| Weekday Educational
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| Rise and Fall of the Brain, Part 2: The Aging Brain |
| Organizers: Pia C. Maly
Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D. and Mark A.van Buchem, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level: Intermediate -
Advanced |
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| Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
| 10:30 - 12:30 |
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| OVERVIEW |
This two-hour course will begin with a focus on the
variations of normal aging that can occur. We will explore
the normal aging process, the underlying physiology of
normal aging, and what can be seen in imaging of the elderly
brain. We will provide a look at the underlying
pathophysiology to pathological aging, and especially focus
on abnormal aging, including Alzheimer’s disease and other
forms of dementia. Also covered will be imaging techniques
to use in a demented and sometimes uncooperative patient,
and findings at imaging that can help to separate different
forms of dementia based on the imaging pattern.
The course will continue with different pathologies such as
small vessel disease and psychiatric diseases in the elderly
patient. Speakers will discuss underlying pathophysiology to
small vessel disease and imaging findings, different
psychiatric diseases that can occur in the elderly
population, imaging techniques/ modalities and imaging
findings. |
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- Describe the basic phases of normal and
pathological aging of the brain;
- List the imaging findings seen in normal and abnormal
brain aging;
- Describe the basic MRI techniques necessary to obtain good
quality in brain imaging of
elderly patients;
- Recognize the challenges, limitations, and pitfalls of
current imaging techniques/modalities
with respect to this patient population; and
- Discuss future potential MR imaging techniques for the
diagnosis, and treatment follow-up
of some of the entities seen in the demented or psychiatric
elderly patient.
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