June 26 to 29, 2023 in Bonn, Germany
Reading & using Magnetic Resonance and Computer Tomography Images of Horses
The course will allow you to advance your MR and CT image reading and finding interpretation skills. There will be no basic lectures. Instead, the recordings of 2021 with the complete foundation information for both modalities will be available until the onsite event for a reduced price for those registering.
Prices are:
- For MR image reading foundation training (4 hours, MR Imaging 2021-02; recorded on May 13, 2021). Natasha Werpy; 99 Euro
- For MR image reading foundation training (4 hours, MR Imaging 2021-01; recorded on May 12, 2021). Natasha Werpy; 99 Euro
- For CT Imaging (4 hours, 2021-01; recorded on May 7, 2021). Maren Hellige and Gabriel Manso Diaz; 99 Euro
- For the 3 mentioned MR and CT 2021 recordings: 249 Euro
The Academy for Continuous Veterinary Education (Akademie für Tierärztliche Fortbildung, ATF) credits this course with 28 hours in total, 7 hours for single days.
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Program
June 26, Monday
MR imaging with Natasha Werpy
- 09:00 – Foot: Distal interphalangeal joint (DIPJ), palmar foot and DIPJ collateral ligaments
- 11:00 – Coffee break
- 11:30 – Palmar pastern and fetlock soft tissues including digital sheath
- 12:30 – Fetlock: Metacarpo- / tarsophalangeal joint and suspensory ligament branches
- 13:30 – Lunch
- 14:30 – Image reading lab – Foot, pastern, and fetlock
- 16:00 – Coffee break
- 16:30 – Image reading lab – Foot, pastern, and fetlock
- 18:00 – End
June 27, Tuesday
MR imaging with Natasha Werpy
- 09:00 – Front and hind suspensory ligaments / metacarpal and tarsal regions
- 11:00 – Coffee break
- 11:15 – Carpus and tarsus
- 12:15 – Stifle
- 13:15 – Lunch
- 14:15 – Image reading lab – Front and hind limb suspensory ligament, carpus, tarsus and stifle
- 15:45 – Coffee break
- 16:15 – Image reading lab – Front and hind limb suspensory ligament, carpus, tarsus and stifle
- 17:30 – Questions and answers
- 18:00 – End
- 18:30 – Games and dinner
June 28, Wednesday
CT imaging with Maren Hellige and Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 9:00 – Distal limb: Anatomy quiz – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 9:30 – Distal limb: Foot, pastern and fetlock – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 10:15 – Metacarpus and carpus – Maren Hellige
- 11:00 – Coffee break
- 11:30 – Tarsus and stifle – Maren Hellige
- 12:30 – New CT papers: Journal Club – Maren Hellige
- 13:00 – Lunch
- 14:00 – Reading CT images of the limb – Gabriel and Maren
- 15:45 – Coffee break
- 16:15 – Reading CT images of the limb – Maren and Gabriel
- 18:00 – End
June 29, Thursday
CT imaging with Gabriel Manso Diaz and Maren Hellige
- 9:00 – Head: Anatomy quiz – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 9:15 – Sinusitis: Differential diagnosis – Maren Hellige
- 9:45 – Mandibular, pharyngeal and laryngeal region – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 10:30 – Head trauma – Maren Hellige
- 11:00 – Coffee break
- 11:30 – CT of spine I: Anatomy quiz – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 11:45 – CT of the spine II: facet joints (fragmentation, fractures, enlargement…) – Gabriel Manso Diaz
- 12:15 – CT of spine III: vertebrae, fractures, vertebral canal, ligaments, myelograms, without facet joints) – Maren Hellige
- 13:00 – Lunch
- 14:00 – Reading CT images of the head – Maren and Gabriel
- 15:45 – Coffee break
- 16:15 – Reading CT images of the head – Gabriel and Maren
- 18:00 – End
What you need to know...
Dates & Locations
June 26 to 29, 2023 | CJD Bonn | Germany
– see address below
Accommodation
CJD Bonn
Tagungs- und Gästehaus · Graurheindorfer Str. 149 · 53117 Bonn · Germany · Phone +49 (0) 228 98 96 0; https://www.cjd-bonn.de/
A room contingent has been reserved until May 10 (the end of early registration). Reservations need to be done via email thru reservierung@cjd.de only. Reservations must include billing address.
Further information
Arbeitsgruppe Pferd – Task Force Horse
Arno Lindner
Heinrich-Röttgen-Str. 20, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2461 340-430; Fax: -484;
contact@agpferd.de; www.agpferd.com
- Nearest airports: Cologne/Bonn (CGN). However, Frankfurt am Main (FRA) and Düsseldorf (DUS) are good choices too because from there it is rather easy to get to Bonn by train and the hotel is within 10 minutes walking distance from the Central Railway Station (Hauptbahnhof).
- On Bonn: https://www.bonn.de
- Speaker’s bios available in www.agpferd.com > Events > The Equine MR and CT Imaging Days
- More equine professionals’ education: Please check under events in agpferd.com
Speakers
Maren Hellige
studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Subsequently she received her doctoral thesis at the Equine Clinic of the Freie Universität Berlin. From 2002 – 2007 she qualified as a veterinary specialist for horses at a private veterinary clinic in Germany. Since 2008 she works in the Equine Clinic of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, where she deals primarily with orthopedic cases and all the different imaging modalities (Ultrasound, X – ray, CT and high-field MRI). She did her residency in Diagnostic Imaging (Large Animal Alternative Track) at the RVC in London and is board certified by the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging.
Gabriel Manso Diaz
graduated from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain, before completing a Master’s program in research in veterinary sciences. He then went on to complete a PhD in advanced imaging modalities (CT and MRI) for the diagnosis of equine head disorders. After which, he undertook a residency in Diagnostic Imaging (Large Animal Track) at the Royal Veterinary College (London, UK) and obtained board certification in the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging.
He is currently Lecturer at the UCM and splits his time between clinical referral work as equine radiologist and teaching and research in large animal diagnostic imaging. He is also Consultant in Equine Diagnostic Imaging at the Royal Veterinary College.
Natasha Werpy
graduated from the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO (CSU). After completing an equine internship in 1999-2000, she completed a year imaging internship with Norm Rantanen. Then she did a diagnostic imaging residency with Norm and at CSU. She is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Radiology. She worked as the Medical Imaging Director at the Gail Holmes Equine Orthopaedic Research Center at CSU under Wayne McIlwraith from 2004–2011. She was an Associate Professor of Diagnostic
Imaging at the University of Florida in Gainesville from 2011 – 2016. Since 2016 she has worked as a private practice consultant working with different imaging modalities for US and international clinics.
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