| Weekend Educational Course:
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| Advances in Quantitative MRI of Perfusion |
| Organizers:
Afonso C. Silva, Ph.D. and Matthias J.P. van Osch, Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level:
Advanced |
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| Saturday, 18 April 2009 |
| 14:00 - 18:00 |
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| OVERVIEW |
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Cerebral blood flow is of critical importance for the
survival of brain tissue because it supports the brain’s
energy, metabolism and function. Blood flow measurements are
an important way to assess brain tissue viability under
normal and pathologic states. This advanced half day course
will cover novel techniques and applications for measuring
and interpreting cerebral perfusion maps under normal
physiology and disease. The two sessions will cover
measurements of perfusion by bolus tracking and arterial
spin labeling. |
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- List the major MRI techniques to measure
cerebral blood flow;
- Describe the latest technical advances in arterial spin
labeling (ASL) and dynamic susceptibility contrast
(DSC) techniques to measure cerebral blood flow and to
discuss their current limitations;
- Describe the current status of methods to quantify
perfusion and perfusion-related parameters in the healthy
brain, and to compare the methodology to that required for
robust quantification in the diseased brain;
- Recognize the utility of MRI of brain perfusion to the
diagnostics and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases,
neurodegenerative diseases, and brain tumors, and to list
its use in pediatric applications; and
- List non-conventional methods to measure brain function,
understand and discuss their current limitations
and predict their future applicability.
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| Saturday, 18 April 2009 |
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Measurement of Perfusion by Bolus Tracking
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| 14:00 |
The Basics
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Leif Østergaard, M.D., Ph.D. |
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14:25 |
The Issues I: Can
We Measure Perfusion In Normal
Volunteers? |
Ona Wu, Ph.D. |
| 14:50 |
The Issues II: Can We
Measure Perfusion In Patients? |
Fernando Calamante, Ph.D. |
| 15:15 |
The Promises: In
Which Clinical Protocols Should It Always Be
Included? |
A.
Gregory Sorensen, M.D. |
| 15:40 |
Break - Meet the Teachers |
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Measurements of Perfusion by Arterial Spin Labeling
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| 16:00 |
The Basics
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David Alsop, Ph.D. |
| 16:25 |
The Issues I: Can We
Measure Perfusion In Normal
Subjects? |
Xavier
G. Golay, Ph.D. |
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16:50 |
The Issues II: Can
We Measure Perfusion In Patients? |
Jiongjiong Wang, Ph.D. |
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17:15 |
The Promises: In
Which Clinical Protocols Should It
Always Be Included? |
Jeroen Hendrikse, Ph.D. |
| 17:40 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 17:55 |
Adjournment
- Meet the
Teachers |
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