ISMRM 2019 Program-at-a-Glance

ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 11-16 May 2019, Montréal, QC, Canada

2019 Annual Meeting
Program-at-a-Glance
Last updated: 27 March, 2019

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Molecular • Spectroscopy

Cardiovascular

Cross-Cutting & Emerging Technologies

Diffusion • Perfusion • fMRI

Musculoskeletal

Neuro

Physics & Engineering

Digital Posters

Power Pitches

Member-Initiated Symposia

Plenary Sessions

Study Groups

Scientific Sessions

Corporate Events

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FRIDAY • 10 May 2019	Onsite Registration Opens 14:00-20:00
Pick up your meeting materials early & avoid the weekend lines!

SATURDAY • 11 May 2019

Registration Hours: 06:30-18:30

Saturday • Morning Sessions

Educational Session Diffusion & Microstructure: Lectures	Educational Session MR Image-Guided Therapy	Educational Session MRI Systems Engineering	Educational Session Basic MR Spectroscopy	Educational Session Cutting-Edge Techniques in Body MRI	Educational Session Physics for Physicists	Educational Session Humans Learning to Do Machine Learning Right	Educational Session fMRI: Back to Basics
08:00-11:00 Room 512A-H	08:00-11:30 Room 513A-C	08:00-11:30 Room 516AB	08:00-11:30 Room 516C-E	08:00-11:50 Room 518A-C	08:00-11:30 Room 520A-F	08:00-12:00 Room 710A	08:00-11:25 Room 710B

LUNCH BREAK: 12:15 – 13:15

Saturday • Afternoon Sessions

Educational Session Diffusion & Microstructure: Exercises	Educational Session Hyperpolarized MR Spectroscopic Imaging	Educational Session MRI Systems Engineering	Educational Session Myelin	Educational Session Hepatobiliary & Imaging of Prostate Cancer	Educational Session Physics for Physicists	Educational Session Statistical Analysis for Imaging Studies	Educational Session Physiology & Hemodynamics
13:30-16:00 Room 512A-H	13:30-16:40 Room 513A-C	13:30-17:00 Room 516AB	13:30-17:00 Room 516C-E	13:30-16:55 Room 518A-C	13:30-17:00 Room 520A-F	13:30-17:00 Room 710A	13:30-16:40 Room 710B

SUNDAY • 12 May 2019

Registration Hours: 07:00-18:30

Sunday • Morning Sessions

Educational Session Basics of Molecular Dynamic Sensitive MRI; MT, CEST & Rotating Frame Relaxation	Educational Session MSK Disease: Current Status & Potential Applications of Advanced Imaging	Educational Session RF Coils	Educational Session Neurofluids & Brain Lymphatics: From Bench to MRI	Educational Session Vascular Educational	Educational Session MRI Data Acquisition: Pulse Sequences	Educational Session Open-Source Software Tools for MR Pulse Design, Simulation & Reconstruction	Educational Session Basic Perfusion
08:00-12:00 Room 512A-H	08:00-11:50 Room 513A-C	08:00-11:30 Room 516AB	08:00-11:50 Room 516C-E	08:00-12:00 Room 518A-C	08:00-11:30 Room 520A-F	08:00-11:50 Room 710A	08:00-11:50 Room 710B

LUNCH BREAK: 12:15 – 13:15

Sunday • Afternoon Sessions

Educational Session Gynecology & Bowel	Educational Session MSK Disease: Current Status & Potential Applications of Advanced Imaging	Educational Session RF Coils	Educational Session CNS Tumors	Educational Session Cardiac MR: Linking Physiology to Imaging	Educational Session MRI Image Reconstruction: Nyquist & Non-Nyquist Techniques	Educational Session Open-Source Software Tools for MR Pulse Design, Simulation & Reconstruction	Educational Session Brain Connectivity: Structure & Function
13:30-16:40 Room 512A-H	13:30-15:40 Room 513A-C	13:30-16:00 Room 516AB	13:30-16:55 Room 516C-E	13:30-16:30 Room 518A-C	13:30-16:30 Room 520A-F	13:30-16:00 Room 710A	13:30-16:30 Room 710B

OPENING SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
17:00	Welcome	Pia Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D. & John Port, M.D., Ph.D.
17:30	Lauterbur Lecture My Life in Magnetic Resonance: Sense & Serendipity	Peter van Zijl, Ph.D.
18:15	Adjournment

Opening Reception
18:30 – 20:00
Exhibition Hall

MONDAY • 13 May 2019

Registration Hours: 06:30-18:30
Exhibition Hall Hours: 10:00-17:00
Digital Poster Hall Hours: 07:00-20:30

MONDAY • SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
07:00 – 08:00

Educational Session fMRI in the Clinic	Educational Session Imaging Without Gadolinium: ASL	Educational Session Multinuclear Imaging & Spectroscopy: Electrolytes (Sodium & Beyond)	Educational Session Preclinical MRI: Methods & Applications: Neuroimaging	Educational Session Quantitative MRI: Relaxometry	Educational Session Cardiovascular MR of the Future: Hardware	Educational Session Advanced MSK MRI Acquisition & Post-Processing: Machine Learning	Educational Session Why Do My Body Images Look So Bad?
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513A-C	Room 513D-F	Room 516AB	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C

BREAK: 08:00 – 08:15

MONDAY • MORNING SESSIONS
08:15 – 10:15

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Lung Power

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Artificial Intellience Neuro

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Pediatric: Ain't Misbehaving on Purpose

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Musculoskeletal;
MR Engineering

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Combined Educational & Scientific Session

MRS to CEST & What Is In-Between

ISMRM-SMRT Joint Forum

Chasing Speed & Spatial Resolution: At What Point Is Enough?

Combined Educational & Scientific Session

Multimodal fMRI: From Animal to Human

Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit)

Frontiers in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers of Renal Disease: Where Imaging Sciences, Big Data, Physiology & Medicine Meet

Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit)

STOP Looking: Ultra-High Field Killer Apps Found

Room 510A-D

Room 710A

Room 710B

Room 513A-C

Room 516AB

Scientific Session Microstructure: Approaching Cellular Complexity	Scientific Session Freeze It: Managing Motion in MRI	Scientific Session Traumatic Brain Injury	Scientific Session Advances in Flow Imaging	Scientific Session Female Pelvis	Scientific Session Young Investigator Awards
Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F

BREAK: 10:15 – 10:30

PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
10:30	ISMRM Awards
Disruptors Organizers: Elna-Marie Larsson, Daniel Sodickson, Kei Yamada & Xin Yu
11:15	Introduction	Daniel K. Sodickson, M.D., Ph.D.
11:20	Disruptors to the Way We Gather Data	Andrew G. Webb, Ph.D.
11:38	Disruptors to the Way We Visualize Data	Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.
11:57	Disruptors to the Way We Interpret Data	Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.h.c.
12:15	Adjournment

LUNCH BREAK: 12:15 – 13:45

Gold Corporate Symposium
GE Healthcare
(no CME credit)
12:30 – 13:30
Plenary Hall - Room 517

MONDAY • AFTERNOON SESSIONS
13:45 – 15:45

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Myelin Imaging in Sickness & Health

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

MSK

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Cutting Edge CEST

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Body

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Pediatric MR
13:45-14:45

MR Safety
13:45-14:45

MR Elastography
14:45-15:45

Combined Educational & Scientific Session Mapping the Liver	Educational Session Cardiac Microstructure	Educational Session Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The Role of MRI	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Open Source Initiative for Perfusion Imaging	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) MRI of the Placenta & Fetus: Challenges & Opportunities
Room 510A-D	Room 512A-H	Room 516C-E	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Fiber Orientations & Tractography	Scientific Session MRS/MRSI: Application	Scientific Session Neuropsychiatry & Psychoradiology	Scientific Session Cutting-Edge Advances in Cancer Imaging	Scientific Session fMRI: Multimodal	Scientific Session B0 Field Management & Shimming
Room 511BCEF	Room 513D-F	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F	Room 710A	Room 710B

BREAK: 15:45 – 16:00

MONDAY • EVENING SESSIONS
16:00 – 18:00

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Diffusion MRI: Acquisition, Reconstruction & Artefact Correction

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Frontiers of Neuro Techniques

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Molecular & Metabolic Imaging

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Cardiovascular;
MR Spectroscopy

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

MR of Cancer
16:00-17:00

Psychiatric MR Spectroscopy & Imaging
16:00-17:00

Detection & Correction of Motion in MRI & MRS
17:00-18:00

Educational Session Diverse Perspectives on Imaging-Based Diagnosis of HCC	Educational Session Functional & Dynamic MR Imaging of Peripheral Joints & Spine	Educational Session MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Frontiers & Challenges in Rodent Brain Imaging	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Non-Contrast Cardiac MR Assessment of Ischemic Heart Disease
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Novel MR & MR-Compatible Technology	Scientific Session Breast	Scientific Session Neurovascular	Scientific Session What's New in the Spinal Cord?	Scientific Session Quantitative Parameter Mapping	Scientific Session QSM & ETM
Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

TUESDAY • 14 May 2019

Registration Hours: 06:30-18:00
Exhibition Hall Hours: 10:00-17:00
Digital Poster Hall Hours: 07:00-20:30

TUESDAY • SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
07:00 – 08:00

Educational Session Connectivity for Clinical Study	Educational Session Imaging Without Gadolinium: CEST	Educational Session Multinuclear Imaging & Spectroscopy: Hyperpolarized 13C Use in Clinical Research & Trials	Educational Session Preclinical MRI: Methods & Applications: Contrast & Probes	Educational Session Quantitative MRI: Diffusion & Flow	Educational Session MRI in Liver Transplantation	Educational Session Advanced MSK MRI Acquisition & Post-Processing: Rapid Imaging	Educational Session Cardiovascular MR of the Future: Software
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513A-C	Room 513D-F	Room 516AB	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C

BREAK: 08:00 – 08:15

TUESDAY • MORNING SESSIONS
08:15 – 10:15

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

The Aging Brain

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Diffusion: Applications

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Task-Based fMRI & fMRI Acquisition Methods

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Cancer;
Acquisition, Reconst. & Analysis;
Spectroscopy & Non-Proton MR;
Neuro

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Molecular & Cellular Imaging
08:15-09:15

Perfusion
09:15-10:15

Musculoskeletal MR
09:15-10:15

Combined Educational & Scientific Session MRS of Lipids & Fatty Acids	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Prostate MRI: New Acquisition & Post-Processing Techniques	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Advances in MRI-Guided Radiotherapy of Cancer	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Beyond Space & Time: The Power of Extra Dimensions in MRI
Room 512A-H	Room 516C-E	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Pediatrics: Image Acquisition	Scientific Session Brain Tumor Vascular	Scientific Session Myocardial Tissue Characterization	Scientific Session MRI of Normal Musculoskeletal Physiology, Exercise & Biomechanics	Scientific Session Imaging Myelin+	Scientific Session RF Arrays & the Elements Within	Scientific Session MRI: Overcoming Our Imperfections
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 513D-F	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F	Room 710A	Room 710B

BREAK: 10:15 – 10:30

PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
10:30	NIBIB New Horizons Lecture Translational Research for MR Application of Nanotechnology: Beyond Imaging	Seung Hong Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Machine Learning: From Basics to the Clinic Organizers: Ivana Drobnjak, Jongho Lee, Tim Leiner & Bernd Wintersperger
11:00	Machine Learning in Medical Imaging	Jong Chul Ye, Ph.D.
11:20	Machine Learning in Clinical Practice	Bradley J. Erickson, M.D., Ph.D.
11:40	How Machine Learning Can Supercharge Scientific Discovery	Tal Arbel, Ph.D.
12:00	Adjournment

LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 – 13:30

Gold Corporate Symposium
Philips Healthcare
(no CME credit)
12:15 – 13:15
Plenary Hall - Room 517

TUESDAY • AFTERNOON SESSIONS
13:30 – 15:30

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Flow & Vessel Imaging

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Machine Learning Reconstruction Unleashed

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Other Nuclei MR: Looking at Other Resonances

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Neuro

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Current Issues in Brain Function
13:30-14:30

PET/MR
13:30-14:30

Quantitative MR
14:30-15:30

Educational Session Motion Correction with External Sensors	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Muscle Imaging	Educational Session Hands-On: From Ideal World to Real-World Engineering Issues	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Ultrahigh Field MR Safety: Increasing Access and Expanding Applications	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Mapping the Brain at Multiple Scales: Bridging the Gap Between Microscopic, Mesoscopic & Macroscopic Studies of Brain Structure & Connectivity
Room 510A-D	Room 518A-C	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Interrogating the Tumor Microenvironment	Scientific Session MRS/MRSI Analysis	Scientific Session Demyelination in the Spinal Cord: MS, NMO & ALS	Scientific Session fMRI: Physiology	Scientific Session Novel CEST & MT Preclinical Investigations	Scientific Session Diffusion MRI: Signaling Representation & Modelling
Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

BREAK: 15:30 – 15:45

TUESDAY • EVENING SESSIONS
15:45 – 17:45

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Hot Topics in Engineering

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

New Developments in Cancer Imaging and Spectroscopy

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Breast

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Neuro

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Hyperpolarized Media MR
15:45-16:45

MR in Drug Research
15:45-16:45

Cardiac MR
16:45-17:45

MR Spectroscopy
16:45-17:45

Combined Educational & Scientific Session Improved Motion Correction & Effective Free-Breathing Approaches	Educational Session Advanced Imaging of Cartilage-Bone Interactions	Educational Session MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) More than Simply Iron: MRI for Cellular Iron Mapping in the Human Brain	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Imaging the Biomechanical Properties of Tissue: Pathways to Improving Clinical Value
Room 513D-F	Room 518A-C	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Laminar & Columnar fMRI	Scientific Session Dementia	Scientific Session Pediatrics: Fetal & Neonatal	Scientific Session Pancreas: Quantitative Tissue Properties & MRCP	Scientific Session Microstructure: Validation Using Complementary Methods	Scientific Session Machine Learning for Image Reconstruction
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 516C-E	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

Bronze Corporate Evening Symposium
Hitachi Medical Systems
(no CME credit)
18:00 – 19:00
Room 513 A-C

Bronze Corporate Evening Symposium
Olea Medical
(no CME credit)
18:00 – 19:00
Room 518 A-C

WEDNESDAY • 15 May 2019

Registration Hours: 06:30-18:00
Exhibition Hall Hours: 10:00-17:00
Digital Poster Hall Hours: 07:00-20:30

WEDNESDAY • SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
07:00 – 08:00

Educational Session Microstructure for Clinical Use	Educational Session Imaging Without Gadolinium: Diffusion MRI	Educational Session Multinuclear Imaging & Spectroscopy: Non-Hyperpolarized Energetics 13C, 31P	Educational Session Preclinical MRI: Methods & Applications: Other Animal Imaging Modalities	Educational Session Quantitative MRI: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping	Educational Session Post-PI-RADS: Prostate MRI in the Post-Treatment Setting	Educational Session Advanced MSK MRI Acquisition & Post-Processing: Fat Suppression & Quantification	Educational Session Cardiovascular MR of the Future: Data Processing
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513A-C	Room 513D-F	Room 516AB	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C

BREAK: 08:00 – 08:15

WEDNESDAY • MORNING SESSIONS
08:15 – 10:15

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Machine Learning Unleashed 2

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Mix All Physical Properties With Water and Shake Well

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Emerging Body Imaging Technologies & Their Translation

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Diffusion;
MR Value

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

MR Flow & Motion Quantitation
08:15-09:15

Reproducible Research
08:15-09:15

Educational Session CMR in Kidney Failure: Non-Contrast Imaging	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Psychoradiology for Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Educational Session Cutting-Edge MR Spectroscopic Imaging	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) MRI in Breast Cancer: From Bench to Bedside & Beyond	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Completing the Circle: Moving Multi-Parametric Neuro MRI into Clinical Practice & Trials
Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 520A-F	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Hyperpolarized C13 Imaging	Scientific Session MR Safety: PNS &RF Heating	Scientific Session Stroke	Scientific Session Blood Brain Barrier, Glymphatics & CSF Flow	Scientific Session New Pulses & Encoding Schemes	Scientific Session Diffusion MRI: Acquisition & Reconstruction
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 710A	Room 710B

BREAK: 10:15 – 10:30

PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
10:30	Presidential Lecture When Stress Rules	Håkan Arheden, M.D., Ph.D.
Connecting MRI to Other Branches of Science Organizers: Nivedita Agarwal & Dmitry Novikov
11:00	Connecting MRI to Neurophysiology: Collective Brain Dynamics	Michael Breakspear, Ph.D., M.B.B.S.
11:20	Connecting MRI to Applied Mathematics: Fluid Dynamics of the Blood & Lymph Flow	Eleuterio F. Toro, Ph.D.
11:40	Connecting MRI to Molecular Engineering: Genetically Encoded MR Reporters	Mikhail G. Shapiro, Ph.D.
12:00	Adjournment

LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 – 13:30

Gold Corporate Symposium
Siemens Healthineers
(no CME credit)
12:15 – 13:15
Plenary Hall - Room 517

WEDNESDAY • AFTERNOON SESSIONS
13:30 – 15:30

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Myocardial Tissue Characterization

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Interventional & RF: Safety & Solutions

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Rapid-Fire Fingerprinting

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

fMRI;
Interventional MRI;
Contrast Mechanisms

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

X-Nuclei Imaging
13:30-14:30

Combined Educational & Scientific Session Cell Tracking & Molecular Imaging Using Exogenous Agents	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Stroke: Early Signs & Late Recovery	Junior Fellows Symposium MR from a Global Perspective: The Underrepresented Part of the MR Spectrum	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) RESONATE: Practical Approaches for Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in MRI Research	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) The Road to Consensus in Diffusion MRI: How Far Are We?
Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Image Processing & Analysis	Scientific Session Perfusion & Permeability	Scientific Session Brain Tumor: CEST, MRS & Diffusion MRI	Scientific Session Traumatic, Neoplastic & Degenerative Musculoskeletal Diseases	Scientific Session Artificial Intelligence in Body MRI	Scientific Session fMRI Functional Connectivity: Applications
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

BREAK: 15:30 – 15:45

WEDNESDAY • EVENING SESSIONS
15:45 – 17:45

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Brain Tumor

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

fMRI Analysis: Task & Resting State

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Imperfections, Artifacts, Corrections, Oh My!

Power Pitch Theatre C
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Body;
MR Safety;
Spectroscopy & Non-Proton MR;
Molecular Imaging

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

High Field Systems & Applications
15:45-16:45

Hyperpolarization Methods & Equipment
15:45-16:45

Educational Session MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians	Educational Session Non-Traditional Encoding Methods: To k-Space & Beyond	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Deep Learning for Mapping of Electromagnetic Tissue Properties	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) IVIM MRI as a Non-Contrast Perfusion Imaging Modality: What to Expect
Room 710A	Room 710B	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Novel Pulse Sequences	Scientific Session MRSI Acquisition & Reconstruction	Scientific Session Neurodegeneration (Other than AD)	Scientific Session MR-Guided Intervention	Scientific Session MR Angiography & Vessel-Wall Imaging	Scientific Session Prostate MR: Bench to Bedside	Scientific Session Diffusion: Applications
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F

ISMRM Business Meeting
(no CME credit)
18:00-19:00
Room 516AB

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Forum
(no CME credit)
19:00-21:00
Room 518A-C

THURSDAY • 16 May 2019

Registration Hours: 06:30-18:00
Exhibition Hall Hours: 10:00-16:30
Digital Poster Hall Hours: 07:00-16:30

THURSDAY • SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
07:00 – 08:00

Educational Session Beginner's Guide to Perfusion MRI	Educational Session Imaging Without Gadolinium: Synthetic MRI	Educational Session Multinuclear Imaging & Spectroscopy: Exploration of Fluorine-19 & Oxygen-17	Educational Session Preclinical MRI: Methods & Applications: Future Challenges & Opportunities	Educational Session Quantitative MRI: Electrical Property Mapping	Educational Session Lung & PET/MR	Educational Session Advanced MSK MRI Acquisition & Post-Processing: Quantitative Imaging	Educational Session Cardiovascular MR of the Future: Challenges in the Multimodality Environment
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 512A-H	Room 513A-C	Room 513D-F	Room 516AB	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C

BREAK: 08:00 – 08:15

THURSDAY • MORNING SESSIONS
08:15 – 10:15

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Microstructure Modelling & Validation

Power Pitch Theatre A
Exhibition Hall

Power Pitch Session (no CME credit)

Liver: Brief But Impactful

Power Pitch Theatre B
Exhibition Hall

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Acquisition, Reconst. & Analysis

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

Interventional MR
08:15-09:15

Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties
08:15-09:15

Educational Session Stress & the Developing Brain	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Simulations & Modeling: Closed-Form to Discrete	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Mapping BBB Permeability: From Contrast- to Noncontrast-Enhanced Imaging	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Bayesian Inference in MRI
Room 512A-H	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Novel Neuroimaging Techniques	Scientific Session fMRI: Preclinical	Scientific Session Single-Voxel MRS Techniques	Scientific Session Fetal & Placental MRI	Scientific Session Myocardial Function & Deformation	Scientific Session Deep Learning: Acquisition, Uncertainty & Prediction	Scientific Session Advances in MR Fingerprinting
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

BREAK: 10:15 – 10:30

PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
10:30	Young Investigators Award Presentation	Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D., 2019-2020 ISMRM President
Standardization in MRI: Why Is It So Challenging? Organizers: Mustafa Bashir & Qiyong Gong
10:45	Standardization of Machines & Acquisition Schemes	Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D.
11:05	Standardization of Data Formats & Post-Processing Methods	Vince D. Calhoun, Ph.D.
11:25	Standardization of Clinical Interpretations: Psychoradiology Perspective	Liesbeth Reneman, M.D., Ph.D.

11:45	Special Session: Scientific Highlights of the ISMRM 27th Annual Meeting
12:15	Adjournment

LUNCH BREAK: 12:15 – 13:45

Silver Corporate Symposium
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
(no CME credit)
12:30 – 13:30
Plenary Hall - Room 517

THURSDAY • AFTERNOON SESSIONS
13:45 – 15:45

Digital Poster Session (no CME credit)

Acquisition, Reconst. & Analysis;
Contrast Mechanisms

Exhibition Hall

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511A (no CME credit)

Study Group Business Meetings
Room 511D (no CME credit)

MR in Radiation Therapy
13:45-14:45

Placenta & Fetus
13:45-14:45

Educational Session Breast MRI: Current Topics & Future Directions	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Mapping the Complementary Roles of Myelin & Microstructure in White Matter	Combined Educational & Scientific Session Reproducible Research: Quest for the Ground Truth	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Combined Diffusion-Relaxometry Microstructure Imaging	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) MRI/S Biomarkers of Toxicity
Room 512A-H	Room 516C-E	Room 710A	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Molecular & Metabolic Imaging	Scientific Session Machine Learning & Post-Processing in MSK	Scientific Session Experimental Models of CNS Disease	Scientific Session Liver	Scientific Session fMRI Acquisition Methods	Scientific Session Multidimentional Signal Encoding & Decoding
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 513D-F	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F	Room 710B

BREAK: 15:45 – 16:00

THURSDAY • EVENING SESSIONS
16:00 – 18:00

	Study Group Business Meetings Room 511A (no CME credit)	Study Group Business Meetings Room 511D (no CME credit)
	Diffusion 16:00-17:00	MR Engineering 16:00-17:00
	White Matter 17:00-18:00

Combined Educational & Scientific Session Value of MRI	Educational Session MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians	Educational Session Artifacts Game Show	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Advances in Psychoradiology	Member-Initiated Symposium (no CME credit) Targeting Alzheimer's Disease: Multiscale & Multimodal Imaging from Electrons to Neural Systems
Room 512A-H	Room 710A	Room 710B	Room 513A-C	Room 516AB

Scientific Session Quantitative Kidney Imaging	Scientific Session Relaxometry: Measuring, Understanding & Using	Scientific Session Preclinical Exploratory Body Methods	Scientific Session Myocardial Perfusion	Scientific Session Head & Neck	Scientific Session Frontiers of Image Reconstruction
Room 510A-D	Room 511BCEF	Room 513D-F	Room 516C-E	Room 518A-C	Room 520A-F

BREAK: 18:00 – 18:15

CLOSING SESSION Plenary Hall - Room 517
18:15	Closing Remarks	Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
18:30	Mansfield Lecture Predict – Then Act! Moving Towards Tailored Prevention	Christiane K. Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D.
19:15	Adjournment

Closing Party

19:30 – 22:00
Level 2, Room 210

See you next year in Sydney!

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