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 by Prof. Michel Osteaux at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 1991.

Head and Neck

Brussels (BE), 23-27 January 2012

General Information

COURSE IS FULLY BOOKED!

ORGANISERS
M. Lemort, S. Louryan (Brussels, BE)

LANGUAGE
The course language is English

CONTACT
Course secretariat:
Mrs. Catherine Tilmant
Laboratoire d’Anatomie et Embryologie, ULB Faculté de Médecine
Route de Lennik 808, cp 619
B 1070 BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Phone : +32 2 5556376 Fax : +32 2 5556378
Mail address : labo@ulb.ac.be

VENUE:

University Campus of the Faculty of Medicine, ULB

Faculty

Faculty
M. Becker (Geneva, CH)
A. Bernaerts (Antwerp, BE)
A.Borges (Lisbon, PT)
J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
C. Czerny (Vienna, AT)
B. De Foer (Antwerpen, BE)
I. Delpierre (Brussels, BE)
P. Emonts (Brussels, BE)
D. Farina (Brescia, IT)
T. Ferreira (Leiden, NL)
N. Frelina (Amsterdam, NL)
S. Gerevini (Milan, IT)
S.Golding (Oxford, UK)
R. Hermans (Leuven, BE)
H. Imhof (Vienna, AT)
M. Lemort (Brussels, BE)
S. Louryan (Brussels, BE)
Y. Lefebvre (Brussels, BE)
M. Mack (Frankfurt, DE)
V. Vandecaveye (Leuven, BE)
S. Sunaert (Leuven, BE)
A. Vanderstappen (Brussels, BE)
W. Van Es (Nieuwegein, NL)
F. Veillon (Strasbourg, FR)
R. Maroldi (Brescia, IT)

Programme

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
Monday, January 23, 2012

08 :30-09 :00  Registration
09 :00 Welcome address Introduction, course & workshop organization, M. Lemort, S. Louryan (Brussels, BE)
09 :15 MRI of the Head and Neck: basic technical requirements (coils, sequences, technique), J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
09 :45 Cranial nerves, from intra- to extracranial compartments: anatomy and MRI anatomy, S. Louryan (Brussels, BE)
10 :45 Pathology of the cranial nerves, emphazising the extracranial course, J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
11 :30 MRI of the eye and orbit, T. Ferreira (Leiden, NL)

13 :30 Skull base lesions, D. Farina (Brescia, IT)
14 :15, 15 :15, 16 :30 Workshop 1, 2, 3.
Workshop 1: Cranial nerves, Casselman/Lemort
Workshop 2: Eye and orbit, Czerny/Ferreira
Workshop 3: Skull base, Farina/Emonts
17 :30-18:00 : Temporo-mandibular joint, I.Delpierre (Brussels, BE)
18 :00 : end of sessions

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
09 :00 The nasopharynx and related deep spaces: compartimental anatomy and MR anatomy, M. Lemort (Brussels, BE)
09 :30 The nasopharynx and related deep spaces: pathology, J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
10 :30 The nose and paranasal sinuses: functional anatomy and sectional radio-anatomy,
C. Czerny (Vienna, AT)
11 :15 :The nose and paranasal sinuses: pathology, I. Delpierre (Brussels, BE)

13 :30 MRI of the salivary glands, N. Freling (Amsterdam, NL)
14 :15, 15 :15, 16 :30 Workshop 4, 5, 6
Workshop 4: Nasopharynx and related deep spaces, Vanderstappen/Casselman
Workshop 5: Nose and paranasal sinuses, Czerny/Lefebvre
Workshop 6: Salivary glands, Freling/Golding
17:30 – 18:00 Thyroid and parathyroids, H. Imhof (Vienna, AT)
18 :00 : end of sessions

18 :30-20 :00 Welcome drink and walking dinner with academic authorithies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and visit of the Museum of Medicine at the University Campus Anderlecht.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
09 :00 Oral cavity, sectional MR anatomy, A. Vanderstappen (Brussels, BE)
09 :30 Oral cavity and oropharynx : pathology,  A. Borges (Lisbon, PT)
10 :30 The larynx and hypopharynx: anatomy and MR sectional anatomy, R. Hermans (Leuven, BE)
11 :00 Larynx and hypopharynx: pathology, M. Becker (Geneva, CH)
11 :45 MRI of the thoracic outlet,  W. Van Es (Nieuwegein, NL)

12 :30 Lunch

13:45 MRI or CT for head and neck pathology: when and why? S.Golding (Oxford, UK)
14 :15, 15 :15, 16 :30 Workshop 7,8,9
Workshop 7: Oral cavity and oropharynx, Farina/Borges
Workshop 8: Larynx and hypopharynx, Becker/Hermans
Workshop 9: Thoracic outlet, Van Es/S. Gerevini
17:30 – 18:30 Imaging of post-treatment changes and value of PET/CT-MR in head & neck tumors, M. Becker (Geneva, CH)
18 :30 : end of sessions

20:00: Social dinner in Brussels (Restaurant Les Armes de Bruxelles, close to the Town Hall)

Thursday, January 26, 2012
09 :00 MRI of the inner ear, J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
09 :45 MRI of the petrous apex and facial nerve,   F. Veillon (Strasbourg, FR)
10 :45 MRI of the middle and external ear, B. De Foer (Antwerpen, BE)
11 :30 fMRI in the head & neck region, S. Sunaert (Leuven, BE)
13 :30, 14 :30, 15 :45 Workshop 10,11,12
Workshop 10: Inner ear, Casselman/Delpierre
Workshop 11: Petrous apex/VII, Beernaerts/Veillon
Workshop 12: Middle ear, DeFoer/Pouillon
16:45 – 17:15 Head & neck MR-angiography, M. Mack (Frankfurt, DE)
17:15 – 17:45 MR diffusion, Head & Neck applications, V. Vandecaveye (Leuven, BE)
17 :45 End of sessions

Friday, January 27, 2012
09:00 – 09:45 MRI for assessment of lymph nodes in the head & neck, R. Maroldi (Brescia, IT)
09:45 – 10:30 Pediatric head & neck MRI, J.W. Casselman (Brugge, BE)
10:45 – 11:30 MRI of soft tissue lesions of the neck, R. Maroldi (Brescia, IT)
11:30 – 12:00 Examination

13:15, 14 :15  Workshops 13 and 14
Workshop 13: Soft tissue lesions of the neck, lymph nodes, Mack/Maroldi
Workshop 14: Pediatric MRI, Casselman/DeFoer  
15:15 – 15:45 Interventional MRI, new developments, M. Mack (Frankfurt, DE)
16 :15 Examination answers
16:30 – 16:45 Certificates and closing remarks

Registration

Fill in the preregistration form in the preregistration section.

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