Scientific Program
| Hour | Basic Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Registration – Welcome Reception |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | Welcome – Introduction. Annamaria Iagnocco, Simona Rednic |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Entering test of knowledge - Basic Level. Daniela Fodor |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | History, US physics and techniques, artefacts and limitations of MSUS. Nemanja Damjanov |
| 13.00 - 13.30 | Scanning technique: Ultrasound machine settings, image optimization, probe handling. George A. Bruyn |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Clinical applications of MSUS. Daniela Fodor |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 14.30 - 15.15 | Normal tissue and joint gross anatomy, histology and sonoanatomy. Hilde Berner Hammer |
| 15.15 - 16.45 | Practical Session (Workshop) Holding the probe and handling the Ultrasound machine setting. Normal MusculoSkeletal tissues and SonoAnatomy. Faculty & Tutors |
| 16.45 - 17.15 | Coffee break |
| 17.15 - 18.00 | Standardised scanning of the Elbow. Basic pathological findings. |
| Live demo with normal models. Christian Dejaco |
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| 18.00 – 19.30 | Practical Session (Workshop) Supervised US scanning of the Elbow Faculty & Tutors |
| Hour | Intermediate Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| 11.00 - 12.15 | Registration – Welcome Reception |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Welcome – Introduction. Annamaria Iagnocco, Simona Rednic |
| 12.30 - 12.45 | Entering test of knowledge - Intermediate Level. Daniela Fodor |
| 12.45 - 13.15 | Technical characteristics and setting of sonography equipment and sonographic pattern of musculoskeletal tissues. Annamaria Iagnocco |
| 13.15 - 14.00 | Doppler physics, technology and artefacts, setting optimization, indications and limitations in Musculoskeletal Disorders. Nemanja Damjanov |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Workshop Supervised practical US machine settings, correct acquisition of images in normal musculoskeletal structures (muscles, tendons, bursae, ligaments, nerves, articular cartilage, joint space, joint recesses, joint capsules, and bony profile). Color and Power Doppler settings, its optimization., and Doppler artefacts. Faculty & Tutors |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | B-mode and Doppler synovitis. Definition, detection, quantification and pitfalls. Annamaria Iagnocco |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | B-mode and Doppler tenosynovitis. Definition, detection, quantification and pitfalls. George A. Bruyn |
| 16.30 -17.00 | B-mode and Doppler enthesopathy and enthesitis, tendinosis and tendon tear - definition, detection, quantification and pitfalls. Annamaria Iagnocco |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Coffee break |
| 17.30 - 18.00 | Validity and role of US in crystal-related arthropathies. Hilde Berner Hammer |
| 18.00 - 19.30 | Workshop Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with enthesopathy/enthesitis, tendinosis and tendon tear, and crystal-related arthropathies Faculty & Tutors |
| Hour | Basic Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| 08.00 - 08.45 | Standardised scanning of the Wrist and Hand. Basic pathological findings. |
| Live demo with normal models. Giasna Giokits Kakavouli |
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| 08.45 - 10.00 | Practical Session (Workshop) Supervised US scanning of the Wrist and Hand Faculty & Tutors |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Coffee break |
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Standardised scanning of the Hip. Basic pathological findings. |
| Live demo with normal models. João Dias |
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| 11.00 - 12.15 | Practical Session (Workshop) Supervised US scanning of the Hip Faculty & Tutors |
| 12.15 - 13.00 | Standardised scanning of the Knee. Basic pathological findings |
| Live demo with normal models. Porin Peric |
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| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Practical Session (Workshop) Supervised US scanning of the Knee Faculty & Tutors |
| 15.30 - 16.15 | Standardised scanning of the Shoulder. Basic pathological findings. |
| Live demo with normal models. Violeta Vlad |
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| 16.15 - 16.30 | Coffee break |
| 16.30 - 18.15 | Practical Session (Workshop) Supervised US scanning of the Shoulder. Faculty & Tutors |
| 18.15 - 19.00 | Standardised scanning of the Ankle and Foot. Basic pathological findings. |
| Live demo with normal models. Mihaela Micu |
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| Hour | Intermediate Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| US diagnosis of Lower Extremity pathology. | |
| 08.00 - 08.40 | US diagnosis of Hip pathology, with live demo. Christian Dejaco |
| 08.40 - 09.20 | US diagnosis of Knee pathology, with live demo. Florentin Vreju |
| 09.20 – 11.00 | Workshop Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with inflammatory and degenerative disorders of the Hip and Knee Faculty & Tutors |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee break |
| 11.15 – 12.00 | US diagnosis of Ankle and Foot pathology, with live demo João Dias |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Workshop Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with inflammatory and degenerative disorders of Ankle and Foot Faculty & Tutors |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch break |
| US diagnosis of Upper Extremity pathology. | |
| 14.30 - 15.10 | US diagnosis of Shoulder pathology, with live demo. Violeta Vlad |
| 15.10 – 15.50 | US diagnosis of Elbow pathology, with live demo. Mihaela Micu |
| 15.50 - 16.20 | Coffee break |
| 16.20 - 18.20 | Workshop Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with inflammatory and degenerative disorders of Shoulder and Elbow Faculty & Tutors |
| 18.20 - 18.50 | Documentation of US images and report of US findings. Giasna Giokits Kakavouli |
| Hour | Basic Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| 08.00 - 09.30 | Practical Session (Workshop) Standardised scanning of the Ankle and Foot. Basic pathological findings. Faculty & Tutors |
| 09.30 - 10.15 | MSUS in Osteoarthritis. Validity and Clinical use. |
| Live demo with pathologic models. Hilde Berner Hammer |
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| 10.15 - 10.30 | Coffee break |
| 10.30 - 11.15 | MSUS in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis. Validity and clinical use. |
| Live demo with pathologic models. George A. Bruyn |
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| 11.15 - 11.30 | Education in MSUS. Nemanja Damjanov |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Reporting Ultrasound findings and diagnosis. (Technical aspects and Clinical aspects) Violeta Vlad |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Exit test of knowledge |
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Closing Remarks |
| Hour | Intermediate Musculoskeletal Sonography Course |
| 08.00 - 08.40 | US diagnosis of Wrist and Hand pathology, with live demo. Daniela Fodor |
| 08.40 – 10.00 | Workshop Supervised hands-on scanning of patients with inflammatory and degenerative disorders of Wrist and Hand. Faculty & Tutors |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Coffee break |
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Sonographic-guided periarticular and articular injections. Nemanja Damjanov |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Workshop Supervised sonographic-guided injections. Faculty & Tutors |
| 12.30 - 12.45 | Exit test of knowledge |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Closing Remarks |
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