November 9 to 13, 2018 · Bingen am Rhein, Germany

Reading & using Computer Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Images of Horses

The course will allow you to advance your MR and CT image reading and finding interpretation skills.

Program:

November 9, 2018 Friday
MR images with Rachel Murray and Natasha Werpy
CE hours by ATF are being seeked

  • 9:30 – MRI interpretation concepts and how to read best images of the foot structures
  • 11:00 – Coffee break
  • 11:30 – How to read best images of tendons and ligaments with normal anatomy of the metacarpus and metatarsus to the foot?
  • 13:00 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Reading MR images of the foot. History, findings and interpretation
  • 15:30 – Coffee Break
  • 16:00 – Reading MR images of tendons and ligaments. History, findings and interpretation
  • 18:00 – End

November 10, 2018 Saturday
MR images with Rachel Murray and Natasha Werpy
CE hours by ATF are being seeked

  • 9:00 – Normal anatomy of the collateral ligament of the coffin joint – with high field and ultrasound images
  • 9:45 – The MRI appearance and clinical relevance of pathologic change in the fetlock region
  • 10:30 – Coffee break
  • 11:00 – Normal anatomy and pathologic change of the metacarpus/carpus, metatarsus/tarsus and stifle
  • 13:00 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Reading MR images of foot and fetlock: History, findings and interpretation
  • 15:45 – Coffee break
  • 16:15 – Reading MR images of carpus, tarsus and stifle: History, findings and interpretation
  • 18:00 – End
  • 18:45 – Depart for rattling the body!

November 11, 2018 Sunday
CE hours by ATF are being seeked

Morning: MR images with Rachel Murray and Natasha Werpy

  • 9:00 – Classification for recheck of lesions
  • 10:30 – Coffee break
  • 11:00 – Review of 2018 imaging literature
  • 12:30 – Lunch

Afternoon: CT images with Maren Hellige and Renate Weller

  • 13:30 – Different CT systems
  • 14.30 – Coffee break
  • 15.00 – Systematic approach to reading CT images
  • 16.00 – CT artefacts
  • 17.00 – Artefact quiz
  • 17.30 – Discussion
  • 18:00 – End

November 12, 2018 Monday
CT images with Maren Hellige and Renate Weller
CE hours by ATF are being seeked

  • 9:00 – CT of the equine head: Teeth and sinuses
  • 10.00 – CT anatomy revision. Quiz
  • 10:30 – Coffee break
  • 11.00 – CT of the cervical spine: Acquisition and interpretation
  • 12.30 – Cervical spine anatomy revision. Quiz
  • 13.00 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Reading CT images of structures discussed in the morning. History, findings and interpretation
  • 15:45 – Coffee break
  • 16:15 – Continue reading CT images
  • 18:00 – End

November 13, 2018 Tuesday
CT images with Maren Hellige and Renate Weller
CE hours by ATF are being seeked

  • 9:00 – CT Head: Non-dental problems
  • 9:45 – Contrast CT
  • 10:30 – Coffee break
  • 11:00 – CT of orthopaedic cases
  • 12:00 – New CT papers
  • 12:30 – Lunch
  • 13:30 -Reading CT images of structures discussed in the morning. History, findings and interpretation
  • 15:30 – Coffee break
  • 16:00 – Continue
  • 18:00 – End