during the prize give away of
safety books. |
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I hope to see you all in Toronto
next year. |
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