MRI of the Central Nervous System I: Brain
Leuven (BE), November 29 – December 3, 2021
General Information
COURSE FULLY BOOKED
MODULE AND PROGRAMME COORDINATOR
Ph. Demaerel (Leuven, BE)
LOCAL ORGANISERS
Ph. Demaerel, J. Lambert, S. Cappelle, B. Verhaaren (Leuven, BE)
LANGUAGE
The course language is English
SCIENTIFIC CONTACT
Prof. Dr. Philippe Demaerel
Department of Radiology
University Hospitals Leuven
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven, Belgium
Phone: 0032 16 34 04 91
Philippe.Demaerel@uzleuven.be
LOCAL SECRETARIAT
Mrs. Monika Philips
Phone: 0032 16 34 77 66
Fax: 0032 16 34 37 69
Monika.Philips@uzleuven.be
VENUE:
Convent van Chièvres - Faculty Club, Groot Begijnhof 14, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
REGISTRATION FEE:
until 15/09/2021
certified radiologist/specialist: 800 €
resident (certified by head of department): 650 €
after 15/09/2021
certified radiologist/specialist: 900 €
resident (certified by head of department): 750 €
The registration fee covers lectures and workshops, coffee breaks, lunches, welcome reception, cocktail party, digital syllabus, certificate of attendance and diploma.
REGISTRATION:
The number of participants is limited. Participation will be processed on a first come first served basis.
To register, please go to the preregistration area at www.emricourse.org
Payment details will follow by e-mail after pre-registration. Your registration will be definitive and confirmed upon receipt of the fee.
Please note that all bank costs are at the expense of the participant and should be paid in addition to the registration fee.
Cancellations received before 18/10/2021 will receive full refund. No refund is possible for cancellations received on or after 18/10/21.
ACCREDITATION:
An application will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).
Faculty
Joanna Bladowska (Poland)
Fabrice Bonneville (France)
Sarah Cappelle (Belgium)
Jan Casselman (Belgium)
Philippe Demaerel (Belgium)
Robert Forbrig (Germany)
Elke Gizewski (Austria)
Sven Haller (Switzerland)
Julie Lambert (Belgium)
Thomas Liebig (Germany)
Jennifer Linn (Germany)
Frederick J.A. Meijer (The Netherlands)
Christoph Stippich (Switzerland)
Majda M. Thurnher (Austria)
Horst Urbach (Germany)
Luc Van den Hauwe (Belgium)
Benjamin Verhaaren (Belgium)
Meike Vernooij (The Netherlands)
Programme
Monday November 29
08.00-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
09.15-10.15 Advanced neuroimaging (part 1)
S. Haller - Geneva (CH)
10.15-11.00 Magnetic resonance neuroanatomy (part 1)
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.00 Magnetic resonance neuroanatomy (part 2)
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
12.00-12.45 Advanced neuroimaging (part 2)
C. Stippich - Zurich (CH)
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Principles of image interpretation
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
14.45-15.30 MR arteriography and venography: applications
B. Verhaaren - Leuven (BE)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.45 Movement disorders
F.J.A. Meijer - Nijmegen (NL)
17:15-19:15 Welcome reception
Tuesday November 30
09.00-09.45 Stroke and mimics
J. Lambert - Leuven (BE)
09.45-10.30 Diseases of the orbit
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 Demyelinating white matter lesions - differential diagnosis
S. Cappelle - Leuven (BE)
11.45-12.30 Autoimmune brain diseases
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Vascular white matter disease & microbleeds
J. Linn - Dresden (DE)
14.15-15.00 Hydrocephalus
J. Bladowska - Wroclaw (PL)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
Parallel workshops (4x40’)
15.30-18.10 Interactive case reading sessions
Vascular white matter disease - Linn
Demyelinating white matter disease - Cappelle
Stroke and mimics - Lambert
Hydrocephalus - Bladowska
Wednesday December 1
09.00-09.45 Intra-axial tumours
E. Gizewski - Innsbruck (AT)
09.45-10.30 Extra-axial tumours
F. Bonneville - Toulouse (FR)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.45 Sellar and parasellar lesions
F. Bonneville - Toulouse (FR)
11.45-12.15 Hippocampal pathology
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
12.15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Epilepsy
H. Urbach - Freiburg (DE)
14.15-15.00 Vascular malformations
Th. Liebig - Munich (DE)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
Parallel workshops (4x40’)
15.30-18.10 Interactive case reading sessions
Epilepsy - Urbach
Intra-axial tumours - Gizewski
Extra-axial/sellar tumours - Bonneville
Vascular malformations - Forbrig
19.30-22.30 Cocktail party - De Hoorn
Thursday December 2
09.00-09.30 Cerebral venous thrombosis
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
09.30-10.15 Brain Trauma
L. Van den Hauwe - Antwerp (BE)
10.15-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-11.30 Intracranial haemorrhage
L. Van den Hauwe - Antwerp (BE)
11.30-12.30 Cranial nerves
J. Casselman - Bruges (BE)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Vasculitis
M.M. Thurnher - Vienna (AT)
14.15-15.00 Normal ageing and dementia
M. Vernooy - Rotterdam (NL)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
Parallel workshops (4x40’)
15.30-18.10 Interactive case reading sessions
Normal aging and dementia - Vernooij
Infection - Thurnher
Cranial nerves - Casselman
Trauma and haemorrhage - Van den Hauwe
Friday December 3
09.00-11.00 Examination and corrections
Ph. Demaerel - Leuven (BE)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.15 The role of postprocessing in neuroimaging
P. Dupont - Leuven (BE)
12.15-13.00 Closure, best student award and certificate of merit
13.00-14.00 Lunch and farewell
Registration
Go to the preregistration area
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