Scientific Program

Friday March 19, 2010

Chairman: A. Beltramello
                                               
08.00 – 08.30         
Management of head trauma: evidence based strategies
L. Van Den Hauwe, Belgium

08.30 – 09.00         
Clinical and surgical management of cranio-cerebral traumas
A. Maas, Belgium
                            
09.00 – 09.30         
Craniocerebral trauma: mechanism, pathophysiology and imaging findings
P. Parizel, Belgium

09.30 – 10.00         
Coma, vegetative persistent state, brain death: definitions, legal aspects, role of neuroradiology
A. Beltramello, Italy
                           
10.00 – 10.15         
Closing Remarks

10.15 – 10.45                         
Coffee Break

Chairman: F. Triulzi

10.45 – 11.15         
Pediatric head trauma and the battered child
F. Triulzi, Italy
                           
11.15 – 11.45         
Spine and cranio-cervical injuries: mechanisms and imaging
C. Romanowski, UK
                           
11.45 – 12.15         
Spinal cord trauma
R. Gaparotti, Italy

12.15 – 12.45         
Skull base, orbit and facial injury
B. Schuknecht, Switzerland

12.45 – 13.05         
Pediatric spine and spinal cord trauma
P.M. Sundgren, Sweden

13.05 – 13.15         
Closing Remarks

13.15 – 14.15                         
Lunch

14.15 17.00          
Mixed Workshops

• Diagnostic work-up in liquorrheas                       
  B. Schuknecht, Switzerland

• Intracranial hypotension: mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment
  M. Gallucci, Italy

• Secondary traumatic brain injuries
  G. Pellicanò, Italy

• Traumatic vascular injuries: mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment
  A. Beltramello, Italy

• MR studies of CSF: how to do it
  C. Romanowski, UK

• Chemo and radiotheraphy: CNS injuries
  P.M. Sundgren, Sweden

Saturday March 20, 2010

08.00 – 10.45
Mixed Workshops

• Diagnostic work-up in liquorrheas
  B. Schuknecht, Switzerland

• Intracranial hypotension: mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment
  M. Gallucci, Italy

• Secondary traumatic brain injuries
  G. Pellicanò, Italy

• Traumatic vascular injuries: mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment
  A. Beltramello, Italy

• MR studies of CSF: how to do it
  C. Romanowski, UK

• Chemo and radiotheraphy: CNS injuries
  P.M. Sundgren, Sweden

                           
10.45 – 11.15                         
Coffee Break

Chairman: C. Raybaud

11.15 – 11.45         
Role of MR in the diagnostic work-up of peripheral nerve diseases
R. Gasparotti, Italy

11.45 – 12.15                  
What a neurologist can tell us on seizure imaging: seizure semiology and EEG primer for the neuroradiologist
F. Vigevano, Italy
                           
12.15 – 12.45         
Epilepsy: standard and advanced imaging
T. A. Yousry, UK
                           
12.45 – 13.05         
Developmental epileptogenic lesions
C. Raybaud, Canada
                           
13.05 – 13.15         
Closing Remarks

13.15 – 14.15                  
Lunch

14.15 - 17.00           
Diagnostic Workshops

• Cranio-cervical junction
  N. Bargalló, Spain

• MS and other idiopathic inflammatory CNS diseases: diagnostic criteria and mimics
  A. Rovira, Spain

• Neuroanatomy of behavior and higher functions
  F. Di Salle, The Netherlands

• Peripheral nerve imaging: how to do it
  R. Gasparotti, Italy

• Low-back pain and sciatica mimics
  M. Gallucci, Italy

• Pediatric traumatic injury of the spine and spinal cord: are there any differences with adult?
  F. Triulzi, Italy

14.15 – 17.00           
Interventional Workshops 

• Endovascular interventions in traumatic vascular injury
  T. Krings, Canada

• Vertebral augmentation: evidence based approach, indications, complications
  J. Chiras, France

• Cervical disc treatment
  A. Stafa, Italy
  
                             

Sunday March 21, 2010

08.00 – 10.45           
Diagnostic Workshops

• Cranio-cervical junction
  N. Bargalló, Spain

• MS and other idiopathic inflammatory CNS diseases: diagnostic criteria and mimics
  A. Rovira, Spain

• Neuroanatomy of behavior and higher functions
  F. Di Salle, The Netherlands

• Peripheral nerve imaging: how to do it
  R. Gasparotti, Italy

• Low-back pain and sciatica mimics
  M. Gallucci, Italy

• Pediatric traumatic injury of the spine and spinal cord: are there any differences with adult?
  F. Triulzi, Italy

08.00 – 10.45           
Interventional Workshops

• Spine interventional instrumentation and practical suggestions
  G. Pellicanò, Italy

• Vertebral augmentation: new devices and cements
  M. Muto, Italy

• Lumbar disc treatment
  C. Andreula, Italy

10.45 – 11.15                         
Coffee Break

Chairman: A. Rovira

11.15 – 11.45         
Advanced neuroimaging in degenerative diseases: does it play a role?
F. Di Salle, Italy

11.45 – 12.15         
CNS infections in immunocompetent patients
M. Thurnher, Austria

12.15 – 12.45         
Viral and prionic infections
C. Andreula, Italy

12.45 – 13.05         
CNS infections in immunocompromised patients
C. Andreula, Italy

13.05 – 13.15         
Closing Remarks
 

13.15 – 14.00                         
Lunch

Chairman: P. M. Sundgren

14.00 – 14.30        
Non infective granulomatoses
P. M. Sundgren, Sweden
                           
14.30 – 15.00         
Encephalitis and related inflammatory brain disorders in children
A. Rossi, Italy
                       
15.00 – 15.10         
Closing Remarks

Monday March 22, 2010
                                   
Chairman: F. Barkhof       
 
08.00 – 08.30         
Spine and spinal cord infection
M. Thurnher, Austria
                                   
08.30 – 09.00         
Ageing brain normal and pathological
F. Barkhof, The Netherlands

09.00 – 09.30         
Dementia: role of imaging
F. Barkhof, The Netherlands

09.30 – 10.00         
Movement disorders: basic clinical semiotics and needs from imaging
G. Fabbrini, Italy

10.00 – 10.15         
Closing Remarks

10.15 – 10.45                         
Coffee Break

Chairman: T.A. Yousry

10.45 – 11.15         
Movement disorders: role of imaging in diagnosis and treatment
T.A. Yousry, UK

11.15 – 11.45
Multiple sclerosis: role of imaging in diagnostic and monitoring treatment response
A. Rovira, Spain         

                           
11.45 – 12.15         
Adult chronic hydrocephalus
A. Rovira, Spain

12.15 – 12.45         
Exogenous toxic and metabolic diseases
T. Krings, Canada

12.45 – 13.05         
Spine biomechanics
M. Muto, Italy

13.05 – 13.15         
Closing Remarks
 

13.15 – 14.15                         
Lunch

14.15 – 17.00           
Diagnostic Workshops

• Alcohol, liver and brain
  G. Zuccoli, USA

• Spinal cord lesions: differential diagnosis
  P. M. Sundgren, Sweden

• Diagnostic work-up on cognitive decline and dementia: case presentation
  F. Barkhof, The Netherlands

• Spine degenerative pathology
  L. Van Den Hauwe, Belgium

• Imaging in AIDS: what has changed in the last years?
  M. Thurnher, Austria

• Toxic encephalopathies: case based discussion
  T. Krings, Canada

14.15 – 17.00           
Interventional Workshops

• Interspinous devices: indications, how to do it, results
  J. Vandevenne, Belgium

• Vertebral instability and stenosis: new percutaneous approaches
  J. Reul, Germany

• Facet and sacro-iliac joint: diagnosis, indications, how to treat
  M. Gallucci, Italy

                                                  
Tuesday March 23, 2010
 

08.00 – 10.45           
Diagnostic Workshops

• Alcohol, liver and brain
  G. Zuccoli, USA

• Spinal cord lesions: differential diagnosis
  P.M. Sundgren, Sweden

• Diagnostic work-up on cognitive decline and dementia: case presentation
  F. Barkhof, The Netherlands

• Spine degenerative pathology
  L. Van Den Hauwe, Belgium

• Imaging in AIDS: what has changed in the last years?
  M. Thurnher, Austria

• Toxic encephalopathies: case based discussion
  T. Krings, Canada
                             

08.00 – 10.45           
Interventional Workshops

Percutaneous endoscopy: technique, indications, results, limits
J. Reul, Germany

Spine biopsy procedures
J. Vandevenne, Belgium

Post-operative spine: how to retreat pain
M. Muto, Italy

10.45 – 11.15                         
Coffee Break 

Chairman: M. Muto

11.15 – 11.45         
Degenerative diseases of the spine      
L. Van Den Hauwe, Belgium                    

11.45 – 12.15         
Stenosis and instability
M. Gallucci, Italy

12.15 – 12.45         
Introduction to spine interventions
M. Muto, Italy

12.45 – 13.05         
Post operative and interventional spine
L. Van Den Hauwe, Belgium
                           
13.05 – 13.15         
Closing Remarks

13.15 – 14.15                         
Lunch

15.00 – 17.00                
Exam