FETAL NEUROSONOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS
2015
Approved by the
International Society
of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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The Fetal Neurosonography Masterclass Course is intended to Obstetricians and Radiologists specializing in Prenatal Diagnosis who want to acquire or expand their expertise in fetal brain diagnosis.
During the Masterclass the participants will learn the theoretical and practical aspects of the performance of neurosonographic examinations with particular emphasis on the diagnosis and management of brain anomalies.
The training will be supported by the use of modern simulation modules many of them developed specially for the Masterclass in conjunction with the Simultec Institute at Sapir Medical Center, a world pioneer in Obstetric Ultrasound Simulation.
Objectives //
Preliminary Program
DAY 1
08.00 – 08.15 Welcome and Objectives
08-15 – 09.30 ¿Which brain structures are present at 11-13 weeks? Including on-line demonstration
09.30 – 10.00 CNS anatomy before 20 weeks
10.00 - 10.45 Clinical Demonstration. Video and/or on-line demonstration
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 13.00 CNS malformations diagnosed before 20 weeks
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 The transforming brain, changes in brain structure between 20-40 weeks of gestation
15.00 – 16.15 Clinical demonstration
16.15 – 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 – 18.30 Cases – Computer room
20.30 - 22.00 Welcome dinner
DAY 2
08-00 – 08.30 Ventriculomegaly from definition to counseling
08.30 – 09.00 Associated anomalies in ventriculomegaly. Why do we err? Video demonstration
09.00 – 09.30 Malformations of cortical development. Classification and genetics
09.30 – 10.00 Disorders of proliferation
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00 Disorders of migration & organization
12.00 – 13.00 The corpus callosum
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Focus on the cerebellum. Classification to Diagnosis.
15.30 – 16.00 Focus on the cerebellum.Video demonstration
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.30 Focus on the cerebellum. Diagnosis to Counselling
17.30 – 18.00 Insults, Cysts and Tumors
18.00 – 18.30 Prenatal Infections
20.30 – 22.00 Dinner
DAY 3
08.30 – 16.30 Clinical work