ESMRMB Event Calendar

The aim of the course RF simulation for MR systems: Coil design and safety is to give an in-depth introduction to the numerical computation of radio-frequency (RF) fields in magnetic resonance (MR) systems. Main focus will be the application to RF coil design and patient safety. After the course, participants will be able to solve typical MRrelated field problems with suitable numerical methods and corresponding models, to interpret the calculated field distributions, and to perform appropriate post-processing procedures to characterise multi-channel RF transmit coils and to assess the RF safety of patients/volunteers under consideration of common exposure scenarios. The course is intended for MR physicists, engineers, other scientists, and PhD students who either wish to start working in the field of RF coil development and/or RF exposure or who already have basic to intermediate experience in RF simulation. The course programme includes modules with theoretical lectures, practical exercises as well as hands-on training on commercial simulation platforms. Lectures will prepare the fundamentals for successful application of numerical simulation and will start with selected topics of electromagnetic theory followed by an introduction to numerical methods. To derive appropriate numerical models and implementations of post-processing routines, lectures on RF coil design and characterisation as well as on common approaches to assess the RF exposure under consideration of current RF safety guidelines will be given. Further, methods for the validation of the calculated field distributions will be presented. During the practical exercises, the participants will deepen the subject matter of the lectures individually by solving fundamental problems. Under guidance of the faculty, the application of numerical methods and the adjustment of important simulation parameters with respect to the chosen method will be explained. During the course, software vendors will give an introduction to their simulation software and will present advanced application examples. For the practical exercises and hands-on training, desktop PCs will be provided for the participants.

Description This fellowship will cover specific topics that are relatively prevalent in our daily practice, and in which the role of cross-sectional imaging plays an essential role not only for the diagnosis but also in the management of the patients. Selected topics will first be presented in a lecture format, followed by representative cases mixed with other neuroradiology cases – participants will review the images, first by themselves and then together with the mentor and the group. Learning objectives To be familiar with the topography and patterns of brain infarcts, and to understand the role of cross-sectional imaging to suggest their most likely causative mechanism To be familiar with the different scales commonly used in clinical practice to define structural brain changes in normal aging and in common neurodegenerative disorders To understand the physiology of CSF, and be familiar with the pathophysiology and imaging features of adult hydrocephalus Programme will include Lectures on: “Topography and mechanism of brain infarction”, “CSF physiology and hydrocephalus”, “Semiquantitative assessment of brain MRI studies in aging and neurodegenerative diseases” Individual reporting with supervision of Mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level II – General radiologist This fellowship is designed for general radiologists with some experience in reporting neuroradiology cases, or wishing to embark on a subspecialized path. Some basic knowledge on conventional MRI techniques, and on brain MRI interpretation is required.

Dear friends and colleagues, We are very much delighted to announce the 10th Scientific Symposium on Clinical Needs, Research Promises and Technical Solutions in Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance, which will be held on Friday, September 6th 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Please save the date. Goals and Objectives The symposium is from the community for the community. It is designed to provide an overview of state-of-the-art (pre)clinical ultrahigh field (UHF) MR, to discuss the clinical relevance of UHF MR, to explore future directions of UHF MR, to foster explorations into ultrahigh field MR and to initiate local, regional, national and international collaboration and last but not least to provide plenty of time to engage into fruitful exchange with your peers and colleagues. The symposium is tailored to attract basic scientists, engineers, hardware professionals, translational researchers, clinical scientists, applied scientists and clinicians with all levels of experience and expertise ranging from undergraduate and graduate students interested in imaging to trainees, advanced users and applications experts. Scientific Program The scientific program comprises 4 sessions, all balancing technical developments and clinical applications. We are very much honored to present extraordinary (inter)national speakers including MR technology leaders and distinguished clinical experts, all bridging disciplinary boundaries and stimulating the imaging community to throw further weight behind the solution of unsolved problems and unmet clinical needs. Poster Session and Poster Power Presentations The scientific program will be paralleled by a poster session. We wish to encourage those of you who are prepared to walk the extra mileage. The best posters will be rewarded with a poster award. Thanks to the communities valuable feedback we have also included 15 slots of 3 min poster power presentations in the program. This will give a large number of poster presenters the opportunity to be in the enlightening spotlight of the audience. We are eagerly looking forward to your poster contributions. Technical Exhibition and Social Event The symposium will be supplemented by a technical exhibition, by an open day of the Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.) as well as a social event. Professional Child Care On a special note; many of us know first-hand how challenging it can be to balance the needs of our families with the mission to advance science. To this end we are very pleased to offer professional child care for the course of the symposium and the social event. Please do not hesitate to contact us so that we can provide further details. Be Berlin We warmly invite you to join us for the 10th Annual Scientific Symposium on Ultrahigh Field MR on September 6th 2019 in Berlin. Please save the date. A visit to Berlin is always worth it. Alongside MR science, Berlin has numerous historical landmarks, cultural highlights and sport events to offer. Be Berlin. Thoralf Niendorf (MDC & Charité, Berlin), Lucio Frydman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot), Rita Schmidt (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot), Jeanette Schulz-Menger (Charité, Berlin), Sebastian Schmitter (PTB, Berlin), Sonia Waiczies (MDC, Berlin), Min-Chi Ku (MDC, Berlin), Andreas Pohlmann (MDC, Berlin)

Description Selected topics will first be presented in a lecture format, followed by representative cases (frequently mixed with other head & neck pathology) – participants will review the images, first by themselves and then together with the mentor and the group. The aim is to reproduce the reading room experience, simulating and condensing full length neuroradiology fellowship programs. Learning objectives To identify the normal anatomic structures and recognize the main pathologic processes To define the differentiating imaging features of pathologic processes and to look for specific pertinent findings of various diseases To understand the clinical questions that need to be addressed and how to answer them by creating clinically relevant reports Programme will include Lectures covering a wide variety of topics in adult and pediatric Head & Neck imaging Individual reporting with supervision/feedback by the mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level III – Subspecialisation training Intermediate to advanced level (some head & neck/neuroradiology experience), which can be, to some extent, individually modified.

The fellowship is offered to a small, selected group, to enhance the interaction. It is designed for general radiologists reporting emergency cases or wishing to embark on a subspecialization path. While the program will be adjusted as much as possible to meet the participants’ expectations and needs (including selection of lectures), the mentor will endeavour to encompass a broad spectrum of non-traumatic emergencies of the adult patient. Selected topics will first be presented in a lecture format, followed by representative cases of various difficulty levels, including typical presentations, false positives, false negatives etc. The fellows will review the images, first by themselves and then together with the mentor and the group. The aim is to reproduce the reading room experience, simulating and condensing full length emergency radiology fellowship programs. Learning objectives The fellowship will focus on non-traumatic emergencies of the adult patient To learn about workflows in emergency radiology, epidemiology of emergency, modern approach to emergency including special patient categories. To identify the differentiating imaging features of emergencies and to create clinically relevant reports To understand the clinical questions that need to be addressed in various settings and how to answer them under time pressure Programme will include Lectures covering a wide variety of topics in imaging of non-traumatic emergencies of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis in the adult patient Individual reporting with supervision/feedback by the Mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level II – General radiologist The fellowship is designed for general radiologists reporting emergency cases or wishing to embark on a subspecialization.

The fellowship is offered to a small, selected group, to enhance the interaction. It is designed for general radiologists reporting emergency cases or wishing to embark on a subspecialization path. While the program will be adjusted as much as possible to meet the participants’ expectations and needs (including selection of lectures), the mentor will endeavour to encompass a broad spectrum of non-traumatic emergencies of the adult patient. Selected topics will first be presented in a lecture format, followed by representative cases of various difficulty levels, including typical presentations, false positives, false negatives etc. The fellows will review the images, first by themselves and then together with the mentor and the group. The aim is to reproduce the reading room experience, simulating and condensing full length emergency radiology fellowship programs. Learning objectives The fellowship will focus on non-traumatic emergencies of the adult patient To learn about workflows in emergency radiology, epidemiology of emergency, modern approach to emergency including special patient categories. To identify the differentiating imaging features of emergencies and to create clinically relevant reports To understand the clinical questions that need to be addressed in various settings and how to answer them under time pressure Programme will include Lectures covering a wide variety of topics in imaging of non-traumatic emergencies of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis in the adult patient Individual reporting with supervision/feedback by the Mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level II – General radiologist The fellowship is designed for general radiologists reporting emergency cases or wishing to embark on a subspecialization.

It is a great pleasure to invite you to our 36th Annual Scientific Meeting taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands: a vibrant port city, where exceptional art meets revolutionary architecture as well as a fantastic culinary and nightlife scene.

You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a completely new congress experience, which now combines the advantages of a focused workshop with the broad, scientific scope of an annual meeting. For the first time, the ESMRMB Annual Meeting will be organised around three major themes:

• Machine Learning in MRI – Acquire, Reconstruct, and Apply
• Gadolinium-free Imaging
• Efficient MRI

The educational programme and plenary sessions, as well as the Roundtable Discussion and Hot Topic Debate will focus on these three topics.

Scientific sessions, however, will cover all topics, and we invite you to submit your research on any MRI-related topic you have been working on in the last year. This programme structure will allow you to gain in-depth knowledge in one of these topics or combine sessions to suit your own interests, enhancing the educational benefits of visiting our congress.

Our annual meeting has been successful in cultivating integration and collaboration between clinicians, physicists and radiographers, between junior and senior researchers, and between the fundamental and applied sciences. Moreover, the ESMRMB is the platform for preclinical and biological research. To encourage interactions within this community a dedicated pre-conference day (2 October 2019) will be organised on preclinical imaging and spectroscopy.

Rotterdam is a city of innovation that ranks as a top European tourist destination. Our congress will take place at De Doelen ICC, located across from the futuristic Rotterdam Central Train Station, which is directly linked to Schiphol International Airport (25 min) and a range of European cities.

We look forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam for a memorable congress!

Prof. Matthias van Osch
Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee 2019

The lectures will focus on the in-depth knowledge of the head and neck anatomy, followed by lectures devoted to the specific tumours in each anatomical region, evaluating the usefulness of each imaging technique and the key imaging features for staging and follow up head and neck malignant tumours. The participants will be provided with imaging studies to be interpreted based on the theoretical knowledge acquired in the didactic sessions that will later be analysed in a group discussion to emphasize and reinforce the most relevant aspects. Learning objectives 1st objective To recognize the anatomy of the head and neck 2nd objective To analyse the protocols and imaging methods in the diagnosis and monitoring of head and neck tumours. 3rd objective To learn how to stage head and neck tumours. To recognize the essential findings that can influence the different therapeutic options. To identify post-treatment changes Programme will include Normal cross-sectional anatomy of head and neck/Head and neck lymph node levels Skull base anatomy/ Sinonasal tumours Nasopharyngeal/Oropharyngeal and Oral Cavity tumours Larynx and Hypopharyngeal tumours Surveillance in head and neck tumours/Treatment complications Individual reporting with supervision of Mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level II – General radiologist This fellowship is aimed at radiologists with an interest in deepening their knowledge in head and neck anatomy and staging of head and neck tumours.

On behalf of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR), it is our great pleasure to invite you to Antwerp, Belgium, from October 24-26, 2019, to join us for the ESCR 2019 congress. This event constitutes the most important meeting for non-invasive cardiac and cardiovascular radiologists in Europe, bringing together colleagues from all over the world to share their knowledge and experience in a friendly atmosphere. The annual meeting will provide plenty of opportunities to learn the latest insights into cutting-edge clinical imaging applications, not only through lectures by respected speakers, but also through a variety of dedicated workshops including contemporary topics like pre-procedural TAVI planning. Finally, the rise of artificial intelligence and big data is undeniable, with a growing impact on the workflow and position of the radiologist. Dedicated sessions will provide the necessary insights relevant to clinical practice.

Description Pediatric Neuroradiology is a subspecialty of both Neuroradiology and Pediatric Radiology. Neuroimaging studies in infants and children are often reported by radiological specialists who have little background or experience in this specific field. Through the recreation of real-life scenarios, the Fellow will be exposed to, and guided through a broad range of common and less-common clinical problems, and will thus consolidate his/her experience and build new knowledge that will turn useful when reporting pediatric examinations in the everyday clinical practice. Learning objectives To become familiar with the peculiar features of neuroimaging studies in the pediatric age group as compared with adults To learn how to report MRI and CT studies performed in children with a broad range of neurological disorders To understand how the normal appearance of the infant’s brain changes with age To become able to recognize normal and abnormal neuroimaging features, and to avoid pitfalls Programme will include Lectures on basic pediatric neuroimaging features, common queries, malformations of the brain and spinal cord, phakomatoses, brain tumors, and leukodystrophies Individual reporting with supervision of Mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Level Level II – General radiologist The programme is designed for levels II (4th-5th radiology residents) and III (specialists in radiology and neuroradiology).

Description The MSK fellowship that TMC academy offers includes an overview of the knee, shoulder, hip, elbow, wrist, ankle joints in modules covering the morning or afternoon. Each module starts with a lecture. You will be challenged with an examination and after the lecture we continue with individual case readings from the TMC academy teaching file. Finally, each module ends with a common reading session of the cases using reporting templates to help you navigate and write adequate reports. Participation in this fellowship with 6 radiologists maximum ensures a personal learning environment where you will enhance and strengthen your own and each other’s knowledge in structured musculoskeletal MRI reading. If the fellowship has been successful it has provided you with knowledge that can help you address your normal clinical challenges, as well as future pursuits. At the end of the program you will be able to identify and report on common Musculoskeletal MRI and pathology in daily practice without difficulty. Learning objectives Upgrade your knowledge by immersion in a learning environment without distraction of daily practice Become familiar and feel confident with basic and early advanced MSK pathology as encountered in daily practice Discriminate common variants from pathology Learn to construct an adequate report through structured reporting Programme will include Lectures on common pathology of the knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle and hip and specific sports injuries with quiz cases Individual reporting on provided cases with supervision of mentor Group case discussion of the reported cases Daily examination Level Level II – General radiologist Radiologists with little or with early advanced knowledge in MSK pathology and who would like to become more confident on reporting musculoskeletal MRI will benefit most from the fellowship.