Clinical NeuroPET Preceptorship
Introduction
Directed by Dan Silverman, MD, PhD, this course familiarizes attendees with the current state of brain PET and its application to the diagnosis of neurosurgical/neurologic and psychiatric disease. The program focuses on clinically established uses of brain PET: in particular, the role of PET in evaluation of cognitive impairment, epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinsonian symptoms, Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Technical aspects and quantification issues unique to brain PET are explored and approaches that allow identification of early neurologic disease are examined. Formal didactic lectures are supplemented by structured review of clinical cases and independent review of case files. Participants will gain an understanding of the basic aspects of PET methodology, clinical applications of PET, how such uses compare with similar information acquired through SPECT brain imaging, and how these approaches can contribute to overall patient management.
Location and Hotel Information
Conference Cost: $100 (non-refundable)
When: June 4, 2010 - the day before the SNM Conference
Where: Salt Lake City
Peery Hotel www.peeryhotel.com
110 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT 84101,
Phone 801-521-4300
Seminar Hotel: If you would like to stay at the hotel the room rate is $109. Indicate that you are there for the Syntermed meeting.
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Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants should be able to:
• Understand the fundamentals of brain function and PET and how they apply to obtaining dedicated images of the brain.
• Describe principles of acquisition, visual analysis, quantification, and interpretation of brain PET scans, and identify patterns of normal variation.
• Appreciate the clinical role of PET in evaluating patients for cognitive impairment, epilepsy, brain tumors, Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
Agenda
08:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
09:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
09:20 AM Acquisition, Systematic Approach to Interpretation, Normal Variants
10:00 AM Structured Case Review
10:20 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Tutorial on Workstations, Independent Visual Examination of Cases
11:30 AM Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
12:30 PM Lunch Break
01:30 PM Epilepsy and Neuro-oncology
02:10 PM Quantification: Issues and Tutorial
03:10 PM Independent Visual/Quantitative Examination of Case Files
04:10 PM Review of Challenging Cases, Q&A
04:30 PM Integrating Clinical, Brain PET Visual and Quantitative Data