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Applied MR Techniques, Basic Course
Course organiser:
Jacques Bittoun / Paris, FR
May 6 - 8, 2004
Nijmegen, NL
Local organiser:
Arend Heerschap
Department of Radiology
University Hospital Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Please note that this course is already fully booked!!
VENUE:
GYMNASION / Nijmegen University
Heyendaalseweg 141
6525 RZ Nijmegen
The Netherlands
PROGRAMME:
Thursday, May 6, 2004
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
Registration |
| 13:15 - 13:30 |
Opening |
| 13:30 - 15:30 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: the Phenomenon and
its Parameters
J. Bittoun, Paris/FR
- Magnetic field
- Magnetic moment
- Spin
- Radiofrequency Waves
- Resonance
- FID
- Proton density
- Return to equilibrium and its parameters T1 and T2
- The MR signal and its parameters
- The Fourier transform and its parametersT1 and T2
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 18:00 |
Repetitions in small groups |
| 19:30 |
Welcome Receiption |
Friday, May 7, 2004 |
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Formation of the Image
A. Heerschap, Njimegen/NL
* Gradients
- Localisation principles
- Slice selection
- Frequency encoding
- Notion of phase encoding
- Slice thickness and FOV
- Matrix size
- Main artifacts
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Repetitions in small groups |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Basic clinical sequences, tissue contrast and image quality
L. Parkes, Njimegen/NL
- Definition of contrast, spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
- Relaxation times: normal values and pathological variations
- Spin Echo sequence and parameters: TR, TE
- TR and T1-weighted contrast
- TE and T2-weighted contrast
- Parameters and contrast of Gradient-Echo sequences
- Influence of acquisition parameters on image SNR
- Influence of SNR on contrast and spatial resolution
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Breaks |
| 16:30 - 18:30 |
Repetitions in small groups |
| 18:30 - 19:30 |
Demonstration of MR acquisitions (optional) |
Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
| 08:30 - 10:30 |
Basic methods of contrast enhancement
Robert Muller, Mons/BE
- Presaturation
- Water and fat imaging and artifact
- Basic principles of contrast agents
- Classification of contrast agents
- Biodistribution of contrast agents
- MR angiography using contrast agents
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Repetitions in small groups |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
MR Hardware and Safety Aspects
Hervé Saint-Jalmes, Lyon/FR
- Magnets and cryogeny
- Gradient coils
- Radiofrequency coils
- Computers
- Metal in a magnetic field
- Gradient intensity and slew rate
- Specific absorption rate (SAR)
- Safety limits
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Repetitions in small groups |
| 17:30 - 18:30 |
Examination (optional) |
The Basic Course is aimed at those of you who have no or little knowledge of physical and mathematical equations and would nevertheless like to understand the process of image formation and the significance of usual clinical images in MRI.
Although the course is best suited for participants who have at least a short experience in the practice of MRI, a demonstration on a clinical system will be organised for those who have no experience in that field. The course has been conceived so as to allow a sufficiently slow pace, each half-day containing a 2-hour lecture and 2 hours of repetition in small groups, all dedicated to a single topic representing a step forward in the understanding of MRI. The whole course consists of 5 such steps as specified in the programme below. So if you would like to understand the mechanisms behind the magic of MR images, we will be happy to welcome you to the Basic Course.
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