5th  European Veterinary MRUser Meeting
16/17 May 2009
Bern, Switzerland

Safety aspects; Image quality and 3Tesla in Veterinary medicine?
The small animal spine and carpus/tarsus in the horse 

Program (by Martin Konar, Rachel Murray, Johann Lang)

Saturday 16th May 2009

09:00:     Registration 
09:30:     Welcome


General - Safety and Image Quality


09:45-10:15:     Safety considerations in MRI                                 Gregor Schaefers
10:15-10:45:     Image Quality                                                     Renata Krawczyk

10:45-11:15:     3T- the far future in Veterinary MRI?                      Travis Saveraid

11:15-11:45:     coffee break - exhibition


Advances in equine imaging

11:45-12:30:     Advances in standing imaging                                Steve Roberts
                             Practicalities of standing MRI in horses              Sarah Powell
                             Practicalities of high field MRI in horses             Carter Judy
    
12:30-13:00:     MRI of the equine stifle                                         Carter Judy


13:00-14:00:    Lunch buffet - exhibition

14:30-15:00:    MRI of the tarsus and proximal metatarsus               Rachel Murray
15:00-15:30:    MRI of the carpus and proximal metacarpus              Filip Vandenberghe


Guest Lecture

15:00-15:30:    Protocols and Interpretation Principles in Spine imaging in humans      
                                                                                               Caspar Brekenfeld

Small Animal: Imaging the spine     

15:30-15:45:    Protocols and interpretation principles: small animals  Martin Konar
15:45-16:15:    Disc diseases                                                        Johann Lang 
16:15-16:45:    Cervical spondylopathy “wobbler”                             Laurent Garosi

16:45-17:15:    Coffee break - exhibition

17:15-17:45:    Trauma including traumatic discs                              Nuria Corzo
17:45-18:15:    Comparative imaging of the spine – interest of CT       Ingrid Gielen
18:15-18:45:    The Cauda equina                                                   Pat Gavin
 


Sunday 17th May 2009
    
08:00-08.20:     Neoplastic diseases of spine and spinal cord               Konrad Jurina
08:20-08.40:     Inflammatory diseases of spine and spinal cord           Ruth Dennis
08:40-09.00:     Vascular diseases: high intensity spinal cord / differential diagnosis     
                                                                                                 Pat Gavin
09:00-09.20:     The brachial plexus                                                 Martin Konar
    
09:20-09:30:     Introduction to the wet labs        

09:30-10:00:     Coffee break – exhibition

10:00-12:00:     Wet labs (protocols & cases).

1.    Horse cases:                 Carter Judy; Rachel Murray; Filip Vandenberghe
2.    Small animal cases:       M. Konar, R. Dennis, P. Gavin, K. Jurina, J. Lang

12:00-13:30:     Presentation of cases, discussion                                 all
                         
                         Free communications:
                         The post surgical spine – the interest of MRI                Daniela Gorgas
                         Frequency and type of intervertebral disc lesions
                         in spinal trauma in 39 dogs and cats                           Diana Henke
                         Grading of nerve root pathologies at the  lumbosacral junction                                                                                                                                    S. Kneissl

13:30-14:30:     Adjourn, Aperitif & Snacks

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