Equine MR and CT Days

November 3 to 7, 2016, 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. Own studies and research can be presented preferably with post mortem diagnosis confirmation.

Program:

November 3, 8:45 – 18:30: Sarah Puchalski and Natasha Werpy

  • Check list for practical reading and report writing
  • Literature review: how do actual papers affect our daily lives in regard to interpretation and patient management
  • Imaging sequences with specific relation to pathology
  • When do you decide for which modality?
  • Distinction between artefacts and pathologies
  • Imaging of cartilages
  • End of day quiz using principles in previous lectures

November 4, 9:00 – 18:00: Reading MR images and case discussions of participants with Sarah Puchalski and Natasha Werpy

  • Reading MR images of the carpus and metacarpus: history, findings and interpretation
  • Reading MR images of the tarsus and metatarsus: history, findings and interpretation.
  • Reading MR images of the fetlock: history, findings and interpretation
  • Reading MR images of the foot: history, findings and interpretation.

November 5, 8:30 – 17:30: Medical and surgical implications of MR and CT image findings with Natasha Werpy, Ceri Sherlock, Maren Hellige, Roland Perrin, Renate Weller

  • MR image findings prompted clinical and surgical management of sport horses.
  • CT image findings prompted clinical and surgical management of sport horses.
  • 18:30: Diving or looking and eating

November 6, 9:00 – 18:00: Maren Hellige, Roland Perrin, Renate Weller

  • How to start reading CT studies?
  • Artefacts, pathology and incidental findings in head CT
  • CT of limbs: Practical considerations
  • CT of limbs: Application and image interepretation
  • CT of the neck: Practical considerations
  • CT of the neck: Application and image interpretation
  • News hour: an update on CT publications

November 7, 8:30 – 17:30: Reading CT images and participant case discussions with Maren Hellige, Renate Weller

  • The skull: history, findings and interpretation
  • Foals: history, findings and interpretation
  • The cervical spine: history, findings and interpretation
  • Trauma patients: history, findings and interpretation
  • Orthopaedic cases: history, findings and interpretation