The information provided by Sarah Puchalski and Natasha Werpy will allow you to advance your MR image reading and findings interpretation skills.
The contents of the recordings are:
1st Round (4:33 hours)
- Basic MRI physics and different MRI systems
- MRI sequences and artifacts – Understanding how these impact the appearance of MR images
- Basic interpretation of MR foot studies
- Discussion
2nd Round (4:11 hours)
- Reading images lab
- Basic interpretation principles and signal patterns of injury on MR images
- Discussion
- Reading images lab
3rd Round (5:16 hours)
- Interpretation of MR images of the foot
- Advanced interpretation of MR images of the collateral ligaments of the DIPJ and small ligaments of the foot
- Reading MR images of the foot. History, findings and interpretation
- Review of the pertinent MRI literature
4th Round (5:34 hours)
- Interpretation of MR images of the palmar pastern soft tissues
- Interpretation of MR images of the fetlock
- Reading MR images of pastern and fetlock. History, findings and interpretation
- Interpretation of MR images of the proximal front and hind suspensory ligaments
5th Round (5:25 hours)
- Reading MR images of the proximal front and hind suspensory ligaments. History, findings and interpretation
- Interpretation of MR images of the carpus and tarsus
- Reading MR images of carpus and tarsus. History, findings and interpretation
Speakers
Sarah Puchalski
graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. Between 1999 and 2001 she completed a 2-years internship/residency in Field Service and Sports Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Centre. Then she did a diagnostic imaging residency at the University of California, Davis and obtained board certification in the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2004. She was an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging in the Department of Radiological and Surgical Sciences of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, and left the University for private consulting practice working. Currently she interprets many different imaging modalities for a variety of US and international clinics.
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 is currently an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Florida in Gainesville with a 1.5 Tesla Toshiba MRI system and a CT system. In addition, she does private practice work, primarily reading MRIs from the Hallmarq system from several sites in the USA.