MAY 2013 • Vol. 2, Issue 2

MR Technologists and Radiographers Receive Awards for Their Efforts

Rosemary Fisher, R.T.(R)(CT)(MR)
 Chair, Education Committee
The Education Committee and a panel of 10 reviewers evaluated a total of 36 abstracts submitted for the 22nd SMRT Annual Meeting. There were 14 Clinical and 22 Research submissions reviewed using established criteria to determine the best efforts in each category. There were 3 submissions for the John A. Koveleski award.  The top 3 posters in each category, as well as the JAK Award winner, were presented at the opening session.

Poster Reception



SMRT poster presenters install their work at the Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
 

2013 Education Committee Chair, Rosemary Fisher, R.T.(R)(CT)(MR), introduces the poster presenters.



Kevin Epperson, R.T.(R)(MR) received the 1st Place Research Focus Poster Award for his work: Creation of an MRI Data Repository for Validating Compressed Sensing and Other Acceleration Techniques


Zahid Latif, R.T.(R)(MR)(CT) received the 2nd Place Research Focus Poster Award  for his work: The Effects of Breath-hold on Blood Flow Measures at the Neck Level



Katrin Koziel, R.T. received the 3rd Place Research Focus Poster Award for her work: Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) at 3.0T System with Dual-source
Parallel RF Excitation Techniques: Conventional DWI vs. Inner-volume DWI Approach
Steven Williams, B.A., R.T. (R)(MR) received the 1st Place Clinical Focus Poster Award for his work: MRI-Guided Laser Ablation in Patients with Temporal Lobe Focused Seizures
 


Christopher Cook, B.S., R.T.(R) received the 2nd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award for his work: Use of High Resolution MRI in Determining Tumor-Free Resection Margin in Rectal Cancer
Liana Rocha, MSc., B.S., R.T.(MR) received the 3rd Place Clinical Focus Poster Award for her work: Claustrophobia in MRI: A Matter of Care



An award was established to honor the memory of John A. Koveleski, SMRT President 2002-2003, in recognizing the need for MR professional development of students and new entrants in the field of MR. The recipient of the 3rd John A. Koveleski Award for Professional Development is Anthea Hon, BAppSc (MRS) DiagRad M MagResTech, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, for her abstract and poster titled: The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Diabetic-Related Foot Osteomyelitis
(link to bio)

Left to right: Jennifer Olson, ISMRM Associate Executive Director and SMRT liaison chats with Membership Committee Chair, Scott Dunn and former Policy Board Member David Stanley at the poster reception.



Left to right:  Policy Board Member, Helle Juhl Simonsen; Annual Meeting Program Chair, Barry Southers; former Policy Board Member, Titti Owman, Boel Hansson and Johanna Wiksten at the poster reception.

Left to right: Carol Lee, Heidi Berns, Maureen Ainslie and Bobbie Burrow enjoy a reunion at the poster reception.



Attendees listen to the poster presentations.

Poster presentations attracted many listeners.



The poster presentations encourage discussion among the attendees.

Left to right:  Greg Golsch, Amanda Golsch, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR) who received the 3rd Place Clinical Focus Award for her paper, and Policy Board Member James Stuppino, B.S.,R.T.(R)(MR).



Left to right: SMRT Secretary Cindy Hipps; former Policy Board Member Donna O’Brien;
invited speakers Paul Arthur Bottomley, Ph.D. and Robert V. Mulkern, Jr., Ph.D.

SMRT PRESIDENT ELECT,
Maureen N. Hood, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(MR),R.N., FSMRT (left) shares a moment with immediate PAST PRESIDENT, Vera Kimbrell, B.S.,R.T. (R)(MR)
 

Oral Proffered Paper Award Presentation
 Those individuals who were selected for oral papers were recognized during the award presentations.

Shawna Farquharson, B.Sc., M.Sc. received the President’s Award for the most outstanding Proffered Paper: Whole Brain Tractography Mapping Reveals AbnormalStructural Connections in Neuronal Heterotopia
(link to bio)
Tomoka Doi, B.Sc., R.T. received the 1st Place Research Focus Award for her work: Discrimination of Various Calcium Compounds using Phase Images
of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Sandra van den Berg, R.T. (MR) received the 2nd Place Research Focus Award for her work: 2D T1-weighted TSE vs. 3D Merge in Carotid Artery Wall Imaging
Renee Hill, R.T. received the 3rd Place Research Focus Award for her work: Investigation of Spin-Echo T1 Contrast at 3T using 32-Channel Coil

Ian Simcock, B.Sc. (Hons.) received the 1st Place Clinical Focus Award for: Dixon Imaging of the Bone Marrow in Whole Body MRI
Kimberley Krueger, B.Sc., R.T. (MR) received the 2nd Place Clinical Focus Award for: Susceptibility Weighted Imaging: Clinical Significance and Limitations

Scott Dunn accepting for Amanda Golsch, B.S., R.T. (R)(MR) who received the 3rd Place Clinical Focus Award for:
The Electronic Medical Record: An Innovative Approach to Ensuring MRI Safety