PET MR

Programme

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Upon completion of the course, all participants should be able to:

• acquire the knowledge of currently optimal PET-MR protocols enabling examination of oncology and brain disorder patients
• acquire working knowledge of MR safety and PET radioprotection to operate a PET-MR scanner
• perform PET-MR studies in oncology patients in different areas of the body and to understand how to alter sequence parameters to avoid artifacts and optimize the image acquisitions
• perform PET-MR studies in patients with brain disorders, including basic and advanced acquisitions (dynamic PET studies, DTI, fMRI, PWI…)
• get practical hands-on knowledge of how to operate the GE Signa PET-MR, import and modify workflows
• get practical hands-on knowledge of basic and advanced (eg. receptor mapping, DTI, fMRI, PWI…) processing
• understand the role of PET-MR imaging in patients with dementia, movement disorders and brain tumours
• understand the role of PET-MR imaging in whole-body oncology using FDG and non-FDG PET tracers
• understand the role of contrast agents and radioligand kinetics in simultaneous PET-MR imaging and get a working
• understanding of brain receptor imaging and multiparametric imaging using PET-MR