Focus On – Diagnostic Imaging
06/11/2026 - 08/11/2026 Barcelona / Spain
Focus On – Diagnostic Imaging
Clinically Orientated MRI Neuroimaging
Principal Course Master(s):
Course Overview
If you are a clinician having access to MRI or an imager wanting to improve your neuroimaging skills, this course is designed for you and aims to bridge the gap between the consultation and the MRI room. Combining the experience from a neurologist and an imager, we will make MR neuroimaging practical for you putting it in the context of the neurological and neurosurgical clinical approach.
The course comprises of 3 days residential course. The first lecture will be given by Laurent Garosi and will provide you with the tools on how to approach a neurological patient and how to use these same tools when reading MR images. The second lecture will be given by Ines Carrera and will explain MRI sequences and how to approach systematically an MRI study.
Learning Outcomes:
The 3 days course will will include a great variety of brain and spinal cases covering the most common neurological presentations. The main aim is to feel confident aftger the course on how to use MRI in the context of a neurological or neurosurgical patient. You will obtain skills on how to read an MRI and give a logical differential diagnosis list combining the information from the neurological approach and the MR images.
Course Program (Subject to change)
Friday, 6 November 2026
08:30 – 09.00 Registration and introduction
09:00 – 09:45 How to think like a neurologist Garosi
09:45 – 10:30 How to think like an imager Carrera
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Brain tumour: MRI characteristics and treatment options Carrera/Garosi
12:30 – 13:30 GME, NME, NLE – can they be differentiated on MRI and does it matter? Garosi
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 16:00 Infectious disease of the brain: beyond Toxoplasma and Neospora Carrera
16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 – 17:00 Ischemic stroke Garosi
17:30 – 18:00 Hemorrhagic stroke Garosi
Saturday, 7 November 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Congenital brain diseases Carrera
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Neurological causes of blindness Carrera/Garosi
11:30 – 12:15 Trismus Carrera/Garosi
12:15 – 13:00 Dropped jaw Carrera/Garosi
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30 The many faces of vestibular disorders Carrera/Garosi
15:30 – 16:00 Facial paralysis Carrera/Garosi
16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 – 18:00 MRI guided tour of the many types of disc herniation and their management Carrera/Garosi
Sunday, 8 November 2026
09:00 – 10:00 Cervical spondylomyelopathies Garosi
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 Ischemic myelopathy Carrera/Garosi
11:00 – 12:00 Infectious and inflammatory conditions of the spine Carrera
12:00 – 13:00 Subarachnoid diverticulum and arachnoid adhesion Garosi
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14.30 – 15:30 Lumbosacral disease Carrera
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 – 17:00 Vertebral column and spinal cord neoplasm Carrera
Tuition fee*:
EUR 2.200.-
Early registration fee*:
EUR 2.100.-
Early registration deadline:
01/06/2026
Total hours:
24
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
