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23-25 July 2010

 

Conrad Jupiters,

Gold Coast, Australia

       
CT  MRI  RT  PACS  ANGIO

RADaim returns to the Gold Coast in 2010. The  conference features full concurrent programs for CT, Radiation Therapy, MRI, PACS and Angio/Interventional. International and national experts will present informative lectures ranging from core imaging techniques and principles through to advanced applications. Vendor-run user groups will be run additional to the program.

CME/CPD accreditations:

1 RANZCR CME point per hour

ACPSEM endorsed provider

1 AIR CPD point per hour (appellation 25.5)

 

 

 

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Early bird rates for standard and executive rooms have been extended to 23rd July!

       
   

provisional program

   
                                         Friday 23rd July
Time MRI CT Angio/Intervention RT PACS
8:30 T1, T2, relative proton density, TR, TE- Emanuel Kanal HRCT of the Lungs: Clues to Diagnosis- Warren Gefter Management of acute limb ischaemia- Thomas Jahnke


Welcome- Rob McDowall

Introduction to PACS- Lawrie Sim
New technologies: Education & quality management- Aldo Rolfo
9:00 Endovascular management of acute stroke- Hal Rice
 
Radiology informatics:  What does that do?- Lawrie Sim
Pharynx CT: Anatomy & assessment of malignanacy- Robin Casumbhoy
9:30 Imaging the pulmonary circulation: the role of MRI- Richard Slaughter SFA angiogplasty: How I do it- Thomas Jahnke IMRT & IGRT credentialing in clinical trials- Jim Frantzis PACS key building blocks- Frank Carbon
10:00

Morning tea

10:45 Modified flip angle (gradient echo) MR imaging- Emanuel Kanal Paediatric dose- Mike Ditchfield Percutaneous CT-guided lung intervention: from diagnosis to therapy- Karin Steinke
 
The MRI linac: concept, technology, dosimetry and treatment- Jan Lagendijk Product selection: Considerations for making an informed decision- Jamie Osland
11:15 Wide coverage CT: changes to practice- Jit Pratap Advanced recanalisation techniques for CTOs- Thomas Jahnke
 
DICOM conformance Part 1- Liam Caffery
11:45 MRI ankle- Ron Shnier Prospective-gated thorax imaging- Jonas Rydberg Endovascualr management of intracranial aneurysm- Hal Rice
 
Tomotherapy & image quidance- Tomas Kron Why IHE?- David Anderson
12:15

Lunch

13:30 Case based approach to spine lesions- Meng Law Imaging of suspected pulmonary embolism: Closing Pandora's box- Warren Gefter PICC workshop- Patrick Eastgate & Trent Atkinson
 
Developing atlas based deformable image registration techniques fo rMR dose planning- Peter Greer DICOM conformance Part 2- Liam Caffery
14:00 Practical Administrators Toolkits- Jamie Osland
Skull base malignancy: MRI assessment- Robin Cassumbhoy Dual energy: Should we be using it in routine practice? - Ralph Bauer UPdate on IGRT & ART in H&N cancers- Morikatsu Wada
14:30 Managing end-users- Frank Carbon
15:00

Afternoon tea

15:45 Contrast agents in MRI + the role of relaxivity in contrast enhanced MRI- Emanuel Kanal Low iodine CTA- Jonas Rydberg Endovascular management of AVM- Hal Rice Adaptive radiotherapy: bladder cancer and beyond- Tomas Kron Network troubleshooting- Ken Manthey & Lawrie Sim
16:15 CT perfusion dosimetry- Meng Law MRI guided HDR robotics- Jan Lagendijk Managing PACS workstations- Frank Carbon
Cool cases- TBA
16:45 IGRT School- Marianne Rinks Panel discussion
 

                                                Saturday 24th July

Time MRI CT Angio RT PACS
8:30 New MRI techniques and 3T Neuroimaging: How to improve your neuroradiology practice- Meng Law Technology update- TBA EVAR: A regional hospital's experience- Kerry Thomas Stereotactic body radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: current status and update of CHISEL study- David Ball Visualisation and perception- Lawrie Sim
MSK imaging with MDCT- Jonas Rydberg

 

9:00 Lung Cancer: Advances in Imaging- Warren Gefter Endovascular management of acute aortic dissection- Thomas Jahnke
 
TBA- Peter Greer Getting better display performance out of PACS workstations- Lawrie Sim
 
Breast and abdominal multi-transmit: The SCGH experience- Gary Swann
 
9:30 Endoleak management- Thomas Jahnke
 
Consistent presentation of images- Mark Prince
10:00

Morning tea

10:45 MRI Shoulder: technologist  & radiologist perspectives- Paul O'Connell & Simon Holmes
 
CT imaging of cervical lymph nodes- Robin Cassumbhoy

 
Tibial angioplasty- Kendal Redmond
 
Extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy for lung cancer: technical issues in the CHISEL trial- Tomas Kron Connecting a biomedical device to WAN- David Anderson
11:15 IR in GI bleeding- David Leggett
 
MRI guided HIFU ablation- Jan Lagendijk DICOM supplements- Mark Prince
MRI of muscle- Ron Shnier Imaging of COPD: Beyond Pink Puffers and Blue Bloaters- Warren Gefter
11:45 Complication management- Thomas Jahnke
 
Functional imaging, image fusion and radiotherapy for brain tumours- Mike Fay Archiving architecture- Jamie Osland
12:15

Lunch

13:30 MRI bony pelvis: technologist & radiologist perspectives- Paul O'Connell & Simon Holmes Cool cases- TBA Arterial stimulation and venous sampling (ASVS) in localizing insulinomas- Kerry Thomas
 
The Utrecht Centre for MRI Guided Oncology Interventions, will radiotherapy and radiology integrate?- Jan Lagendijk Enterprise PACS- David Anderson
14:00 Abdominal apoplexy- Kendal Redmond
 
Advanced Imaging of the Spine, MRS, DTI, PWI, fMRI- Meng Law Paediatric lung- MIke Ditchfield
 
TBA- Aldo Rolfo Contracts and service legal agreements- Frank Carbon
14:30 RFA of the liver- David Leggett
 
15:00

Afternoon tea

15:45 Imaging of the Brachial Plexus- Robin Cassumbhoy Case study: Silk Road Disease- Kerry Thomas Fractionation and lung cancer radiotherapy- David Ball
 
PACS Administration- Liam Caffery
16:15 Patient consent: legal issues- Jacqui Roche PACS administration: Up-skilling and credentialling- Jamie Osland
Imaging of TIA and Stroke- Mark Parsons Application of modern technologies in management of H&N cancers / Delivery methods, image registration and deformable registration- Morikatsu Wada
Experience with a hybrid angio suite in the OT- Nick Philips
16:45 Panel discussion
 
                                                 Sunday 25th July
Time MRI CT Angio RT PACS
8:30 Sleep in! TBA- Marianne Rinks Visualisation, perception and monitors (repeat)- Lawrie Sim
Iodinated contrast safety update- Karen Dobeli
9:00 MRI contrast safety update- Emanuel Kanal ARC IMRT- Matt Murray Medical imaging standards (repeat)- Liam Caffery
9:30 Cardiac angio- CT vs MRI vs Angio- Richard Slaughter
 
Low dose out of field: does it matter?- Tomas Kron Managing end-users (repeat)- Frank Carbon
10:00

Morning tea

10:45 How to increase your diagnostic specificity in Neuroradiology with new MRI techniques: Case Based Approach to using MRS, PWI and DWI- Meng Law Larynx CT: Anatomy and assessment of malignancy- Robin Cassumbhoy IR in trauma- David Leggett MRi guided radiotherapy of tumours of the prostate- Jan Lagendijk
 
Panel discussion and wrap up
11:15
A pacemaker in the MR......yeah right- Emanuel Kanal Dynamic MSK imaging- Marcus Crossett Ticked off! Radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia- Kerry Thomas Technology evaluation and the role of RTs and physicists in clinical trials- Tomas Kron
 
11:45
12:30

Close

 

   
       

keynote speakers

Robin Cassumbhoy

Staff Radiologist

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Warren Gefter

Professor of Radiology

University of Pennsylvania

Emanuel Kanal

Professor of Radiology

University of Pittsburgh

Jan Lagendijk

Professor & Head of Radiation Oncology,

Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Physics

University Medical Centre, Utrecht

 

Meng Law

Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery,

University of Southern California

Jonas Rydberg

Professor of Clinical Radiology,

Indiana University

Thomas Jahnke

Associate Professor of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology

Kiel Medical School, Germany

 
       
       
       

national faculty

David Anderson Trent Atkinson David Ball Liam Caffery
Frank Carbon Marcus Crossett Mike Ditchfield Patrick Eastgate
Mike Fay Jim Frantzis Peter Greer Simon Holmes
Tomas Kron David Leggett Phil Miller Matt Murray
Paul O'Connell Jamie Osland Mark Parsons Nick Phillips
Mark Prince Kendal Redmond Jit Pratap Hal Rice
Marianne Rinks Jacqui Roche Aldo Rolfo Ron Shnier
Lawrence Sim Richard Slaughter Karin Steinke Gary Swann
Morikatsu Wada Kerry Thomas    
       
       
       
       

platinum sponsors

       
       

       

       
       
       

exhibitors

       
AGFA NL-Tec Varian Fujifilm
       
Soliton IT Bayer Australia Limited Elekta Imaxeon
       
Insight Oceana Intellirad Solutions / Voyager Central Data Network Covidien
       
       
       
       

 venue & travel information

       

Jupiters Gold Coast

Broadbeach Island,

Gold Coast

Ph +61 7 5592 8100

 

 

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