"SMRT: A Silver Anniversary Celebrating Golden Ideas"
Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
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SMRT Poster Walking Tour & Reception: Friday, 06 May 2016, 18:00-20:00
07:45
Welcome & Announcements
James Stuppino, B.S., R.T.
(R)(MR), SMRT President 2016-2017
Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T. (R)(MR), SMRT Program Chair 2016
Forum 1:
MSK
Moderator: Rhonda
Walcarius, B.Sc., MRT(R)(MR)
08:00
Can Imaging Predict Return to Play?
Hollis Potter, M.D.
08:30
MRI of the Shoulder for
Technologists
Lynne Steinbach, M.D.
09:00
Philips Diamond Sponsor Presentation: Scanning Patients with MR Conditional Implants
Marius van Meel BSc, R.T. (MR)
09:10
MSK MRI Protocols
Garry E. Gold, M.D.
09:40
Break
Forum 2:
Advances in Hardware &
Software
Moderator: Julie Strandt-Peay, BSM, R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
09:55
Understanding MRI RF Coils Inside and Out
Michael Noseworthy, Ph.D.
10:25
Understanding and Selecting MR Coils
Greg Brown, A.Dip.Rad.Tech.
10:55
Neonatal MR Imaging: Expanding the Diversity of Imaging Through Innovation
Michael Kean, R.T., FSMRT
11:25
SMRT Annual Business
Meeting
(no CE credit)
11:55
Lunch
Forum 3:
Proffered Papers: Research Focus
Moderator: Megan Cromer, Ph.D., B.App.Sc.(Hons)
12:55
President痴 Award:
Reproducibility Technique to Successfully Implement Magnetic
Resonance Elastography of the Brain in Routine Clinical Protocol
Karla Epperson, (R)(MR)
13:15
1st Place
Research Focus Award:
Correction of B0-Susceptibility Induced Distortion Using
Paraffin In Brain Diffusion Weighted Imaging
(no CE
credit)
Jun Seok Yang
13:25
2nd Place
Research Focus Award:
Audio-Visual (AV) Biofeedback Guided Breath Hold MRI
Improves Lung Tumour Inter-fraction Position Reproducibility
(no CE
credit)
Jameen Arm, MMRT(R)(CT)(ARRT)
13:35
3rd Place
Research Focus Award:
Pre-operative Planning of Breast Reconstruction with Deep
Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: Potential of
Non-contrast Enhanced MRA
(no CE
credit)
Tanja Haas, R.T.
13:45
10 minute break
to transfer to parallel session rooms
Forum 4
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1
Advanced MRI Techniques
Moderator: Anne Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
Management and Education in MRI
Moderator: Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T.(R)(MR)
13:55
High Intensity
Focused Ultrasound within the MRI Suite
Pejman
Ghanouni, M.D., Ph.D.
13:55
How Can EMR
Assist Technologists with MRI Safety?
Vera Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
14:35
MRI Guided Right
Heart Catheterization
Kendall O達rien, B.A.
14:35
When Throughput Affects Patient Care: How to Improve Your Numbers Without Compromising Care
Chris Kokkinos, B.App.Sc., PgCert, MRI
15:15
Comparisons and
Contrasts Between PET/CT and PET/MRI
John Totman, DCR (R), M.Sc., Ph.D.
15:15
How to Get
Students Engaged and Active in the
Clinical Site
Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T. (R)(MR)
15:45
Break
Forum 5:
How To Get a Better Body: Body Imaging
Moderator: Jeff Jahn, BAS, R.T.(R)(MR)
16:00
MRI Guided Prostate
Biopsy
Anna Simeonov, M.Sc.,
R.T.(R)(MR)
16:40
Implementation of Whole Body MR into Routine Pediatric Clinical Practice
Michael Kean, R.T., FSMRT
17:20
Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Richard Ehman, M.D.
18:00
Announcements/Adjourn
19:00
SMRT Annual Meeting Welcome Reception:
South Beach Hotel, A La Carte Ballroom, 30 Beach Road
07:45
Welcome & Announcements
James Stuppino, B.S., R.T.
(R)(MR), SMRT President 2016-2017
Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T.(R)(MR), SMRT Program Chair 2016
Forum 6:
Imaging Methodology
Moderator: Amanda Hunt, Dip.App.Sc.(MRT)(MRI)
08:00
Methods of Imaging Near Metal Implants
Brian Hargreaves, Ph.D.
08:30
Methods to Address Motion
During Imaging
Julian Maclaren, Ph.D.
09:00
Imaging Nightmares: How To Solve Imaging Catastrophies
Ben Kennedy, B.App.Sc., Mst(MRI)
09:30
Break
Forum 7
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2
Research and Veterinary Imaging
Moderator: Amanda Golsch, MBA, R.T.(R)(MR)
Students and New
Techs Session
Moderator: Vera Kimbrell, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
09:45
Large & Small
Animal Imaging: The Basics of Room Set-Up and
Hardware
James Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
09:45
MRI Physics for
Technologists
Catherine Moran, Ph.D.
10:25
Therapeutic use of MRI with Stereotactic Radiosurgery
James Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
10:25
Pediatric Body MR
Imaging: Challenges and Strategies for Success
Hansel J. Otero, M.D.
11:05
Development &
Advances in Veterinary Quality Research
James Stuppino, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)
11:05
Image Quality
Adrienne Campbell-Washburn, Ph.D.
11:45
Lunch
Forum 8:
Proffered Papers: Clinical Focus
Moderator: Shawna Farquharson, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. App.
12:45
1st Place
Clinical Focus Award:
The Utility of Interactive MRI for Fetal and Neonatal
Imaging
(no CE
credit)
Ilse Patterson
12:55
2nd Place
Clinical Focus Award:
Optimized Acquisition of Ultra-High Diffusion Weighted
Imaging of the
Prostate
(no CE
credit)
Ben Allen Kennedy, B.App.Sc., Mst (MRI)
13:05
3rd Place
Clinical Focus Award:
MRI of Morton痴 Neuroma ? Mulder痴 Compression Technique
Adapted to MRI For Improved Lesion Conspicuity
(no CE
credit)
Soo Lee Linda Lim, (MMagResonTech)
13:15
SMRT Awards Presentation
(no CE credit)
Forum 9:
Neuro Forum
Moderator: Kendra Huber, B.S., R.T.(R)(M)(CT)(MR)
13:45
Measuring Cerebral
Perfusion Using MRI
Fernando Calamante, Ph.D.
14:15
Principles & Practical Applications of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI)
Shawna Farquharson, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. App.
14:45
Gadolinium Deposition in
Brain Tissues Post Contrast Enhanced MRI Exams
Greg Brown,
A.Dip.Rad.Tech.
15:15
Break
Forum 10:
Breast Imaging
Moderator: Anne Sawyer, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR), FSMRT
15:30
MR Guided Breast Biopsy
Elizabeth Sutton, M.D.,
C.M.
16:00
Advanced Acquisitions in Breast MRI
Catherine Moran, Ph.D.
16:30
MR Imaging of Breast Implants
Jamie Ho, MMagResonTech
17:00
Closing Remarks/Adjourn