Sunrise Session

ORGANIZERS: Edward V.R. DiBella, Ph.D. & Dennis L. Parker, Ph.D.

Monday, 24 April 2017

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Slack Channel: #e_phys_eng
Session Number: SM09

Overview
This course is designed for physicists and engineers to provide an introduction to new or emerging MR methods and applications that are gaining interest. The session provides a description of the underlying physics principles, image acquisition and reconstruction methods, pitfalls and challenges associated with MR-guided focused ultrasound in the brain. The clinical potential of this new MR imaging method will be discussed.

Target Audience
Those with an interest in: 1) understanding the issues of delivering targeted heating in the brain with ultrasound; 2) understanding the methods and algorithms used to track the temperature changes with MRI; and 3) the clinical potential and utility of intracranial MR-guided focused ultrasound.

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
-Describe the principles behind delivering ultrasound energy intra-cranially and monitoring the heating in real-time with MRI;
-Identify and implement the optimum acquisition methods for rapid image acquisition for MR temperature mapping to guide focused ultrasound; and
-Recognize the potential of MR-guided focused ultrasound for clinical applications.