Neuromuscular Ultrasound: Improve your Diagnostic Accuracy
In this educational talk, Prof. Nens van Alfen and Dr. Alexandra Borchert, moderated by Dr. Guillaume Fargeot, will discuss the added value of neuromuscular ultrasound for diagnosing patients with inflammatory neuropathies and motor neuron diseases. Ultrasound imaging of nerves and muscles is a recent addition to the diagnostic toolkit of the neurologist, physiatrist and nerve surgeon. In addition to its use as a primary diagnostic tool for entrapment neuropathies, imaging has been shown to augment your diagnostic capabilities in a significant way, making it easier to identify patients with treatable inflammatory neuropathies and creating more certainty for an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis. Using case-based scenarios, Prof. van Alfen and Dr. Borchert will show how your diagnostic practice can benefit from ultrasound.
This educational talk offers 1 CPD credit.
Speaker
Dr. Guillaume Fargeot
Neurologist & Clinical Neurophysiologist
Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
Prof. Dr. Nens van Alfen
Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology & Medical Director
Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Dr. Alexandra Borchert
Consultant in Neurology
University Hospital Düsseldorf and Pauwelsklinik Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyCourse Information
By the end of this lecture, delegates will:
- Learn more about the ultrasound appearance of nerves in CIDP Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN), and mimics, and of the ultrasound appearance of muscles and fasciculations in Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
- Learn the diagnostic value of nerve and muscle ultrasound to augment your diagnostic capabilities
This educational talk was created in June 2023. All information contained in this session was correct at the time of distribution.
Disclaimer: Appearing on the Medical Imaging Academy does not represent a commercial partnership or interest from the speaker. The views herein do not represent the views of Canon Medical Systems Ltd.
