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Course fee (+10% after early booking Terms of payment: Please deadline, 4 weeks before seminar) select The amount is due for payment 2 weeks after receipt of Attendance option USD  the invoice. The course fee must be paid via wire transfer, “ MRI Safety Specialist*” 2,245 check or via credit card. Information is provided in “Full Tilt” 24, 25, 26 June 2021 separate invoice. Credit card information please provide

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sequence of the receipt of registrations. MRI-STaR reserves the right to offer an alternative seminar date, if the number of participants is too low Organizer or too high. Please send your registration to: MRI-STaR GmbH Seminar location: MRI-STaR GmbH Fax: +49 209 1497730 88 Email: [email protected] Video Conference www.mri-star.com EST Time Zone Washington DC USA In cooperation with www-mrcomp.com We would be pleased to welcome you as attendee!

MRSS Seminar Day 1: MRSS Seminar Day 2: MRSS Seminar Day 3: 08:00 08:05 Welcoming 08:15 08:30 Welcoming 08:15 08:30 Breakfast

08:05 08:30 Introduction Sch 08:30 09:30 MRI from a clinical view I Mel 08:30 09:30 MR safety and compatibility of Sch - Diagnostics & medical devices (and items) II 08:30 08:45 Virtual visit of the MR system Kug - Surgery & Interventions (Biopsy, Ablation - Finding the "worst-case" 08:45 10: 15 Basics of MR physics and Kug (RF, Laser), etc.) - Labeling of devices for the MR environment technical aspects 09:30 09:45 Coffee break - Static mag. field, RF-Field, Gradient-field - MR components 09:45 10:45 MRI from a clinical view II Mel 09:30 09:45 Coffee break - Refresh of the physical principle - Robotics, Navigation, Visualization of 09:45 10:45 Practical training: Behavioral Sch implants and Instruments - Physics of MRI (spin, magnetization, MR measures in MR routine ( signal) labeling research) - MR image acquisition (RF pulse 10:45 11:00 Grab a Coffee Implant research sequences, gradients, geometry, signal to - 11:00 12:30 Computational methods, RF Safety & Zyl - case studies noise and contrast, contrast agents) Implants - MR Imaging techniques (fast imaging, 10:45 11:00 Coffee break - Research & Trends related to MR safety Perfusion. Diffusion, Spectroscopy) 11:00 12:50 Assessment of MR safety for patients Eng - Numerical simulation and modeling 10:15 10:30 Grab a Coffee with implantable medical devices 12:30 13:30 Lunch break/Transfer to scanner 10:30 11:15 The Anatomy of modern Gradient Schm - ISO/TS 10974: Requirements for active Systems & its related Safety 13:30 15:30 Hands-on: MR Safety Sch implantable medical devices Aspects - RF-induced heating experiment - Potential physical relevance for passive devices 11:15 11:30 Grab a Coffee Hands on: MR interventions 11:30 13:00 Significant hazards MRI I system- Eng - Your first MR-guided biopsy 12:50 13:30 Final discussion/Multiple-Choice- specific (MR safety, the MR system and the - Learn about workflow and technique Test/Farewell MR worker – IEC 60601-2-33) 15:30 16:00 Discussion - General terms Program is Subject to changes - Presentation of hazards - Technology of superconductivity and Lecturers: potential risks of cryogens Target audience: - Laser

13:00 14:00 Lunch break Prof. Dr. W. Zylka 14:00 15:30 MR safety and compatibility of Sch Westphalia University, Campus Gelsenkirchen, Germany The seminar is especially designed for the MR safety technical medical devices (and items) I / interests of auditors and / managers, Dr. rer. nat. H. Kugel Significant hazards MRI II item- product and sales managers, R&D Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munster, Germany specific managers//physicists. - Interactions of items (incl. implants) Prof. A. Melzer, M.D., DDS within the MR environment (static The seminar language is English. Each hands-on participant should become qualified for basic MR imaging, understanding the MR Institute for Medical and Technologies IMSaT, Universities mag.field, switched gradient and RF field) Dundee & St. Andrews, United Kingdom - Current technical standards & guidance, interactions and applying required safety precautions in the MR environment. MR testing methods H. Engels, Ph.D. 15:30 15:45 Coffee break MR Safety Consultant, MR:comp and former MR Safety Director

MR safety instruction/Transfer to Healthcare, The Netherlands 15:45 16:30 *The seminar will be held together with the separate course “MR scanner Safety Expert” (MRSE) for MRI users Dipl.-Phys. F. Schmitt 16:30 18:00 Hands-on: MR basics Sch MR-Consultant, MR:Comp, former VP Gradient Systems & Director - Preventive measures and safety in the Kug Ultra Highfield Imaging at Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany MR environment (staff & items) - Basic MR imaging: Sequence selection, G. Schaefers, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) planning geometry and contrast MR Safety Testing Laboratory, MR:comp GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, - MR Imaging: image quality, artifacts German 18:00 open Final discussion