Noon Conference

M. Alejandra Bedoya will present a focused review of the normal and abnormal MRI appearance of pediatric bone marrow, highlighting key developmental patterns and imaging features across different age groups. She’ll walk through how to distinguish normal physiologic marrow changes from infiltrative, infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic processes using MRI.

Vessel wall imaging (VWI) is a high-resolution MRI technique used to evaluate intracranial vessel walls beyond what conventional angiography shows. During this lecture, Dr. Malak will show how VWI is performed, its clinical applications (especially differentiating causes of vessel stenosis like atherosclerosis, vasculitis, Moyamoya, RCVS, and aneurysms), and how these findings directly impact patient management and treatment decisions. Through multiple cases, we will highlight key imaging patterns, pitfalls, and future directions for improving diagnosis and expanding use of VWI.