Friday 20th July

MR Essentials

9:00am start

Cardiac CT Intro

9:00am start

Plenary sessions

8:30am start

CT Essentials

9:00am start

Ultrasound workshops

8:30am start

9:00-9:30 Fundamentals

Katie McMahon

9:00-10:00 Anatomy, physiology, electrophysiology

Sam Hillier

8:30-9:15 Radiation dose in CT: Why is it essential to reduce it

Cynthia McCollough

9:00-9:30 Scanner geometry and image formation

Geoffrey Dick

8:30-10:00 Knee/Elbow

Mark Bryant

8:30-10:00 Vascular: carotids

Martin Necas

8:30-10:00 Abdomen Pt 1

Amanda Wright

9:30-10:00

Pulse Sequences

Katie McMahon

9:15-10:00 Stroke MR: Imaging and Intervention

Howard Rowley

9:30-10:00 Scan and post-processing parameters

Murray Koltermann

Morning tea

10:45-11:15 Parallel Imaging/Coil configuration

Katie McMahon

10:45-12:15 Electrophysiology & ECG interpretation

Damian Otago

10:45-11:30 CT and MR enterography

Ken Sesel

10:45-11:25 CT dose parameters

Daniel Schick

10:45-12:15 Shoulder

Peter Murphy

10:45-12:15 Vascular: legs

Bridget Taylor

10:45-12:15 Abdomen Pt2

Jodie Hooper

11:15-11:45 Magnetic Field/RF Exposure to Techs - An Update

Damon Bennett

11:25-11:55 New approaches for dose reduction in CT

Cynthia McCollough

11:30-12:15 Ultrasound imaging and doppler of the native kidney

Myron Pozniak

11:45-12:15 Safety Debate

Damon Bennett, Chair
 

11:55-12:15 Paediatric considerations

Sasko Kadiev
 

13:15-14:00

Neuro Anatomy/Pathology - A Beginners Guide

Rhys Wallace

13:15-13:45 Cardiac CT principles

Charles Chao

13:15-13:45 CNS Aneurysm Imaging

Howard Rowley

13:15-14:00 Contrast resolution

Andrew Blair

13:15-14:45 Hip/Groin

Mark Bryant

13:15-14:45 Vascular:  fistula

Chris Mitchell

13:15-14:45 Chest + Echo

Matthew Salamonsen & Emma Savill

13:45-14:15 Scan Modes

Gordon Mander
 

13:45-14:15 Ultrasound in chronic venous insufficiency: For the love of varicose veins!

Martin Necas

14:00-14:45 Neuroimaging in Drug Abuse Sandeep Bhuta

14:00-14:45 Artifacts and trouble-shooting

Geoffrey Dick

 

14:15-14:45 Dose considerations Daniel Schick
 

14:15-14:45 Upper extremity venous doppler

Myron Pozniak

Afternoon tea

15:30-16:00

Knee anatomy + tech tips

Kirsten Moffat

15:30-16:00 Medications used in cardiac CT

Sam Hillier

15:30-16:00 Imaging of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Tanya Wood

15:30-16:00

IV contrast principles

Christine Vanderley-Reichner

15:30-17:00 Foot/Ankle Peter  Murphy

15:30-17:00 Renal Doppler Martin Necas

15:30-17:00 Face & Neck

Juliet Burton

16:00-16:30

Knee MRI

Chris Jones

16:00-16:30 Step by step acquisition

 Melissa Barrie

16:00-16:30 Imaging in oncology: staging and response to therapy

David Lisle

16:00-16:30 Contrast safety

Bjorn Irani

16:30 finish

16:30 finish

17:00 finish

16:30 finish

17:00 finish

17:00 finish

17:00 finish

Informatics

9:00am start

MR Essentials

9:00am start

Cardiac Imaging

9:00am start

Plenary sessions

8:15am start

CT Essentials

9:00am start

Ultrasound workshops

8:30am start

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introductions

Lawrence Sim

9:00-9:30

Cardiac MR for Techs

Damon Bennett

9:00-9:30

Real world use of cardiac CT: who is scanning what and why

Conor Murray

8:15-9:00

4D CT neurovascular imaging: Where we are, where are we going

Keith Peters

9:00-9:30

Brain CT: Anatomy & pathology

Jenny Sommerville

8:30-10:00 Knee/Elbow

Mark Bryant

8:30-10:00 Carotids

Bridget Taylor

8:30-10:00 Abdomen Pt1

Amanda Wright

9:15-10:00 PCEHR Diagnostic Imaging Implementation

Sean Holmes (NEHTA)

9:30-10:00

1.5 v 3T

Kirsten Moffat

9:30-10:00 Image reformation & general post-processing tips Melanie Lau

9:00-10:00

CT of body trauma: vascular disruption

Myron Pozniak

9:30-10:00

Brain CT: Scan techniques

Zoe Deeks

10:45-11:30 Repository: The NSW Experience (Part 1)

Freeman Wong

10:45-11:30

Non Contrast MRA

Jonathan Levine

10:45-11:15

CT in the ED

Sujith Seneviratne

10:45-11:30 Multimodality Liver imaging including MR and Primovist

Chris Jones

10:45-11:30 Abdomen CT: Anatomy & pathology

Sheila Ryan

10:45-12:15 Shoulder

Peter Murphy

10:45-12:15 Vascular: legs

Martin Necas

10:45-12:15 Abdomen Pt2

Jodie Hooper

11:15-11:45 Customising Scan protocols

Charles Chao

11:30-12:15 Wide-area PACS for Private Radiology

Scott Ferrero

11:30-12:15 Venous Disease of the CNS

Howard Rowley

11:45-12:15 Dose reduction & the PROTECTION trials

Christian Hamilton-Craig

11:30-12:15 Imaging in Back Pain

Sanjay Dhupelia

11:30-12:15 Abdomen CT: Scan techniques

Christine Vanderley-Reichner

Lunch

13:15-13:35 PRINCE 2 Project Management methodology

Nicole Eastgate

13:15-14:00

H/N anatomy pathology

Jennifer Sommerville

13:15-13:45 Can cardiac CT help prevent 'sudden cardiac death'?

Ken Sesel

13:15-14:00 Standardization versus individualization: How each contributes to managing dose in computed tomography- Cynthia McCollough

13:15-14:00 Chest CT: Anatomy & pathology

Tanya Wood

13:15-14:45 Hip/Groin

Peter Murphy

13:15-14:45 Vascular: fistula

Chris Mitchell

13:15-14:45 Chest + Echo

Matthew Salamonsen & Joan Mitchell

13:35-13:55 Radiology workload reporting tools

Liam Caffery

13:55-14:15 Importing external exams: benefit or burden

Russell Brown

13:45-14:15 CT before TAVI & CTO intervention

Christian Hamilton-Craig

14:00-14:45 Perineural Tumour Spread

Sandeep Bhuta

14:00-14:45 CNS Tumor Protocols: Pearls and Pitfalls

Howard Rowley

14:00-14:45

 CT chest scan techniques

Kerry Conner

14:15-14:45 Repository: The NSW experience (Part 2)

Freeman Wong

14:15-14:45 Experience with fast pitch coronary CT for neonates & infants

Conor Murray

15:30-15:50 Network Security David Anderson

15:30-16:00 Cervical imaging – Fibroids/Cancer – anatomy and imaging techniques

Damon Bennett

15:30-16:00

CT stress perfusion

Sujith Seneviratne

15:30-16:00 Epilepsy Imaging: State of the Art

Howard Rowley

15:30-16:00 Interacting with kids and babies

Deborah Sinclair

15:30-17:00 Foot/Ankle

Mark Bryant

15:30-17:00 Renal Doppler

Martin Necas

15:30-17:00 Face & Neck

Juliet Burton

15:50-16:10 Application Security

David Anderson

16:00-16:30 Susceptibility weighted imaging

Sandeep Bhuta

16:00-16:30

CT of the left and rightr atrium

Conor Murray

16:00-16:30

 How to develop paediatric scan & injection protocols

Sasko Kadiev

16:10-16:30 discussion - David Anderson (Facilitator)

16:30-17:00

CT perfusion imaging: Methods to dramatically reduce required doses

Cynthia McCollough

Informatics

8:30am start

MR Essentials

8:30am start

Cardiac Imaging

8:30am start

Plenary sessions

8:30am start

CT Essentials

8:30am start

Ultrasound workshops

8:30am start

8:30-8:45 DICOM 101

Lawrie Sim

8:30-9:00 Shoulder Anatomy + Tech Tips

Dominic Kennedy

8:30-9:00

Dose reduction in cardiac CT

Cynthia McCollough

8:30-9:15

4D CT and musculoskeletal imaging: a review of preliminary work

John Troupis

8:30-9:15 Optimizing IV contrast for CTA

Myron Pozniak

8:30-10:00 Hip/Groin

Mark Bryant

8:30-10:00 Renal Doppler

Martin Necas

8:30-10:00 Abdomen Pt1

Amanda Wright

8:45-9:05

How to read a DICOM Conformance Statement

Liam Caffery

9:00-9:30 Shoulder

Sanjay Dhupelia

9:00-9:30

In pursuit of the one-stop shop

Ken Sesel

9:05-9:25 DICOM Networking and modality implementations

Liam Caffery

9:15-10:00 Metabolic Diseases & Basal Ganglia Imaging

Howard Rowley

9:15-10:00

Scan techniques and 3D principles for CT angiography

Zoe Deeks

9:25-9:40 Choosing the right transfer syntax

Liam Caffery

9:30-10:00

Ano-Rectal MR: Rectal Ca Staging

Chris Jones

9:30-10:00 Rare coronary anomalies - Christian Hamilton-Craig

9:40-10:00 DICOM Part 14 and monitor calibration

Lawrie Sim

10:30-11:00 Implementing Voice Recognition

Gabrielle Sonntag

10:30-11:15

Hip Anatomy + Tech Tips

Dominic Kennedy

10:30-11:00 Ovarian vein duplex - when and how

Martin Necas

10:30-11:00 Stroke CT: Emergency Protocols

Howard Rowley

10:30-12:00 Shoulder

Peter Murphy

10:30-12:00 Vascular:  limbs

Bridget Taylor

10:30-12:00 Abdomen Pt2

Jodie Hooper

11:00-11:30 Working with PACS Vendors

Lawrence Sim

11:00-11:30

High pitch FLASH mode: low & ultra-low dose CCTA

Christian Hamilton-Craig

11:15-12:00

Hip: A radiologists perspective

Sanjay Dhupelia

11:00-12:00 Ultrasound imaging and doppler of the native liver

Myron Pozniak

11:30-12:00 Vendor Neutral Archives

Russell Brown

11:30-12:00

Dual energy/spectral imaging

Luke Elliot & Kathryn Whiteman

13:00-13:30 Virtual Autopsy

Damon Bennett

13:00-13:45 Case-based Neuroradiology Review

Howard Rowley

13:00-13:30 Dose optimisation - practical tips

Gordon Mander

13:00-14:30 Knee/Elbow

Mark Bryant

13:00-14:30 Carotids

Peter Murphy

13:00-14:30 Face & Neck

Juliet Burton

13:30-14:00

MRI essentials for imaging the wrist

Dominic Kennedy

13:30-14:00 Operator QA

Andrew Blair

13:45-14:30 Review of temporal bone imaging and pathology

Jenny Sommerville