Basic MRI Physics 2024

EMRI ERASMUS

CONFERENCE ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

PURPOSE

The course is a part of the ERASMUS Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (EMRI). It is meant to provide a solid understanding of the basic principles underpinning MRI.

Topics related to nuclear magnetic resonance, image encoding, relaxation, spin-echo and gradient-echo imaging, fast imaging, instrumentation, site planning, specialized MRI (perfusion, diffusion, flow, functional MRI).

Formal lectures are intertwined with question&answer and self-teaching sessions.

The course is targeted at diagnostic imaging professionals including fields of Clinical Radiology, Medical Physics, Radiography, Electroradiology and staff/students from clinical and scientific facilities.

The limit of 30 participants will be followed, in the order of payment.

Participants will get up to 26 CME credits upon completion of the course.

REGISTRATION, FEES AND CONTACT

Regular fee: 750 EUR

Student fee: 550 EUR (student proof required)

Fees include participation, certificate, coffee breaks, lunches and one social dinner as in the preliminary programme.

Payment deadline: 31.08.2024 10.09.2024

Accommodation: accommodation is not included.
Participants are encouraged to contact Student's House no 1 (3B Politechniki Alley) for preferential rates and proximity to the venue. If you wish to book breakfaster together, mention it in your reservation: anna.garnys@p.lodz.pl.

Bank account: PL 56 1240 3028 1978 0000 2822 2358
Put 'conference I-23/MRI24' as payment title/note

Registration form: https://drupal.emricourse.org/index.php

select Basic MRI Physics - Lodz (PO) - 2024 module
please include address due to local requirements
if sponsored by an institution, please specify institution data and address
after initial registration, an e-mail will be sent with description of further necessary actions
registration is confirmed by payment

Contact to local organiser:

jakub.jurek@p.lodz.pl

VENUE

Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology
B9 building, 4th floor
Aleja Politechniki 10, L dz

https://maps.app.goo.gl/64PWZjB5d4TQ5Cds8

FACULTY

Dr. Stephen Gandy, University of Dundee, UK
Dr. Stephen Nicholas, University of Dundee, UK
Dr. Stephen Sawiak, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek, University Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Rafal Obuchowicz, Jagiellonian University, Poland

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME >>

Monday 23.09.2024
9.00	Registration at the Institute of Electronics
9.45	Welcome
10.00	Background physics and mathematics	Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek
11.00	Basic NMR	Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek
12.00	Questions & Answers
13.00	Lunch break at Zatoka Smaku
14.00	Imaging encoding	Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek
15.00	Coffee break
15.30	Relaxation times and contrast	Dr. Stephen Gandy
16.30	Questions & Answers
17.30	Welcome Reception at the Institute of Electronics
__________________ Tuesday 24.09.2024
9.00	Basic Spin Echo imaging	Dr. Stephen Sawiak
10.00	Coffee break
10.30	Spin Echo imaging in practice	Dr. Stephen Sawiak
11.30	Questions & Answers
12.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
13.00	Lunch break at Zatoka Smaku
14.00	Instrumentation and site-planning	Dr. Stephen Nicholas
15.00	Coffee break
15.30	Safety and quality assessment	Dr. Stephen Gandy
16.30	Questions & Answers
17.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
__________________ Wednesday 25.09.2024
9.00	Basic Gradient Echo imaging	Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek
10.00	Coffee break
10.30	Gradient Echo imaging in practice	Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek
11.30	Questions & Answers
12.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
13.00	Lunch break at Zatoka Smaku
14.00	Fast and ultra-fast imaging	Dr. Stephen Nicholas
15.00	Coffee break
15.30	Artefacts	Dr. Stephen Nicholas
16.30	Questions & Answers
17.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
19.30	Dinner at Bawelna Restaurant (Manufaktura \| Lodz, 19a Ogrodowa Street)
__________________ Thursday 26.09.2024
9.00	Functional MRI	Dr. Stephen Sawiak
10.00	Coffee break
10.30	Diffusion and perfusion	Dr. Stephen Sawiak
11.30	Questions & Answers
12.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
12.45	Industry talk (12.45-13.15)
12.45	Lunch break at Zatoka Smaku
14.00	Flow effects and angiography	Dr. Stephen Gandy
15.00	Coffee break
15.30	Cardiac MRI	Dr. Stephen Gandy
16.30	Questions & Answers
17.30	Self-evaluation and self-teaching
__________________ Friday 27.09.2024
9.00	Technical advances in MRI from the perspective of a practicing radiologist	Dr. Rafal Obuchowicz
10.00	Questions & Answers
11.00	Coffee break
11.30	Examination and course evaluation
12.00	Certificates and farewell

COURSE MATERIALS

Course materials will be available to download for registered delegates approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the course. All lectures will be delivered using MS power point projection, but please do bring your own laptop or notebook if you wish to follow the lectures interactively. Paper notebooks will be provided.

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