TRAINING COURSE ON 3D ULTRASOUND AND NEURONAVIGATION

Arranged by

National Centre of 3D Ultrasound in Neurosurgery St. Olavs Hospital, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and SINTEF

in collaboration with

Marie Curie Initial Training Networks project IIIOS - Integration of Interventional Imaging in the Operating Systems of the Future Seventh Framework Programme, the People Programme

The course will give you an introduction in how to navigate surgical instrument and perform resection guidance and control using 2D and 3D ultrasound integrated with neuronavigation. Special topics covered in the course will be:

• Basic ultrasound imaging  Basic principles of neuronavigation

• 3D ultrasound acquisition

• Image guided resection based on 3D ultrasound

• Hands on session and training  Clinical experiences

• Clinical experiences

Course location: Neuro East Building, St. Olav Hospital                

                           Seminar room NSU-02, basement floor

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 31 August SESSION I: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND NEURONAVIGATION

Location: Hospital area, Trondheim

8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Welcome and introduction Toril Hernes, SINTEF
9:15 Basics of ultrasound imaging Tormod Selbekk, SINTEF
10:00 Basics of ultrasound based navigated neurosurgery, Toril Hernes, SINTEF
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Ultrasound imaging and interpretation Tormod Selbekk, SINTEF
11:40 Lunch break, Pacient hotel St.Olavs

SESSION II: PRACTICAL ULTRASOUND BASED NEURONAVIGATION

13:00 How to acquire an excellent 3D ultrasound image volume in a clinical setting followed by plenary session Geirmund Unsgård, St. Olavs Hospital
14:00 Break
14:15 Hands on training session - ultrasound and neuronavigation, Tormod Selbekk, SINTEF
15:30 Summary of hands on training
15:45 END of day 1

Wednesday, September 1 SESSION III: CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEUROSURGERY

Location: Hospital area, Trondheim

09:00 3D ultrasound in resection of low-grade and high-grade glioma Geirmund Unsgård, St. Olavs Hospital
09:40 Ultrasound guided resection - Usefulness and impact of image quality Ole Solheim, St. Olavs Hospital
10:00 Comparison of ultrasound findings vs. histopathology in glioma surgery Tormod Selbekk, SINTEF
10:30 Break
10:45 Ultrasound in pituitary surgery Ole Solheim, St. Olavs Hospital
11:15 3D ultrasound in resection of skullbase tumours , Geirmund Unsgård, St. Olavs Hospital
11.45 3D ultrasound angio in vascular surgery Geirmund Unsgård, St. Olavs Hospital 12:00 Lunch break, Patient Hotel St.Olavs

SESSION IV: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN ULTRASOUND AND IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY

Location: Hospital area, Trondheim

13:00 Navigation accuracy and multimodal imaging and display in image guided interventions, Frank Lindseth, SNTEF
13:50 Ultrasound and microbubbles Rune Hansen, SINTEF/NTNU
14:10 Ultrasound and navigation in laparoscopic surgery, Thomas Langø, SINTEF
14.30 Navigated endovascular pocedures Frode Manstad Hulaas, NTNU
14.50 Visiting Operating Rooms of the Future at St. Olavs Hospital,

15.45 Summary of course – evaluation
16:00 END of course, Day 2

Speakers

Prof. Geirmund Unsgård, M.D., PhD, NTNU, St. Olavs Hospital
Prof. Toril Hernes, MSc, PhD, SINTEF, NTNU
Ole Solheim, M.D., NTNU, St. Olavs Hospital
Frode Manstad Hulaas, M.D., NTNU/St. Olavs Hospital
Tormod Selbekk, MSc., SINTEF, NTNU
Rune Hansen, MSc, PhD, SINTEF, NTNU
Thomas Langø, PhD, SINTEF
Frank Lindseth, PhD, SINTEF, NTNU

Course Locations: Neuro East Building, St.Olav Hospital, Seminar room NSU-02, basement floor, Adress: Olav Kyrres gate 8