BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240416T010118Z UID:7D1AE49C-BB42-49C3-A07A-D957650DE520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240415T200000 DESCRIPTION:Many patients have health issues that require living with an im planted device\, such as a pacemaker that helps the heart keep its rhythm. For safety reasons\, when a person with an implanted device needs an MRI\ , scanning can be limited to an MRI machine with a lower magnetic field\, such as a 1.5 Tesla (or 1.5T) MRI scanner. However\, when a patient needs a brain scan\, an MRI with a stronger magnetic field\, a 3T MRI\, is the b est technology to get high-quality images.\n\nA few years ago\, Mayo Clini c received the first compact 3T MRI scanner\, an advanced prototype develo ped under an NIH-funded collaboration between GE Research and Mayo Clinic. The compact 3T scanner is a small\, high-performance machine with a narro w central chamber\, known as the patient bore. The small bore of the compa ct 3T scanner allows for scans of the head and extremities. For patients w ith metal implanted devices\, whether pacemakers or spinal stimulators\, a major advantage of using the compact 3T MRI for a brain scan is that the strength of the electromagnetic fields drops off rapidly outside the bore and\, therefore\, is lower at the location of the implanted device than ar ound the brain. This talk explores whether this compact 3T scanner can be used for brain scans of patients with metallic implanted devices.\n\nSpeak er(s): Lydia Bardwell Speltz\, PhD\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:30 - 7:00 Social half hour to grab food and drink\n\n7:00 - 8:00 Technical talk\n\nRoom: Mann H all\, Bldg: Medical Sciences Building\, 300 3rd Ave SW\, Rochester\, Minne sota\, United States\, 55902\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/4 16420 LOCATION:Room: Mann Hall\, Bldg: Medical Sciences Building\, 300 3rd Ave SW \, Rochester\, Minnesota\, United States\, 55902\, Virtual: https://events .vtools.ieee.org/m/416420 ORGANIZER:pramanik.leena@ieee.org SEQUENCE:48 SUMMARY:Apr Talk: Evaluation of MR Electromagnetic Fields for Subjects with Implanted Devices (HYBRID) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/416420 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="margin: 0in\; line-height: 13.65pt\ ;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt\; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'\,sans-seri f\; color: #333333\;">Many patients have health issues that require living with an implanted device\, such as a pacemaker that helps the heart keep its rhythm. For safety reasons\, when a person with an implanted device ne eds an MRI\, scanning can be limited to an MRI machine with a lower magnet ic field\, such as a 1.5 Tesla (or 1.5T) MRI scanner. However\, when a pat ient needs a brain scan\, an MRI with a stronger magnetic field\, a 3T MRI \, is the best technology to get high-quality images.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n< p style="margin: 0in\; line-height: 13.65pt\;"><span style="font-size: 10. 5pt\; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'\,sans-serif\; color: #333333\;">&nbsp\;< /span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt\; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS '\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; color: #333333\; mso-ligatu res: standardcontextual\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">A few years ago\, Mayo Clinic receive d the first compact 3T MRI scanner\, an advanced prototype developed under an NIH-funded collaboration between GE Research and Mayo Clinic. The comp act 3T scanner is a small\, high-performance machine with a narrow central chamber\, known as the patient bore. The small bore of the compact 3T sca nner allows for scans of the head and extremities. For patients with metal implanted devices\, whether pacemakers or spinal stimulators\, a major ad vantage of using the compact 3T MRI for a brain scan is that the strength of the electromagnetic fields drops off rapidly outside the bore and\, the refore\, is lower at the location of the implanted device than around the brain. This talk explores whether this compact 3T scanner can be used for brain scans of patients with metallic implanted devices. </span></p><br /> <br />Agenda: <br /><p><em>6:30 - 7:00</em>&nbsp\;Social half hour to grab food and drink</p>\n<p><em>7:00 - 8:00</em>&nbsp\;Technical talk</p>\n<p> &nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR