State of the Art MRI Techniques and Clinical Applications

Date and Location: December 13-15, 2008 - Crowne Plaza Hotel - Shenzhen/CN

Course Organisers:
Chun Chen
Chairman of OCSMRM, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York/US
Jürgen Hennig
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Medical Physics, University Hospital of Freiburg/DE
Klaus Scheffler
Director of the Lectures on Magnetic Resonance Radiological Physics
University Hospital Basel/CH

Local Organiser:
Ji Qi
Chairman of CSR and CSMRM, Tianjing/CN
Chun Chen
Chairman of OCSMRM, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York/US


Faculty: Ji Qi, J. Hennig, Debiao Li, Xiao Ping Hu, K. Scheffler, O. Speck, M.A. Van Buchem, S. Trattnig, B. van Beers
Course registration and fees:
Applicants from China, please contact our local organisers, Ms. Cui Ju (Christie) Xiong (cuiju.xiong@siemens.com ) for details on fees and registration.
Applicants from outside China, please register via the ESMRMB Office: office@esmrmb.org or dcosulich@esmrmb.org

Course Description:
The Lectures on MR Course on “State-of-the-Art MRI Techniques and Clinical Applications” will be held in Shenzhen, China during December 13–15, 2008 on the occasion of the Joint Meeting 2008 of the Chinese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (CSMRM) and the Overseas Chinese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (OCSMRM). In 2006, ESMRMB already organised a successful course in China on MR Physics for Physicists together with CSMRM. Well-known MRI experts from both China and abroad will be invited to give speeches on the most advanced development and implementation of MRI techniques and applications around the world. This event also brings together the international MRI community to exchange ideas and to discuss potential collaborative research projects.

For further information on the course please visit the course website by CSMRM at http://www.csmrm.org/2008/cn/index.asp

Learning Objectives:
Basic Imaging Physics
• Concept of k-space, image formation
• Principles of contrast mechanisms
• Gradient echo techniques, basic and advanced concepts
• Spin echo techniques, basic and advanced concepts
• EPI, Spirals and other techniques, re-gridding and reconstruction
• Principles of parallel imaging and reconstruction

New Developments in Rapid MR Imaging
• Parallel imaging concepts
• Whole-body MRI and other new techniques
• Whole-body diffusion
• New and unconventional methods to speed up image acquisition

New Contrast Mechanisms
• Magnetisation transfer techniques
• Quantitative relaxation imaging
• Diffusion and perfusion imaging
• Ultra-short Echo Time imaging
• Susceptibility-weighted imaging

Ultra High Field MRI
• Technical and physiological constraints
• Resolution: where are the limits?
• Neuro and fMRI at 3T and higher
• 7T towards clinical applications?

State-of-the-Art Clinical Applications
• Diffusion, perfusion, flow and post-processing
• Advances in Neuro MRI
• Advanced Musculoskeletal MRI
• Whole-body MRI and Abdominal MRI