After four years of gathering information on the use of advanced MRI for glioma diagnostics, we are ready to teach you all of its secrets. This training school will cover the clinical applications and interpretation, and the technical use of advanced MRI.
Join our training school from 22 to 25 January 2024 in Padova (Italy)!
More information here.
Important note: please don’t forget to bring your laptop to the training school!
Read the training school manual: will follow soon.
Registration (waiting list only)
Currently, the training school is fully booked. If you are interested to join, please register for the waiting list.
Travel and venue
The training school will take place in Room Catullo – Department of Geosciences, University of Padova (Giovanni Gradenigo 6, 35131 Padova, Italy).
- Routes of bus n.7, n.9 and n.10 will take you near the location. Bus stops close to the location are:
- Via Ognissanti 4, https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nkk6XBAgbWUKrKjL6?g_st=it
- Via Belzoni 129, https://maps.app.goo.gl/zvV2z9s2w48qmyE29?g_st=iw
- Via Tommaseo 114,https://maps.app.goo.gl/UytvfhczHcJhxvzV9?g_st=iw
- Via Venezia/Università, https://maps.app.goo.gl/A4rjCvzhxJD1yeh78?g_st=iw
You can find the address by clicking on the link below.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WEMiVvvEyzbSwvP17
Program at-a-glance
DAY 1: Monday, 22 January 2024 – Clinical application and interpretation of advanced MRI part I
Today you’ll learn all about the why of advanced MRI for glioma in clinical patient management. (Why is it used? Why would you want to use it?)
| Time | Session | Trainer |
| 08.30-09.00 | Welcome | Esther Warnert (NL) |
| 09.00-09.45 | Structural MRI | Martin Kyncl (CZ) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Pause | |
| 10.00-10.45 | DSC | Antonella Castellano (IT) |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break | |
| 11.15-12.00 | ASL | Teresa Nunes (PT) |
| 12.00-12.45 | DCE | Vera Keil (NL) |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-14.45 | DWI | Silvio Sarubo (IT) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Pause | |
| 15.00-15.45 | fMRI | Marco Piccirelli (CH) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee break | |
| 16.15-17.00 | Round table Q&A sessions with trainers |
DAY 2: Tuesday, 23 January 2024 – part 2
Today you’ll learn all about the why of advanced MRI for glioma in clinical patient management. (Why is it used? Why would you want to use it?)
| Time | Session | Trainer |
| 09.00-09.45 | MRS | Radim Jančálek (CZ) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Pause | |
| 10.00-10.45 | CEST | Daniel Paech |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break | |
| 11.15-12.00 | MRF (T1, T2) | Vera Keil (NL) |
| 12.00-12.45 | Multiparametric / radiomics | Tom Booth (UK) |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14.00-14.45 | PET | Otto Henriksen (DK) |
| 14.45-15.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 15.15-16.00 | Round table Q&A sessions with trainers | |
| 16.00-16.30 | Free time | |
| 16.30-19.00 | Treasure Hunt | |
| 20.00 | Social dinner |
DAY 3: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 – Technical use of advanced MRI for glioma diagnostics part I
Today, you’ll learn all about the tips and tricks for the acquisition and post-processing of advanced MRI techniques, through hands-on example cases.
| Time | Session | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00-09.45 | ASL | Jan Petr (DE) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Pause | |
| 10.00-10.45 | DSC | Fatemeh Arzanforoosh (NL) |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.15-12.00 | Structural MRI/ Segmentation | Javier Gil Terron (ES) |
| 12.00-12.45 | DCE | Jesper Kallehauge (DK) |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14.00-14.45 | DWI | Giovanni Savini (IT) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Pause | |
| 15.00-15.45 | fMRI | Manuela Moretto (IT) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.15-17.00 | Round table Q&A sessions with trainers |
DAY 4: Thursday, 25 January 2024 – Technical use of advanced MRI for glioma diagnostics part 2
Today, you’ll learn all about the tips and tricks for the acquisition and post-processing of advanced MRI techniques, through hands-on example cases.
| Time | Session | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00-09.45 | MRS | Evita Wiegers (NL) |
| 09.45-10.00 | Pause | |
| 10.00-10.45 | CEST | Jan-Ruediger Schuere (DE) |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.15-12.00 | SWI | Simon Robinson (AT) |
| 12.00-12.45 | MRF | Matthew Grech-Sollars (UK) |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14.00-14.45 | Radiomics | Andrea Bettinelli (IT) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Pause | |
| 15.00-15.45 | PET | Alessandra Bertoldo (IT) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.15-17.00 | Round table Q&A sessions with trainers |
Travel
The closest airports are:
- Marco Polo (Venice)
- Antonio Canova (Treviso)
From the airports Marco Polo and Antonio Canova, you can take the bus to Padova, which will take around 1 hour. You can buy tickets at the ticket office in the airport, on the website, or via the app “Busitalia Veneto“.
There is no train service that runs directly between Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) and Padua.
Hotels
We have not booked a meeting hotel for the training school. However, we would like to suggest two hotels near the location (10 minutes on foot). As there are no arrangements with these hotels, the organizing committee holds no responsibility for the availability, nor pricing, of these suggestions. We advise you to share a room with a colleague or friend. You are of course free to choose another hotel or Airbnb that meets your preferences better.
Best Western Plus Hotel Galileo Via Venezia, 3035131 Padova PD https://www.hotelgalileopadova.it/ |  |
 | Hotel NH Padova Via Niccolò Tommaseo, 6135131 Padova PD https://www.nh-hotels.com/en/hotel/nh-padova?utm_campaign=local-gmb&utm_medium=organic_search&utm_source=google_gmb |
