MAGNETOM Flash - Year 2002

Table of Contents

Issue No.1 - 2002

MAGNETOM Flash 01 / 2002[1.39 MB]

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
04	Abdominal Imaging	Abdominal MRI; Case Studies from Shanghai Changhai Hospital 1.5T		Dr. Jianping LU, Department of Radiology, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
14	Technology/Product	Maestro Class – A New Degree of Perfection: Harmony, Symphony, Sonata	Maestro/Inline	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
21	Technology/Product	Ultra-High-Field: MAGNETOM Allegra and Trio 3T MR The Next Dimension in Clinical and Research MR Systems		Cécile Mohr, PhD, Market Segment Manager Ultra High-Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
08	Q&A	What is a DESS sequence?	DESS	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
09	Q&A	What is a CISS sequence?	CISS	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
10	Q&A	What is a HASTE sequence?	HASTE	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
11	Q&A	What is a VIBE sequence?	VIBE	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions
12	Q&A	What is a MEDIC sequence?	MEDIC	Dagmar Thomsik-Schröpfer, PhD Market Segment Manager High Field, Siemens Medical Solutions

Issue No.2 - 2002

MAGNETOM Flash 02 / 2002[2.67 MB]

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
06	Technology/Product	Ultra High-Field: Siemens Captures Exploding MR Market with Two 3T MR Products		Yuri Wedmid, Ph.D., Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Iselin, NJ
10	Abdominal Imaging	Gastrointestinal Imaging: New with syngo MR 2002A: Normalize Improvements
12	Abdominal Imaging	MR Colonography Workshop	Colonography
14	Abdominal Imaging	Dark Lumen MR Colonography	Colonography	Special thanks go to Dr. Lauenstein from University of Essen for his clinical input and valuable image data.
16	Abdominal Imaging	Paste the motion with PACE & HASTE	PACE
16	Abdominal Imaging	Paste the motion with PACE & HASTE	HASTE
18	Vascular Imaging	New with syngo MR 2002A – Large FOV Adapter	Large FOV Adapter
19	Vascular Imaging	New with syngo MR 2002A – 3D ToF with Water Excitation	MRA
22	Cardiac Imaging	New with syngo MR 2002A / Cardiac	True FISP
24	Cardiac Imaging	Fast Black Blood Cardiovascular Imaging		Orlando P. Simonetti, Ph.D., Niels Oesingmann, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions, Chicago, IL and Erlangen, Germany
28	Cardiac Imaging	TrueFISP Imaging		Gerhard Laub, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions, MR Research and Development, Chicago, Ilinois, US
31	Cardiac Imaging	Two News for Viability Imaging: Single shot TrueFISP for nonbreathhold Viability MR imaging; IR Scout for optimal myocardial signal suppression	Viability
34	Women’s Health	Breast MRI: Improved Bilateral 3D Imaging		Helmuth Schultze-Haakh, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Iselin, NJ
36	Women’s Health	MR Guided Breast Biopsy	Breast Biopsy
37	Women’s Health	Diagnosis of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma only with MR		Prof. Dr. Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
38	Women’s Health	Breast MRI: Importance of Dynamic 3D	Dynamic 3D	Helmuth Schultze-Haakh, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Iselin, NJ
40	Pediatric Imaging	Spin-Echo Acquisition Protocols:Considerations in the Pediatric Brain		David Thomasson, Ph.D.1, Abraham Padua, RT1, Christine Harris, RT2
44	Thoracic Imaging	TrueFISP Thickslice Lung MRI at Low Field Strength		Prof. Dr. Thomas Rupprecht, radiologist and pediatrician, Department of Pediatric Radiology; Dr. Maren Wagner, research fellow for pediatrics and MRI, University Hospital for Children and Adolescent Medicine, Erlangen, Germany
46	Neuro Imaging	syngo MR Spectroscopy (MRS) in Clinical Practice	Spectroscopy	N. Salibi, Ph.D.1, E.A. Knopp, M.D.2, M. Law, M.D.2
52	Neuro Imaging	New with syngo MR 2002A / Restore	Restore
54	Technology/Product	New with syngo MR 2002A / MAGNETOM Concerto	Concerto
56	Technology/Product	Coil Concept for MAGNETOM Concerto	Concerto
62	Technology/Product	SENSE and SMASH, Physical Principle, Advantage	SENSE
65	Technology/Product	iPAT: The Siemens Solution	iPAT
66	Technology/Product	iPAT Coils	iPAT
68	Technology/Product	Liver Imaging with VIBE iPAT	VIBE	Wolfgang Römer, M.D., Evelyn Wenkel, M.D., Franz Fellner, M.D., Insitut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Issue No.3 - 2002

MAGNETOM Flash 03 / 2002[4.10 MB]

Page	Category	Title	Application	Author
04	Conferences	MAGNETOM World Summit Nice, France, July 10-12, 2002
28	Technology/Product	A New Era with MAGNETOM Trio		Cécile Mohr, Ph.D. Ultra High-Field Segment Market Manager Siemens AG, Medical Solutions, MR Marketing, Erlangen
30	Cardiac Imaging	Comparison of Cardiac MRI at 3T and 1.5T: Preliminary Results		Denise Hinton, Ph.D.; Lawrence Wald, Ph.D. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA John Pitts, R.T.R. (MR); John Kirsch, Ph.D.; Franz Schmitt, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, PA
38	Ultra High-Field	Minimizing SAR for TSE-imaging with Hyperecho-TSE and TRAPS		Juergen Hennig Ph.D.; Matthias Weigel Ph.D.; Klaus Scheffler Ph.D.; Radiol. Klinik, University Freiburg, Germany
44	Ultra High-Field	Cognitive Neuroscience Center at the Singapore General Hospital		Cécile Mohr, Ph.D.; Ultra High-Field Segment Market Manager MR Division, Siemens AG Medical Solutions, Erlangen Germany
46	Cardiac Imaging	Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Imaging, Australia		Tony Enright, Ph.D. Asia Pacific Collaboration, Australia
50	Cardiac Imaging	Cardiac Ambassadors Meeting, New York, June 27-29, 2002
52	Cardiac Imaging	Duke University Cardiac MR Center		Daisy Chien Ph.D. Siemens AG
54	Cardiac Imaging	MR Angiography with Integrated Parallel Acquisition Techniques (iPAT)	MRA	David Thomasson, Ph.D. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
56	Thoracic Imaging	Contrast Enhanced MR Demonstration of Thoracic Central Veins	MRA	Andrew Holden M.D. Department of Radiology Auckland Hospital, New Zealand
58	Cardiac Imaging	Assessment of myocardial viability by “Late Enhancement”	Viability	Friedrich Fuchs M.D. Siemens AG Medical Solutions, Erlangen Germany
60	Cardiac Imaging	A New Dimension in Cardiac Viability Diagnosis		Dr. Raymond Kim, M.D. Duke University, NC, USA
62	Women’s Health	Clinical MRI of the Breast for Lesion Detection		Todd Frederick RT (R) (MR) and; Cynthia Sherry, M.D. Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center Dallas, TX, USA
66	Pediatric Imaging	Fetal MRI: an Overview		Christine Harris, RT (R) (MR); Tamara Lee, BSRT (R) (MR) (CT) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
68	Neuro Imaging	Interpretation of proton spectra of brain tumors using INTERPRET		Peter Kreisler, Ph.D. Collaborations & Applications, MR Division, Siemens AG Medical Solutions, Erlangen Germany
70	Orthopedic Imaging	MR Imaging of the Knee in Ironman Triathlon Athletes		Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D.
72	Orthopedic Imaging	Magnetic Resonance Imaging of The Wrist		Bill J. Leon R.T. (R ) (MR) Department of Diagnostic Radiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center Health South Doctors’ Hospital, Coral Gables FL
76	Orthopedic Imaging	MR imaging of non-displaced fracture of the humerus		Mark Robbin, M.D.; Pete Young, M.D.; Jonathan S. Lewin, M.D. University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
78	Technology/Product	Eight RF Receiver Channels and the Integrated Panoramic Array (IPA™)	IPA; 8 channels	Daniel S. Grosu, M.D. Siemens Solutions USA, Inc.
82	Q&A	Top Ten syngo Questions
86	Whole Body Imaging	The era of whole body MRI		HC Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., SC Ko, M.D.,; SY Chang, M.D. VGH-HT Imaging Center,; Taipei Veterans General Hospital Department of Radiology
92	Safety	Safety Considerations for Patients Referred for Cardiovascular MR Procedures		Frank G. Shellock, Ph.D. Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research and Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
97	Technology/Product	MAGNETOM Concerto – The economical open MR scanner	Concerto	Sabine Schaeffer, Ph.D. Market Segment Manager Open Systems Siemens Medical Solutions Erlangen