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.

MRI of the Joints (from finger to toe)

Brussels (BE), 16-20 January 2012

General Information

COURSE IS FULLY BOOKED!

ORGANISERS
M. Shahabpour (Brussels)

LANGUAGE
The course language is English
MODULE COORDINATORS
M. Shahabpour (Brussels), H. Bloem (Leiden), H. Imhof (Vienna), A.M. Davies (Birmingham) CONTACT
Walter Rijsselaere (cradrew@uzbrussel.be)
M.Shahabpour (Maryam.Shahabpour@uzbrussel.be)
Dept. of Radiology
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Laarbeeklaan 101
1090 Brussels
Belgium

VENUE:

EHSAL - HUB, Warmoesberg 43- 1000 Brussel

Faculty

International Faculty
Christian Glaser, NewYork,USA, Munich, DE
Christian Pfirrmann, Zurich, CH
Klaus Woertler, Munich, DE
Philip Robinson, Leeds, UK
Andrew Grainger, Leeds, UK
Apostolos Karantanas, Heraklion, GR
Jean-Luc Drapé, Paris, FR
Axel Stabler, Munich, DE
Milko de Jonge, Amsterdam, NL
Hans Bloem, Leiden, NL
Eva Llopis, Valencia, ES
Herwig Imhof, Vienna, AT
Mara Epermane, Riga, LV
Maria Tzalonikou, Athens, GR

National Faculty
Frederic Lecouvet
Filip Vanhoenacker
Patrick Omoumi
Jan Vandevenne
Michel DeMaeseneer
Pieter Van Dyck
Maryam Shahabpour


Programme


Monday January 16
08:30-09:00       Registration, morning coffee

09:00-09:15       Welcome, introduction, course and workshop organisation; Shahabpour, DeMaeseneer
09:15-10:00       Knee 1 Menisci & cruciate ligaments; Imhof
10:00-10.30       Knee 2 Collateral ligaments & posterior corners; DeMaeseneer

10:30-10:45       Coffee & tea break

10:45-11:30       Knee 3 Cartilage (new techniques, applications, postoperative); Glaser
11:30-12:00       Knee 4 Normal variants and Anatomical pittfalls; Van Dyck
12:00-12:30     Optimising protocols at 1.5 and 3T. Pitfalls, strengths and weaknesses; Glaser

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:45       Knee 5 Post-operative knee (menisci & ligaments); Vanhoenacker

14:45-17:00       Knee 6 Interactive teaching: Imhof, Glaser, Vanhoenacker, Tsalonikou,

De Maeseneer,Doering
17:00-17:30       Knee 7 Entrance Quiz (mandatory):  Boulet
17:30-19:00      Welcome reception

Tuesday January 17

09:00-09:30       Shoulder 1: Rotator cuff anatomy & pathology; Lecouvet
09:30-10:15       Shoulder 2: Joint anatomy, variants & instability; Woertler
10:15-10:45       Shoulder 3: Rotator interval & biceps tendon; Grainger

10:45-13:00       Shoulder 4 (+ knee): Interactive teaching: Woertler, Imhof, Grainger, Lecouvet, Van Dyck, De Maeseneer

13.00-14:00       Lunch

14:00-14:30       Shoulder 5: Postoperative shoulder; Woertler

14:30-16:45       Shoulder 6: Interactive teaching: Grainger (peripheral arthritis), Woertler, Omoumi, Vandevenne, Van Dyck, Doering
16:45-17:15       Peripheral arthritis; Grainger

17:15-17:45       Shoulder 7: How I do it; Grainger, Woertler, Omoumi, DeMaeseneer

Wednesday January 18

09:00-09:45       Ankle 1: tendon anatomy & pathology (incl postop); deJonge
09:45-10:30       Ankle 2: ligament anatomy & pathology (incl postop); Karantanas

10:30-12:45       Ankle 3: Interactive teaching: de Jonge, Karantanas, Vanhoenacker, Van Dyck, Tsalonikou, Epermane + Shahabpour
12:45-14:00       Lunch

14:00-14:30       Ankle 4: osteochondral lesions: MR & CTA; Karantanas
14:30-15:00       Ankle 5: Impingement syndromes; Robinson

15:00-17:15       Ankle & foot 6: Interactive teaching: Robinson, de Jonge, Stabler, Karantanas, Tsalonikou, Vanhoenacker
17:15-17:45       Foot 7: Anatomy & pathology; Stabler

17:45-18:00      Ankle & foot 8: How I do it; Stabler, Robinson, de Jonge (mod: Shahabpour)

18:15               Exhibition, musical aperitif & social dinner
 
Thursday January 19

09:00-09:30       Upper limb: compression syndromes; Drape
09:30-10:15       Wrist 1: Anatomy & pathology TFCC & ligaments; Shahabpour
10:15-10:45       Wrist 2: Overuse syndromes; Llopis

10:45-13:00       Wrist 3: Interactive teaching: Drape (with upper limb compression), Llopis, Robinson, Karantanas, deJonge, Shahabpour or Doering
13:00-14:00       Lunch

14:00-14:30       Hand & fingers; Drape

14:30-16:45       Elbow, hand & fingers, hip: Interactive teaching: Pfirrmann, Drape, Llopis, Bloem, De Maeseneer, Tsalonikou
16:45-17:15       Elbow 1: anatomy; Pfirrmann
17:15-17:45       Elbow 2: pathology; Pfirrmann
17:45-18:00      Wrist and Elbow: How I do it (contrast-enhanced MRI or MRA): Drape, Pfirrmann, Llopis (mod: Shahabpour)

Friday January 20

09:00-09:30       Hip1: Hip bone marrow edema & avascular necrosis; Bloem
09:30-10:00       Hip2: Hip intra-articular disorders; Pfirrmann
10:00-10:30       Hip3 & groin extra-articular disorders - sacro-iliac joints; Robinson

10:30-11:30-      Final test: Shahabpour - De Maeseneer

11:30-12:30       Correction final examination; M Shahabpour, M DeMaeseneer

12:30-14:00       Certificates & Farewell lunch


 

Registration

Registration closed - course fully booked

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