MRI of the Central Nervous System I: Brain

London (UK), June 3 - 7, 2024

General Information

COURSE ORGANISER
Tarek Yousry & Dermot Mallon (London, UK)

COURS COORDINATOR:

Philippe Demaerel (Leuven, BE)

COURSE VENUE: Clinical Neurosciences Building, Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK

CONTACT: s.dotor@ucl.ac.uk

WEBSITE:: Erasmus Course MRI-CNS I 2024

HOTEL ACCOMODATION: Participants are responsible for making their own accommodation arrangements.

REGISTRATION FEE includes: attendance at the course (lectures and workshops) digital material from lectures, final test, lunch & coffee breaks, welcome reception and social dinner.

Early registration until 03/02/2024

- certified radiologists/ specialists: 780 GBP

- residents (certified by head of Dept): 650 GBP

Late registration - after 03/02/2024

- certified radiologists/ specialists: 850 GBP

- residents (certified by head of Dept.): 750 GBP

REGISTRATION LINK AND REGISTRATION DETAILS: Erasmus Course MRI-CNS I 2024

ORGANIZING OFFICE: UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

BANK ACCOUNT: UCL online store

LANGUAGE: The course language is English

COURSE FORMAT: Organized only as «in-person» event

ACCREDITATION: An application has been made to the UEMS/EBR for CME accreditation.

CANCELLATION POLICY: In case of cancellation or postponement by the organizing committee due to exceptional circumstances (e.g. COVID-19 outbreak). Participants will have the choice either to be refunded or to transfer their registration fee for the same module to be held later.

Faculty

A Al Busaidi (London, UK)

N Bargallo (Barcelona, ES)

F Barkhof (London, UK)

T Campion (London, UK)

J Casselman (Bruges, BE)

I Davagnanam (London, UK)

T Das (Cambridge, UK)

P Demaerel (Leuven, BE)

D Doig (London, UK)

R Jäger (London, UK)

A Krishnan (London, UK)

D Mallon (London, UK)

A Qureshi (London, UK)

A Rovira (Barcelona, ES)

S Scott (London, UK)

A Siddiqui (London, UK)

T Yousry (London, UK)


Programme

Programme

Monday 3 June – Technique and anatomy

08.00 – 09.00

Registration

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome. T Yousry (London, UK)

09.10 – 10.00

Principles of image interpretation. P Deamerel. (Leuven, BE)

10.00 – 10.45

Surface Anatomy of the brain made easy. T Yousry (London, UK)

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 – 11.45

Deep anatomy of the brain made easy. T Yousry (London, UK)

11.45 – 12.30

MR Angiography – when to apply which technique. D Doig (London, UK)

12.30 – 13.00

White matter tracts. T Yousry (London, UK)

13.15 – 14.15

Lunch

14.15 – 15.00

MR sequences for brain imaging. A Al Busaidi (London, UK)

15.00 – 15.45

Image Interpretation. P Demaerel (Leuven, BE)

15.45 – 16.15

Coffee Break

16.15 – 17.00

Cranial nerves. J Casselman (Bruges, BE)

17.00 – 17:30

Traumatic brain injury. T Campion (London, UK)

17:30 – 19:00

Welcome Reception

Tuesday 4 June – Vascular and white matter disease

09.00 – 09.45

Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. A Siddiqui (London, UK)

09.45 – 10.30

Microhaemorrhages. R Jäger (London, UK)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.45

Intracranial haemorrhage. A Quereshi (London, UK)

11.45 – 12.30

Encephalitis - infection and autoimmune. P Demaerel (Leuven, BE)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.15

Diseases of the skull base. J Casselman (Bruges, BE)

14:15 – 15:00

Sellar and parasellar lesions. I Davagnanam (London, UK)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15.30 – 18.00

Parallel workshops (4 x 30 min).

Cerebral anatomy. T Yousry (London, UK)

Trauma and haemorrhage. T Campion (London, UK)

Skull base. J Casselman (Bruges, BE)

MRA. D Doig (London, UK)

Wednesday 5 June – Tumours and neurodegeneration

09.00 – 09.30

Intra-axial tumours. A Krishnan (London, UK)

09.30 – 10.00

Perfusion MRI – DSC, DCE or ASL?  R Jäger (London, UK)

10.00 – 10.30

Extra-axial tumours. T Das (Cambridge)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.45

Perfusion and Diffusion MRI – Tumour characterisation and treatment response. A Krishnan (London, UK)

11.45 – 12.30

Normal Ageing. F Barkhof (London, UK)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.15

Alzheimer's disease and differential diagnoses. F Barkhof (London, UK)

14.15 – 15.00

Vasculitis. R Jäger (London, UK)

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 – 18.00

Parallel workshops (4 x 30 min).

Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. A Siddiqui (London, UK)

Tumours. A Krishnan (London, UK)

Dementia. F Barkhof (London, UK)

Advanced tumour imaging. R Jäger (London, UK)

Thursday 6 June – Trauma and skull base

09.00 – 09.30

Diseases of the orbit. I Davagnanam (London, UK)

09.30 – 10.00

Carotid plaque: from pathophysiology to imaging. R Jäger (London, UK)

10.00 – 10.30

White matter lesion differential diagnosis. A Rovira (Barcelona, ES)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.45

Imaging in epilepsy. N Bargallo (Barcelona, ES)

11.45 – 12.30

Role of imaging in planning acute stroke treatment. A Qureshi (London, UK)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch and group photo

13.30 – 14.15

Movement disorders. N Bargallo (Barcelona, ES)

14.15 – 15.00

CSF flow and hydrocephalus. A Rovira (Barcelona, ES)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15.30 – 18.00

Parallel workshops (4 x 30 min)

Orbital diseases. I Davagnanam (London, UK)

Extra-axial tumours. T Das (Cambridge, UK)

Stroke. D Mallon (London, UK)

White matter lesions. A Rovira (Barcelona, ES)

19:00

Course Dinner

Friday 7 June – Examination and special lecture

09.00 – 11.00

Examination and corrections.

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.30

Special lecture: the roles of rostral and caudal auditory fields in the functional specialisation of sound processing. S Scott – London (UK)

12.30 – 13.00

Closure, best student award and certificate of merit.

13.00 – 13.30

Lunch and farewell



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