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

Module 1—Emergency Department

• 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