| Weekday Educational
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| Breast MRI |
| Organizer: Clare Tempany,
M.D. |
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| Skill Level: Intermediate |
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| Monday, 20 April 2009 |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
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| OVERVIEW |
This breast session is given
as part of the Advances in Clinical Musculoskeletal,
Breast and Body Imaging program, spanning the
educational weekend and weekday sessions. It is a two hour
program, with four internationally renowned expert
speakers.
The topics to be covered are:
- MR and pathological characterization of breast
Cancer
- Breast MRI update on new techniques 3T vs. 1.5T
- Assessment of treatment response
- MR guided breast FUS
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The overall goal is to
provide an update on breast MR techniques, how to optimize
protocols, assess the advantages of 1.5 and 3.0T approaches
and assess the role of imaging in treatment response and MR
guided focused ultrasound surgery for breast cancer. |
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- Interpret MRI findings with a detailed
understanding of the pathological correlates in
breast disease;
- Compare the pros and cons of use of 1.5 T and 3T
devices and design protocols that will apply to
their patient population; and
- Predict treatment response with MR findings for
women after surgery, chemotherapy or before, during
and after focused ultrasound surgery.
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