ISMRM SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ~ 5-8 September 2012
 

MR Safety in Practice: Now & In the Future
Lund, Sweden

 

PROGRAM


  DAY 1 - Wednesday, 5 September 2012  
14:00-17:00 Registration & Speaker upload, Lund University Hospital, outside Auditorium Area  
     

  DAY 2 - Thursday, 6 September 2012  
06:30-17:00 Registration & Speaker upload available  
08:15 Welcome  
     
  Session 1: Basic MR-Safety
Moderator: Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
 
08:30 Static Magnetic Field John F. Schenck, M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA
09:00 Time-Varying Gradient Field Donald W. McRobbie, Ph.D.
Charing Cross Hospital
London, England, UK
09:30 Radio-Frequency Field J. Thomas Vaughan, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
     
10:00 Poster Session 1 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available)
 
  Evaluation of EM Simulations of RF Heating using Thermal Simulations
 
Mélina Bouldi, Ph.D.Cand.
Grenoble Institute Neurosciences
La Tronche, France
  An Optically Powered Toroidal Current Sensor for RF Safety Monitoring
 
Maryam Etezadi-Amoli, M.Sc.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
  Experimental Evaluation of RF Shield at 1.5 Tesla MRI Krzysztof R. Gorny, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
  Prediction Mapping of RF Burning: Demonstration by Using a Phantom with an Elaborated Set-Up of an RF Resonant Loop Tohru Yamamoto, Ph.D.
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
 
     
  Session 2: MR-Safety Standards & Guidelines
Moderator: Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
 
10:45 Standards & Guidelines in North America Terry O. Woods, Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA
11:05 Standards & Guidelines in the European Union Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK
11:25 MR Safety Standard IEC 60601-2-33 Update Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany
     
  Session 3: Safe Clinical Practice
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D.
 
11:45 Contrast Agents Emanuel Kanal, M.D., F.A.C.R.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
12:30 Lunch & Speaker upload available  
     
  Session 3 (continued): Safe Clinical Practice
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D.
 
     
13:45 Acoustic Noise
 
David L. Price, M.Sc.
UCLH NHS Trust
London, England, UK
14:15 Making Your MR-Dept Safe  Anne Marie Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
14:45 3T Safety in Practice William Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA
     
  Oral Session 1 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D.
 
15:20 Safety Considerations in Hybrid Imaging: Whole Body Radiation Exposure During PET/MR Examination Set Ups Anna Barnes, Ph.D.
University College London Hospital
London, England, UK
15:30 Predicting Long-term Temperature Increase from Time-Dependent SAR Levels with a Single Short-Term Temperature Response Giuseppe Carluccio, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY, USA
15:40 Ferromagnetic Metal Detection Before MRI in Clinical Practice Andreas Heinrich, Ph.D.
University Hospital Jena
Jena, Germany
15:50 Quantitative Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Stray Static Magnetic Fields from MRI Devices in Clinical & Research Environments Kristel Schaap, M.Sc.
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
     
16:00 Poster Session 2 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available)
 
  Detection of Ferromagnetic Implants using a Ferromagnetic Detection System: Implications for Patient Screening Prior to MRI Mark N. Keene, Ph.D.
Metrasens Ltd.
Malvern, England, UK
  Magnetic Resonance Safety Procedure - A Training Program for Research Students Helle J. Simonsen, M.R.T.
Glostrup Hospital
Glostrup, Denmark
  Maintaining Safety Standards in the Intra-Operative MRI ( i-MRI ) Tong-Khee Tan, F.R.C.A.
Singapore
  The Methods to Improve Occupational Well-Being in MRI Units Maria Tiikkaja, M.Sc.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Helsinki, Finland
     
  Session 4: Vendors’ Point of View: Current & Future MR-Safety Challenges & Solutions
(no CME/CE available)

Moderator: Donald W. McRobbie, Ph.D.
16:45 GE Healthcare Daniel J. Schaefer, Ph.D.
GE Healthcare
Milwaukee, WI, USA
16:55 Philips Johan S. van den Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Meteren, The Netherlands
17:05 Siemens Georg Frese
Siemens AG
Erlangen, Germany
17:15 Discussion with Company Representatives  
17:45 Introduction: Visiting Kulturen  
18:30 Welcome Reception & Dinner at Kulturen (Open-Air Museum)  
     

  Day 3 – Friday, 7 September 2012  
07:00-17:00 Registration & Speaker upload available  
     
  Session 5: Safety Issues at Ultra-High Fields (UHF)
Moderator: Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
 
08:30 Physics - permission withheld Thoralf Niendorf, Ph.D.
Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, Germany
09:00 Physiology John F. Schenck, M.D., Ph.D.
GE Corporate R & D Center
Schenectady, NY, USA
09:30 RF Patient Safety in Parallel Transmission Ingmar Graesslin, Dipl.Ing.
Philips Technologie GmbH
Innovative Technologies, Research Laboratories
Hamburg, Germany
     
  Oral Session 2 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
 
10:00 Transceiver Array: Multiplex Multiband RF Pulses for SAR Control Hoby P. Hetherington, Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
10:10 Efficiency & SAR in RF Shimming of the Inductively Decoupled Transceiver Array
 
Jullie W. Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
10:20 Impedance Measurements to Quantify Coupling to Wires Christopher Ellenor, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
     
10:30 Poster Session 3 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available)
 
  Passive Implant Artefact Measurement using the Susceptibility Artefact Measurement Toolbox (SAM) Andreas Heinrich, Ph.D.
University Hospital Jena
Jena, Germany
  Transient Temperature Predictions for Passive Conductive Devices in 1.5T & 3.0T Magnetic Resonance Systems Using COMSOL Multiphysics® & Validated with Experimentally Measured Values in an ASTM F2182 Phantom Alan R. Leewood, Ph.D.
MED Institute Inc.
West Lafayette, IN, USA
  MRI-Induced Tissue Heating Around Metallic Cerclages Norbert Leitgeb, Ph.D.
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
  Reduction of Electric Field & SAR using a High Dielectric Material in 3T Head Imaging Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA
     
  Session 6: MR-Safety for Implants
Moderator: William Faulkner, B.S. R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
 
11:00 MR Safety Implants Overview Gregor Schaefers, Dipl.Ing.(FH)
MR:comp GmbH
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
11:40 MRI Standards Regarding Implants;
Fixed Parameter Option: Limiting MRI Scanner
Michael C. Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Toshiba Medical Research Institute
Beachwood, OH, USA
12:20 MR Conditional Pacemaker Eva Clausson, MSc.
Medtronic AB
Kista, Sweden
12:35 Practical Conditions Scanning Pacemakers Daniel J. Wilson, Ph.D.
St. James’s Institute of Oncology
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
13:00 Lunch & Speaker upload available  
     
  Session 7: MR-Safety for Implants Continues
Moderator: Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
 
14:00 Practical Experience/Clinical Needs Mark J. White, Ph.D.
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
London, England, UK
14:20 Neurostimulators & MRI: Industry Insights Heather D. Orser, Ph.D.
Medtronic, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN, USA
14:45 Neurostimulators & fMRI: Industry Insights Ingmar Viohl, Ph.D.
St. Judes Medical
Plano, TX, USA
     
  Oral Session 3 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
 
15:10 Evaluation of the Proposed MR Fixed Parameter Option for Scanning AIMDs
 
Johan S. van den Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Best, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
15:20 Analysis of MRI Safety Event: Lessons Learned & Clinical Practice Changes Implemented Robert E. Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
     
15:30 Poster Session 4 & Coffee Break
(no CME/CE available)
 
  Improved Compressed Sensing Reconstruction for Rapid Proton Resonance Frequency Shift Temperature Mapping Christopher M. Collins, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
  Tissue Heating & the Specific Absorption Ratio (SAR) in Magnetic Resonance Experiments Michael O. Dada, M.Tech., B.Tech.
Federal University of Technology
Minna, Nieger State, Nigeria
  Analysis of Conservative & Magnetically Induced Electric Fields Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA
  MR Induced DBS Heating in a Gel Phantom at 3T Greger Orädd, Ph.D.
Umeå University
Umeå, Sweden
     
  Session 8: Examining the Anaesthetized Patient
Moderator: Sven E. Ekholm, M.D., Ph.D.
 
16:00 Intensive Care Patients - permission withheld Peter Reinstrup, M.D., Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden
16:20 Pediatric Patients Ihab Ayad, M.D.
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
16:40 Testing Necessary Equipment in a Clinical Environment Johan Olsrud, Ph.D.
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden
17:00 The Use of Ferrodetection Systems for MRI Screening William Faulkner, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(CT)
William Faulkner & Associates, LLC
Chattanooga, TN, USA
19:00 Course dinner  – Academic Students Club (AF)  
     

  Day 4 – Saturday, 8 September 2012  
07:00 Registration & Speaker upload available  
     
  Session 9: Development of Safety Guidelines & Training Procedures
Moderator: Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D.
08:30 Occupational Exposure, Metrology - permission withheld Bernd Ittermann, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
09:00 Occupational Exposure to EM fields in MRI Exams; IT’IS study Myles H. Capstick, Ph.D.
IT’IS Foundation
Zurich, Switzerland
09:30 Medical Physics Experts; What’s Needed Jeffrey W. Hand, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Imperial College London
London, England, UK
     
  Oral Session 4 – Proffered Papers
Moderator: Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D.
 
10:00 Comparison of Temperature Mapping Method using CSI & PRF in MRI Bu Park, Ph.D.
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA
10:10 New Insights into Local & Global Temperature Responses in Swine Due to High Level RF Exposure by a Whole Body Resonator at 123MHz - permission withheld Gerhard Brinker, Dipl.-Phys.
Siemens Healthcare
Erlangen, Germany
10:20 High Level RF Exposure of Swine by Whole Body Resonator Operating at 123MHz – Are there Suitable Parameters to Define a Threshold for Acute Tissue Damage? - permission withheld Gisela Stoltenburg-Didinger, Ph.D.
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
10:30 Coffee Break & Speaker upload available  
     
  Session 10: EC-Directive, Background & Current Status
Moderator: Freddy Ståhlberg, Ph.D.
 
11:00 Current Status of EU EMF Directive Stephen F. Keevil, Ph.D.
Guy’s & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK
11:20 Current Status of ICNIRP Guidelines Maila Hietanen, Ph.D.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Helsinki, Finland
11:35 Practical & Clinical Studies Lars G. Hanson, Ph.D.
Danish Research Center for MR
Hvidovre, Denmark
11:50 Impact on MR Healthcare & Research Stephane Lehéricy, M.D., Ph.D.
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France
12:10 Impact on MR Industry Johan S. van den Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Best, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
12:30 Round-Table Discussion  
13:00 Summary & Adjourn  
13:15 Boxed Lunch  
     

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