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| Friday | |||||
| MRI | CT | NM | RT | PACS | |
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8:30
- 10:00 |
MRI Shoulder Instability - James Linklater | CT dose- Thomas Flohr | Molecular imaging in the management of patients with cancer- Sandy McEwan | Errors and margins in IGRT- Marcel van Herk |
Regional Health Care Session PACS Introduction- Lawrie Sim |
| 3T Cardiac MRI, Paeds to Adults: can it be done- Damon Bennett | CT of the temporal bone- C. Douglas Philips |
PET/MRI: What does the future hold?-
Thomas Beyer
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PACS: Key building blocks- Frank Carbon | ||
| Advances in high field neuro imaging- Lynnette Masters | Advanced CGT of acute stroke: CT, CTA, Perfusion CT- Lawrence Tanenbaum | Image guidance with linear accelerators- Tomas Kron | PACS administration and education- Liam Caffery | ||
| 10:00-10:45 | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea |
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10:45 - 12:15 |
choices of head & neck imaging: CT or MRI- C.Douglas Philips | MDCT of the pancreas: Staging adenocarcinoma- R. Brooke Jeffrey | Utility of PET for colorectal cancer- Ros Francis | The role of IGRT and prostate cancer- Thomas Eade | Information flows in the digital department- Frank Carbon |
| Abdominal MRI- Stephen Drew | Intraprostatic Fiducials for IGRT and IMRT. Workflow implications in a Two Linac Department- Mark MIddleton | The Standards: HL7, DICOM and IHE- Liam Caffery | |||
| MRCP- Stephen Drew | Thoracic emergencies: Pulmonary thromboembolic disease- Narinder Paul | Correlative cardiac imaging: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and MRI- where to next?- Hans van der Wall | IGRT and prostate cancer: Fiducials, CBCT and CT on rails- Farshad Faroudi | DICOM Supplements- Mark Prince | |
| Technology update- Siemens | Technology update- Toshiba | ||||
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
CMR- MRI of Cardiomyopathies- Mark Hansen | Inflammatory disease and tumours of the orbit- C. Douglas Philips | Instrumentation update- Dale Bailey | Physics of CBCT guidance- Marcel van Herk | IHE: Introduction, profiles and XDS - Dewinder Bhachu |
| Stroke Imaging: ASL vs DSC vs (CT)- Esben Thade Petersen | Carotid CTA utilized for pre-interventional planning- Martin Hoffman | NM therapy update- Ron Weiner | Low Doses out of field- Tomas Kron | ||
| IHE: PDI and MESA test verificiation- Ken Manthey | |||||
| Volumetric MR in clinical practice- Larry Tanenbaum | Low dose thoracic CT- Narinder Paul | Quantitative PET- Thomas Beyer | IGRT for breast patients. Design, implementation and evaluation- Mark Middleton | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea |
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15:30 - 17:00 |
Vascular and Body MR: New Techniques and 3T - Bernd Wintersperger | CT reconstruction algorithms- Thomas Flohr | CT interpretation for SPECT/CT (1)- Denis Gradinscak | Clinical application of IGRT: lung hypo- Marcel van Herk | Wrap up- Scott Ferrero |
| NSF Update- Bernd Wintersperger | MDCT of blunt trauma- R. Brooke Jeffrey | SPECT/CT in clinical practice- Barry Elison | Tunable, monochromatic X-rays make Auger Cascade Radiotherapy possible and practical'- Frank Carroll | Panel discussion: PACS and standards- Lawrie Sim, Dewinder Bhachu, Frank Carbon, Liam Caffery. Facilitator- Scott Ferrero | |
| MRI Wrist- Paul O'Connell | Thyroid & parathyroid imaging in the era of SPECT/CT- Paul Thomas | ||||
| CT angiography: issues and indications in the heart and body- Lawrence Tanenbaum | |||||
| Saturday | |||||
| MRI | CT | NM | RT | PACS | |
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8:30 - 10:00 |
Multi element-Coils and Parallel Imaging in MRI- Bernd Wintersperger | CT of the head: Role in the MR era- Lawrence Tanenbaum | Molecular imaging in the era of molecular medicine: Challenges and opportunities- Sandy McEwan | Online and offline adaptive radiation therapy for bladder cancer- Farshad Faroudi | Archive migration project- Frank Carbon |
| MRI ankle- James Linlater | The role of monochromatic tunable xrays in CT- Frank Carroll | IGRT and Adaptive Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancers- Mori Wada | Grid storage and data centres - Dewinder Bhachu | ||
| Sellar and Parasellar Pathology- C. Douglas Philips | PET/CT in RTP- Thomas Beyer | Clinical application of IGRT: pelvic- Marcel van Herk | |||
| 10:00-10:45 | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea |
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10:45 - 12:15 |
Breast MRI optimising technique, normal appearances and benign conditions, screening women at higher risk- James Anderson | Imaging update of RUQ pain- R. Brooke Jeffrey | Controversies in lung imaging- Paul Thomas | Imaging dose in IGRT0- Marcel van Herk | We need a PACS: Dirty, sexy money- Lawrie Sim |
| Breast MRI: Role in staging breast cancer, role in the management of locally advanced brest cancer, what about D.C.I.S?- James Anderson | Aortic CTA: the morphologic 'gold' standard?- Martin Hoffman | Interpretation of CTPA- Narinder Paul | Motion management in treatment planning- Tomas Kron | We need a PACS: What you need to ask the vendors - Frank Carbon | |
| Imaging the prostate- Ron Shnier | Dose escalated IMRT for prostate cancer: how to implement in an Australian department (a clinician's approach)- Thomas Eade | We need a new PACS: The next generation- Liam Caffery | |||
| Technology Update- Philips | Technology update- GE Healthcare | CT interpretation for SPECT/CT (2)- Denis Gradinscak | |||
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
Foetal MRI- Stacy Goergen | Top 10 indications for cardiac imaging- Martin Hoffman | Current status and postulated radiobiology of I-131 miBG therapy- Sandy McEwan | Image registration for IGRT- Marcel van Herk | Monitor technology and DICOM calibration- Lawrie Sim |
| Spinal MRI - Ron Shnier | CT cardiac anatomy and function- Narinder Paul | Colour Monitors- Dewinder Bhachu | |||
| CNS Infections- C. Douglas Philips | MDCT of blunt vascular neck trauma- Aidan Callinan | Panel discussion: 'Setting priorities for radionuclide therapy agents' | Technical endpoints in clinical trials- Tomas Kron | Teleradiology in Australia:current status and challenges- Julian Adler | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | ||
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15:30 - 17:15 |
The Great Debate - The State of Radiology in Australia –Direction, Lessons Learnt, and a few Home Truths | Joint CT/RT/NM session | Radiology Informatics Project | ||
| Understanding current CT technology- Thomas Flohr | |||||
| MDCT of the pancreas: neuroendocrine and cystic tumours- R. Brooke Jeffrey | Panel discussion: Archiving, procurement, monitors and teleradiology: Lawrie Sim, Dewinder Bhachu, Julian Adler, Russell Withers. Facilitator- Frank Carbon | ||||
| Technology update- Regional Healthcare | PET/CT for assessment of therapy response in solid tumours- Ros Francis | ||||
| Technology update- Siemens | |||||
| Sunday | |||||
| MRI | CT | NM | RT | PACS | |
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8:30 - 10:00 |
Arterial Spin Labeling: Techniques, Reproducibility and Application- Esben Thade Petersen | CT coronary angiography with 320 row MDCT- Narinder Paul | New tracer update- Ron Weiner | Resource implications of IGRT/adaptive RT- Farshad Faroudi | Managing the transition to Digital Imaging - Peter McIsaac |
| Challenging cardiac CT cases- Martin Hoffman | Nuclear cardiology: Meeting the challenges- Barry Elison | IGRT: A global review- Mori Wada | |||
| Evaluation of ASD's and PAPVR with MRI- Mark Hansen | CT Colonography: An overview- David Lisle | Incremental value of SPECT/CT over SPECT- Hans van der Wall | The effect of IGRT on traditional workflow processes. Evolving technology vs. established practice- Mark Middleton | Connectathon: Results from England and Australia - Dewinder Bhachu & Peter McIsaac | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea |
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10:45 - 12:30 |
MRI of the hip- Tim Hooper | Imaging of the parapharyngeal space- C. Douglas Philips | Role of PET in staging, prognosis and response assessment in mesothelioma- Ros Francis | Dose escalated IMRT for prostate cancer: how to implement in an Australian department (a Radiation Therapist's approach)- Thomas Eade | Networks- Russell Brown |
| CT: What can we expect for the future- Thomas Flohr | Pitfalls and normal variants in CT interpretation- Denis Gradinscak | Quality assurance in clinical radiotherapy trials- Tomas Kron | PAC in a WAN- Belinda Godwin | ||
| Pitfalls in MSK MRI- James Linklater | CT angiography: Issues and indications in neurological disease- Lawrence Tanenbaum | Utility of SPECT/CT in low count studies- Dale Bailey | Planning without a PTV- Marcel van Herk | Statewide Computed Radiography- Tanya Oliver | |
| Technology update- GE Healthcare | Technology update- Philips | ||||