ISMRM Global Outreach Workshop in Thailand

MR Club of Thailand (MCT) is formed by Thai professionals from various fields (MD, technologist, and scientist) working on Magnetic Resonance (MR) technology for medicine. Our goal is to promote the use of MR technology and to initiate research collaboration in the rapidly advancing MR technology in Thailand and ASEAN. 
 
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) is a multi-disciplinary nonprofit association that promotes innovation, development, and application of magnetic resonance techniques in medicine and biology throughout the world.
 
This year MCT and ISMRM are co-hosting the ISMRM Global Outreach Workshop in Thailand during May 14th -16th, 2012. The topics covered will be accessible to a general audience of engineers, radiologists, and technologists. Both of the underlying scientific theories and the clinical applications of MR technology will be covered for the following key topics: Basic MRI, MR hardware, MR Spectroscopy (MRS), neuroimaging, and cardiac imaging. Furthermore, for each topic, leading local researchers will provide a perspective on the current on-going research in the field that is being done in Thailand. Also, there will be plenty of opportunity to network and talk with our distinguished invited speakers. 
 
The workshop will be hosted at Ramathibodi hospital, View Larger Map Bangkok with expected attendance of 200 people.
The ISMRM international outreach program is sponsored by GEHealthcare, Philips, and Siemens.

Please click here for the official ISMRM announcement.
 

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Online registration for MCT 2012 workshop has now been closed. !!


For those who are interested in attending but have not registered, you can do so at the entrance hall at the start of the workshop or call us at 084-1287084 for reserving a ticket.

(LIMITED ONLY 20 TICKETS)

Pricing will be:

MD  :  B 7,000
Technologist/Scientist  :  B 5,000
Student  :  B 500



Workshop Program


May 14th, 2012

Part I: Basic

08.30 - 09:00 

Opening Ceremony

09.00 - 09:45     

Overview of MRI and Comparison with Other Imaging Modalities

John Port

09:45 - 10:30    

Physics of MRI

Lawrence L. Wald

10:30 - 10:45

Break and Electronic Poster Presentations

10:45 - 11:30

How to Generate Contrast in MRI (MR Pulse Sequences)

Bruce Pike
   

11:30 - 12:30

Business Meeting for MR Club of Thailand

12:30 - 01:30

Lunch

Part II: Hardware

01:30 - 02:15

MR Hardware Overview

Lawrence L. Wald

02:15 - 02:30

Break and Electronic Poster Presentations

02:30 - 03:15

Parallel Imaging

Jonathan Polimeni

03:15 - 03:45

MRI Hardware Development at Khon Kaen University

Chunpen Thomas

06:00 - 08:00

Networking and Entertainment Event for Evening of Day1 for Speakers:

Dinner with Thai Culture and Music 

May 15th, 2012

Part III: MRS

08.00 - 08:45

MRS Proton: Pulse Sequence and Application

Peter Barker

08:45 - 09:30

MRS Multi-Nuclei: Pulse Sequence and Application

Napapon Sailasuta

09:30 - 09:45

Break and Electronic Poster Presentations

09:45 - 10:30

Real Time Metabolic and Molecular Imaging in MR by Hyperpolarization

Pratip Bhattacharya, Maja Cassidy 

10:30 - 11:15

MRI/MRS in Infectious Diseases

Victor Valcour

11:15 - 12:15

Lunch

12:15 - 01:00

Clinical Application of MRS in Psychiatric Disorders

John Port

01:00 - 02:00

“MRI and MRS in Thailand and Local Research Questions (Panel Discussion)”

Sukalaya Lerdlum (Moderator), Lojana Tuntiyatorn, Pornpim Korpraphong, Suwit Saekho, Petcharakorn Hanpanich, Eimorn Mairiang

Part IV: Cardiac

02:00 - 02:45

Cardiovascular MRI: Pulse sequences and Applications

Debiao Li 

02:45 - 03:00

Break and Electronic Poster Presentations

03:00 - 03:30

Clinical Cardiac Imaging in Thailand

Tarinee Tangcharoen 

03:30 - 04:30   

T2* Cardiac Imaging in Thailand

Pairash Saiviroonporn, Suwit Saekho

06:00 - 08:00

Networking and Entertainment Event for All Attendees:

Aksara Theatre: Dinner and Traditional Thai Small Puppets Show

May 16th, 2012

Part V: Neuro (DTI/fMRI)

08:30 - 09:15   

MR Neuro-Imaging: An Overview of Clinical Applications and Emerging Technologies

Bruce Rosen

09:15 - 10:00   

Functional MRI

Bruce Pike

10:00 - 10:15

Break and Electronic Poster Presentations

10:15 - 11:00

Diffusion MRI

Kawin Setsompop

11:00 - 11:45

Clinical Application of DTI in Neurology

Serena Spudich     

11:45 - 12:45

Diffusion and Connectivity Mapping in Thailand

Jiraporn Laothamatas

12:45 - 01:45

Lunch