Clinical fMRI & DTI Course Seminars & Hands on Workshop: Presurgical fMRI & DTIApril 15—16, 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues

It is my great pleasure to announce the OHBM Alpine Chapter’s 2016 clinical fMRI and DTI course, which will take place in beautiful Basel, Switzerland.This comprehensive course on presurgical fMRI and DTI has a long tradition, is very practically oriented, conducted by renowned experts, and now held for the first time under patronage of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). The program has been designed to attract physicians, neuroscientists and other professionals working in the field. The number of participants is limited to ensure personal instruction, supervision and practical training. The course is accredited with 12 CME points.Friday covers the full theoretical background relevant to the topic with lectures and interactive seminars. There is a late arrival option after lunch for those participants who are familiar with the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and methodological background. The afternoon is dedicated to presurgical applications.Saturday is dedicated to practical aspects and training. After detailed instructions, the participants are split into smaller groups, conduct actual measurements on our high-end 3T-imager (Siemens PRISMA) and evaluate clinical data sets under close expert supervision. You may bring your own cases.Finally, we offer a course dinner for all participants where a reservation is required. We will assist you with travel and accommodation issues on request.We are looking forward to welcome you in Basel.

Yours sincerely

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Stippich

Faculty

Dr. rer. nat. Michael AmannNeuroradiology, University Hospital Basel

Prof. Dr. med. Roland BeisteinerNeurology, Medical University of Vienna

Dr. med. Alberto BizziNeuroradiology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Milano

PD Dr. med. Maria BlatowNeuroradiology, University Hospital Basel

Prof. Dr. med. Stephan FelberNeuroradiology, Stiftungsklinikum Mittelrhein Koblenz

Dr. Florian FischmeisterNeurology, Medical University of Vienna

Prof. Dr. med. Elke GizewskiNeuroradiology, University Hospital Innsbruck

Dr. sc. hum. Julia ReinhardtNeuroradiology, University Hospital Basel

PD. Dr. med. Lennart StieglitzNeurosurgery, Zürich University Hospital

Dr. med. Bram StieltjesRadiology, University Hospital Basel

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph StippichNeuroradiology, University Hospital Basel

Prof. Dr. med. Roland WiestNeuroradiology, Inselspital Bern University Hopital

Registration

Local contact & registrationSamantha Schmied Department of RadiologyUniversity Hospital BaselPetersgraben 4 CH-4031 Basel, SwitzerlandPhone: 0041 61 32 86370samantha.schmied@usb.ch

Registration feeFee: 450 CHF (whole course) 200 CHF (friday only) 300 CHF (saturday only)Course dinner: 120 CHF Bank accountIBAN: CH62 0077 0016 0636 4380 1SWIFT/BIC: BKBBCHBBBasler Kantonalbank (4002 Basel)Account owner: Universitätsspital Basel, HauptbuchhaltungReference: Fondskonto Stippich (FO 107030) Course venueKonferenzraum 1, Radiologie, Level -1Department of RadiologyUniversity Hospital BaselPetersgraben 4CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

Preliminary schedule

Friday, April 15th 08:30—09:00 On site registration 09:00—09:15 Welcome (R. Beisteiner, C. Stippich) 09:15—09:45 Introduction to presurgical fMRI & DTI (C. Stippich)09:45—10:15 Refresher: neuroanatomy (M. Blatow)10:15—10:45 Refresher: basics & techniques (B. Stieltjes) 10:45—11:00 Coffee break 11:00—11:30 Practical aspects for clinical applications (J. Reinhardt) 11:30—12:30 Data management & analysis (M. Amann, F. Fischmeister)

12:30—13:30 Lunch break (late arrival option) 13:30—14:00 Presurgical fMRI (C. Stippich) 14:00—14:30 Presurgical DTI (A. Bizzi)14:30—15:15 Interactive cases (A. Bizzi, S. Felber, C. Stippich) 15:15—15:30 Coffee break 15:30—16:00 Artifacts, limitations, tips & tricks (B. Stieltjes)16:00—16:30 Brain plasticity in fMRI & DTI (E. Gizewski)16:30—17:00 Functional neuronavigation (L. Stieglitz)17:00—17:30 EEG - fMRI in epilepsy (R. Wiest)17:30—17:45 Discussion 19:00 Course Dinner

Saturday, April 16th

09:00—09:45 Introduction: measurements (J. Reinhardt) 09:45—10:30 Introduction: data management & analysis, SPM, FSL, BrainVoyager (M. Amann, F. Fischmeister)10:30—10:45 Training groups (4 to 8 persons each) (C. Stippich)

10:45—11:00 Coffee break 11:00—12:30 Training groups - Measurements - Data analysis fMRI (BrainVoyager, SPM, i-Plan) - Data analysis DTI (FSL, i-Plan) - Medical interpretation (R. Beisteiner, A. Bizzi, C. Stippich) 12:30—13:30 Lunch break 13:30—15:00 Training groups - Measurements - Data analysis fMRI (BrainVoyager, SPM, i-Plan) - Data analysis DTI (FSL, i-Plan) - Medical interpretation (R. Beisteiner, A. Bizzi, C. Stippich)

15:00—15:30 Discussion 15:30 End of course