MRB-Academy:       Focused. Understandable. Applied.

Courses:

Dates & Languages (planned)

Spring 2012

Participants

min. 15, max. 50 persons

Target group

This course is designed for Beginners in MRI
(Physicians, Technical Personnel, Scientists, Students)

Course Outline

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most important non invasive imaging modalities used in Life Science and clinical routine today.

This basic course is aimed at those of you who have no or little experience in the field of MRI and would like to understand the basic principles and potential applications without trouble-shooting with difficult physical and mathematical equations. This two-day course is designed to enable participants to master the very basic principles of MR imaging. Demonstration experiments are also performed.

Preliminary Faculty

Prof. Dr. P. Jakob, Dr. K.-H. Hiller, Dr. F. Breuer, Dr. M. Blaimer, Dr. M. Hildenbrand, Dr. D. Haddad

Course Organiser

Daniel Haddad

Location

Magnetic Resonance Bavaria (MRB)
Research & Application Center

Am Hubland
D-97074 Würzburg
Germany

Dates & Languages (planned)

Fall 2012

Participants

min. 8, max. 20 persons

Target group

This course is designed for physicians and scientists with little experience in molecular MRI

Preliminary Faculty

Prof. Dr. W. Bauer, Prof. Dr. P. Jakob, Dr. K.-H. Hiller, Dr. D. Haddad

Course Organiser

Daniel Haddad

Location

Magnetic Resonance Bavaria (MRB)
Research & Application Center

Am Hubland
D-97074 Würzburg
Germany

Course Outline

Molecular imaging is "the in-vivo characterization and measurement of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level" and aims to image molecular abnormalities associated with diseases instead of imaging late changes in morphology. Today, there is rapid growth in the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for molecular and cellular imaging.

This basic course is aimed at those of you who have no or little experience in the field of molecular MRI and would like to understand the basic principles, potential applications and future trends without trouble-shooting with difficult physical and mathematical equations. This two-day course is designed to enable participants to master the very basic principles of molecular MRI. Practical exercises are also performed.

Course Content

1. Basics of MR/MRI

• Spin, magnetic field, nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon
• MR signal
• Gradients: imaging gradients, double oblique slice selection
• MR parameters: spin density, relaxation times
• Imaging sequences and methodology: Spin-Echo, Gradient-Echo
• X-Nuclei

2. Principles of Molecular & Cellular MRI

• Contrast mechanisms
• Standard contrast agents: iron oxide, gadolinium, manganese
• 'New' contrast agents: CEST agents, fluorine, ...
• Specific image contrast
• Detection limits
• Applications: macrophage activity, stem cell tracking, ...

3. Small animal imaging

• High resolution MRI of anatomy and morphology
• Functional information: angiography, cine imaging, perfusion
• Animal handling and preparation: ECG, respiration, ...
• Necessary hardware
• Practical issues: anesthesia, drug delivery, temperature control, ...

4. MR data analysis

• Fourier transformation
• MR parameter maps

5. Practical & Demonstration Courses

• Phantom experiments
• Fixed specimen experiments
• Setup of animal experiments

Downloads

• Flyer MI-Workshop (PDF; 720 kB)
  

Previous Workshops

• Workshop "MR-Basics" Programm November 2009 deutsch (PDF; 150 kB)
  
• Workshop "MR-Basics" Programm November 2008 deutsch (PDF; 150 kB)
  
• Workshop "Molecular & Cellular MRI" Programm Februar 2008 deutsch (PDF; 150 kB)
  
• Workshop "Molecular & Cellular MRI" Programm April 2007 deutsch (PDF; 75 kB)