EUROPEAN COURSE ON ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN NEURORADIOLOGY

Welcome to this new joint course in collaboration with ESMRMB – European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology!

The course will be organized in cycles repeating every 2 years. Each cycle consists of 4 modules of 2 to 3 days each.

This module 1 will be on Perfusion and will be held as a live online meeting on 12-14 November 2021.

The aim of this course is to convey in-depth knowledge about perfusion imaging and MR spectroscopy. Both techniques are used extensively in clinical practice, but at the same time are highly dependent on acquisition and post-processing which affects interpretation. This course module is organized along the main diseases in which these techniques are used most frequently: neurodegeneration, epilepsy, neurovascular disease, and neuro-oncology. In this way, technical and clinical aspects are addressed jointly, providing a profound insight on how to best tailor imaging protocols to specific clinical questions, and how to interpret findings in the context of a specific imaging technique. These topics are taught using a mixture of lectures, case-based workshops, and panel discussions.

Course Directors:

ESNR: Sven Haller
ESMRMB: Marion Smits

Learning Objectives:

  • To know the technical background of the different MRI- (DSC, DCE, ASL) and CT-based perfusion techniques
  • To know which perfusion technique is most suited for which indication, based on the currently available evidence
  • To know how perfusion data are post-processed and how this may affect the interpretation
  • To know how to interpret perfusion imaging in the context of various indications, in particular neurodegeneration, epilepsy, neurovascular disease, and neuro-oncology
  • To know the technical background of various MR spectroscopy (MRS) techniques
  • To know the pitfalls with acquisition, quantification, and interpretation of MRS
  • To know how to interpret MRS in the context of various indications, in particular neurodegeneration, epilepsy, and neuro-oncology
  • To learn about Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging and its current status for clinical use

Participation Requirements:

The course is taught at the advanced level and builds on the ECNR as well as the ESMRMB School of MRI programmes. Participants are physicians with good knowledge of MRI techniques in a clinical neuroradiological context as well as technicians, radiographers and scientist with clinical interest.