MAGNETOM Flash - Year 2006

Table of Contents

Issue No.1 - 2006 ECR Edition

MAGNETOM Flash 01 / 2006 ECR Edition Part I[4.87 MB]
MAGNETOM Flash 01 / 2006 ECR Edition Part II[6.73 MB]
MAGNETOM Flash 01 / 2006 ECR Edition Part III[6.26 MB]

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
7	Technology/Product	Blade. For Clear-Cut Imaging	BLADE
10	Abdominal Imaging	Early Gastric Cancer Diagnosis using Body Diffusion Imaging	Diffusion	Noriatsu Ichiba, M.D. Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
11	Abdominal Imaging	Detection of Esophageal Cancer Using Body Diffusion Imaging	Diffusion	Takashi Koyama, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Radiology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
12	Pelvic Imaging	Case Report Avanto; Complicated Rectal Fistula		Arnd-Oliver Schäfer, M.D. University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Radiology, Freiburg, Germany
13	Pelvic Imaging	Case Report Avanto; Recurrent Rectal Cancer Evaluation with VIBE and SPACE	SPACE	Arnd-Oliver Schäfer, M.D. University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Radiology, Freiburg, Germany
16	Cardiac Imaging	Whole Heart MRI – Adopting the CT Approach, 3D Coronary Tree & Cardiac Morphology		Gary R. McNeal MS (BME), Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., USA
24	Neuro Imaging	Non-EPI Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Cholesteatoma	Diffusion	Bert De Foer, M.D.1, Bernard Pilet, M.D.1, Jean-Phillipe Vercruysse, M.D.2, Jan W. Casselman, M.D. Ph.D.1,3 1Department of Radiology, A.Z. Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium
30	Neuro Imaging	The Utility of Surface Coils and New Sequences in Orbital and Ocular MR Imaging		Smita Kori, M.D., Meher Ursekar, M.D., Bhavin Jankharia, M.D., Pradeep Krishnan, M.D. Jankharia Imaging Centre, Mumbai, India
36	Neuro Imaging	Differentiating Primary Parotid Gland Lesions by Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging	Diffusion	C. R. Habermann1, M.D., J. Graessner2, M.Sc., M. C. Cramer1, M.D., F. Weiss1, M.D. 1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Hamburg, Germany 2Siemens AG, Medical Solutions, Hamburg, Germany
38	Interventional	3T Ultra High-Field Intraoperative MR with Twin Room Concept		Alp Dinçer, M.D.1, M.Necmettin Pamir, M.D.2 Acibadem Kozyatag?? Hospital, Dept. of Radiology (1) and Neurosurgery (2), Istanbul, Turkey
43	Molecular Imaging	Iron-Oxide Enhanced Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of Lymph Node Metastasis		Ravi Seethamraju, Ph.D.1, Milind Dhamankar, M.D.1, Mukesh Harisinghani, M.D.2 1Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA, USA 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
46	Molecular Imaging	Intravenous Cellular MR Contrast Agent with a Great Clinical Potential		Jelle Barentsz, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Radiology, UMCN, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
52	Neuro Imaging	Use of Turbo GRAPPA IR Imaging in Parkinson’s Disease		Gonzalo M. Rojas, B.S.1, Ulrich Raff, Ph.D.1, Pedro Chaná, M.D.2, Carlos Juri, M.D.3, Isidro Huete M.D.3, Nelson Lafont, R.T.3, Michael Hutchinson M.D., Ph.D.4 1Department of Physics, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
57	Neuro Imaging	The Neuro3D Task Card	3D BOLD Evaluation	Stuart H. Schmeets, BSRT (MR), Siemens Medical Solutions, USA
62	Neuro Imaging	Functional High-Resolution 3D Examinations of the Cervical Spine with MRI and the NeuroSwing Device*	BOLD/fMRI	K. E. W. Eberhardt1, R. Schindler2, J. Liebisch1 1Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Erlangen, Germany, 2Inside, Functional Diagnostic Technology GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany
70	Neuro Imaging	Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging (SWI) Case Reports	SWI	Karen A. Tong, M.D. Dept. of Neuroradiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA, USA
75	Whole Body Imaging	Whole-Body MRI: Faster with Tim		Richard C. Semelka, M.D.1 Brian M. Dale, Ph.D.2 1Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2Siemens Medical Solutions, Cary, NC, USA
81	Women’s Health	High-Resolution Dynamic Breast MRI. Current Capabilities of syngo		Helmuth Schultze-Haakh, Ph.D. MR R&D Collaborations Manager, Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., USA
86	Women’s Health	integrated Parallel Acquisition Techniques (iPAT) in Breast MRI	iPAT	M.-A. Labaisse M.D.1, P. Vanhoenacker M.D., E. Kersschot M.D.2, G. Vandemaele, Ph.D.3 1 Centre Hospitalier de la Region (CHR) de Tournai, Tournai, Belgium 2 O.L.V. Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium 3Siemens Medical Solutions, Belgium
91	Women’s Health	Combination of a Large Loop Flex Coil with the Breast Coil Improves Evalutation of the Lymph Nodes in the Auxiliary and Pectoral Region		A.P. Schillings M.D., M. Bilterijs M.D.1, Greta Vandemaele, Ph.D.2 1Clinique St Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium 2Siemens Medical Solutions, Belgium
94	Women’s Health	H MR Spectroscopy of the Breast at 1.5T and 3T	Spectroscopy	Nouha Salibi, Ph.D.1, Marianne Vorbuchner2, Jan Ruff, Ph.D.2 1Siemens Medical Solutions, R&D Collaborations, Malvern, USA. 2Siemens Medical Solutions, MREA, Erlangen, Germany.
98	Technology/Product	Software Compensation for Patient Position Enabling Reproducible Slice Position		Katherine T. Scott, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA
104	Technology/Product	Structural MR Imaging with Real-Time Prospective Rigid Body Motion Correction using Cloverleaf Navigators		André van der Kouwe1, Athinoula A. Martinos1, Anders Dale2 1Center for Biomedical Imaging,Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2Departments of Radiology and Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, USA
108	Technology/Product	Hyperpolarized Helium Magnetic Resonance Lung Imaging		Georgeann McGuinness, M.D., Glyn Johnson, Ph.D., Ray F. Lee, Ph.D. Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
125	Conferences	the 4th MAGNETOM World Summit in Singapore

Issue No.2 - 2006 ESMRMB Edition

MAGNETOM Flash 02 / 2006 ESMRMB Edition[8.10 MB]

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
06	Technology/Product	MAGNETOM Symphony, A Tim System	Symphony Tim
08	Technology/Product	Image Gallery MAGNETOM SYMPHONY, A Tim SYSTEM	Symphony Tim
14	Technology/Product	Tim UPGRADES First Experiences with Tim Upgrades in France	Symphony Tim	Eric de Kerviler, M.D.1, Bruno Boyer, M.D.2 1Imaging Department, APHP Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France 2Radiology Department, Begin Military Hospital, Paris, France
18	Technology/Product	Tim UPGRADES Image Quality Improvements after MAGNETOM Symphony Tim Upgrade	Symphony Tim	J. Dehem, M.D. Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium
26	Technology/Product	Tim UPGRADES MAGNETOM Symphony Maestro Class Upgraded to MAGNETOM Symphony, A Tim System [76 x 18]	Symphony Tim	David Forrest Siemens Medical Solutions, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia
28	Technology/Product	Tim UPGRADES MAGNETOM Symphony Maestro Class Upgraded to MAGNETOM Symphony, A Tim System [76 / 18]	Symphony Tim	Michael J. Marra RT, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA Contributors: Martin Krebs RT, Fernando Nino RT, and Richard Finch
31	Technology/Product	Tim UPGRADES Tim Trio Upgrade Benefits	Trio - Tim	Jeff Zimmers RT, (R, MR) ARRT1, Karen Ziadie, RT (R) ARRT2 1Advanced Education Specialist, Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., USA 2MR Clinical Specialist, Baptist Hospital MRI Department, Baptist Health South Florida, USA
34	Neuro Imaging	Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI		1University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (UKSH), Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kiel, Germany 2German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Department of Radiology, Heidelberg, Germany
38	Thoracic Imaging	A Practical Approach to Lung MRI at 1.5		Jürgen Biederer, M.D. Michael Puderbach, M.D. Christian Hintze, M.D. University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Germany German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany
44	Women’s Health	Case ReportAvanto Advanced Breast Cancer: MR Monitoring* of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy		Bruce A. Porter, M.D., FACR First Hill Diagnostic Imaging, Seattle, Washington, USA
47	Women’s Health	Soft Tissue Motion Correction for MR Mammography (BRACE)	BRACE	Melanie Schmitt Siemens R&D, Erlangen, Germany
49	Cardiac Imaging	Case 1: Acute Myocardial Infarction		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
50	Cardiac Imaging	Case 2: Myocarditis		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
51	Cardiac Imaging	Case 3: Apical Thrombus		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
52	Cardiac Imaging	Case 4: Aortic Stenosis		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
53	Cardiac Imaging	Case 5: Osteosarcoma Metastasies		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
54	Cardiac Imaging	Case 6: Acute Infarction		Franz Volhard Clinic, Charité Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany
56	Cardiac Imaging	Case Report Espree: Whole-body MRA		CURA – Centro de Ultrasonografia e Radiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
58	Cardiac Imaging	Case Report Avanto: Aorta Coarctition		Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
60	Cardiac Imaging	Case Report Avanto: Myocarditis		Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
62	Cardiac Imaging	Case Report Sonata: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy		Paulo R. Schvartzman, M.D., Ph.D.
64	Cardiac Imaging	Case Report Sonata: Artery Occlusion		Escola Paulista de Medicina, Unifesp, São Paulo, Brazil
68	Safety	NEW TERMINOLOGY MRI: New Terminology for Implants and Devices		Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D., FACC
70	Safety	CORONARY STENTS MR Safety at 3 Tesla: Bare Metal and Drug Eluting Coronary Stents		Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D., FACC
72	Life	2nd MAGNETOM World Pediatric User Meeting

Issue No.3 - 2006 RSNA Edition

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
06	Technology/Product	T-CLASS Get Ready for a New Kind of Workflow
10	Technology/Product	syngo MR B13 Software Version syngo MR B13 for Tim (Total imaging matrix) Systems	B13 options	Bradley D. Bolster, Ph.D.; Kevin J. Johnson, BA RT (MR); Brian M. Dale, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., USA
21	Technology/Product	BrainPET The Next Wave in the Evolution of Medical Imaging	PET
24	Technology/Product	syngo BLADE Motion Correction from Head to Toe	BLADE	Stuart H. Schmeets Advanced Specialist Siemens 3T Applications, Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA
26	Technology/Product	MAGNETOM C! News with syngo MR A30	C!	Stefan Domalski Market Segment Manager Open Systems, Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany
28	Technology/Product	syngo EXPERT-i The Interactive Access to MR Examinations	Expert-i	Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, M.D. Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
33	Neuro Imaging	Image Gallery Neurology
34	Neuro Imaging	SPACE in Head Imaging	SPACE	Nicholas M. Trost, Mark E. Lourensz MRI Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
40	Neuro Imaging	Pre-surgical Evaluation in Seizure Patients with Brain Lesions using Inline BOLD fMRI	BOLD/fMRI	B. Thomas1, C. Kesavadas1, A. K. Gupta1, A. Mathew2, S. Sujesh3, T. Krishnamoorthy1, S. Purkayastha1, V.V. Radhakrishnan4, K. Radhakrishnan5 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
42	Neuro Imaging	MRI, 1H MRS and DWI in Cysts and Cyst Like Infective Lesions of the Brain	Diffusion	B. Thomas1, C. Kesavadas1, T. Krishnamoorthy1, A. K. Gupta1, V. V. Radhakrishnan2, T. R. Kapilamoorthy1, N. K. Bodhey1, S. Purkayastha1 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
45	Neuro Imaging	Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging of the Mesial Temporal Lobe	Spectroscopy	C. Kesavadas, B. Thomas, A. K. Gupta, T. Krishnamoorthy, T.R. Kapilamoorthy, N. Bodhey Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
47	Whole Body Imaging	Body Image Gallery Body Imaging
48	Whole Body Imaging	Comparison of Whole-Body MRI and Whole-Body PET-CT for Staging of Advanced Bronchial Carcinoma	PET	C. Plathow1, S. Eschmann2, P. Aschoff1, V. Heinrich3, J. Schaefer1, C. Claussen1, T. Hehr3, C. Pfannenberg1, H-P. Schlemmer1 Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
50	Pelvic Imaging	Rectal Cancer Local Staging. A Review using SPACE	SPACE	M. K. Seale; M. E. Lourensz; N. M. Trost; P. J. Smith St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
56	Abdominal Imaging	VIBE: Fast Gradient Echo Imaging for Every Part of the Body	VIBE	Brian M. Dale, Ph.D.; Helmuth Schultze-Haakh, Ph.D.; Agus Priatna, Ph.D. R&D, Siemens Medical Solutions
60	Abdominal Imaging	1H Single Voxel Spectroscopy with 2D PACE Motion Correction	Spectroscopy	Nouha Salibi1, Jian XU1, Bachir Taouli2 MR R&D, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, PA, USA 2New York University school of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
63	Whole Body Imaging	Screening for Bone Metastases: Benefit of Whole-Body MRI using Multi-Channel System		Gerwin P. Schmidt, M.D.; Stefan O. Schoenberg, M.D.; Maximilian F. Reiser, M.D. ; Andrea Baur-Melnyk, M.D. University Hospitals Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
69	Pelvic Imaging	Whole-Body MRI and 11C-Choline PET/CT in Patients with Prostate Cancer	PET	H-P. W. Schlemmer1, S-M. Eschmann2, C. Pfannenberg1, P. Aschoff1, C. Mueller-Horvat1, M. Lichy1, E. Rodegerts1, A. Anastasiadis3, A. Stenzl3, R. Bares2, C. D. Claussen1 Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
71	Pediatric Imaging	Image Gallery Pediatric imaging
72	Pediatric Imaging	Pediatric Abdominal MRI in Oncology		Sebastian Ley1, 2, Julia Ley-Zaporozhan2, Patrick Guenther3, Stefan Delorme2, Jens-Peter Schenk1 University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
79	Cardiac Imaging	Image Gallery Cardiovascular imaging
80	Whole Body Imaging	Cardiovascular Whole-Body MRI with Parallel Acquisition Techniques (PAT) and Matrix Coils at 3 Tesla: Comparison to 1.5 Tesla		Harald Kramer M.D., Stefan O. Schoenberg M.D., Maximilian F. Reiser M.D. Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany
80	Vascular Imaging	Cardiovascular Whole-Body MRI with Parallel Acquisition Techniques (PAT) and Matrix Coils at 3 Tesla: Comparison to 1.5 Tesla		Harald Kramer M.D., Stefan O. Schoenberg M.D., Maximilian F. Reiser M.D. Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany
85	Cardiac Imaging	An Overview of Coronary MR Angiography at 3.0 Tesla		Debiao Li, Ph.D.1, Xiaoming Bi, Ph.D.2 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA Siemens Medical Solutions, USA
89	Cardiac Imaging	Ultrafast Viability Imaging in Less than 5 Minutes		James C. Carr M.D. Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
92	Vascular Imaging	syngo TWIST for Dynamic Time-Resolved MR Angiography	TWIST	Gerhard Laub, Ph.D.; Randall Kroeker, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions at University of California in Los Angeles, CA, USA
97	Orthopedic Imaging	Image Gallery Orthopedic Imaging
98	Orthopedic Imaging	MR Arthrography, a Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Intervention		Markus Braun, M.D.; Serban Mateiescu Grönemeyer Institute of Microtherapy, Bochum, Germany
102	Life	REFURBISHED SYSTEMS Refurbished MRI Systems Now Available through the Proven Excellence Program