ARRS Abdominal MRI: Practical Applications and Advanced Imaging Techniques 2021

Arming radiologists with all the frontline tools to maximize their utilization of cutting-edge MR imaging applications in everyday clinical practice, this Online Course covers strategies for protocol optimization, standardized interpretive schemas and assessment systems, as well as advanced topics in emergency settings and liver MRI.

Learning Outcomes and Lectures

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Apply MRI in an emergency setting
• Identify diagnostic approaches to various benign and malignant liver lesions
• Recognize approaches for MR protocol optimization in imaging of prostate, hepatobiliary disorders, acute conditions, female pelvis, and GI tract
• Describe and apply advanced imaging techniques, such as diffusion-weighted imaging and texture analysis
• Outline the criteria for MR-based diagnostic systems: Bosniak 2019, O-RADS, and PI-RADS

• Optimizing Emergency Department Protocols—Victoria Chernyak, MD, MS
• MR Imaging of Appendicitis—Elena Korngold, MD
• MR Imaging of Gynecologic Emergencies—Victoria Chernyak, MD, MS
• Pancreaticobiliary Imaging in an Emergency Setting—Courtney Coursey Moreno, MD

Module 2—Liver Imaging

• Primary Liver Malignancies (HCC and iCCA)—Kathryn J. Fowler, MD
• Secondary Liver Malignancies—Kathryn J. Fowler, MD
• Practical Approach to Quantitative Imaging of the Liver—Claude B. Sirlin, MD 
• Usual and Unusual Appearances of Benign Liver Lesions—Victoria Chernyak, MD, MS

Module 3—Technique and Protocoling

• Optimizing Hepatobiliary Protocols—Richard Kinh Gian Do, MD, PhD
• Optimizing Prostate Protocols—Steven S. Raman, MD
• Optimizing MR for Female Pelvis Imaging—Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD
• MR Protocols for Bowel Imaging—Elena Korngold, MD

Module 4—Incorporations of Advanced Imaging Techniques in Routine Practice

• Why Do My Images Look This Bad? Artifacts and How to Remove Them—Mustafa Rifaat Bashir, MD
• Updates on Advanced Sequences and Techniques—Mustafa Rifaat Bashir, MD
• DWI: Practical Guide on How to Do It and How to Interpret It—Claude B. Sirlin, MD 
• Introduction to Texture Analysis—Richard Kinh Gian Do, MD, PhD

Module 5—Standardized Imaging Assessment Systems

• Bosniak 2019—Steven S. Raman, MD
• Introduction to O-RADS™—Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD
• PI-RADS® v.2.1—Antonio Carlos A. Westphalen, MD, PhD

Module 6—GI and GU Case Review

• GI Cases—Courtney Coursey Moreno, MD
• GU Cases—Antonio Carlos A. Westphalen, MD, PhD