Advanced MR Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System

September 2–4, 2010
Ghent, BE

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Course organiser:
Andrea Baur-Melnyk / Munich, DE

Local organiser:
Koenraad Verstraete / Ghent, BE

Course venue:
Het Pand
Onderbergen 1
BE - Ghent

Preliminary faculty:
A. Baur-Melnyk, A. Grainger, A. Karantanas, F. Lecouvet, M. Maas, E. McNally, N. Theumann, V. Pullicino, K. Verstraete, K. Wörtler

Course duration:
Thursday morning – Saturday noon

Programme:
Please click here to download the programme as PDF!

Tha Aim of this course:
MR Imaging of the musculoskeletal system is one of the most common requests in clinical routine work. MRI is more sensitive than x-rays and CT in the detection of tumours, degeneration, inflammation and sports injuries. However specificity is often low and requires the knowledge of morphologic signs or specific sequence protocols.
In this advanced course 10 topics are addressed: bone and soft-tissue tumours, hip/pelvis, bone marrow, knee, sports injuries, shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, spine and foot/ankle. In each topic 4-5 challenging subjects are presented with anatomy, typical and atypical imaging examples and results from the recent literature.
The course will be a combination of lectures and case based repetitions in small groups. We are looking forward welcoming you to this international course, which is held by renowned clinical experts from Europe.

Participation Requirements:
Physicians who have attended the School of MRI Applied MR Techniques courses or have good knowledge in MR techniques from other sources; minimum of 6 months experience in applied MRI of the Musculoskeletal System.

Learning Objectives

Bone and Soft-Tissue Tumours
• How to perform an MRI for Bone tumours
• How to perform an Soft tissue tumours
• Differential diagnosis of soft-tissue lesions
• Differential diagnosis of bone lesions
• Joint tumours and pseudotumoural lesions

Hip/Pelvis
• How I perform/read + report a hip exam
• Labral anatomy and pathology
• Types of femuroacetabular impingement (FAI)
• BME in the hip: Transient osteoporosis, Coxitis, Osteoarthritis or Osteonecrosis?

Bone Marrow
• Normal distribution of bone marrow and bone marrow variations
• Principles of bone marrow replacement
• DDx of focal and diffuse marrow lesions
• Differentiation benign/neoplastic vertebral fractures
• Whole body bone marrow imaging

Knee
• Imaging strategies and sequence protocols
• BME Pattern in injuries of the knee
• Cruciate ligament and menisci
• Imaging of the cartilage
• Osteochondral defects and osteonecrosis

Sports Injuries
Lesions of the Muscle tendon unit including myositis ossificans
• Athletic groin injuries
• Sports injuries of fingers and toes

Shoulder
• How I perform, read + report a shoulder exam
• Classification of Impingement
• Rotator cuff lesions
• Shoulder instability and microinstability

Elbow
• How I perform, read + report a exam of the elbow anatomic variants: simulating disease
• Lesions in lateral/medial/anterior/posterior pain

Hand + Wrist
• How I perform/read + report a exam of the wrist
• TFCC Lesions
• Carpal instability
• Tumours of the hand and wrist

Spine
• Differential diagnosis of Modic type I versus Spondylodiscitis
• Differential diagnosis of vertebral compression fractures
• Differential diagnosis of focal marrow lesions

Foot/Ankle
• How I perform read + report a foot exam (including ligaments and tendons)
• Variants sometimes causing disease
• Bone marrow edema: Transient osteoporosis – osteonecrosis – mechanical stress reaction
• Nerve entrapments including Morton´s neuroma and its differential