Friday Septwember 19

19 September 2014 Friday 12 noon to 530 pm 28th Annual University of Vermont Fall Imaging Seminar College of Medicine Cardiac Abnormalities encountered on routine chest ct Curtis Green,MD Take home message there are a number of cardiac abnormalities that can be observed on routine chest ct scanning. Calcium, chamber abnormalities, aneurysms, myocardial fat,vascular anomalies. Lecture 2. MRI Artifacts Trevor Andrews PhD Take home message: Recognizing various types of artifacts, their causes and how to mitigate them. Lecture 3. Functional brain MRI Joshua Nickerson, MD Take home message: Functional MRI in the clinical setting is useful as presurgical planning but has limitation BOLD vs pcasl methods and future developments.