Friday, 7 may 2010

SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL COURSE

Potentials & Challenges of High-Field MRS

Room A5 07:00 – 08:00 Organizers & Moderators: Rolf Gruetter and Ivan Tkac

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course participants should be able to:

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  Describe advantages and potentials of MRS at very high fields;
  
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  Identify problems and challenges of high field MRS;
  
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  Define the MRS detectable neurochemical profile of the brain;
  
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  Describe principles of metabolite quantification;
  
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  Assess spectral quality and identify main sources of spectral quality deterioration; and
  
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  Explain the importance of B0 shimming at high fields.