| Weekend Educational Course:
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| Quantitative MRI
Approaches in Clinical Imaging |
| Organizers: Alan Connelly,
Ph.D., and Carlo Pierpaoli, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level:
Intermediate |
| Sunday, 2 May
2010 |
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OVERVIEW |
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This full-day course covers intermediate
level topics in quantitative MRI. The course will be presented by
physicists and image processing scientists with extensive technical
experience. The theory underlying many current approaches to
quantification will be discussed, and potential problems and
artifacts will be highlighted and explained.
The topics covered will include:
- MR parameter mapping;
- Dealing with data imperfections;
- Image registration,
segmentation, and morphological analysis;
- Quantitative analysis of data
from a range of specific MR methods, including: DWI, perfusion
MRI, relaxometry, fMRI, and spectroscopy;
- Multimodal approaches; and
- Atlasing.
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The overall goal of the course is to
provide a detailed overview of the methodological issues that are
important when undertaking quantitative analyses. |
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES |
Upon completion of this course
participants should be able to:
- Describe the additional
scientific value of quantitative methods for analysis of MR
data;
- Explain the theoretical
principles underlying many current approaches to quantitative
analyses;
- Select appropriate methods to
minimize contamination of data that are to be analyzed
quantitatively; and
- Identify the techniques most
suitable for particular applications.
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| 08:00 |
Introduction: What Do We
Mean by Quantitative MRI ? |
Paul S. Tofts,
Ph.D. |
| 08:30 |
Artifacts, Noise &
Filtering |
Geoffrey J.M.
Parker, Ph.D. |
| 09:00 |
Image Registration &
Motion Correction |
Mark Jenkinson,
Ph.D. |
| 09:30 |
Image Segmentation
- not available |
Simon K.
Warfield, Ph.D. |
| 10:00 |
Break |
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10:00 - 10:15 Meet the
Teachers
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| 10:30 |
Quantitation in Diffusion
MRI: Experimental Design, Data Acquisition & Quality
Control |
Khader M. Hasan,
Ph.D. |
| 11:00 |
Quantitation in Diffusion
MRI: Data Analysis |
Mara Cercignani,
Ph.D. |
| 11:30 |
Quantitation in Perfusion
MRI |
Fernando
Calamante, Ph.D. |
| 12:00 |
Break |
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12:00 - 12:15 - Meet the
Teachers |
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| 13:30 |
Quantitative Relaxometry
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Sean C. L. Deoni,
Ph.D. |
| 14:00 |
Quantitation in fMRI
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Thomas T. Liu,
Ph.D. |
| 14:30 |
Quantitation in MRS & MRSI
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Brian J. Soher,
Ph.D. |
| 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 - 15:15 Meet the
Teachers
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| 15:30 |
Multimodality Quantitative
Approaches |
Gareth J.
Barker, Ph.D. |
| 16:00 |
Quantitative Morphology:
Volumes, Shapes & Voxel-Based Measures |
Olivier Salvado,
Ph.D. |
| 16:30 |
Atlasing |
Ragini Verma,
Ph.D. |
| 17:00 |
Adjournment |
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17:00 - 17:15 - Meet the
Teachers |
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