| Weekday Educational
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| Extracranial Diffusion-Weighted Imaging |
| Organizer: Bernard E. Van
Beers, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level: Intermediate |
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| Tuesday, 21 April 2009 |
| 10:30 - 12:30 |
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| OVERVIEW |
This two-hour
course will be given by MD’s, and will cover new,
cutting-edge clinical applications of DW-MRI in the
body, including:- The assessment of diffuse liver
and kidney diseases;
- The evaluation of tumorous abdominal lesions,
and the monitoring of the response to targeted
treatment;
- Current techniques and optimization of DW-MRI in
the body, including whole-body DW-MRI;
- The value and limitations of qualitative and
quantitative DW-MRI of the body, in comparison with
other imaging methods; and
- The needs for future development of DW-MRI.
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- Describe the value and limitations of DWI-MRI in
the body;
- Apply DW-MRI in their extracranial practice; and
- Optimize the techniques of body DW-MRI.
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