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Friday, 31 March 2000

18:30 Poster Exhibition and Reception

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Saturday, 1 April 2000

Moderators:

Julie Strandt-Peay, SMRT President 1999-2000
Anne Sawyer-Glover, SMRT Past President 1998-1999
07:50 - 08:00 Welcome and Announcements Maureen Ainslie
08:00 - 09:00 Converting from Higher Fields to Open MRI Imaging Protocols John Koveleski
09:00 - 10:00 MR Safety William Faulkner
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15 Abdominal Imaging Steven G. Heiss
11:15-11:45 Proferred Papers
President's Award:  
Ultrafast 3D MR Angiography of the Pulmonary Vasculature, Inge M. Carstens
Second Place Award - Clinical Focus:
Imaging Renal Sinus Cysts in Patients with Fabry's Disease Using SS FSE, Karen Bove Bettis
11:45-13:15 Luncheon and SMRT Business Meeting

Moderators:

Karen Bove Bettis, SMRT Education Committee Chair 1999-2000
Cathy Gustafson, SMRT Local Organizing Committee Chair 1999-2000
13:15 - 14:15 Cardiovascular Anatomy Luann Culbreth
14:15 - 15:15 Cardiovascular MRI, "What a technologist needs to know" Cindy Comeau
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15 Proferred Papers
Third Place Award - Clinical Focus:
Review of Clinical Applications of 3D Contrast Enhanced MRA in a Specialised Cardiovasular Centre, Jane M. Francis
Second Place Award - Research Focus:
Three-Dimensional Time-Resolved Imaging of Contrast Kinetics: Results of the 3D TRICKS method of Performing MR Angiography, Julie Strandt-Peay
Breath-hold Coronary MR Angiography with Volume Targeted Imaging (VCATS), Bart Schraa
16:15 - 17:15 Advances in Cardiac MRI Andrew Arai
17:15 Questions/Answers & Closing Comments

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Sunday, 2 April 2000

Moderators:

Robin Greene-Avison, SMRT President 2000-2001
Heidi Berns, SMRT Secretary 1998-2001, SMRT President-Elect 2000-2001
07:50 - 08:00 Welcome and Announcements Julie Strandt-Peay
08:00 - 09:00 Pediatric Imaging Michael Kean
09:00 - 10:00 Image Post Processing & Analysis H. Cecil Charles
William Faulkner
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15 MR Arthrography Joshua M. Farber
11:15 - 11:45 Proferred Papers
MRI Compared to Conventional Radiography in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; A Preliminary Study, Anna Baratelle
Spatial Distribution of Anaesthetic Liquid in Brachial Plexus Block Verified by Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ingred Erikstad
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Accreditation Forum William Faulkner, Chair

Moderators:

John Koveleski, SMRT Treasurer 1999-2001/Past Program Chair 1999-2000
Cindy Hipps, SMRT Program Chair, 2000-2001
13:15 - 14:15 Neurovascular Anatomy of the Head & Neck Kelly Baron
14:15 - 15:15 Proferred Papers
First Place Award - Clinical Focus:
Diffusion Weighted Imaging: Improving Image Quality by Minimizing Susceptiblity Artifact, Catherine Callahan
First Place Award - Research Focus:
Investigation of Brain Activation Associated with Motor Imagery of Finger Movement in Totally Paralyzed Patients using Functional MRI, Bobbie Burrow
Determination of the Gyrus Pre-Centralis with External Reference and 3D Surface Reconstruction on MRI For Cortical Stimulation, Filip De Ridder
Signal Variances in Surgical Hemostatic Agents Identified with Intraoperative MRI, Marcia Gervin
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30 Physics of Neurovascular Imaging Moriel S. NessAver
16:30-17:30 Perfusion & Diffusion/Spectroscopy Suresh Mukherji
17:30 Questions/Answers & Adjournment

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