Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Neuroimaging Research Unit Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita - Salute San Raffaele University Magnetic Resonance Techniques in Multiple Sclerosis Eighteenth Advanced Course SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM CME ACCREDITED COURSE San Raffaele Scientific Institute Via Olgettina, 60-20132 Milano, Italy
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNIQUES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Eighteenth Advanced Course SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION: M. Filippi G. Comi SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT: M.A. Rocca ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT: G. Nyitrai L. Zonca FACULTY MEMBERS Maria P. Amato (Firenze, Italy) John Ashburner (London, UK) Marco Battaglini (Siena, Italy) Ralph Benedict (Buffalo, USA) Giancarlo Comi (Milan, Italy) John De Luca (West Orange, USA) Nicola De Stefano (Siena, Italy) Christian Enzinger (Graz, Austria) Arman Eshaghi (Teheran, Iran) Monica Falautano (Milan, Italy) Massimo Filippi (Milan, Italy) Jeroen J. Geurts (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Roland Henry (San Francisco, USA) Mark A. Horsfield (Leicester, UK) Mark Jenkinson (Oxford, UK) Carsten Lukas (Bochum, Germany) Maria A. Rocca (Milan, Italy) James Sumowski (West Orange, USA) Koen Van Leemput (Boston, USA) Alex P. Zijdenbos (Montreal, Canada) 1
Programme 19 March 2015 09.00-09.15 Welcome, introductory remarks G. Comi 09.15-09.30 Program overview M. Filippi Atrophy quantification in MS: from clinical needs to methodological pitfalls. Towards the identification of the best method? SESSION I - THE CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE Chairs: M. Filippi, G. Comi 09.30-10.00 What structures should be measured? Whole brain vs WM/GM segmentation? N. De Stefano 10.00-10.30 Deep GM nuclei: a simple, clinically meaningful measure? R. Benedict 10.30-11.00 Spinal cord atrophy: the missing measure? C. Lukas 11.00-11.30 Coffee break SESSION II - METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Chairs: N. De Stefano, R. Henry 11.30-12.00 How to measure: accuracy, reproducibility, sensitivity to changes M.A. Horsfield 12.00-12.30 T1 lesion refilling: how and why? M. Battaglini 12.30-13.30 Lunch 2
Programme SESSION III - METHODS AND SOFTWARES: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL APPLICATIONS, PROS AND CONS I Chairs: M.A. Rocca, A. Eshaghi 13.30-14.00 FSL: SIENA, SIENAx, FIRST M. Jenkinson 14.00-14.30 SPM J. Ashburner 14.30-15.00 Freesurfer K.V. Leemput 15.00-15.30 Afternoon tea 15.30-16.00 CIVET A.P. Zijdenbos 16.00-16.30 ANTs A. Eshaghi SESSION IV - METHODS AND SOFTWARES: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL APPLICATIONS, PROS AND CONS II Chairs: R. Benedict, M.A. Horsfield 16.30-17.00 How to choose a method and its implementation R. Henry 17.00-18.00 SESSION V - ROUND TABLE SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSIONS Chair: M. Filippi Discussants: N. De Stefano, R. Benedict, C. Lukas, M.A. Horsfield, R. Henry 3
Programme 20 March 2015 9.00-9.15 Introduction G. Comi Imaging cognitive dysfunction in MS SESSION VI - THE CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE Chairs: M. Falautano, J. Sumowski 9.15-9.45 Neuropsychological profiles in MS: from cognitive relapse to dementia J. De Luca 9.45-10.15 Cognitive assessment: towards a unified evaluation M.P. Amato 10.15-10.45 Coffee break SESSION VII - THE IMAGING PERSPECTIVE Chairs: J. De Luca, M.P. Amato 10.45-11.15 WM lesions and damage: just a disconnection syndrome? C. Enzinger 11.15-11.45 GM lesions and damage: do they explain the whole story? J.J. Geurts 11.45-12.15 Plasticity: what is the evidence? M.A. Rocca 12.15-12.45 Brain reserve and cognitive reserve: where are we going? J. Sumowski 12.45-13.15 Concluding remarks M. Filippi 13.15-14.30 Farewell cocktail 4
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Magnetic Resonance Techniques in Multiple Sclerosis Eighteenth Advanced Course Unrestricted Educational Grant