Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular MR

Course Overview

This two-and-a-half-day course is designed to optimize clinical practice skills by providing intense training in interpreting cardiac MR examinations under the supervision of expert faculty.
Participants will use a FujiPACS workstations and have access to over 50 cardiac MR and vascular MR Angiography cases for review. Post-processing techniques and interpretation will be emphasized. The course also covers technical considerations for obtaining optimal examinations for interpretation.

Objectives

Improve understanding of:
1. Normal cardiovascular anatomy and normal anatomic variants.
2. The spectrum of ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, including function, rest and stress perfusion and viability.
3. Evaluation of pericardial constriction, cardiac masses, valvular disease, pulmonary veins and cardiac shunts.
4. New techniques such as Coronary MR Angiography and assessment of area at risk and myocardial edema with T2W imaging.
5. Vascular MRA including: Aorta, renal, carotid, visceral and peripheral vessels
6. Imaging manifestations of cardiovascular disease, and the complementary role of MRI to echocardiography, CT and cardiac catheterization in therapeutic decision-making.
7. The technical basis of cardiovascular MRI, including hardware requirements, sequence selection and optimization, and technical limitations.
8. Post-processing techniques for functional, flow and angiographic evaluation.
9. Provide a forum for sharing knowledge of ongoing technical and clinical developments in the field of Cardiovascular MRI.