| Educational Objectives | Preliminary
Program |
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES |
| Upon completion of this workshop,
participants should be able to:: |
| 1. Define the method of
focused ultrasound thermal therapy; |
| 2. Compare various thermal
ablation methods; |
| 3. Explain the thermal
sensitivity of MR parameters; |
| 4. Apply the thermal
sensitivity of MRI parameters for controlling energy deposition; |
| 5. Evaluate the clinical
potential of MRI-guided thermal ablations; |
| 6. Demonstrate the advantages
of focused ultrasound therapy over other thermal ablation methods; |
| 7. Describe the indications
for MRI-guided thermal ablations; |
| 8. Identify problems
associated with the lack of excised tissue samples in assessing therapy results. |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
| Thursday,
20 June 2002 |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Welcome |
SESSION
I: Basic Principles of Focused Ultrasound Surgery
08:30 - 10:00 |
|
Generation
and Propagation of Ultrasound
Chris J. Diederich, Ph.D., Thermal Therapy Research Group, Radiation Oncology Department,
University of California San Francisco, CA USA |
|
Thermal
Effects of Focused Ultrasound
Nathan McDannold, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham &
Women's Hospital, Boston, MA USA |
|
Use
of Cavitation for Therapy
J. Brian Fowlkes, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
USA |
|
Ultrasound
Phased Arrays
Shuki Vitek, InSightec-TxSonics, Inc., Haifa, Israel |
| 10:00
- 10:30 |
Break |
SESSION II:
Ultrasound Engineering and Systems and Bio-Effects
10:30 - 12:00
(5 presentations - Contributed Papers) |
|
Two
Dimensional Array Design for Tissue Ablation for Treatment of Benign Prosthetic
Hyperplasia, K. Saleh and Smith |
|
Interstitial
and catheter-based ultrasound applicators for conformal thermal therapy under
MRI-guidance, C.J. Diederich, W.H. Nau, A.B. Ross, P.D. Tyreus, K. Butts, B. Daniel, D.
Bouley, H. Gill, G. Sommer, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Stanford University
Medical Center |
|
New
Piezocomposite Transducers for Therapeutic Ultrasound, G. Fleury, et al. |
|
Translating
the SURLAS to the Radiotherapy Clinic: Final Applicator Design, P. Novak, et al. |
|
Effects
of Short-Pulsed Focused Ultrasound ont eh Brain Vasculature in the Presense of an US
Contrast Agent: Study on Rabbit In Vivo, N. Vykhodsteva, et al. |
| 12:00
- 14:00 |
Break |
SESSION III: Image
Guidance and Monitoring
14:00 - 16:00 |
|
Ultrasound
Guidance and Monitoring
Emad S. Ebbini, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|
MRI
Temperature Monitoring Principles
Robert Mulkern, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham &
Women's Hospital, Boston, MA USA |
|
Detection
of Tissue Damage
Michael J. Bronskill, Ph.D., F.C.C.P.M., Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences
Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
|
MR-Elastography
for Thermal Therapy Monitoring
Joel Felmlee, Ph.D., MRI Research Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
|
MRI
Monitoring of Focused Ultrasound Surgery of implanted tumors
John D. Hazle, PhD, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, U. T. MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX, USA |
| 16:00
- 16:30 |
Break |
SESSION IV: MRI
Guidance and Monitoring
16:30 - 17:30
(4 Presentations) |
|
MR
Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer: Correlation of Dynamic
Contrast-Enhanced MRI with Histopathalogic Findings, A. Khiat, et al. |
|
Targeting
Tool for Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Occlusion Using T1 Relaxation and Proton Resonant
Frequency (PRF) Shift Parameters, Acquired with a Sliding Window (SW)-Dual Echo Spoiled
Sequence, J. Ong, et al. |
|
Paramagnetic
Liposomes as Thermosensitive Probes for MRI-Guided Thermal Treatment: Feasibility Studies
in Various Animal Models, S. Fossheim, et al. |
|
The
Feasibility of Using a Paramagnetic Blood Pool Contrast Agent (MS-325) for Magnetic
Resonance Imaging-Guided Noninvasive Ultrasound Surgery, K. Lahti, et al. |
| 18:30
- 21:00 |
Sponsored
Dinner |
| Friday, 21 June 2002 |
SESSION V: Clinical
Applications of Focused Ultrasound Surgery -- Non-MRI vs. MRI
08:30 - 10:00 |
|
Prostate
Narendra T. Sanghvi, Ph.D., Focus Surgery Inc., Indianapolis, IN USA |
|
Breast
David Gianfelice, M.D., Radiology Department, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de
Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
|
Liver
Gail ter Haar, Ph.D., Joint Physics Department, The Institute of Cancer Research, Royal
Marsden Hospital, Surrey, England, UK |
|
Uterine
Fibroid
Claire Tempany, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
USA |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
SESSION VI: Clinical
Studies of MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
10:30 - 12:30 |
|
Uterine
Fibroids
Waldyslaw Gedroyc, M.D., St. Mary's Hospital, London, England, UK |
|
Uterine
Fibroids
Jaron Rabinovici, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center,
Tel-Hashomer, Israel |
|
Breast Cancer
Peter Huber, M.D., Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Klinsche Koegerationseinheit,
Strahlentherapeutische Onkologie, Heidelberg, Germany |
|
Breast Cancer
Prof. Joerg Oestmann, Humboldt University, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany |
|
Histology
Observation after Focused Ultrasound Surgery in Breast Cancer
Sharon Thomsen, M.D., Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Texas, Austin, TX USA |
|
Histology
Observation after Focused Ultrasound Surgery in Uterine Fibroids
Bradley J. Quade, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital,
Boston, MA USA |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
SESSION VII: Future
Applications of MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
14:00 - 15:30 |
|
Brain
Treatments
Kullervo Hynynen, Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston,
MA USA |
|
Genetherapy
Chrit T. Moonen, Ph.D., Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France |
|
Use
of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Evan C. Unger, M.D., Department of Radiology, University of Arizona Health Science Center,
Tucson, AZ USA |
|
Vascular
Occlusions
Shahram Vaezy, Ph.D., Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics
Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA |
| 15:30
- 16:00 |
Closing
ceremony |
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