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When asked about what he’d be thinking about during his weekend rounds at the 2019 Master’s Championship at the Augusta National Golf Club, current #3 golfer in the world and 3-time major champion Brooks Koepka, thought about an article published in 2003 in the American Journal of Neuroradiology 1 before answering.  “Nothing,” he said.  “I have no thoughts. When you have nothing to think about, it’s easy.”  Unfortunately for Koepka, Tiger Woods gave him something to think about when he birdied #15 to take the lead. Koepka ended up finishing 1 stroke behind Woods in a 3-way tie for second place. While Koepka has very likely never heard of the American Journal of Neuroradiology , and had not really read the paper from 2003, his simple answer is a proof-of-concept of Dr. Ross’ paper that showed decreased fMRI activity in highly skilled compared to less skilled golfers. —Keith B. Quencer, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine —Kevin S. Quencer, JD, Knoxvill

The Editors of AJNR are pleased to announce the annual Lucien Levy Best Research Article Award has been presented to: Deep-Learning Convolutional Neural Networks Accurately Classify Genetic Mutations in Gliomas by P. Chang, J. Grinband, B.D. Weinberg, M. Bardis, M. Khy, G. Cadena, M.-Y. Su, S. Cha, C.G. Filippi, D. Bota, P. Baldi, L.M. Poisson, R. Jain, and D. Chow.   This award is named for the late AJNR  Senior Editor who championed its establishment and recognizes the best original research paper accepted in 2018. The winning paper was published electronically on May 10, 2018 and appeared in the July print issue. It was selected by a vote of the Journal ‘s Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editors. Other nominated papers were: Hybrid 3D/2D Convolutional Neural Network for Hemorrhage Evaluation on Head CT by P.D. Chang, E. Kuoy, J. Grinband, B.D. Weinberg, M. Thompson, R. Homo, J. Chen,  H. Abcede, M. Shafie, L. Sugrue, C.G. Filippi, M.-Y. Su, W. Yu, C. Hess, and D. Chow Contrast

Conference Dates: May 28-30, 2019 Credits: 23.5 CME and 3 SAM credits Course Director: Andrei I. Holodny, MD Conference Location: Belfer Research Building Weill Medical College of Cornell University 69th Street and York Avenue New York, NY 10065 Course Overview During most MRI procedures, there is no need for interaction between the administrator of the test and the patient. The situation is quite the opposite in functional MRI (fMRI), where the neurological status of the patient must be assessed; an appropriate paradigm must be selected based on the neurological assessment and prior MRI examinations. Further, the paradigm must be delivered to and successfully performed by the patient while in the MRI machine. In addition, there is a rather complicated analysis of the fMRI and diffusion tractography data, which must be performed and assessed. How to properly perform these tasks is often not addressed during residency and fellowship training or in annual scientific society

Moonis G, Juliano AF, Mukherji S. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Update on Temporal Bone Imaging with Emphasis on Clinical and Surgical Perspectives ; Elselvier; 2019; 202 pp; $397.00. The February 2019 edition of the Neuroimaging Clinics discusses one of the most detailed areas of neuroradiology — temporal bone imaging. Edited by Drs. Moonis and Juliano, Update on Temporal Bone Imaging with an Emphasis on Clinical and Surgical Perspectives consists of the following 13 chapters: Inflammation Meniere Disease Ostosclerosis Tinnitus Third Window Arterial Abnormalities Pediatric Hearing Loss Syndromic Temporal Bone Abnormalities Temporal Bone Trauma Management of Vestibelar Schwannomas Otologic Surgical Procedures Advanced MR Imaging Thirty authors have contributed to this 200 page issue. Throughout the text there is an attempt to correlate — as well as possible — important clinical and surgical aspects of the topic under consideration. For example: audiograms of

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The following is a transcript from the interview recorded in the Section of Neuroradiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Participants included: Dr. John Ulmer, Professor of Radiology and Section Chief of Neuroradiology Dr. Gosia Franczak, Professor of Neurology and Director of Memory Disorders Clinic Laura Umfleet, Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology and an expert in memory disorders Dr. Mohit Agarwal, Assistant Professor in Neuroradiology Agarwal — Hello and welcome to this edition of the AJNR podcast. This is your host Mohit Agarwal, Asst Prof of Neuroradiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and I am joined today by our section chief Prof John Ulmer, by our neurologist Prof Gosia Franczak, who is Director of the Memory Disorders clinic at MCW and our Neuropsychologist Laura Umfleet, Asst Prof in Neuropsychology and an expert in memory disorders. Together, we have developed a team here at MCW where we are taking a multi-prong approach