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