Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB • 16-21 June 2018 • Paris, France

Weekend Educational Course
Is MR/PET Better than MR + PET for the Brain?
Is MR/PET Better than MR + PET for the Brain?: Part 1
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Fernando Boada, Elna-Marie Larsson

Sunday, 17 June 2018
S03  13:15 - 14:45 Moderators:  Fernando Boada, Elna-Marie Larsson

Skill Level: Basic to Intermediate
Session Number: WE-25A

Overview
The purpose of this session is to illustrate the synergistic nature of the MR/PET imaging platform and how this synergy provides unique opportunities for addressing confounds on the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of brain disorders. A introductory presentation will describe the basic elements of the technology and its potential/limitations. This will be followed by disease-oriented presentations that will illustrate the use of the technique and its advantages.

Target Audience
Radiologists and basic scientists interested in using this hybrid technique.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
-Describe the basic advantages and limitations of MR/PET versus MR + PET;
-Explain how MR/PET facilitates image interpretation and quantification; and
-Summarize the unique information that MR/PET provides for clinically challenging brain diseases such as tumors, dementia and TBI.


13:15
   MR/PET Methodology Brain (Advantages & Limitations)
Julie Price
13:40   SAMs: MR/PET Methodology Brain (Advantages & Limitations)
13:45
   Attenuation Correction with MR/PET
Hongyu An
PET/MR is a promising multi-modality imaging approach. Attenuation is by far the largest correction required for quantitative PET imaging. The challenges in MR based PET attenuation correction have negatively impacted the acceptance of PET/MR in clinical trials. Since the inception of PET/MR, MR based attenuation correction approaches have been extensively pursued, especially for brain imaging.  In this presentation, I will provide background of PET/MR attenuation correction and review various methods.  The advantages and disadvantages of these methods are discussed.
14:15
   Hybrid PET/MR in Epilepsy
Jie Lu
14:45  
   Break & Meet the Teachers
 
Is MR/PET Better Than MR + PET for the Brain?: Part 2
Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Fernando Boada, Elna-Marie Larsson

Sunday, 17 June 2018
S03  15:15 - 16:45 Moderators:  Fernando Boada, Elna-Marie Larsson

Skill Level: Basic to Intermediate
Session Number: WE-25B

Overview
The purpose of this session is to illustrate the synergistic nature of the MR/PET imaging platform and how this synergy provides unique opportunities for addressing confounds on the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of brain disorders. A introductory presentation will describe the basic elements of the technology and its potential/limitations. This will be followed by disease-oriented presentations that will illustrate the use of the technique and its advantages.

Target Audience
Radiologists and basic scientists interested in using this hybrid technique.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
-Describe the basic advantages and limitations of MR/PET versus MR + PET;
-Explain how MR/PET facilitates image interpretation and quantification; and
-Summarize the unique information that MR/PET provides for clinically challenging brain diseases such as tumors, dementia and TBI.


15:15
   Dementia
Ian Law
The benefits of PET/MRI in dementia is still in development. There is no firm evidence to suggest added value of this hybrid technique for dementia work-our over sequential scanning besides convenience for patient and clinician.
15:45
   Multimodal Simultaneous MR-PET Imaging
Irene Neuner
Simultaneous measurement of PET-MR-EEG has become feasible now a day with the aim of best utilizing the complementary information provided by each modality. Several studies have already shown the possibility of simultaneous measurement of PET-MR-EEG. However such possibility comes with technical and practical challenges.  To that extent, we aim to give an overview about the technical challenges in integrating EEG in to hybrid PET-MR scanners and with possible solutions.
16:15
   Epilepsy
Timothy Shepherd
16:45
   Adjournment & Meet the Teachers
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