Interventional
MRI
Kim Butts, Ph.D., and Thomas Kahn,
M.D., Organizers Monday, 14
July, 10:30 - 12:30 Last
updated 05 May 2009
Course Description: This two-hour course will provide a broad perspective of the emerging field of
interventional MRI. Individual presentations will describe procedures that can be
enabled or improved with MRI guidance. Devices that are (or should be) MR-compatible
and commercially available will be described. Areas for further technical innovation
will be discussed.
Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
List
procedures that can be enabled or improved with MRI guidance; List devices that are
MR-compatible and commercially available; Recognize desired areas of further
technical innovation.
Monday, 14 July
Wady M. Gedroyc and Ferenc
Jolesz, Moderators
10:30
Percutaneous Procedures
John A.
Carrino
10:55
Intraoperative Procedures
Charles L. Truwit
11:20
Thermal Ablations
Nasreddin
Abolmaali
11:45
Vascular Interventions
Jonathan Lewin
12:10
Panel Discussion: Requirements
for Widespread Adoption
