MRI: From A to Z (MRI Principles & QA, MRI Safety & MRI in Radiotherapy)

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Date: Monday - Tuesday; February 11 - 12, 2019
Venue: Post Graduate Classroom 3 and 7, Emergency Services Building (B1) & King Abdullah Center for Oncology and Liver Diseases (KACOLD) MRI (B1) & 6th Floor Classroom B

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Coordinator: Ahmed Masawi, MSc

Courses & Workshops Faculty: Ahmed Masawi, MSC; Abdullah Abujamea, PhD; Sami Al-Ghamdi, PhD; Mamdoh Al-Obaidy, MD; Abdullah Al-Hoti, MSc; Carmel J. Caruana, PhD; Umar Mwidu, MSc., DABR; Habib AlSaleh, PhD; Ashwag AlRowaili, PhD; Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD

Target Audience: This track is designed for students, Technologists, Radiation therapist, Residents, Fellows and Medical Physicists.

Prerequisites: None

Courses & Workshops Description:

The course serves as an introduction to the foundations of Magnetic resonance Imaging stressing on its importance and application in Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Therapy.

Healthcare professionals can also benefit from the MR safety lectures to avoid accidents while assisting the patients going to do MRI scans such as nurses and respiratory therapists.

Learning Objectives: At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain and review the basic principles of magnetic resonance imaging.


• Utilize appropriate MR pulse sequences in clinical imaging.


• Recognize and minimize MRI artifacts.


• Incorporate current knowledge of biological effects and safety considerations when working in the MR environment.


• Describe techniques in manipulating MR parameters to optimize image quality.


• Explain proper selection and usage of MR coils to optimize image quality.


• Understand and demonstrate proper screening for patients and personnel when working in an MRI environment.


• understand the use of MRI in RT simulation and planning

Program Layout:

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Day One – Monday; February 11, 2019
TIME	Post Graduate Centre - Classroom 3
08:00-08:30	Registration & Coffee Break
08:30-09:00	Opening Ceremony
SESSION ONE
9:00-9:40	Basic Principles of MRI Physics -Ashwag AlRowaili, PhD
9:40-10:20	Pulse Sequences -Abdullah Abujamea, PhD
10:20-10:35	Morning Break
10:35-11:15	Chemical shift imaging -Sami Al-Ghamdi, PhD
11:15-12:00	MRI Artifact -Abdullah Al-Hoti, MSc
12:00-13:30	Lunch Break & Prayer
SESSION TWO
	Diagnostic Track Venue: PGC- CR3	Radiation Therapy Track Venue: PGC- CR7
13:30-14:00	The role of the Medical Physicist in the management of safety within the magnetic resonance imaging -Carmel J. Caruana, PhD	Role of MRI in Radiation Therapy -Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD
14:00-14:30	Optimizing image quality in MRI the role of medical Physicist in the daily clinical practice -Carmel J. Caruana, PhD	MRI Protocol Optimization for Radiotherapy Tumor Delineation -Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD
14:30-15:00	Fast Imaging Technique -Abdullah Abujamea, PhD	MRI-only simulation for radiotherapy planning (implementation, challenges and opportunities) -Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD
15:00-15:30	Function MRI -Ashwag AlRowaili, PhD	Workflow in MRI Guided Radiation Therapy -Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD
15:30-16:00	Prayer Break	Prayer Break
16:00-16:40	Gadolinium Deposition -Mamdoh Al-Obaidy, MD	Bracytherapy for Cervical Cancer & MRI -Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD

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Day Two – Tuesday; February 12, 2019
WORKSHOP SESSION
08:00-12:00	Workshop 1: QA and QC MRI System Venue: EMergency Building (B1)	Workshop 1: MRI-Radiation Therapy ACR QA together with the Daily Laser and Distortion QAs Venue: KACOLD MRI (B1)
12:00-13:30	Lunch & Prayer Break
13:30-17:00	Workshop 2: fMRI and Post Processing Venue: KACOLD 6th Flr. - Classroom B