Program / Friday, June 25th 2010

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09:00 - 09:20 am  Welcome Address 

 

Welcome from the Medical Faculty Mannheim
K. van Ackern; Dean, Medical Faculty Mannheim

 

Welcome from the Institute for Medical Technology
Mannheim
N. Gretz, Managing Director of the Institute for Medical
Technology Mannheim

 

Welcome from the City of Mannheim and
metropole region
Lord Mayor, Dr. Peter Kurz

09:20 - 03:00 pm  Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

09:20 - 10:50 am 

High-Field Imaging
Chairmen: S. Schönberg, Mannheim;
Romeu C. Domingues, Rio de Janeiro

09:20 - 09:35 am 

Impact of high-field MR-imaging on clinical accuracy
and decision-making

S. Schönberg, Mannheim

09:35 - 09:50 am 

Musculoskeletal imaging at 3T: from morphology
to function

F. Costa, Rio de Janeiro

09:50 - 10:05 am 

Multi-channel MRI and parallel transmission:
a step forward towards higher image quality

H. Michaely, Mannheim

10:05 - 10:20 am 

New contrast in high-field MRI: BOLD and SWI
J. Reichenbach, Jena

10:20 - 10:35 am 

What to gain from 7T?
M. Bock, Heidelberg

10.35 - 10.50 am 

Discussion

 

 

10:50 - 11:10 am 

Coffee Break 

 

 

11:10 - 12:40 am 

Technical Advances in MRI
Chairmen: C. Claussen, Tuebingen; L. Schad, Mannheim

11:10 - 11.25 am 

Fetal MRI: Clinical Applications
P. Daltro, Rio de Janeiro

11:25 - 11:40 am 

Comprehensive cardiac MRI in less than 30 minutes
U. Kramer, Tuebingen

11:40 - 11:55 am 

DWI for breast cancer
F. Pereira, Rio de Janeiro

11:55 - 12:15 pm 

Functional MRI in the evaluation of focal brain lesions
Romeu C. Domingues, Rio de Janeiro

12:15 - 12:30 pm 

Move during scan: the next frontier in MRI?
D. Dinter, Mannheim

12:30 - 12:40 pm 

Discussion

12:45 - 01:40 pm 

Lunch Break 

 

Lunch Symposium "syngo.via: Improving efficiency in clinical imaging"
kindly supported by Siemens AG
>>Life Stream

syngo.via: Redefining Multimodality Reading
M. Lauterbach, Erlangen, Germany

Reading oncological findings in an MRI
whole-body case

H.-P. Schlemmer, Heidelberg, Germany

Molecular Imaging: Advanced reading of  oncological PET/CT cases
A. Cavallaro, Erlangen, Germany

 

 

01:40 - 03:00 pm 

Contrast Mechanisms
Chairmen: E. Gasparetto, Rio de Janeiro; M. Langer, Freiburg 

01:40 - 01.55 pm 

Hepatobiliary imaging with dedicated contrast agents
C. Zech, Munich

01:55 - 02:05 pm 

Sodium MRI: looking beyond morphology
S. Haneder, Mannheim

02:05 - 02:25 pm 

Multiparametric MRI and lymph node imaging in
prostate cancer
J. Barentsz, Nijmegen

02:25 - 02.45 pm 

Clinical Applications with SWI
E. Gasparetto, Rio de Janeiro

02:45 - 03:00 pm 

Discussion

 

 

03:00 - 03:20 pm 

Coffee Break 

03:20 - 06:40 pm Advances in Computed Tomography

03:20 - 04:25 pm 

Advances in Cardiovascular CT
Chairmen: C. Fink, Mannheim; I. Gottlieb, Rio de Janeiro

03:20 - 03:40 pm 

Comprehensive CT assessment of coronary artery disease
J. Schöpf, Charleston

03:40 - 03:50 pm 

Combined morphologic and functional CT imaging of pulmonary
embolism using Dual Source CT
T. Henzler, Mannheim

03:50 - 04:05 pm 

Optimized CT angiography protocols for the assessment of
cerebrovascular disease

D. Morhard, Munich

04:05 - 04:20 pm 

Discussion

 

 

04:20 - 05:30 pm 

Image Guided Therapy in Oncology
Chairmen: M. Vetter, Mannheim; F. Wenz, Mannheim

04:20 - 04:35 pm 

Optimization of CT interventions in oncology using 3D planning
S. Diehl, Mannheim

04:35 - 04:55 pm 

C-arm computed tomography for transarterial chemoperfusion
and chemoembolization
T. Vogl, Frankfurt

04:55 - 05:10 pm 

Radiotherapy planning in the era of on-line volume imaging
F. Lohr, Mannheim

05:10 - 05:25 pm 

Discussion

 

 

05:25 - 05:40 pm 

Coffee Break 

 

 

05:40 - 06:40 pm 

Dual Energy in Clinical Practice
Chairmen: L. Grenacher Heidelberg; J. Hesser, Mannheim

05:40 - 05:55 pm 

Dual energy CT in thoracic imaging
C. Fink, Mannheim

05:55 - 06:10 pm 

Dual energy CT in abdominal and urogenital imaging
A. Graser, Munich

06:10 - 06:25 pm 

Dual energy CT in cardiovascular imaging
S. Leschka, St. Gallen

06:25 - 06:40 pm 

Discussion