News
• Deadline submission of abstracts
October, 2010

• Deadline notification of acceptance abstracts December, 2010

• Deadline early registration January, 2011

• Pre-congress
March 23, 2011

• Congress
March 24 – 26, 2011

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Thursday, March 24th
Early and late consequences of perinatal brain damage

1. Neonatal neurology
Chairs: Linda de Vries, Mary Rutherford and Petra Huppi
  •  MRI patterns of neonatal viral infections
    Linda de Vries
  • Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: effects of cooling
    Mary Rutherford
  • Prematurity and cerebral cortical folding
    Petra Huppi
2. Cerebral palsy
Chairs: Jeroen Vermeulen and Floris Groenendaal
  •  Cerebral palsy, MRI patterns and symptoms
    Jeroen Vermeulen
  • Complications affecting outcome in preterm neonates
    Floris Groenendaal
3. Plasticity
Chairs: Ingeborg Krageloh-Mann and Ernst Martin-Fiori
  •  Cerebral plasticy in cerebral palsy
    Ingeborg Krageloh-Mann
  • Multimodal imaging of Developing Cognitive Brain Functions in Children
    Ernst Martin-Fiori

4. Advanced MR techniques in children
Chairs: Petra Pouwels and Jürgen Hennig

  •  MR spectrocopy in neuropediatrics
    Petra Pouwels
  • New development MRI methods: imaging: real-time magnetic resonance imaging
    Jürgen Hennig
 
Friday, March 25th
Neurometabolic and white matter disorders
 
5. Neurometabolic disorders
Chairs: Marjo van der Knaap and Susan Blaser
  •  News on white matter disorders
    Marjo van der Knaap
  • Childhood neurometabolic encephalopathies: MRI patterns of gray matter disorders
    Susan Blaser

6. White matter integrity and damage
Chairs: Frederik Barkhof and Peter van Zijl

  •  MRI-pathology correlations: can we become more specific using quantitative MR techniques?
    Frederik Barkhof
  • What information can Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Magnetization Transfer Imaging provide?
    Peter van Zijl

7. Mitochondrial disease and hypomyelination
Chairs: Alberto Bizzi and Nicole Wolf

  •  MRI patterns in mitochondrial diseases
    Alberto Bizzi
  • Hypomyelination
    Nicole Wolf

8. Cortical organization
Chairs: James Barkovich and Grazia Mancini

  •  MRI characteristics of pediatric cortical malformations
    James Barkovich
  • Genetic causes of pediatric cortical malformations
    Grazia Mancini
 
Saturday, March 26th
Vascular disorders of the brain

9. Infarctions in children, MR and treatment, pediatric stroke registry
Chairs: Kees Braun and Maja Steinlin
  • Arteriopathies in children
    Kees Braun
  • Pediatric stroke registry: long term outcome
    Maja Steinlin
10. Vascular malformations and interventions in children
Chair: René van de Berg and George Rodesch
  •  Diagnostic developments in vascular disorders in children
    René van de Berg
  • Neonatal vascular disorders: Vein of Galen malformation
    George Rodesch