Basic MRI Physics

Lodz (PO), 23-27 September 2024

General Information

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.

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
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

CONTACT TO LOCAL ORGANISER:
jakub.jurek@p.lodz.pl

VENUE:
Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology
B9 building, 4th floor
Aleja Politechniki 10, Łódź

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

EXTRAS:
Coffee will be offered Monday-Thursday at 10:00 and 15:00 and lunch at 13:00.

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.

Faculty

Dr. Stephen Gandy, University of Dundee
Dr. Stephen Nicholas, University of Dundee
Dr. Stephen Sawiak, University of Cambridge
Dr. Peter Van Schuerbeek, University Brussels
Dr. Rafał Obuchowicz, Jagiellonian University (Cracow)

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 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 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 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 Bawełna Restaurant (Manufaktura)

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
13.00 Lunch 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. Rafał Obuchowicz)
10.00 Questions & Answers
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Examination and course evaluation
12.00 Certificates and farewell

Registration

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