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MAY 2013 • Vol. 2, Issue 2 |
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Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City Provides an International Learning Experience |
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On behalf of the 2013 SMRT Program
Committee, I want to thank everyone across the globe
who attended the 22nd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake
City, Utah, USA. We sincerely hope you enjoyed our
exciting array of speakers on both days, as well as
our fantastic group of experts in our ISMRM-SMRT
Joint Forum. |
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![]() The didactic sessions began with the History & Future of MR, moderated by Anne Marie Sawyer, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT (left) with Paul Arthur Bottomley, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. who shared the history of MR in Localized Origins and Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, who presented MRI: From Science to Society. |
![]() Wendy Strugnell, B.App.Sc. (MIT), FSMRT, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, shared her imaging expertise with Cardiac MR: Getting the Numbers Right |
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![]() Debiao Li, Ph.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, (left) showed how to perform Non-contrast CMR and James C. Carr, M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA, illustrated the usefulness of MRI Cardiac Perfusion. |
![]() Stroke in the Pediatric Environment was offered by Michael Kean, R.T., FSMRT, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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![]() Abdominal imaging was addressed with MRI Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Shreyas Vasanawala, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. |
![]() Always a topic of interest, RF Coil & MR Hardware was covered by Robert V. Mulkern, Jr., Ph.D., The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. |
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![]() Brian A. Hargreaves, Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA gave practical information in Reduction of Metal Artifacts. |
![]() Keeping the audience attentive, even at the end of the day, is no problem for William Faulkner, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT, William Faulkner & Associates, LLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, who spoke on MR Protocol Optimization. |
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![]() Beginning the second didactic day was Lynne S. Steinbach, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, California, USA, who provided Post-Operative Imaging of the Rotator Cuff. |
![]() William B. Morrison, M.D., Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, enlightened the attendees with his Optimization of Musculoskeletal MRI. |
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![]() The Whole Body MR Forum began with MR Elastography Abdomen/Liver by Scott B. Reeder, M.D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. |
![]() Kristan Harrington, M.B.A., R.T. (R)(MR, Emory University School of Medicine, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, gave the Technologist perspective of MR Enterography. |
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![]() Whole Body DWI by Winfried A. Willinek, M.D., University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, presented new information to many attendees. |
![]() Clinical Use of Breast MRI was a practical lesson from Christiane K. Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D., University Aachen, RWTH, Aachen, Germany. |
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![]() Ever enthusiastic, Carolyn Kaut Roth, R.T. (R)(MR)(CT)(M)(CV), FSMRT, Imaging Education Associates, LLC, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, asked: MR Mammography: How Do They Do It? |
![]() A unique use of MR for Companion Animal Imaging was shown by James J. Stuppino, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR), AnimalScan, LLC, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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![]() Emily McWalter, Ph.D., M.A.Sc., Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, provided insight into UTE Imaging. |
![]() In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Characterize Changes in the Brain Chemistry Associated with Altitude by Perry F. Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was an apt topic for the attendees sitting many feet above sea level. |
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![]() Holding the attention of the audience through the end of the program was not an issue for Richard L. Ehman, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, who presented the timely: Perception in Medical Imaging. |
![]() The SMRT appreciates the service of outgoing Policy Board Members: Left to Right, G. Barry Southers, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(MR; Mercedes Pereyra, MBA, B.S., R.T. (R)(CT)(MR); and Glenn Cahoon, B.App.Sc., Dip.Ed., MApp.Sc. Not pictured, John Totman, Ph.D. |
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![]() ISMRM/SMRT Joint Forum speakers, left to right: Greg Brown, Emanuel Kanal, Anne Marie Sawyer, William Faulkner, Frank Shellock, Glenn Cahoon, Derek Jones and Donald McRobbie. |
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