Hands-on course in Neuro MRI:
Perfusion, Diffusion / DTI and BOLD-fMRI Analysis
Oslo, Norway, January 13-14 2014


Rikshospitalet
Oslo University Hospital
Sognsvannsveien 20
0027 Oslo, Norway
 
 

Program
 
  Monday January 13
   
10:00 Registration & Coffee. Speaker Upload Available.
   
  Session 1: Basic Methodology: ‘From Bench to Bedside’
Moderator: Kyrre E. Emblem, Ph.D.
   
10:00 – 10:15 Opening remarks
Kyrre E. Emblem, Ph.D., Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
   
10:15 – 10:45 ‘The Bedside’ - Neurosurgeons and Advanced MRI: What Do We Want?
Torstein R. Meling, M.D., Ph.D., Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
   
10:45 – 11:15 'The Bench' - Perfusion MRI: Basic Methodology
Ronnie Wirestam, Ph.D., University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
   
11:15 – 11:45 ‘The Bench’ - Diffusion MRI: Basic Methodology
Marte Thuen, Ph.D., Nordicneurolab, Bergen, Norway
   
11:45 – 12:15 ‘The Bench’ - BOLD-fMRI: Basic Methodology
Karsten Specht, Ph.D., University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
   
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
   
  Session 2: BOLD-fMRI
Moderator: Paulina Due-Tonnessen, M.D.
   
13:15 – 13:45* BOLD-fMRI: Step-by-step Analysis in the Clinic
Elna-Marie Larsson, M.D., Ph.D., Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
   
14:00 – 14:30* Resting State - from Theory to Clinical Applications
Vesa Kiviniemi, M.D., Ph.D., University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
   
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee & snacks
   
15:15 – 15:45* BOLD-fMRI: Analysis Tools in Research (with focus on SPM)
Torben E. Lund, Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
   
16:00 – 16:30* How to Use fMRI to Understand the Organization of Brain Functions
Asta Haaberg, M.D., Ph.D., St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
   
16:45 Meet the presenters: Participants that have brought their own sample datasets will be able to share and discuss their data with expert users.
   
  * Followed by 15 minutes for discussion. The presenters will also end their talks with one or two questions to help start of the discussion.
   
20:00 Dinner
All participants and faculty members are invited
   
  Tuesday January 14
   
08:30 Coffee & registration. Speaker Upload Available.
   
  Session 3: Perfusion MRI
Moderator: Atle Bjornerud, Ph.D.
   
08:30 – 09:00* Perfusion MRI: Pulse sequences and imaging; parameters and pitfalls
Atle Bjornerud, Ph.D., Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
   
09:15 – 09:45* Perfusion MRI: Step-by-step Analysis and Clinical Use; T1 Perfusion (Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI) – Permeability
Kim Mouridsen, Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
   
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee & snacks
   
10:30 – 11:00* Perfusion MRI: Step-by-step Analysis and Clinical Use; T1 Perfusion (Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI) - Flow
Adam E Hansen, Ph.D., Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
   
11:15 – 11:45* Perfusion MRI: Step-by-step Analysis and Clinical Use; T2/T2* Perfusion (Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI)
Kyrre E. Emblem, Ph.D., Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
   
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
   
  Session 4: Diffusion MRI
Moderator: John K. Hald, M.D., Ph.D.
   
13:00 – 13:30* Diffusion MRI: Sequences, Parameters, Analysis and Pitfalls
Arvid Morell, Ph.D., Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
   
13:45 – 14:15* Diffusion MRI: Clinical Use; Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI)
Elna-Marie Larsson, M.D., Ph.D. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
   
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee & snacks
   
15:00 – 15:30* Diffusion MRI: DTI in Clinical Research
Markus Nilsson, Ph.D., University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
   
15:45 – 16:15* Diffusion MRI: Step-by-step Analysis and Clinical Use; DTI
Riitta Parkkola, M.D., Ph.D., University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
   
16:30 – 16:45 Closing remarks / Course diploma
Linda Knutsson, Ph.D., University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
   
16:45 Adjourned and Meet the presenters: Participants that have brought their own sample datasets will be able to share and discuss their data with expert users.
   
  * Followed by 15 minutes for discussion. The presenters will also end their talks with one or two questions to help start of the discussion.