The Erasmus Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides education to European radiologists and medical practitioners who wish to use magnetic resonance imaging.
The course was founded in Brussels by Prof. Michel Osteaux in 1991.

Central Nervous System I

Leuven (BE), 4-8 June 2010

General Information

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
G.Wilms, Ph.Demaerel, S.Sunaert, H.Bosmans, U. Himmelreich, W.Van Hecke

LANGUAGE
The course language is English

CONTACT
Ingrid Fruyt, Dept of Radiology, UZ-Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium,+3216343781
ingrid.fruyt@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

MODULE COORDINATORS
Guido Wilms, Leuven, Rudiger von Kummer, Dresden, Frederik Barkhof, Amsterdam, Antonios Drevelegas, Thessaloniki, Tarek Yousri, London

ACCREDITATION
Accreditations requested from EACCME

VENUE
The course will take place at the “Convent van Chičvres”, Groot Begijnhof 39 in Leuven, which is part of the “Faculty Club” (www.facultyclub.be) with the neighbouring hotel “Begijnhof Congreshotel” (www.bchotel.be).

Faculty

F. Barkhof - Amsterdam (NL)
F. Bonneville - Toulouse (FR)
J. Casselman - Brugge (BE)
P. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
A. Drevelegas - Thessaloniki (GR)
U. Himmelreich - Leuven (BE)
B. Ostertun - Osnabrück (DE)
O. Ozsarlak - Antwerpen (B)
P. Parizel - Antwerpen (BE)
S. Sunaert - Leuven (Belgium)
M. Thurnher - Vienna (AT)
W. Van Hecke - Antwerpen-Leuven (BE)
R. von Kummer - Dresden (DE)
M.P. Wattjes - Amsterdam (NL)
G.Wilms - Leuven (B)
T. Yousry - London (UK)

Programme

Friday June 4, 2010
TECHNIQUE AND ANATOMY
Plenary sessions
08.15 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome, teaching goals. G.Wilms - Leuven (BE)
09.15 - 10.15 A reminder of the main imaging sequences. W. Van Hecke - Antwerpen-Leuven (B)
10.15 - 11.00 Imaging protocols of the brain. Philippe Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.00 Principles of image interpretation. G. Wilms - Leuven (BE)
12.00 - 13.00 Anatomy of the brain. T. Yousry - London (UK)
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 Functional MRI. S. Sunaert - Leuven (BE)
14.45 - 15.30 DWI, DTI – technique ad white matter tracts. S. Sunaert - Leuven (BE)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.45 MR Angiography. Techniques and indications. Oskan Ozsarlak - Antwerpen (BE)
16:45 - 17:30 MRI of vascular malformations. G. Wilms – Leuven (BE)
19:00 Social Event: Welcome reception

Saturday June 5, 2010
VASCULAR AND WHITE MATTER DISEASE
Plenary sessions
9.00 - 9.45 MRI of brain ischemia. R. von Kummer - Dresden (DE)
9.45 - 10.30 MRI of toxic and metabolic diseases in the adult. Philippe Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 Carotid and vertebral artery disease. R. von Kummer - Dresden (DE)
11.45 - 12.30 MRI of cerebral infections- bacterial and funga.l M. Thurnher - Vienna (AT)
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.15 White matter disease. F. Barkhof - Amsterdam (NL)
14:15 - 15:00 Neuroimaging of viral infections and AIDS. M. Thurnher - Vienna (AT)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
Parallel workshops
15.00 - 17.00 Interactive case reading sessions
White matter disease - Barkhof
Infections - Thurnher
Vascular – von Kummer

Sunday June 6, 2010
NEOPLASTIC DISEASE
Plenary sessions
09.00 - 09.45 MRI of epileptic disorders B Ostertun - Osnabrück (DE)
9.45 - 10.30 Intra-axial tumours G Wilms - Leuven (BE)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 Extra-axial tumours A. Drevelegas - Thessaloniki (GR)
11.45 - 12.30 Perfusion MRI Stefan Sunaert - Leuven (BE)
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.15 MRI of the sellar and parasellar lesions F.Bonneville - Toulouse (FR)
14.15 - 15.00 MRI of CSF flow disturbance F. Barkhof - Amsterdam (NL)
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
Parallel workshops
15.30 - 17.30 Interactive case reading sessions
Tumors - Drevelegas
Sella - Bonneville
Epilepsy - Ostertun

Monday June 7, 2010
HAEMORHAGE, SKULL BASE AND TRAUMA
Plenary sessions
9.00 - 9.45 Brain Trauma P. Parizel - Antwerpen (BE)
9.45 - 10.30 Diseases of the skull base J.Casselman Brugge (BE)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 Ageing and dementia MP Wattjes –Amsterdam (NL)
11.45 - 12.30 Intracranial haemorrhage P. Parizel – Antwerp (BE)
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.15 NMR spectroscopy Uwe Himmelreich – Leuven (BE)
14:15 - 14:45 Coffee Break
Parallel workshops
14.45 - 16.30 Interactive case reading sessions
Dementia - Wattjes
Skull base - Casselman
Trauma and bleeding - Parizel
19.00 - 23.00 Social event - dinner at the Faculty Club

Tuesday June 8, 2009
09.00 - 11.00 Examination and corrections
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.15 New developments in brain MRI – high field and parallel imaging? MP Wattjes-Amsterdam (NL)
12.15 - 13.00 Closure, best student award and certificate of merit
13.00 - 13.30 Lunch

 

Registration

Please note that your registration will only be final after payment of the registration fee, which amounts to 650 euro for established radiologists and 400 euro for residents in training (please provide written certification).

 

Payment can be done by bank transfer into the bank account number 330-0005755-86:

Name of the bank:      ING BANK

Address of the bank:   Bondgenotenlaan 31, 3000 Leuven (Belgium)

IBAN:                        BE78 3300 0057 5586

BIC/SWIFT:                BBRUBEBB

Important: Please make sure to mention following structured communication: ***999/9000/63373***.

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