ONLINE Inflammatory & Infectious Diseases of the CNS Fellowship (Jan 29 - 31, 2024)
hosted byTMC Academy
ONLINE Inflammatory & Infectious Diseases of the CNS Fellowship is organized by TMC Academy and will be held from Jan 29 - 31, 2024.
Description:
An interactive neuroimaging course consisting of lectures as well as MRI and CT case readings and discussions will familiarize you with diverse imaging protocols for diagnosing inflammation/ infection in the brain and spinal cord.
Inflammatory and infectious diseases of the central nervous system constitute a relatively large group of brain and spinal cord disorders encountered in everyday practice. It is a group of diseases that require the prompt establishment of diagnosis and immediate management of the patient in order to improve prognosis. Timely recognition of subtle signs on imaging can be crucial for patient survival and overall quality of life. Going through real-time cases, the Fellow will be guided through a broad range of everyday and less common imaging findings, with the aim to consolidate their experience and build confidence in dealing with these more or less unusual imaging findings.
Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with diverse imaging protocols used for diagnosing inflammation/ infection in the brain and spinal cord
- To learn when, why and how to image a patient with suspicious neuroinflammation/ neuroinfection
- To learn how to report MRI or CT studies in neuroinflammation and neuroinfection
- To understand basic and advanced mechanisms of inflammatory disorders in the brain and spinal cord (ADEM, NMOSD, MOGAD and other disorders)
- To become familiar with most common imaging presentations of neuroinfections (meningitis, encephalitis and myelitis of various geneses)
- To become able to recognize normal and abnormal imaging features and to avoid pitfalls
Level II - General radiologist:
This neuroimaging course is designed for levels II (4th-5th year radiology residents) and III (specialists in radiology and neuroradiology).
