SMRT 18th Annual Meeting

SMRT 18th Annual Meeting
18-19 April 2009
Honolulu, Hawaii

Posters Last Updated 11 March 2009
	Clinical Posters 1 - 27

1	Recommended Approach in the Evaluation of Clinically Suspected Interdigital Neuralgia Using MRI Christian Bjørnebye

2	A Review of Vascular Specific Low Dose Contrast Media on Diagnosis of Disease Maria Boyd

3	The Side-effects of the MRI Contrast Agents After Intravenous Administration Soon Sup Cho

4	MRI and Intra-cranial EEG Bronte Dawson

5	Fat and Water Separation Using Variable Projection (VARPRO) for Fatty Infiltration in the Myocardium Charles Fasanati

6	What is MRgFUS? Avishai Goldblatt

7	MR Angiography of Renal Arteries using SSFP Dixon Method Hina Jaggi

8	DCE Prostate Imaging and Biopsy at 1.0T Using a Solenoid Coil Bernadette Kaufman

9	Problem Solving of MR Solid Adnexal Mass - Ten Top Tips for MR Technologists Fiona Lang

11	Effective Usage oif BLADE: The Basic Study About the Motion Timing and the Scan Parameters Toshi Matsushita

12	T2-Weighted Image After Administration of Gd-EOB-DTPA Toshi Matsushita

13	Problem Solving in Breast MRI Caron Murray

14	Slow Flow Artifact Mimicking Caudal Vena Caval Thrombosis on MRI John Posh

15	Let´s TWIST Again: Temporal and Spatial High-Resolution 3D MR-Angiography of the Hand Anton Quinsten

16	CVMR in Comparison to Echocardiography for the Stroke Patient Randall Ramsay

17	MRI Enterography Bernice Reznick

18	The Role of MRI in the Assessment of Aortic Coarctation Robyn Riley

19	Using NOVA (Non-invasive Optimal Vascular Analysis) to Manage Post CEA and CAS Patients Susan Ryan

20	A Study of the Usefulness of Fiber Tractography of Spinal Cord Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Jae Gu Seong

21	Fetal MR Imaging: Other Than HASTE Martin Sherriff

22	Comparison of T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast Enhanced 3-Dimensional Sequences with 2-Dimensional Sequences Ian Simcock

23	Intra-Operative MRI- Fundamentals and Safety 1.5 Tesla Joseph Stec

24	3T MRI of Female Pelvis Using a Dielectric Pad and B1 Inhomogeneity Filter Catriona Todd

25	MR Neuroimgaing of Neonates Using an MR Compatible Incubator: A Technologist Perspective Ruth Weiss

26	MR Renal Angiography - Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography Verses Non-Contrast Inhance Steven Williams

27	Creating a Child-friendly Environment for Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination: A Pilot Project Shufen Zheng


	Research Posters 28-72

30	MRI on a Baby Pig: How Does Delineation and Contrast Change After Death? A Pilot Project Anne Dorte Blankholm

31	A Novel Dark Blood Delayed Enhanced Imaging Technique for Assessment of Myocardial Scar: Initial Clinical Evaluation Maria Carr

32	The Effect of the Number of Tracked Fiber on the Variation of EPI Factor, Diffusion Sensitization Gradient and Acquisition Voxel Size in Cervical Spine Diffusion Tensor Imaging Seong Bong Cho

33	Assessment of PML Lesions and Normal Appearing White Matter MR Signal Changes as a Function of Time After Fixation in a Postmortem Brain Ellen Condon

34	Use of ACR TRIAD® Image Transmission Software in ACRIN Multicenter MRI Clinical Trials Lisa Desiderio

35	Improved SNR through Flexibility - Evolution of Our Supine Breast Coil Ruby Endre

36	Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imagaing: Quantitative Measurements of Intracranial CSF Flow in Patients with PostTraumatic Communicative Hydrocefalus and in Normal Subjects Liudmila Fadeeva

37	Feasibility of Small Rodent Imaging Using Clinical 3.0T MRI System Sheryl Foster

38	Implementation of Optimized MR Spectroscopy at 1.5T and 3T in a Clinical Setting Cindy Frentz

39	Comparison of the Muscle BOLD Effect at 1.5 Tesla and 3 Tesla Tanja Haas

40	Errors in Voxel Based Morphometry Using Thick Slice 3D FSPGR-IR Prepared Sequence with Zero-Filled Interpolation Eugen Hlasny

41	Breast Tumour Characterisation with the Combined Use of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) and Dyanmic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) MRI Sally Hunter

42	The Added Value of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in the Evaluation of Primary and Recurrent Gynaecological Malignancies Ilse Joubert Brad

43	High Resolution Spinal Cord Imaging at 3T: Visualization of the Spine Central Canal? Chung Kan

44	Using 3T Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging to Aid in the Characterization of Brain Tumor Chung Hwan Kang

45	Effect of Parameters Variation on Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Acute Stroke at 3 Tesla Heon Joon Kim

46	Evaluation of Prostate Profusion - Integration of a PC Based Quantification Software into Clinical Routine Katrin Koziel

47	MR Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) and Perfusion Weighted Imaging (PWI) of Sturge-Weber Syndrome Zahid Latif

48	Osteoarthritis Initiative MR Quality Assurance Methods and Results Larry Martin

49	Non-Contrast MRA for Uterine Artery Using Inhance Inflow IR with 3D FRFSE and 3D SSFP Satomi Matsui

50	Comparison of 3DTOF Images Obtained with a Standard Transmit/Receive Brain Coil and Receive-only 16 and 8 Channel Brain Array Coils Marcela Montequin

51	T1 Mapping of the Cervical Spinal Cord at 3.0T Using a Dedicated 16-Channel Spine Array and an Optimized SPGR Sequence Marcela Montequin

52	Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Breast Caron Murray

53	MPRAGE Signal to Noise and Contrast to Noise Comparison at 1.5T: 8 Channel Coil, Birdcage Coil, and ASSET Sahra Omar

54	Whole Brain N-Acetyl Aspartate Quantification: Global Neuronal Health Assessment in Alzheimer's Disease Nissa Perry

55	Results after MR-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy with Two Different Breast Biopsy Systems Anton Quinsten

56	FDG-PET/CT-Mammography as a Reasonable Adjunct to MR Mammography Anton Quinsten

57	MR Imaging at 7.0T of Ankles After a Marathon - A Comparison to 1.5T Anton Quinsten

58	MR-Guided Cryoablation at 1.5T - Preliminary Results Brandy Reed

59	MRI and MRS Simulation of the Brain in Radiation Oncology Theresa Richardson

60	True Independent Shimming for Bilateral Breast MRI Sandra Rodriguez

61	TE Dependence of Susceptibility Weighted MRI Venography at 3T and 7T Paula Rowser

62	Whole Body MRI for Evaluation of Breast Cancer Metastases Krista Runge

63	Evaluation of Oxygen-Enhanced MR Ventilation Imaging with Controlled Blood-Oxygen Level Kitamura Shigemi

64	Visualization of Carotid Artery Using Inhance Inflow IR with 3D FRFSE Ayako Shimazaki

65	Are the MR Systems Individuals? An in vivo Study of Phase Contrast Velocity Measurements Performed on Five Different MR Systems Pär-Arne Svensson

66	Rapid T1 Measurement Using Fast Imaging Noriyuki Tawara

67	Perfusion MRI Compared with Histopathology in Different Types of Gliomas Henrik Thomsen

68	First Experiences of an MRI-compatible Pre-clinical PET System Jon Totman

69	Comparing Symptoms Induced by Exposure to 1.5T vs. 3.0T Static Magnetic Fields: A Technologist's Perspective Linh Tran

70	Calculation of Contrast Agent Dose for MRA in Patients with a BMI ≥ 25 Using Normal Average Weight Corresponding to the Patient's Length: A Feasibility Study Raschel van Luijk-Snoeks

71	Multi-Contrast Delayed Enhancement: Accuracy and Application Rhonda Walcarius

72	High Resolution Functional and Structural Monkey Brain Imaging Using an 8-Channel Phased Array RF Coil Charles Zhu