Friday April 26th
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Room 1325) Research Workshop – “The ABCs of Academic Practice: Putting Research into Practice”
6:00 pm – 6:15 pm – (Schatz Hall Lounge) Arthur Voorpool (Canon Medical) – “Deep Learning AI in CT Reconstruction”
6:15 pm – 8:00 pm (Schatz Hall Lounge) Poster Rounds and Welcome Reception (Light Refreshments will be served)
Saturday April 27th
7:30 am – 8:30 am (Cafeteria and Annex 222) – BREAKFAST
8:30 am – 9:00 am (Auditorium) Opening Keynote Speaker
Dr. Narinder Paul
City-Wide Chief, Dept. of Medical Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Health Care
Chair, Department of Medical Imaging. Western University
9:00 am – 10:15 am (Oral Presentations – Session 1)
- Yili Wang (Sunnybrook)
” Improving language service access for patients with limited English proficiency in the outpatient department“) - Tracy Wakford (JDMI – MSH)
“Prepping for Success: Improving the communication of patient preparatory instructions for CT colonography“ - Sidsel Pedersen & Virginia Sanders (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology)
“Sex, Identity, Gender, Expression form- Pilot Project“ - Derek Lo, Daria Comsa, & Doug Moseley (Southlake Regional Healthcentre)
“Establishing guidelines for quality assurance and clinical application of metal artifact reduction (O-MAR) software in Radiation Therapy“ - Jean Nash (JDMI – UHN)
“Paient as observer; Practical steps to launching a hand hygiene quality assurance program in the medical imaging outpatient setting”
- Ivy Chan-Dinevski & Queyn Ho (JDMI – MSH)
“Inserting PICCs at the patient’s bedside using Bard’s Sherlock 3CG Diamond Tip Confirmation (TCS) confirmation system at Mount Sinai Hospital“ - Danfeng Zhao, Nicole Bennett, & Kathy Hilario (JDMI – UHN)
“A case report of a severe panic attack during MR imaging: What does the literature say about how to spot it, and how to stop it.“ - Jin Huang (JDMI – UHN)
“Best practice and novel approaches to liver MRI: A comprehensive review of the modern literature“ - Roger Boyle & Shaun Dias (JDMI – UHN)
“Using communication strategies to support engagement, performance, and outcomes in hospitals“ - Aruna Mahabir (JDMI – UHN)
“The use of magnetic seeds in breast lesion localization“
10:30 am – 11:15 am (Panel Session)
Ravi Menezes (JDMI – UHN)
“Multi-hospital implementation of Rapid MRI protocols: Impact and lessons learned“
Kerry Knickle & Jordan Holmes (Michener)
“I can’t give you the results – But here is what I can do…“
11:30 pm – 12:00 pm (Auditorium)
Invited Speaker – Paul Cornacchione, Senior Director, Imaging Operations
The Joint Department of Medical Imaging
Sinai Health System, University Health Network, Women’s College Hospital
“Changing the paradigm of imaging: Imaging driving patient care”
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (Cafeteria and Annex 222) – LUNCH
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm (Auditorium) – Patient Panel
Jack Ireland, Patient Partner
Chris Stigas, Patient Partner
Ann Russell, Facilitator
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm (Oral Presentations – Session 2)
- Laura Bjerring, Brookelyn Rice, & Nan Okun (BORN)
“Nuchal translucency quality assurance (NTQA) in Ontario” - Jia Youngheng, Maan Kulsoom, Rudi Boci, Wasim Javed, Scott Boerner, & Sangeet Ghai (JDMI-UHN)
“Thyroid biopsy sonographer specialist; Long term outcomes of a quality initiative to reduce wait times and improve adequacy rates” - Shahvir Irani, Nancy Talbot, & Jean Nash (JDMI-UHN)
“Achieving pin-point accuracy; Medical radiation technologists’ use of ultrasound guidance for peripheral intravenous access of challenging vasculature” - Nancy Talbot (JDMI-UHN)
“Implementation of quantitative liver imaging – MR elastography” - Tina Hui (JDMI-UHN)
“Ensuring data quality and integrity in financial management reporting for medical imaging operation”
- Ling Yu (Sunnybrook)
“Water as neutral oral contrast versus positive oral contrast agents in oncology staging abdominopelvic CT: evaluation of pre-scan wait time, patient experience and cost analysis“ - Mark Zaidi, Trevor McKee, & Brad Wouters (STTARR)
“Use of image analysis to quantify hypoxia and proliferation relative to vessel distance“ - Karyn Burnet (JDMI-UHN)
“A technologist’s experience with clinical research; pneumothorax visualization in ICU patients using portable chest radiography and enhancement software” - Nicole Cancelliere & Victor Pereira (JDMI-UHN)
“How technology is transforming the role of the technologist“ - Maala Sooriyakanthan & Wendy Tsang (JDMI-UHN)
“Alterations in left atrial and left ventricular myocardial function in mixed aortic valve disease“
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm – BREAK
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM (Auditorium) Oral Presentations – Session 3
Education
- Noor Hesson (William Osler Health System)
“The role of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) in the diagnosis and characterization of thyroid nodules when combined with conventional ultrasound: a literature review“ - Sheena Chung (JDMI-WCH)
“The challenges of relying on patient-reported medical history in a breast imaging program“
4:00 pm – 5:00 (Auditorium) – Invited International Speakers
- Ronen Bercovitz (Director, National School of Medical Imaging, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel)
“A new education model for image technologist at Sheba Medical Centre” - Salim Bader (Chief Radiographer, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel)
“The opportunities and risks associated with artificial intelligence in the imaging profession”
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm (Auditorium) – Closing Keynote Speaker
Catherine Wang (Vice President of Clinical Operations and Diagnostic Partnerships at the University Health Network, Sinai Health Systems and Women’s College Hospital)
5:30 pm – 5:45 pm (Auditorium) – Closing Remarks
Program Booklet with Abstracts
