4th Annual Meeting of
the SMRT ANZ Chapter

 7-8 November 2009
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia


Program

Saturday, 7 November 2009
08:00 Registration & Coffee
08:30 Welcome
Michael Macilquham, President, ANZ Chapter
08:45 MRI at 7 Tesla
Anne Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
Richard M. Lucas Centre for Imaging, Stanford Medical School, California, USA
09:35 Pitfalls in Paediatric Image Interpretation
Michael Ditchfield, MBBS, M.D., FRANZCR
Medical Director, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
10:30 Platinum Sponsor Presentation
10:40 Break
11:10 Why Accidents Happen in MR
Anne Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
Richard M. Lucas Centre for Imaging, Stanford Medical School, California, USA
12:05 Australian Guidelines on TVMF Exposure
Kent Gregory, Ph.D.
Medical Physics Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital
12:25 Occupational Exposure: The European Experience
Donald McRobbie, Ph.D.
Radiological Science Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals, United Kingdom
13:00 Safety Panel Discussions
13:15 Lunch
14:15 MR Hardware: Learning New Lessons From Old Scanners
Michael Kean, FSMRT
Technical Director, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
14:45 Advanced MR Reconstruction for the Mathematically Unreconstructed
Donald McRobbie, Ph.D.
Radiological Science Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals, United Kingdom
15:30 Break
16:00 MRI for Vertebroplasty
Mike Wilks, M.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital & Radiology, SA, Adelaide
16:30 Problem Solving in Spinal Imaging
Ron Shnier, MBBS, FRACR
St. George MRI, Sydney
17:00 Close
19:00 Social Function at South Australia Museum
Live entertainment, food and refreshments amongst the exotic collections
   
   
Sunday, 8 November 2009
08:30 Coffee
08:50 Advanced Lung Imaging
Maureen Ainslie, M.S., R.T., (R)(MR), FSMRT
Duke Image Analysis Laboratory, North Carolina, USA
09:15 Proffered Papers – (3 Papers)
09:45 Platinum Sponsor Presentation
10:00 Clinical Trial Imaging
Maureen Ainslie, M.S., R.T., (R)(MR), FSMRT
Duke Image Analysis Laboratory, North Carolina, USA
10:45 Break
11:15 Pre-operative fMRI and DTI: A Practical Approach
Donald McRobbie, Ph.D.
Radiological Science Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals, United Kingdom
12:00 Investigating Multiple Sclerosis
Sandy Patel, M.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Jones & Partners Radiology, Adelaide
12:45 Platinum Sponsor Presentation
12:55 Award Presentation/SMRT Announcements
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Breast MR in Monitoring High Risk Women
Mary Moss, M.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
14:40 Pelvic Imaging
Kirsten Gormly, M.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
15:20 Liver Imaging Standard and Targeted Contrast Agents
James Letts, M.D.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
16:00 Meeting Adjourned/ Coffee Break
17:00 Informal wind down gathering at the Semaphore Workers Club Semaphore. Blues music in a very casual atmosphere. $5 entry and drinks (not included in registration)