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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
 
DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2015
COURSE I: Advanced Body MRI for Radiologists
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Auditorium
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Samira Alturkistany & Badr Almutairy  
8:30-8:55   Diffuse Liver Disease Bachir Taouli
8:55-9:20   Benign and Malignant Liver Lesions in Non-Cirrhotic Liver Abdullah Aldosary
9:20-9:45   Diffusion Weighted MRI of the Liver Bachir Taouli
9:45-10:10   Diagnosis of HCC and Cholangioca, Including OPTN and LIRADS Bachir Taouli
10:10-10:25 Coffee break  
Moderators   Abeer Al Mulla & Mohammad Alzoum  
10:25-10:50   Iron Quantification Metab Alkubeyyer
10:50-11:15   Assessment of HCC Response to Therapy Bachir Taouli
11:15-12:15   WORKSHOP III: Review of Gadolinium Based Contrast Media Bachir Taouli
12:15-1:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
Moderators   Abdullah Aldossary & Metab Alkubeyyer  
13:30-13:55   MRCP; Technique and Applications: Benign and Malignant Disease Bachir Taouli
13:55-14:20   Evaluation of Liver Donor Bachir Taouli
14:20-14:45   Chronic Pancreatitis Fida Alaeddin
14:45-15:10   Cystic Pancreatic Lesions Bachir Taouli
15:10-15:35   Solid Pancreatic Lesions Salahudin Elnaas
15:35-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
16:00-16:25   Staging of Rectal Cancer Bachir Taouli
16:25-17:25   WORKSHOP IV: Review of Difficult Liver Cases Bachir Taouli
COURSE II: MRI: Basics and Applications in Radiotherapy and Diagnostic Imaging
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 1
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Rafat Mohtasib & Shada Wadi Alramahi  
  8:30-9:00   MRI QA (Part I) Jingfei Ma
  9:00-9:30   MRI QA (Part II) Jingfei Ma
  9:30-10:00   Radiotherapy-specific MRI Simulator QA James Balter
  10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Ameen Al-Omair & Waleed Al-Najjar  
  10:15-10:45   Dose Calculation using MRI-derived Patient Models James Balter
  10:45-11:15   Diffusion Imaging Jingfei Ma
  11:15-11:45   New Dimensions in MRI Radiotherapy Ilyas Gipps
11:45-12:15   Future Trend: Magnetic Influenced Radiation Therapy (MIRT) Shada Wadi Alramahi
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break  
Moderators   Ahmad Masawi  
  13:30-14:00   Workshop I: Scanning the ACR Phantom for Accreditation and Daily QC   Mohammad Aljallad
 14:00-14:30 Jingfei Ma
  14:30-15:00   Workshop II: Image Evaluation and QC Measurements using ACR MRI Phantom  Mohammad Aljallad
  15:00-15:30 Jingfei Ma
  15:30-16:00 Coffee break  
 16:00-16:30   Workshop III: RF Coil Quality Control Testing Abdullah Abujamea & Mohammad Aljallad
 16:30-17:00
COURSE III: Internal Dosimetry and Radionuclide Therapy
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classroom 3
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Henry Fielding & Hossam Elzeftawy  
8:30-9:00   HCC Management Strategy Hussein Elsiesy
9:00-9:30   Microsphere treatment of HCC and Liver Mets Hamad Alsuhaibani
9:30-10:00   Dosimetry in Microsphere Therapy Manuel Bardies
10:05-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Gulam Syed Shah & Sergey Rumyantsev  
10:15-10:45   Thyroid Tumor Management Update Ali Zahrani
10:45-11:15   Thyroid Tumor Radionuclide Therapy Update Mahmoud Tuli
11:15-11:45   Thyroid Tumor Dosimetry Salem Sassi
11:45-12:15   Practical Aspect of the Preparation of Microspheres Mohammed Alrowaily
12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
13:30-15:30     WORKSHOP III: Micropshere Dosimetry Manuel Bardies
15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
16:00-17:00   WORKSHOP IV: I-131 Dosimetry Salem Sassi
COURSE IV: Radiation Safety & Radiobiology
Location: KFSH&RC Post Graduate Classrom 4
Time Didactic Lecture and Workshop Titles Speaker
Moderators   Ibrahim Al-Anazi & Ibrahim Al-Gain  
  8:30-9:00   Patient Doses in Diagnostic Radiology Ibrahim Al-Anazi
  9:00-9:30   Radiation Safety in Radiation Oncology Waleed Al-Najjar
  9:30-10:00   Personnel Dose Monitoring Ibrahim Al-Gain
  10:00-10:15 Coffee break  
Moderators   Akram Al-Moussa & Saad Aldelaijan  
10:15-10:45   Radiation Safety in Industrial Applications Akram Al-Moussa
10:45-11:15   Radiation Safety and Risks in Fluoroscopy Mohammed Aljallad
11:15-11:45   A New Patented Technology for Processing Radioactive Waste Water from Nuclear Medicine Jose Canga Rodriguez
11:45-12:15   Comprehensive Software Application for Radiation Safety Mahmoud Ahmed
  12:15-13:30 Lunch break & Prayer  
  13:30-14:30    WORKSHOP I: Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) and Calibration of Survey Meters Omar Noor
 14:30-15:30     WORKSHOP II: Practical Applications in Radiation Protection Personnel Monitoring Ibrahim AlGain
  15:30-16:00 Coffee break & Prayer  
  16:00-17:00     WORKSHOP III: Radioactive Waste Celestino Lagarde