Unmet Clinical Needs & Underutilized Technical Methods
Weekend Course
ORGANIZERS: Tim Bray, Alissa Burge, Hermien Kan
Saturday, 10 May 2025
313A
13:00 -
17:00
Moderators:
All Sections: David Reiter & Jingting Yao
Skill Level: Basic to Advanced
Session Number: WE-10
No CME/CE Credit
Session Number: WE-10
Overview
Technical advances in musculoskeletal MRI are constant, with new developments in sequencing and processing resulting in a continual evolution of available imaging techniques. While certain techniques are adopted into clinical practice relatively rapidly, others seem to be underutilized in typical clinical imaging algorithms. On the other hand, while MR imaging is crucial in the diagnosis of a variety of clinical entities, certain conditions exist for which imaging options are insufficient or suboptimal. This session aims to explore areas where currently available technical methods may address unmet clinical needs, as well as barriers to adoption.
Target Audience
Clinicians, radiologists, technologists, and scientists interested in a discussion of unmet clinical needs and underutilized technical methods, and where the two may intersect.
Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Identify clinical problems for which current imaging options may be insufficient or suboptimal;
• Discuss currently available technical methods which appear to be underutilized in typical clinical practice; and
• Identify areas in which currently available technical methods may address unmet clinical needs, as well as barriers to adoption.
| | Pediatric MRI |
| 13:25 |  | Whole-body MRI for the evaluation of heterogeneous change in malignant bone disease. Matthew Blackledge, Antonio Candito, Nina Tunariu, Christina Messiou, Dow-Mu Koh Keywords: Body: Body, Musculoskeletal: Skeletal, Contrast mechanisms: Diffusion Advanced bone cancers including metastatic prostate cancer and multiple myeloma are associated with significant morbidity and poor survival. In this presentation we discuss the latest trends in whole-body MRI for the assessment widespread bone disease with an aim improve understanding of applications and build confidence in its use as a robust marker of treatment response. |
| 13:50 | | What We Really Need in Clinical MSK Oncology Ali Pirasteh |
| | Muscle & Whole Body MRI |
| 14:15 | | Fast, Motion-Robust-Quiet Jon Tamir Test post please ignore |
| 14:40 | | Break & Meet the Teachers |
| 15:10 | | Children Are Not Just Small Adults Ali Syed |
| | Musculoskeletal Oncology |
| 15:35 | | qMRI of Muscle & Integration into Whole-Body Protocols Martijn Froeling |
| 16:00 | | What Do the Numbers Mean? Silvia Blemker |
| 16:25 | | Sports Medicine Philip Colucci Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of muscle injuries in sports medicine. Clinical diagnoses are usually rendered solely on qualitative evaluation of morphology and signal characteristics. The radiologist often has little difficulty identifying and describing muscle abnormalities, which allows referring providers to devise appropriate treatment strategies. Quantitative imaging methods are promising but there are barriers to clinical implementation. There are direct and indirect costs in implementing these new techniques including time penalties at acquisition, post-processing, and interpretation. The benefits of additional information gleaned from quantitative techniques need to be validated with well-defined outcome measures. |
| | Introduction |
| 16:50 | | Bridging the Gap Between Technical Developments & Clinical Needs Rianne van der Heijden |