SUNDAY 16 AUGUST
11:30am – 5:00pm
IVRA Directors Meeting
2.00pm – 5.30pm
Speaker Preparation Room Open
2.00pm – 6.30pm
Registration Desk Open
6.30pm – 8.30pm
IVRA 2015 Welcome Reception
Sponsored by ANTECH Imaging Services
8.30pm – 10.30pm
Exhibitor Move In
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Venue: Calista Room
Venue: Abrolhos Room, Level 1
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Venue: Island Suite, Level 1
Venue: Foyer, Southern Cross Ballroom
MONDAY 17 AUGUST
7.00am – 4.00pm
Speaker Preparation Room Open
7.30am – 5.00pm
Registration Desk Open
8.20am – 9.15am
ANNOUNCEMENTS & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8.20am - 8.25am
Announcements
Dr David Reese
8.25am – 8.30am
Platinum Sponsor Address
Victoria Johnson, Director, VetCT
8.30am – 9.15am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TELERADIOLOGY: OPTIMIZING READERS & THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Dr Elizabeth Krupinski, Professor, Departments of Medical Imaging, Psychology & Public Health, University of
Arizona; Vice Chair Research & Education, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, USA
9.15am – 10.00am
GENERAL RADIOGRAPHY I
9.15am
USE OF VISUAL ARTS TO TEACH OBSERVATIONAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKILLS FOR RADIOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
Cathy Beck, AUSTRALIA
9.30am
NEW CHALLENGES IN VETERINARY RADIATION PROTECTION PERSONNEL, PUBLIC AND PATIENTS
Aste Søvik, NORWAY
9.45am
PRACTICAL RESTRAINER EXPOSURE TO SCATTER RADIATION IN SMALL ANIMAL RADIOGRAPHY BY
USING THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS
Eunseok Jeong, SOUTH KOREA
10.00am – 10.45am
MORNING TEA
10.45am – 12.15pm
GENERAL RADIOGRAPHY II
10.45am
EGAGROPILES (aka ENTEROLITHS) AND OTHER MINERALIZED BODIES IN CATS
William Blevins, USA
11.00am
EARLY IMAGING FINDINGS IN JUVENILE DOGS WITH PRESUMED DISCOSPONDYLITIS
Robert Kirberger, SOUTH AFRICA
11.15am
ABDOMINAL AORTIC LESIONS IN 5 DOGS
Shona Reese, AUSTRALIA
11.30am
TRACHEAL DIAMETER IN PUPPIES
Mailis Rizza, BELGIUM
11.45am
THYROID NEOPLASIA IN DOGS - THE ROLE OF SCINTIGRAPHY IN STAGING AND TREATMENT
PLANNING
Richard (Max) Zuber, AUSTRALIA
12.00pm
DIAGNOSIS OF "OCCULT" HYPERTHYROIDISM IN CATS USING THYROID SCINTIGRAPHY
Richard (Max) Zuber, AUSTRALIA
12.15pm – 1.30pm
LUNCH
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Venue: Abrolhos Room, Level 1
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Moderator: Zoe Lenard
Moderator: Zoe Lenard
Moderator: Ruth Dennis
1.30pm – 2.15pm
MASTERCLASS
Moderator: Patrick Kircher
QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VETERINARY ULTRASONOGRAPHY
Chee Kin Lim, USA
2.15pm – 3.00pm
ULTRASOUND I
2.15pm
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF ADRENAL GLAND-TO-AORTA RATIO AS A METHOD OF
ESTIMATING ADRENAL SIZE IN DOGS
Agustina Anson, SPAIN
2.30pm
EFFECT OF BODY WEIGHT, AGE AND SEX ON ULTRASONOGRAPHIC ADRENAL GLAND THICKNESS IN
HEALTHY DOGS
Agustina Anson, SPAIN
2.45pm
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF THE NORMAL MAJOR DUODENAL PAPILLA IN DOGS
Susannah Lillis, AUSTRALIA
3.00pm – 3.30pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.30pm – 5.00pm
ULTRASOUND II
3.30pm
THE EFFECT OF DIET COMPOSITION AND LUMINAL INGESTA ON INTESTINAL MUCOSAL ECHOGENICITY
IN HEALTHY DOGS
Lorrie Gaschen, USA
3.45pm
DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF
ANTIEMETIC DRUGS ON ANTRAL MOTILITY IN HEALTHY DOGS
Frederic Gaschen, USA
4.00pm
CAN THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY BE USED AS A PRACTICAL AND ACCURATE
ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF RENAL VOLUME IN CATS?
Yasamin Vali, IRAN
4.15pm
A COMPARISON OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY TO ARTHROSCOPY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOLOGIC
CHANGE IN THE EQUINE STIFLE
Anna Adrian, UNITED KINGDOM
4.30pm
TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND OF THE EQUINE SACRAL PLEXUS
Martijn Beukers, THE NETHERLANDS
4.45pm
LOW-INTENSITY ULTRASOUND FOR CANCER THERAPY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
Andrew Wood, USA
5.00pm
DAY CONCLUDES
5.30pm
IVRA Directors Meeting
6.30pm – 9.30pm
Casual Dinner
Delegates receive one drink voucher for beer, wine or
soft drink followed by drinks at own expense
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Moderator: Patrick Kircher
Moderator: Johann Lang
Venue: Calista Room
Venue: Little Creatures Brewery,
Fishing Boat Harbour
TUESDAY 18 AUGUST
7.30am – 1.00pm
Speaker Preparation Room Open
Venue: Abrolhos Room, Level 1
7.45am – 1.30pm
Registration Desk Open
8.20am – 9.15am
ANNOUNCEMENTS & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8.20am - 8.30am
Announcements
Dr David Reese
8.30am – 9.15am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HOW TO FIT A CROCODILE INTO A ROUND HOLE
Dr Darryl Heard, Associate Professor and Service Chief of Zoological Medicine at the College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Florida; Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine, USA
9.15am – 10.15am
WILDLIFE / EXOTICS I
9.15am
RADIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF LOW GRADE CHONDROBLASTIC OSTEOSARCOMA IN THE
ANTEBRACHIUM OF A KOALA
Sarah Davies, AUSTRALIA
9.30am
RADIOGRAPHIC ABDOMINAL ANATOMY OF CAPTIVE RING-TAILED LEMURS (LEMUR CATTA)
Modesta Makungu, TANZANIA
9.45am
THE USE OF ULTRASOUND TO ASSESS COELOMIC DISTENSION IN BIRDS
Katrina Garrett, AUSTRALIA
10.00am
THE USE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF AVIAN SINONASAL DISORDERS
Katrina Garrett, AUSTRALIA
10.15am – 10.45am
MORNING TEA
10.45am – 12.15pm
WILDLIFE / EXOTICS II
10.45am
PERICARDITIS INDUCED BLOOD FLOW CHANGES IN THE COMMON CAROTID ARTERY AND EXTERNAL
JUGULAR VEIN IN CATTLE: B-MODE AND DOPPLER ULTRASOUND STUDY
Vandana Sangwan, INDIA
11.00am
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS FROM THE RIGHT, LEFT AND CRANIAL THORACIC APPROACH IN
BOVINE SUFFERING FROM RETICULAR DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA
Ashwani Kumar, INDIA
11.15am
RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOLOGY OF THE CARPUS AND DISTAL PARTS OF THE RADIUS AND ULNA OF
THE CAMEL (Camelus dromedarius)
Ramadan Ramadan, SAUDI ARABIA
11.30am – 12.15pm
MASTERCLASS
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Moderator: Graeme Allan
Moderator: Graeme Allan
Moderator: Bill Blevins
Moderator: Bill Blevins
DIGITAL RADIOLOGY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Bill Hornof, USA
12.15pm – 1.15pm
LUNCH
1.30pm – 7.00pm
HALF DAY TOUR TO PERTH CITY AND COAST
Coaches will depart from Marine Tce promptly at 1.30pm. Participants are suggested to bring a jacket as the
afternoon progresses into evening
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST
7.30am – 4.00pm
Speaker Preparation Room Open
7.45am – 5.00pm
Registration Desk Open
8.20am – 9.15am
ANNOUNCEMENTS & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8.20am - 8.30am
Announcements
Dr David Reese
8.30am – 9.15am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: POSTMORTEM CT AND MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION: APPLICATION OF
HUMAN TECHNIQUES IN ANIMALS
Dr Chris O’Donnell, Clinical Radiologist, AUSTRALIA
9.15am – 10.15am
CT I
9.15am
SEMI-AUTOMATED CT LUNG SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUE IN HEALTHY AND DISEASED FOALS
Steve Joslyn, USA
9.30am
3D-MORPHOLOGY OF THE ATLAS IN CLINICALLY SOUND TOY BREED DOGS WITH AND WITHOUT
ATLANTOOCCIPITAL OVERLAPPING
Nele Ondreka, GERMANY
9.45am
FEASIBILITY AND ACCURACY OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED INJECTIONS IN DOGS: A STUDY
OF TRANSLAMINAR AND TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBOSACRAL EPIDURAL AND INTRAARTICULAR
LUMBAR FACET JOINT INJECTIONS
Géraldine Bolen, BELGIUM
10.00am
CLINICAL SAFETY OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED LUMBOSACRAL TRANSFORAMINAL AND
TRANSLAMINAR EPIDURAL AND FACET JOINT STEROID INJECTIONS IN DOGS
Géraldine Bolen, BELGIUM
10.15am – 10.45am
MORNING TEA
10.45am – 11.30am
CT II
10.45am
COMPARISON OF 1-, 2-, OR 3-MM THICK SLICES FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND THEIR INFLUENCE
ON MEDIAL CORONOID DISEASE ASSESSMENT IN DOGS
Raffaela Zweifel, GERMANY
11.00am
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CANINE INTRAVERTEBRAL GAS LESION
Chee Kin Lim, USA
11.15am
IS FELINE RENAL VOLUME RELATED TO SECOND LUMBAR VERTEBRA AS WELL AS RENAL LENGTH?
Yasamin Vali, IRAN
11.30am – 12.15pm
MASTERCLASS
CT AND MRI IMAGING OF THE EYE AND ORBIT
Victoria Johnson, UNITED KINGDOM
12.15pm – 1.30pm
LUNCH
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Venue: Abrolhos Room, Level 1
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Moderator: Erik Wisner
Moderator: Erik Wisner
Moderator: Federica Rossi
Moderator: Federica Rossi
1.30pm – 2.15pm
MASTERCLASS
Moderator: Junghee Yoon
CONTRAST INJECTION RATE IN SMALL ANIMALS
Mariano Makara, AUSTRALIA
2.15pm – 3.00pm
CT III
2.15pm
COMPARISON OF CONTRAST-ENHANCED MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
AND CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY FOR THE EVALUATION OF PORTOSYSTEMIC-SHUNT OCCLUSION
VIA CELLOPHANE-BANDING
Sebastian Schaub, GERMANY
2.30pm
ACCURACY OF USING CONTRAST ARRIVAL TIME AND INJECTION DURATION TO PREDICT TIME TO
PEAK AORTIC AND HEPATIC ENHANCEMENT USING DYNAMIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Jennifer Chau, AUSTRALIA
2.45pm
DIFFERENTIATION OF CANINE HEPATIC MASSES BY TRIPLE-PHASE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Kensuke Nakamura, JAPAN
3.00pm – 3.30pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.30pm – 5.00pm
IVRA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
5.00pm
DAY CONCLUDES
5.00pm – 6.00pm
POSTER WINE & CHEESE
Enjoy a glass of wine and meet the authors of posters
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Moderator: Junghee Yoon
THURSDAY 20 AUGUST
6.30am – 10.30am
Registration Desk Open
7.00am – 6.00pm
AAVDI CONTINUING EDUCATION DAY
Applicable to only delegates that have paid the separate registration fee to attend this day.
Refer to separate AAVDI program for highlights of day
7.00am
AAVDI Annual General Meeting
8.30am
AAVDI Sessions Commence
8.10am – 5.00pm
IVRA 2015 FULL DAY DELEGATE TOUR
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Delegates are requested to assemble on Marine Terrace by no later than 8.10am for a 8.30am departure
6.00pm
DAY CONCLUDES
Evening at own leisure
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST
7.30am – 3.00pm
Speaker Preparation Room Open
7.45am – 3.30pm
Registration Desk Open
8.20am – 9.15am
ANNOUNCEMENTS & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
8.20am - 8.30am
Announcements
Dr David Reese
8.30am – 9.15am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: INTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS IN DOGS AND CATS
Dr Martin Schmidt, Clinical Neurologist and Neurosurgeon, Clinic for Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University,
GERMANY
9.15am – 10.15am
MR I
9.15am
MRI-BASED MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CANINE CAUDAL FOSSA IN RELATION TO CHIARI-LIKE
MALFORMATION IN BRACHYCEPHALIC BREEDS
Caroline Gordon, UNITED KINGDOM
9.30am
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 4TH VENTRICLE IN NORMAL
VERSUS ABNORMAL CANINE BRAINS
Aseel Hussein, IRAQ
9.45am
THE MESENCEPHALIC TECTUM IN THE CANINE BRAIN: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) STUDY
IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DOGS
Aseel Hussein, IRAQ
10.00am
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF MASTICATORY MUSCLES IN BASSET HOUNDS
Ruth Dennis, UNITED KINGDOM
10.15am – 10.45am
MORNING TEA
10.45am – 12.15pm
MR II
10.45am
COMPARISON BETWEEN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN 33 DOGS
AND 12 CATS WITH ORBITAL MASS LESIONS
Nele Ondreka, GERMANY
11.00am
CT AND MR ANATOMY OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS OF THE CAT
Vivian Fromme, GERMANY
11.15am
CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN THREE DOGS
Dongwoo Chang, SOUTH KOREA
11.30am
MRI TRACKING OF IRON OXIDE LABELLED COLLAGEN EMBEDDED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN
ARTIFICIAL CANINE STIFLE DEFECTS
Kerstin Von Pueckler, GERMANY
11.45am
CHRONOLOGICAL LOW FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPEARANCE OF CANINE INTRASPINAL
HEMORRHAGE MODELS
Jimo Jeong, SOUTH KOREA
12.00pm
MRI FEATURES OF EQUINE THYROID GLAND
Vania Machado, BRAZIL
12.15pm – 1.30pm
LUNCH
1.30pm – 2.15pm
MASTERCLASS
TIPS FOR PUBLISHING YOUR RESEARCH
Jeryl Jones, USA
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Venue: Abrolhos Room, Level 1
Venue: Hotel Foyer
Moderator: Angela Hartman
Moderator: Angela Hartman
Moderator: Constance DeHaan
Moderator: Andrew Wood
2.15pm – 3.00pm
GENERAL
2.15pm
OPTIMUM HOUNSFIELD THRESHOLD LIMITS FOR ACCURATE 3D PRINTED BONE MODELS
Steve Joslyn, USA
2.30pm
COMPARISON OF TWO RADIATION PROTOCOLS FOR FELINE INJECTION SITE SARCOMA
Federica Rossi, ITALY
2.45pm
RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE INTRAMEDULLARY PINS AND THE PLATE-SCREW FIXATION FOR
FEMORAL FRACTURE TREATMENT IN DOGS
Quang Thong Le, VIETNAM
3.00pm – 3.30pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.30pm – 5.00pm
FILM READING SESSION
5.00pm
DAY CONCLUDES
6.30pm – 10.30pm
FAREWELL DINNER Sponsored By ANTECH Imaging Services
*The organising committee reserves the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Moderator: Andrew Wood
Moderator: John Mattoon
Venue: Orion/Pleaides,
Southern Cross Ballroom