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Program schedule

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Beyond Mammography

7:40 am Welcome  
7:45 am Screening With MRI. Dr. Lehman
8:15 am ACRIN 6666 Results: How Will They Change Your Practice? Dr. Mendelson
8:45 am US Equipment, Technique, and Scanning Pitfalls. Dr. Rizzatto
9:20 am Coffee Break and Opening of Exhibits  

Ultrasound

10:05 am Feature Analysis in Ultrasound Interpretation Using BI-RADS®. Dr. Mendelson
10:40 am Anatomy of the Breast and Axilla. Dr. Rizzatto
11:15 am Physics of Ultrasound. Dr. Jellins
11:50 am Future Trends and Techniques in Breast Ultrasound Including Elastography. Dr. Rizzatto
12:25 pm Buffet Lunch  

MRI

1:10 pm Breast MRI – Essential Technical Aspects. Dr. Hendrick
1:40 pm Breast MRI – Clinical Indications and BI-RADS® Interpretation. Dr. Newstead
2:20 pm How to Image the Patient with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer. Dr. Bick
3:00 pm Coffee Break and Exhibits
3:40 pm MRI-guided Breast Biopsy: Lesion Selection and Optimizing Efficiency. Dr. Lehman
4:20 pm Ultrasound Case Review with Audience Response System. Dr. Comstock
5:00 pm Workshops  
  (1) MRI-guided Breast Biopsy. Drs. Abe, Benjamin, Brooks, Hou, Kuritza
  (2) Automated Breast Ultrasound. Drs. Mendelson, Sennett, Solari
6:00 pm Adjourn  

Friday, September 12, 2008

MRI continued / Intervention

7:25 am am Workshops  
  (1) MRI-guided Breast Biopsy. Drs. Abe, Benjamin, Brooks, Hou, Kuritza
  (2) Automated Breast Ultrasound. Drs. Mendelson, Sennett, Solari
8:25 am Workshops end  
8:30 am Imaging of the Ducts: Ductography, US, and MRI. Dr. Newstead
9:00 am DCIS: Correlating Extent and Histologic Type Using Modern Imaging and Pathology Techniques. Dr. Tucker
9:30 am MR Case Review with Audience Participation System. Dr. Bick
10:15 am Coffee Break and Exhibits  
11:00 am US and Stereo-guided Interventions. Dr. Paquelet
11:45 am Image-guided Ablation Advances. Dr. Comstock
12:15 pm Buffet Lunch  

PACS/Digital Mammopgraphy/Tomosynthesis

1:00 pm Want to be 100% Digital? Everything You Need to Know. Dr. Zuley
1:45 pm An Approach to Interpreting Digital Mammograms. Dr. J. Wolfman
2:15 pm IHE and DICOM, Universal or Mammo Specific Workstations. Dr. Zuley
2:45 pm Digital Mammography – CAD, Tomosynthesis, and Other Advanced Applications. Dr. Schmidt
3:30 pm Coffee Break and Exhibits (Exhibits close after break)  
4:15 pm Multimodality CAD. Dr. Giger
4:50 pm Radiation and Dose and Cancer Risk in Breast Imaging and CT: Digital Mammography, Tomosynthesis, Dedicated Breast CT, BSGI, and PEM. Dr. Hendrick
5:20 pm PACS and Connectivity. Dr. Chang
5:50 pm Panel: Do You Review Outside MRI Cases and Other Controversial Issues. Drs. Bick, Comstock, Newstead, J. Wolfman
6:15 pm Adjourn  

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Management of the Breast Cancer Patient

7:45 am Talking with Patients: Ways to Gain Their Trust. Dr. Linver
8:15 am Breast Specific Gamma Imaging. Dr. Brem
8:45 am Changes in Surgical Management in the Last Decade – Role of Multimodality Breast Imaging. Dr. Hansen
9:15 am Improving Breast Surgery Outcomes: Integrated Pathologic and Imaging Methods. Dr. Tucker
9:45 am Coffee Break  
10:00 am Surgical Techniques for Reconstruction – Correlation with Breast Imaging. Dr. Song
10:30 am Newer Approaches to Medical Management of Breast Cancer. Dr. Gradishar
11:00 am Radiation Therapy Update – PBI and Imaging Requirements for Eligibility. Dr. Kiel
11:30 am Boxed Lunch and Panel Session: Case Studies – Controversies in Management. Drs. Grabler, Gradishar, Hansen, Sennett, Schmidt, Tucker
12:15 pm Break  

Joint CIBC/SAWI

12:30 pm Benchmarks in Breast Imaging. Dr. Feig
1:00 pm Mammography and Computer Aided Detection: Past, Present and Future. Dr. Brem
1:30 pm The High-Risk Breast Clinic. Dr. Olopade
2:00 pm Breast Imaging: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Dr. Bassett
2:30 pm Coffee Break  
2:45 pm Follow-up Imaging of the Breast Cancer Patient. Dr. Mendelson
3:15 pm The Mammography Audit. Dr. Linver
3:45 pm Breast Cancer Screening in China. Dr. Juntai
4:15 pm Adjourn  

Sunday, September 14, 2008

SAWI

7:45 am Advancing Women’s Imaging Through SAWI. Dr. Fleischer
8:00 am Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer with Sonography. Dr. Fleischer
8:45 am MRI in Gynecologic Cancers. Dr. Javitt
9:30 am Women’s Imaging: Using the Appropriateness Criteria in Your Practice. Dr. Bassett
10:15 am Break  
10:30 am Advanced Obstetrical Imaging (3D and MRI). Dr. Angtuaco
11:15 am Benign Uterine Conditions. Dr. D. Wolfman
12:00 pm Box Lunch Panel: OB/GYN Modalities Case Studies: US and MRI. Drs. Javitt, Angtuaco, Böhm-Vélez, Fleischer, Lev-Toaff, D. Wolfman
12:45 pm Evaluation and Management of Osteoporosis – DXA. Dr. Bachman
1:30 pm Evaluation and Management of Osteoporosis – QCT and Other Imaging. Dr. Weigert
2:15 pm Break  
2:30 pm Imaging of Pelvic Pain: Pre- and Postmenopausal. Dr. Böhm-Vélez
3:30 pm 3D Ultrasound of Uterine/Endometrial Disorders. Dr. Lev-Toaff
4:15 pm How Can We Optimize Women’s Imaging Services – Q & A. Faculty
4:30 pm Adjourn