Educational Presentations

Neuroradiology Presentations

• Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck: A Pictorial Essay.
  by Drs. JC Lee, A Malhotra, H Wang, and PL Westesson
• Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy: Review of Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations and Imaging.
  by Drs. EP Lin, A Kuriyan, S Feldon, and PL Westesson
• Cervical Discography: Indications, technique and image finding.
  by Drs. EP Lin, S Kathuria, and PL Westesson
• Cervical Myelography: Why, when and how.
  by Devang Butani, MD, Cynthia Zink, RPA-C, Ajay Maholtra, MD, and PL Westesson, MD, DDS, PhD
• Image-guided Spine Procedures for Relief of Severe Lower Back Pain: A Guide to Epidural Steroid Injection, Facet Joint Injection, and Selective Nerve Root Block.
  by Drs. Peter Takeyama, Henry Wang, Sven Ekholm and P-L Westesson
• Kyphoplasty increases Vertebral Body Height more than Vertebroplasty in a Cadaver Study
  by Drs. A. Hiwatashi, R. Sidhu, R. Lee, R. deGuzman, D. Piekut and P-L Westesson
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Body Fractures
  by Drs. Akio Hiwatashi and Per-Lennart Westesson
• Tumor vs. Necrosis
  by Dr. Leena M. Ketonen, Department of Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
• Kyphoplasty versus Vertebroplasty for Increase in Vertebral Body Height: a Cadaveric Study
  by Drs. Akio Hiwatashi, Ravinder Sidhu, Ryan K. Lee, Ramon deGuzman, Diane T. Piekut, and Per-Lennart A. Westesson
• Interventional Radiology in Dentistry
  by Dr. P-L Westesson
• Skull Deformity: Radiographic Diagnosis of "Sticky Suture" in Occipital Plagiocephaly
  by Drs. J.E. Losee, P-L Westesson, M. Ketkar, D. Singh, R.E. Kirschner, and S.P. Bartlett
• “But My Back Hurts Only When I'm Standing”: How to Perform Axila-loading in MRI for Spinal Canal Stenosis
  by Drs. Matthew Cham, Akio Hiwatashi, and Per-Lennart Westesson
• Magnetic Resonance Myelography
  by Dr. Humera Ahsan, Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
• MRI and Epilepsy
  by Dr. Humera Ahsan, Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
• Imaging Features of Tuberculous Spondylitis
  by Dr. Humera Ahsan, Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
• Miliary Tuberculosis of the Brain
  by Dr. Humera Ahsan, Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
• Vertebroplasty - how to do it
  by PL Westesson, M Oka, A Hiwatashi, and T Moritani
• Height Restoration with Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty - a cadaver study
  by PL Westesson, R Sidhu, A Hiwatashi, DT Piekut, R DeGuzman, and R Lee
• Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Excitototoxic Brain Injury
  by Toshio Moritani, Akio Hiwatashi, Henry Wang, Leena Ketonen, Sven Ekholm, and Per-Lennart Westesson
• Complications of Bacterial Meningitis: The Utility of Diffusion-weighted Imaging
  by Francisco Garcia-Morales, MD, Toshio Moritani, MD, Akio Hiwatashi, MD, Sven Ekholm, MD, Leena Ketonen, MD, PhD, and Per-Lennart Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS
• CT Angiography (CTA)
  by Leena Ketonen, MD, PhD
• Stroke Diagnosis & Interventional Therapy
  by José A. Echeverri, MD
• Biopsy and Vertebroplasty at the Same Time
  by M Ketkar, MD, A Hiwatashi, MD, T Moritani, MD, and P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS
• Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of Osteoporosis
  by P-L Westesson, R K Lee, M A Ketkar, and EP Lin
• Axial Loading During Lumbar Spine MR Imaging Can Influence Treatment Decision for Spinal Stenosis
  by Barbara Danielson, MD, PhD, Akio Hiwatashi, MD, Toshio Moritani, MD, PhD, and P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS
• Clinical Significance of Temporomandibular Joint Abnormalities
  by P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS
• Post Operative TMJ
  by P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS
• Spinal Cord Tumors by Margaret Hollar, DO
• Vertebroplasty can reduce pain and improve mobility by P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS, and Mayumi Oka, MD
• Vertebroplasty for a new fracture has the same prognosis as the initial procedure by P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS, Yuji Numaguchi, MD, PhD, and Mayumi Oka, MD
• Single-level vertebroplasty appears to have similar prognosis as multi-level procedures by P-L Westesson, MD, PhD, DDS, Yuji Numaguchi, MD, PhD, and Mayumi Oka, MD
• What MR imaging finding best correlates with TMJ pain
  by Tsukasa Sano, Mika Yamamoto, Per-Lennart Westesson, and Tomohiro Okano
• Vertebroplasty: A meta analysis of results and complications by Per-Lennart Westesson, M.D., Ph.D., DDS
• Vertebroplasty: Subsequent compression fracture - a common reason for recurrent pain by Per-Lennart Westesson, M.D., Ph.D., DDS.
• Vertebroplasty: Physical examination, plain film and bone scan for pre-operative evaluation with correlation with MRI by Per-Lennart Westesson, M.D., Ph.D., DDS.

Musculoskeletal Presentations

• Upper Cervical Spine - Occult Injury and Trigger for CT Exam by Marat Bakman, MD; Karen Chan, MD; Christopher Bang, DO; Arun Basu, MD; Gwy Suk Seo, MD and Johnny U.V. Monu, M.D.
• Muscular Dystrophies: What the radiologist should know by J. Carmen Timberlake, MD; Kristina Siddall, MD; Christopher Bang, DO; Marat Bakman, MD; Gwy Suk Seo, MD and Johnny U.V. Monu, M.D.
• Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Beyond the Clinical Diagnosis by Tanya L. Tivorsak, B.A., Kalpesh Patel, M.D., Kimberly Carney, M.D., Nina B. Klionsky, M.D., Gary B. Tebor, M.D. and Johnny U.V. Monu, M.D.
• Imaging of Primary Soft Tissue Infections in the Pediatric Patient by Christopher S. Bang, D.O., Shannon Nedelka, M.D., Gwy Suk Seo, M.D., and Johnny U.V. Monu, M.D.
• Introduction to the Radiology of Fractures and Related Injures by Matthew Cham, M.D.