SMRT 28th Annual Meeting
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Friday, 10 May 2019
2.00 Category A CE Credits		 Program Hours: 16:00 – 20:30
Registration Hours: 14:00 – 20:00
14:00 Registration Area Opens
Pick up your meeting materials early & avoid the weekend lines!
16:00
Room 511		 Welcome & Announcements Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI)
SMRT President 2018-2019
Martin Sherriff, B.Appl.Sc., R.T. (MR)
SMRT Program Chair 2019
 
Forum 1: MR Safety Physics
Room 511 Moderators: Vera Kimbrell, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT & Laura Vasquez, Ph.D, RVT, R.T. (R)(MR), MRSO
16:05

RF in MRI: An Overview for Technologists

Note for ARRT R.T.s: This talk was previously accredited for CE credit in March 2019 as an MR Safety Seminar in South Carolina. It is your responsibility to maintain a record of previously submitted and credited live or self-learning CE activities. Duplicate credit for the same activity is not permitted in the same biennium.

 Vera Kimbrell, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT
17:05
 In-House MR Safety Testing Marius Mada, Ph.D. (MR)(R)
17:35
 MR Safety Physics Elizabeth Tunnicliffe, Ph.D.

 
18:05 Break
 
Posters & Awards Research and Clinical Poster Presentations (No CE Credit)
Room 511 Moderators: Nancy Beluk, R.T. (R) & Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI)
18:10
 3rd Place Research Focus Poster Award: Poster #3
Extra-ocular Muscle T2 and Fat Fraction in Thyroid Eye Disease		 Ilse Patterson, B.Rad. (MR)
18:15
 2nd Place Research Focus Poster Award: Poster #2
Improved Performance of Contrast Enhanced MRI using 3D-PD Sequence in the Detection of Brain Metastasis		 Pradeep Negi, M.Sc. (M.RT)
18:20
 1st Place Research Focus Poster Award: Poster #1
Simulating the MRI Experience with a Play Tunnel in a Pediatric Population		 Kristina Pelkola, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)
18:25
 3rd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award: Poster #6
Quantitative Bone Marrow Analysis using IDEAL-Quant		 Ilse Patterson, B.Rad. (MR)
18:30
 2nd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award: Poster #5
Positioning Focus Shim in Phase Direction Impacts Image Quality in DWI Sequences		 Vahid Ravanfar, B.A.
18:35
 1st Place Clinical Focus Poster Award: Poster #4
The Effects of Dielectric Pads on Brain MR Images and Spectroscopy at 7T		 Vicky Liao, B.Sc., ARMRIT
18:40
 JAK Award for Professional Development: Poster #7
Whole Body Non-contrast Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) using 3T MRI		 Jason Ortman, A.A.(MR)(R)
18:45
Room 510		 Research and Clinical Poster Tour & Reception
20:30 Adjourn
 
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Saturday, 11 May 2019
6.50 Category A CE Credits		 Program Hours: 08:00 – 16:55
Registration Hours: 06:30 – 18:30
08:00 Welcome & Announcements Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI)
SMRT President 2018-2019
Martin Sherriff, B.Appl.Sc., R.T. (MR)
SMRT Program Chair 2019
 
Forum 2: Body
Room 511 Moderators: Joseph Joslin, B.S., R.T.(MR)(R) & Sarah Green, B.M.I., M.H.Sc.
08:15
 Focused MRI in the Abdomen Scott Reeder, M.D., Ph.D.
08:45
 MR Assessment of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: Current Standards and Future Directions Fiona Fennessy, M.D., Ph.D.
09:15 Future Directions in Breast Imaging
Video Permission Withheld		 Savannah Partridge, Ph.D.
09:45
 Diamond Sponsor: GE Healthcare:
Imaging with AIR: AIR Technology™, AIR Touch™, and AIRx™		 Steve Lawson, RT(R)(MR)
09:55
 2nd Place Clinical Focus Award:
Using Selective Active Shimming to Reduce Main Magnetic Field Inhomogeneities Eliminates Off-resonance Artefacts in bSSFP Sequence in CMR Applications		 Petronella Samuels, B.Tech
10:10 Break
 
Forum 3: Parallel Sessions
Room 511 Parallel Session 1: PET MR
Moderators: Brandy Willis, M.B.A., R.T. (R)(MR) & Cindy Comeau, B.S., R.T. (N)(MR), FSMRT, FSCMR
10:40
 PET/MR Imaging of the Central Nervous System Maria Gule-Monroe, M.D.
11:10 Lessons Learned from a PETMR Installation in a Imaging Research Centre
Video Permission Withheld		 Daniel Mark Tanner, B.Sc., RT
11:40 Value of Diffusion Imaging in Body PET MRI
Video Permission Withheld		 Elcin Zan, M.D.
Room 513D-F Parallel Session 2: Interventional
Moderators: Janice Fairhurst, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR) & Sheryl Foster, MHlthSc (MRS)(MRI)
10:40
 Prostate, Liver & Kidney Interventions Kemal Tuncali, M.D.
11:10 HFUS Brain
Video Permission Withheld		 Kullervo Hynynen, Ph.D.
11:40
 Imaging Cells with Magnetic Nanoparticles Paula Foster, Ph.D.
12:10 Lunch
12:50 SMRT Annual Business Meeting (no CE credit)
 
Forum 4: Neuro
Room 511 Moderators: Thao Tran, MSc (MRI), MRSO & Scott Hipko, R.T., B.Sc.(MR)(R)(CT)
13:10
 Neuroimaging Cannabis Effects on the Brain with an Emphasis on Vulnerable Populations Scott Mackey, Ph.D.
13:40
 Brain Microvascular Injury on MRI Kevin King, M.D., M.S.C.S.
14:10
 Fast Imaging Techniques for Brain Imaging Stefan Skare, Ph.D.
14:40 3rd Place Research Focus Award:
Brain Imaging Advances using a Flexible RF Coil
Video Permission Withheld		 Erin Gray, M.H.A., R.T. (R)(MR), MRSO (MRSC)
14:55 Break
 
Forum 5: CNS Imaging
Room 511 Moderators: Jeremy Morrison, NDMDI, MHSc & Kirsty Campbell, NDMDI, PG Dip (MRI)
15:25
 Advances in Spinal Cord MRI at 3T Seth Smith, Ph.D.
15:55
 MR Imaging of Myelopathy Pramit Phal, M.D.
16:25
 MRI of the Spine at 3T Ben Kennedy, B.Appl.Sc., MMRT
16:55 Adjourn
 
  Reception
18:30–21:30 SMRT Welcome Reception: Scena
 
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Sunday, 12 May 2019
6.75 Category A CE Credits		 Program Hours: 08:00 – 18:00
Registration Hours: 07:00 – 18:30
08:00 Welcome & Announcements Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc. (R)
SMRT President 2019-2020
Martin Sherriff, B.Appl.Sc., R.T. (MR)
SMRT Program Chair 2019
 
Forum 6: MSK
Room 511 Moderators: Adam Scotson, B.Sc., P.G.cert MRI & Brandy Willis, M.B.A., R.T. (R)(MR)
08:15
 Quantitative MRI in MSK: Beyond Tissue Morphology Emily McWalter, M.Sc., Ph.D.
08:45 Overview of MRI Diagnosis of Upper Extremity Lesions with Specific or Characteristic Features
Video Permission Withheld		 Mark Lach, M.D.
09:15
 Diamond Sponsor: Philips Healthcare
Break Diagnostic Boundaries with Speed, Comfort, and Confidence		 Koert Bloemers, RT (MR)(R)(CT)
 
Forum 7:
Neuro Proffered Papers
Room 511 Moderators: Nancy Beluk, R.T. (R) & Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc. (R)
09:25 2nd Place Research Focus Award
Large Outer Volume Suppression (OVS) Slabs Reduce SNR and Metabolite Concentration Estimates in the Single Voxel Spectroscopy (SVS)
Video Permission Withheld		 Patricia Maishi, B.Tech. (MR)
09:40 1st Place Research Focus Award
Distortion Correction for Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Based on non-rigid Image Registration
Video Permission Withheld		 Yasuo Takatsu, Ph.D.
09:55 3rd Place Clinical Focus Award
Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging: Scan Protocol and Sequence Optimization
Video Permission Withheld		 Kim Hin Lo
10:10
 1st Place Clinical Focus Award
Get More 'Bang for your Buck' - How to Optimise a 3D Sequence using Multiple Echoes		 Rebecca Glarin, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert. (MRI) MRSO
10:25 Break
 
Forum 8: Parallel Sessions
Room 511 Parallel Session 3: Advanced Applications
Moderators: Anne Marie Sawyer, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT & Ben Statton, M.Sc., B.Appl.Sc. (MedRad)
10:45
 Arterial Spin Labeling: Overview and Applications Robert Marc Lebel, Ph.D.
11:15 Palpating the Brain Using MR Elastography
Video Permission Withheld		 Erin Gray, M.H.A., R.T. (R)(MR), MRSO (MRSC)
11:45
 CEST: Purpose, Sensitivity, and Specificity Daniel Gochberg, Ph.D.
Room 513D-F Parallel Session 4: Management
Moderators: Mark Denham, M.M.R.T. & Allison Epstein, R.T.(BS)(R)(MR)
10:45
 MRI in EMR: Am I Living in Fantasy Land Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T. (R)(MR)
11:15
 MRI Efficiency: Optimizing Utilization Using Lean Six Sigma Jennifer Catton, MBA, PMP
11:45
 How To Get Your Scanner ACR Accredited Heidi Edmonson, Ph.D.
12:15 Lunch
 
Forum 9:
Presidents' Session
Room 511 Moderators: Chris Kokkinos, B.Appl.Sc., Pg.Cert.(MRI) & Shawna Farquharson, M.Sc. (R)
12:50 President's Award Winner:
Monitoring Acute Low Back Pain using 2D Correlated Spectroscopy of the Brain at 3T: A Case Study
Video Permission Withheld		 Julia Watson, B.Appl.Sc. (MRT)
13:05
 President's Lecture:
Exploring Tissue Microarchitecture with Ultra-High Field Diffusion MRI		 Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.
14:05
 SMRT Awards
 
Forum 10: Artifacts Game Show
Room 511 Moderator: James Stuppino, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)
14:20
 Artifacts Game Show (no CE credit) Eric Stinson, Ph.D. & Adrienne Campbell, Ph.D.
15:00 Break
 
Forum 11: Safety
Room 511 Moderator: Vera Kimbrell, BS, R.T. (R)(MR), FSMRT
15:15
 MR Contrast Agents: Clinical Utility and Safety William Faulkner, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT, MRSO (MRSC)
15:45 Normalization of Deviance
Video Permission Withheld		 Steve DeColle, MRT (MR)
16:15

Preventing MRI Accidents: Best Practice Recommendations to Minimize Risk

Note for ARRT R.T.s: This talk was previously accredited for CE credit in April 2019 as an SMRT MR Learning Lab: MRI Safety: Risk Prevention & Creating an MRI Safety Culture. It is your responsibility to maintain a record of previously submitted and credited live or self-learning CE activities. Duplicate credit for the same activity is not permitted in the same biennium.

 Alan Heffron, R.T. (R)(CT)(MR), CRA, MRSO (MRSC)
16:45
 MR Coils and Safety William Faulkner, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT, MRSO (MRSC)
17:15 Adjourn
 
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Monday, 13 May 2019
7.75 Category A CE Credits		 Program Hours: 07:00 – 18:00
Registration Hours: 06:30 – 18:30

ISMRM Courses Accredited for Radiographers/Technologists
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All of the following sessions are included in an SMRT 4-day Meeting Registration!
 
Room 518A-C Sunrise Session: Why Do My Body Images Look So Bad? Credits Speaker
07:00 Liver 0.5 Hersh Chandarana, M.D.
07:30 Pelvis 0.5 Brian Hargreaves, Ph.D.
 
Room 710A ISMRM-SMRT Joint Forum: Chasing Speed & Spatial Resolution: At What Point Is Enough? Credits Speaker
08:15 Physicist's Perspective: Reduction of Imaging for Value in MRI 0.5 James Pipe, Ph.D.
08:45 Radiologist's Perspective: Reduction of Imaging for Value in MRI 0.5 Scott Reeder, M.D., Ph.D.
09:15 Radiographer's Perspective: Reduction of Imaging for Value in MRI 0.5 Emma Hornsey, B.Appl.Sc. (Med.Rad.)
09:45 Neurosurgeon's Perspective: Reduction of Imaging for Value in MR 0.5 Alexander Weil, M.D., FRCSC, FAANS, FACS
 
Plenary Hall
Room 517		 ISMRM Plenary: Disruptors (Note: 10:30–11:15 Society Awards) Credits Speaker
11:15 Introduction – Daniel K. Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D.
11:20 Disruptors to the Way We Gather Data 0.25 Andrew G. Webb, Ph.D.
11:38 Disruptors to the Way We Visualize Data 0.25 Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.
11:57 Disruptors to the Way We Interpret Data 0.25 Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.h.c.
 
Room 516C-E Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Role of MRI Credits Speaker
13:45 Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Definition & Imaging 0.5 Ari Blitz, M.D.
14:15 MRI for Selection of Patients for Shunt Surgery & Follow-up 0.5 Karin Kockum, M.D.
14:45 Aqueductal Flow in iNPH 0.5 Karin Markenroth Bloch, Ph.D.
15:15 CSF Dynamics Imaging with ASL 0.5 Shinya Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.
 
Room 511BCEF Functional & Dynamic MR Imaging of Peripheral Joints & Spine Credits Speaker
16:00 Imaging Biomechanics of Whole Joints 0.5 David Wilson
16:30 Prospective Motion Correction During Loading 0.5 Thomas Lange, Ph.D.
17:00 Dynamic MRI of Joints: Technical Factors and Clinical Applications 0.5 Valentina Mazzoli, Ph.D.
17:30 Clinical Application: Loaded Imaging of the Spine & Peripheral Joints 0.5 Garry Gold, M.D.
 
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