20 November 2012, Melbourne Brain Centre, Parkville, Victoria

The focus of the meeting was on the interface between clinical practice and clinical research interface.

Download the Final Program (PDF, 1.7MB)

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The first session highlighted current clinical research capacity and capability of each of the VBIC Nodes – located at Austin, Clayton, Hawthorn and Parkville/Werribee – as well as an update from the VBIC Business Manager (PDF, 2.4MB).

• Concurrent EEG and TMS capabilites at Monash Biomedical Imaging – Bryan Paton (Monash University) (PDF, 1.6MB)
• Advanced imaging at high field: EEG fMRI and DWI – Shawna Farquharson (The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health)
• New challenges in multimodal imaging: MEG and MRI – Susan Rossell (Swinburne University of Technology) (PDF, 2.6MB)
• PET-CT capability to advance brain research – Rob Williams (The University of Melbourne) (PDF, 2.7MB)

The second part of the meeting covered current activities in clinical research at major Victorian hospitals.

• Facilities, opportunity and determination – 3 factors that have made Melbourne a world leader in imaging research in neurodegenerative disease – Chris Rowe (Austin Health) (PDF, 3.9MB)
• Research Imaging at the RCH/MCRI – Marc Seal (The Royal Children’s Hospital) (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Future directions of clinical imaging in medicine – Richard Zwar (Austin Health)(PDF, 2.5MB)
• Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) – Ken Thomson (Alfred Hospital) (PDF, 6.9MB)
• Clinical Imaging Research in Victoria’s South-East – Nick Ferris (Southern Health/Monash University) (PDF, 0.8MB)