| Saturday, 16 June 2018 Pending 5.50 Category A CE credits |
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| 08:00 | Welcome & Announcements |  |
Titti Owman, (R)(CT)(MR) FSMRT, SMRT President 2017-2018 | ||
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Dora Grauballe, R.T.(MR),Dpl(MR),Dpl(Pub Mgmt), SMRT Program Chair 2018 | ||||
| Forum 1: | Plenary Session: Machine Learning | ||||
| Moderators: Adam D. Scotson, B.Sc., P.G.cert MRI & Martin Sherriff, B.Appl.Sc., R.T. (MR) | |||||
| 08:15 | Value in MR: What Is It and How Do We Create It? |  |
Michael P. Recht, M.D. | ||
| 09:00 | Deep Learning - Big Data |  |
Kim Mouridsen, Ph.D. | ||
| 09:45 | Discussion & Questions | ||||
| 10:00 | Diamond Sponsor: Philips Healthcare: A Breakthrough in Speed, Diagnostic Confidence and Patient Experience (no CE credit) |  |
Andrew Bull | ||
| 10:10 | Break | ||||
| Forum 2: | MR Spectroscopy | ||||
| Moderator: Sheryl L. Foster, MHlthSc (MRS)(MRI) | |||||
| 10:40 | Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |  |
Alexander Lin, Ph.D. | ||
| 11:10 | Clinical Applications of GABA and CEST |  |
Ralph Noeske, Ph.D. | ||
| 11:40 | Detecting IDH Mutational Status in Cerebral Glioma by MRS |  |
Anna Tietze, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| 12:10 | SMRT Annual Business Meeting (no CE credit) | ||||
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||||
| Forum 3: | Proffered Papers | ||||
| Moderator: Kendra Huber, B.S.R.T. (R)(M)(CT)(MR) | |||||
| 13:15 | President's Award MREYE - Are You Winking at Me? |
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Rebecca Glarin, B.Appl.Sc., PgD (MedRads) | ||
| 13:30 | 1st Place Clinical Focus Award Improving MR Spectroscopy in the Liver with a Small Number of Averages by Accurate Voxel Placement (no CE credit) |
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Petronella Samuels, B.Tech. | ||
| 13:40 | 1st Place Research Focus Award Examining the Effects of SMS and GRAPPA Acceleration on Resting State fMRI Signal Quality (no CE credit) |
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Ingrid Op't Hof, Dipl.Rad. (CV)(R) | ||
| 13:50 | 2nd Place Clinical Focus Award The Expanding Role of MRI in Brachytherapy Planning (no CE credit) |
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Rachelle Meissner, MMRT, B.Appl.Sc. (MRS) | ||
| 14:00 | Break | ||||
| Forum 4: | Basic to Advanced Physics | ||||
| Moderator: Anne Sawyer, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT | |||||
| 14:10 | A Brief History of Pulse Sequences |  |
Martin J. Graves, Ph.D. | ||
| 14:40 | Making SENSE of Parallel Imaging |  |
Rebecca Ramb, Ph.D. | ||
| 15:10 | Compressed Sensing |  |
Sebastian Kozerke, Ph.D. | ||
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| Forum 5: | MR Safety | ||||
| Moderators: Jeff Jahn, BAS, R.T. (R)(MR) & Vera Kimbrell, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT | |||||
| 16:10 | MR Safety From a MD's Perspective |  |
Siegfried Trattnig, M.D. | ||
| 16:30 | MR Safety from the Industrial Physicist's Perspective |  |
Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A. | ||
| 16:50 | MR Safety From a Radiographer/Technologist's Perspective |  |
Claire Mulcahy, M.MRT., B.Appl.Sc. | ||
| 17:10 | Panel Discussion | ||||
| 17:40 | Announcements & Adjourn | ||||
| Sunday, 17 June 2018 Pending 4.50 Category A CE credits |
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| 08:15 | Welcome & Announcements |  |
Chris Kokkinos, B.App.Sc, PgCert, MRI, SMRT President 2018-2019 | ||
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Dora Grauballe, R.T.(MR),Dpl(MR),Dpl(Pub Mgmt), SMRT Program Chair 2018 | ||||
| Forum 6: | Future of MRI | ||||
| Moderator: Ashok Saraswat, M.S., BEd, R.T. (R)(MR) | |||||
| 08:25 | UTE Imaging in the Musculoskeletal System - Video Streaming Permission Withheld |  |
Richard Hodgson, Ph.D., BM | ||
| 08:55 | MR-Linac, Frequent Use of MR for Clear Target Visualization During Radiation Therapy |  |
Eveline Alberts | ||
| 09:25 | Printed Coils |  |
Michael Lustig, Ph.D. | ||
| 09:55 | Break | ||||
| Forum 7: | Diffusion / Perfusion / QSM | ||||
| Moderator: Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc. (R) | |||||
| 10:25 | Ten Reasons to Build a SuperScanner |  |
Derek Jones, Ph.D. | ||
| 10:55 | Diamond Sponsor: GE Healthcare (no CE credit) |  |
Heide Harris, RT (R)(MR) | ||
| 11:05 | Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging |  |
Samantha Holdsworth, Ph.D. | ||
| 11:35 | Susceptibility Weighted Imaging: Clinical Potential and Relevance |  |
Christian Ziener, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| 12:05 | Lunch | ||||
| Forum 8: | Proffered Papers (no CE credit) | ||||
| Moderator: Chris Kokkinos, B.App.Sc, PgCert, MRI | |||||
| 12:55 | 2nd Place Research Focus Award Dynamic MR Imaging of Temporomandibular Joint: Optimal TR and Flip Angle to Maximize Contrast with true FISP Real Time Cine at 3.0T |
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Sara Na, R.T., Mst | ||
| 13:05 | 3rd Place Clinical Focus Award Free Breathing Motion Insensitive T1-weighted MR Enterography using a Golden-Angle Radial Acquisition at 3 Tesla |
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Mark Smith, MS, R.T., (R)(MR), ABMP | ||
| 13:15 | 3rd Place Research Focus Award Clinical Advantages Using Black Blood 3D T1 Gadolinium Enhanced Imaging in the Brain for Metastatic Tumour Spread |
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Ben Kennedy, B.Appl.Sc., Mst(MRI) | ||
| 13:25 | SMRT Awards | |
T.B.A. | ||
| 13:45 | Break | ||||
| Forum 9 | Cardiac Imaging | ||||
| Moderator: Cindy Comeau, R.T. (BS)(N)(MR), FSMRT | |||||
| 13:55 | Exercise-Stress Cardiac MRI with Compressed Sensing |  |
Wendy Strugnell, B.App.Sc.(MIT), FSMRT | ||
| 14:25 | Parametric Techniques in the Heart T1/T2/T2* |  |
Graham Wright, Ph.D. | ||
| 14:55 | Machine Learning and Beyond: New Approaches to Cardiac MRI |  |
Shreyas S. Vasanawala, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| 15:25 | Break | ||||
| Forum 10: | Contrast Agents | ||||
| Moderators: Titti Owman, (R)(CT)(MR), FSMRT, Anne Dorte Blankholm, Ph.D., M.Sc. (R) | |||||
| 15:50 | European versus American Aspects on Administration of Contrast Agents, Including Safety Issues and Approval Status - Video Streaming Permission Withheld |  |
Val Runge, M.D. | ||
| 16:10 | Where Do We Stand with NSF in 2018? |  |
Alexander Radbruch, M.D., J.D. | ||
| 16:30 | Gadolinium Based Contrast: Optimization of Contrast Dose: Is the Standard Dose Always the Best Option? |  |
Michael Kean, (RT), FSMRT | ||
| 16:50 | Panel Discussion | ||||
| 17:20 | Closing Remarks & Adjourn | ||||