Advanced Course of MR Mammography

Advanced Course of MR Mammography
Saturday, March 28, 2009 - Sunday, March 29, 2009
Boston, MA

MEETING SPONSOR:
Medical Education Resources
1500 West Canal Court
Littleton, CO 80120-5615
Toll-Free (800) 421-3756
(303) 798-9682
FAX (303) 798-5731
Email: info@mer.org
Website: http://www.mer.org

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Hyatt Regency Boston
1 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
617-912-1234
FAX 617-451-2198
Website: regencyboston.hyatt.com

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
After the basic course, Principles of MR Mammography, this new and totally different advanced training course, Advanced Course of MR Mammography was established. This conference is targeted to radiologists who have acquired their first experiences and now want to refresh and improve their knowledge. This course consists of intensive lectures and especially interactive training in detail. Out of a total of more than 14,000 cases selected over the past two decades, attendees will analyze carefully selected and histologically proven cases under the guidance of Dr. Werner Kaiser. By this reality training all aspects of diagnosis, differential diagnosis and pitfalls will be discussed.

A hands-on workstation and Biopsy Coils will be available.

Upon completion of this program you should know:

- Advantages of MR-Mammography (MRM)
- Disadvanteges of MRM
- Differentiation between benign and malignant lesions
- Tumor angiogenesis
- Tumor doubling time
- Detectability threshold of MRM
- DCIS in MRM
- Chemotherapy in MRM
- In-Flow-Phenomenon
- Effect of menstruation on MRM
- Effect of bleeding
- Effect of hormones
- Differentiation between vessels and lesions
- Definition of malignancy
- Pathological requirements
- Effect of field strength
- Detection of motions
- Clarification by phone
- Preparation for MRM
- Avoiding motion artifacts
- Breast coil quality
- Positioning
- Detection of ferromagnetic implants
- Optimized scan protocol
- Scan orientation
- Optimized echo time
- Detection of tuning parameters
- Role of T2-weighted images
- Effect of dosage
- Normal enhancement
- Security fat line
- Lesion analysis according to shape, margins, internal architecture, septations, distribution, kinetic signal changes
- Localization of a lesion
- Differentiation of vessels
- Advantages and disadvantages of kinetics
- Nipple enhancement
- Loading time
- Diagnostic pitfalls
- Differentiation of fibroadenomas
- Detection of oil cysts
- Cardiac edema
- Identification of a "cancer corner"
- Blooming sign
- Hook sign
- punched-out sign
- T2-Sign
- Edema signs
- Vessel sign
- Ecclipse sign
- Wash-Out-Phenomenon
- Effect of chemotherapy
- False negative results
- Differential diagnosis of unilateral oedema
- Lymph nodes
- Detection of scars
- Detection of radiation effects
- Differential diagnosis of implants and implant ruptures
- Description of lesions around implants
- Delineation of hormone effects
- Differential diagnosis of hormone effects/ DCIS
- Pitfalls in photographing
- "Interleaved measurement"
- Read-out-effect
- HF-artifacts
- Complete definition of malignancy
- Choice of "region of interest"
- Zooming effect
- Sensitivity and Specificity of MRM
- Role of DCIS
- Classification of DCIS
- Multifocality of DCIS
- Pattern of DCIS in MRM
- Differential diagnosis of DCIS/hormone effect
- Comparison of different MRM techniques

INSTRUCTORS:
Kaiser

CME HOURS: 15

LECTURE TOPICS:
Mammography/Women's Imaging

ACTIVITIES: not listed