WORKSHOP INFORMATION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ultra-Low Field MRI Applications in Neurological Care and Neuroimaging Practice
Expert Faculty: Laszlo Mechtler, MD, FAAN, FEAN, FASN, FAHS and Madhureeta Achari, MD, FAAN, FTNS
ASN-led ultra-low field MRI education program designed to provide high-quality educational training for a limited number of participants. This initiative will focus on advancing knowledge and practical understanding of ultra-low field MRI applications in neurological care and neuroimaging practice.
The majority of the agenda will be based on case-based learning with portable MRI in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Other topics to be discussed include IAC MRI Accreditation, ASN Neuroimaging Certification Requirements, Definition of Portable MRI Scanner, Portable MRI Safety, Technical Staff Requirements, Portable MRI Staffing, Additional Requirements, and Value Proposition with Portable MRI. Attendees will earn 7 CME Credits.
Registration is limited.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CT Workshop
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Explain how attenuation, Hounsfield units, and window settings determine what is visible on CT, and state the
dose considerations for repeat imaging. (Bloom: Understand)
2. Perform a systematic review of a noncontrast head CT using a fixed seven-step checklist. (Bloom: Apply)
3. Select noncontrast CT, contrast-enhanced CT, CT angiography, CT venography, or CT perfusion for a stated
clinical question, and state the contraindications to iodinated contrast. (Bloom: Apply)
4. Distinguish artifact, normal variant, and expected postoperative change from acute pathology on noncontrast CT.
(Bloom: Analyze)
5. Interpret CT angiography and CT perfusion in acute stroke, including occlusion site, collateral grade, core and
penumbra, and the acquisition errors that invalidate perfusion maps. (Bloom: Analyze)
6. Judge when CT has answered the clinical question and when MRI or catheter angiography is required. (Bloom:
Evaluate)
Registration is limited.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Delphi Workshop I
Registration is limited.
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Eli Lilly Florbetapir Reader Training
Registration is limited.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Delphi Workshop II
Registration is limited.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
MRI Workshop
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Screen a patient and an implanted device for MRI safety, and state the response to a projectile event, a burn, and
a cardiac arrest in the MRI suite. (Bloom: Apply)
2. Identify T1, T2, FLAIR, diffusion-weighted imaging with ADC, gradient echo or susceptibility-weighted imaging,
and post-gadolinium T1 on sight, and state what each sequence shows. (Bloom: Understand)
3. Construct a focused protocol for stroke, seizure, suspected mass, suspected infection, and cord compression, and
state whether gadolinium is required. (Bloom: Apply)
4. Interpret diffusion with ADC in ischemia, including shine-through and pseudonormalization, and date
hemorrhage using T1, T2, and susceptibility. (Bloom: Analyze)
5. Use enhancement pattern together with diffusion to separate abscess, necrotic tumor, demyelination, and
subacute infarct. (Bloom: Analyze)
6. Recognize an artifact-degraded or nondiagnostic study and decide whether to repeat, add a sequence, or move
to CT. (Bloom: Evaluate)
Registration is limited.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Eli Lilly Florbetapir F 18 Quantification Training
Registration is limited.
