MR Spectroscopy:  Clinical Applications and Research Frontiers
Saturday, 1 April and Sunday, 2 April 2000

Last updated 24 June 2008

Educational Objectives: Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to Describe fundamental principles of clinical MR spectroscopy; Define diagnostic and management situations in which there is a clinically significant justification for a MR spectroscopy examination; Explain crucial elements of the clinically indicated MR spectroscopy examination; Summarize recent biomedical research activities involving MR spectroscopy; Summary recent evolution of MR spectroscopy technoloy.

Day 1: Saturday, 1 April Introduction to Clinical Spectroscopy, Jeffry R. Alger, Chair 08:00 Fundamentals of Clinical MRS Peter B. Barker 08:30 Single Volume Techniques Robert E. Lenkinski 09:00 Spectroscopic Imaging Daniel M. Spielman 09:30 Magnetic Field Homogeneity Michael B. Smith 10:00 Break Clinical Spectroscopy - From Research to Routine, Peter B. Barker, Chair 10:30 Dementias and Epilepsy Michael W. Weiner 11:00 MR Spectroscopy and Neuro-oncology Jeffry R. Alger 11:30 Multiple Sclerosis Douglas L. Arnold 12:00 Break 13:30 Focal Brain Lesions in AIDS Linda Chang 14:00 Pediatric Neurology Petra Pouwels 14:30 Prostate Neoplasia John Kurhanewicz 15:00 Psychiatric Diseases Perry F. Renshaw 15:30 Break Clinical Spectroscopy - Report Generation, John Kurhanewicz, Chair 16:00 The Role of the PhD Jeffry R. Alger 16:30 The Role of the Radiologist Victor M. Haughton 17:00 Adjournment Day 2: Sunday, 2 April In Vivo Biochemistry, Peter B. Barker, Chair 08:00 Diabetes Mellitus Gerald I. Shulman 08:30 Dynamic Measurements of Flux E. Douglas Lewandowski 09:00 Tumor Metabolism Robert J. Gillies 09:30 Break High Field and Multinuclear Spectroscopy, Michael Garwood, Chair 10:00 Carbon-13 MRS Rolf Gruetter 10:30 Human Proton MRS Hoby P. Hetherington 11:00 Phosphorus 31 MRS Peter Styles 11:30 Ultra-High Field Proton MRS in Animals Ivan Tkac 12:00 Break Detecting the ABuried@ MRS Signals, Jeffry Alger, Chair 13:30 Overview of Water Suppression Peter van Zijl 14:00 Overview of Editing Michael Garwood 14:30 Practical Applications of Editing Douglas L. Rothman 15:00 Break "Out-of-Body" Spectroscopy, John Kurhanewicz, Chair 15:30 Magic Angle Spinning of Biological Samples R. Gilberto Gonzalez 16:00 Biomedical In Vitro Spectroscopy Stephen R. Williams 16:30 Spectroscopy of Cells Hadassah Degani 17:00 Adjournment