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Program

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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Key:


JMIRO = Abstract in the online JMIRO publication
EPOS = Electronic Poster available in the EPOS website
CON = Concurrent Session (Click on the link to expand the concurrent session)

THURSDAY 30 AUGUST 2012
0700-1800 Registration - Parkside Promenade
0830-1830 Exhibition Open - Hall 5
0830-1000 CON01   CON02   CON03   CON04
 

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Concurrent 1
MSK (Quality and Safety)
Session Chairs: Prof Suzanne Anderson and Dr Simon Dimmick

0830 - 0900 Safety of joint injections Prof Juerg Hodler JMIRO

0900 - 0910 A potential problem with joint injections A/Prof Bruno Giuffre JMIRO

0910 - 0940 Imaging of the spine, relevance of imaging findings Prof Juerg Hodler JMIRO

0940 - 0950 Surf spinal injuries Dr Simon Dimmick JMIRO

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Concurrent 2
Interventional
Session Chairs: Prof Ken Thomson and Dr Lourens Bester

0830 - 0900 Endovascular management of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms Dr Barry Katzen

0900 - 0935 Australian adventures with complex aortic stentgrafts Prof Ken Thomson

0935 - 10:00 Panel Discussion: Scope of Practice for IR
Chair: Prof Mark Khangure
Panel: Dr Katzen, Prof Thomson, Prof Bester

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Concurrent 3
Quality Improvement in the Emergency Department
Session Chairs: A/Prof Dinesh Varma and Mr Peter Downey

0830 - 0840 Consumer Representative: ED-MI: The consumer perspective Ms Ann Revell

0840 - 0900 QI/framework in the ED/Dx Error Dr Carmel Crock

0900 - 0920 Reducing the inappropriate use of medical imaging in the emergency department: A NHRMC TRIP Fellowship Project Dr Neil Jones JMIRO

0920 - 0940 Imaging West, WA Dept of Health: Guidelines Dr William MacDonald

0940 - 1000 IV Contrast and CIN Dr Sarah Constantine JMIRO

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Concurrent 4
Title: Scientific Presentations
Session Chairs: Dr Anthony Butler

0830 - 0840 Implementing a natural language processing solution to capture cancer stage and recurrence Dr Georgina Marr EPOS JMIRO

0840 - 0850 Ultrasound appearances of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans Dr Ka Lok Lee JMIRO

0850 - 0900 Volumetric 3D-T2-weighted MRI for the prostate cancer at 3T with interactive multiplanar reformat imaging Dr Satoru Takahashi JMIRO

0900 - 0910 CT-perfusion in patients with prostate cancer (PCA): Correlation of perfusion parameters with PSA and pre-surgical Gleason Score Dr Martin Huellner JMIRO

0910 - 0920 Contrast enhanced ultrasound adjunct of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in diagnosis, treatment and follow up of hepatocellular carcinoma Dr Shorav Bhatnagar EPOS JMIRO

0920 - 0930 Significance of contrast enhanced computed tomography to reveal extra hepatic collateral supply of hepatocellular carcinoma before Transarterial chemoembolization Dr Sharov Bhatnagar EPOS JMIRO

0930 - 0940 CT-perfusion in patients with prostate cancer (PCA): Relation of perfusion parameters and post-surgical Gleason Score and tumor stage Dr Martin Huellner JMIRO

0940 - 0950 Multifunctional MRI in the Body: applications and challenges in oncology Dr Abhishek Mahajan EPOS JMIRO

1000-1030 Morning Tea - Hall 5 Exhibition / EPOS™ / Webcasting
1030-1215 CON05   CON06   CON07   CON08
 

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Concurrent 5
Abdominal (Pancreas)
Session Chairs: Dr Kundur Reddy and Dr James Anderson

1030 - 1100 Imaging of pancreatic cancer with molecular basis Prof Hiromu Mori

1100 - 1120 Management of pancreatic cysts Dr Duncan Ramsay

1120 - 1140 Mimics of pancreatic cancer Dr Tom Sutherland JMIRO

1140 - 1210 Understanding of peripancreatic neural-lymphatic complex for accurate staging of pancretic cancer Prof Hiromu Mori JMIRO

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Concurrent 6
Paediatrics (Chest Imaging)
Session Chairs: Dr Tim Cain and Dr David Lord

1030 - 1100 Imaging of pericardium Dr Rajesh Krishnamurthy

1100 - 1130 New diagnoses in infant lung disease Dr David Lord

1130 - 1200 Cardiovascular anatomy and heterotaxy Dr Rajesh Krishnamurthy

1200 - 1210 Assessment of aortopulmonary collateral flow and pulmonary vascular growth using a 3.0 Tesla Magnetic resonance imaging system in patients who underwent bidirectional Glenn shunting Dr Rong-Pin Wang EPOS JMIRO

1210 - 1220 Accuracy of CT imaging in diagnosis and characterisation of congenital cystic lung malformations in children Dr Moti Chowdhury JMIRO

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Concurrent 7
Women's Imaging
Chairs: Dr Evelyn Ho and Warwick Lee

1030 - 1100 Screening strategies for women at high risk Dr Michael Michell JMIRO

1110 - 1145 Imaging in the management of ovarian cancer Prof Hedvig Hricak JMIRO

1145 - 1205 Update on adjuvant ultrasound for management dense breasts A/Prof Jennifer Cawson

1205 - 1230 Early detection or over diagnosis Dr Warwick Lee

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Concurrent 8
Image Quality, Ionizing Radiation Dose and Dose Optimisation
Session Chairs: Dr Sarah Constantine and Dr Daniel Schick

1030 - 1100 Radiographer peer review: image quality Dr Jacob Sosna JMIRO

1100 - 1130 The evolution of dose optimisation Ms Stephanie Hartman and Ms Dana Jackson JMIRO

1130 - 1140 Junior doctors and ionising radiation: Assessing knowledge and the effects of education Dr Benjamin Ackland EPOS JMIRO

1140 - 1150 Comparative study on interative reconstruction techniques in head CT: effect on radiation dose and image quality Dr Chi Hang Henry JMIRO

1150 - 1200 Importance of correct patient positioning at isocentre for CT scanning: A multivendor study Ms Dana Jackson EPOS JMIRO

1200 - 1210 Beam hardening artefacts in CT scans: systematic analysis on artefact reduction strategies for routine clinical settings Dr Chen-I Lin EPOS JMIRO

1210 - 1220 Virtual non contrast using dual energy CT versus true non contrast CT in evaluation of Hepatic masses: our initial experience Dr Trishna Shimpi EPOS JMIRO

1215-1315 Lunch - Hall 5Exhibition / EPOS™ / Webcasting
1215-1315 South Pacific Liaison Group - Room 109
1315-1500 PLEN1
 

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PLENARY 1 "Professor Bill Hare" Session
Welcome Address and Opening Ceremony
Session Chairs: Prof Byung Ihn Choi, AOSR President, A/Prof Dinesh Varma, RANZCR President and Prof Ken Thomson, AOCR 2012 Convenor

Welcome AOCR 2012
Ministers Address: Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Australian Federal Minister for Health
Opening Ceremony Performance
25 year history of multidisciplinary collaboration for intervention
Dr Barry Katzen

Value-based healthcare and defending the cost of imaging
Prof Greg Sorensen

1500-1530 Afternoon Tea - Hall 5 Exhibition / EPOS™ / Webcasting
1530-1645 CON09   CON10   CON11
 

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Concurrent 9
Neuroradiology Frontiers
Session Chairs: A/Prof Patricia Desmond and Prof Mark Khangure

1530 - 1600 MR-PET: technical challenges and innovative solutions Prof Greg Sorensen

1600 - 1610 A functional MRI study of motor dysfunction in Friedreich's Ataxia Dr Hamed Akhlaghi EPOS JMIRO

1610 - 1640 High performance neuroimaging: 7 Tesla and beyond Prof Greg Sorensen

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Concurrent 10
RANZCR/MIGA Radiology Hypothetical
"Arms' Length Referral: Is it too far away from the patient?"
Session Chair: Dr Greg Slater

Join the panel as they work through challenging scenarios and discuss key aspects of the Diagnostic Imaging Reform Package

Members of the Panel

Moderator: Dr Chris O'Donnell, Melbourne-based Radiologist will work with an expert panel to work through this Hypothetical:

• Dr Matthew Andrews, immediate Past President of the College.
• Ms Fifine Cahill, the Assistant Secretary of the Primary Care, Diagnostics and Radiation Oncology Branch of the Medical Benefits Division of the Department of Health and Ageing.
• Mr Anthony Mennillo, MIGA Senior Claims Solicitor.
• Dr Brian Morton, a Sydney-based GP and active participant in GP policy matters who recently represented the AMA on a DoHA working group to identify and develop indications for GP referred Paediatric MRI Medicare items.
• Dr Anusha Naidoo, current College Councillor and Chair of the College's Standards of Practice and Accreditation Committee.
• Ms Ann Revell, who has been integrally involved as a Consumer Representative and Adviser to the College's Quality Use of Diagnostic Imaging Program.

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Concurrent 11
Heart and Lungs
Session Chairs: Dr Richard Slaughter and Dr Stephen Cheung

1530 - 1600 How to quantify coronary artery stenosis by coronary CTA and its functional significance Dr John Hoe JMIRO

1600 - 1620 Lung Cancer Screening with CT: optimising the risk-benefit ratio Dr Conor Murray

1620 - 1640 Current status of cardiac MRI Dr Ruth Lim JMIRO

1700-1830 Welcome Reception - Hall 5
1900-2100 Trainee and Junior Radiologists Reception
1900-2300 RANZCR And AOSR Past President and AOSR Executive Council Dinner
(Invitation Only)