ISMRM SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ~ 2-5 March 2013
 

Ultra High Field MRI: What is in Full Bloom & What is Sprouting?
 Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
 

PROGRAM

click on to see the syllabus & to view the recorded presentation
      DAY 1 - Saturday, 2 March 2013 (0.50 CME available)  
      Optional Hands-On Workshops  
         
16:00     Registration & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 1: Human MRI Beyond 10T  
      Moderator: Peter Jezzard, Ph.D.  
17:30 Experiences in Minnesota Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
17:45   Experiences at NIH Peter van Gelderen, Ph.D.
NIH, NINDS, LFMI, AMS
Bethesda, MD, USA
         
18:00     Reception  
         
      DAY 2 - Sunday, 3 March 2013 (3.75 CME available)  
         
07:00     Registration & Speaker upload available  
         
08:30     Introduction Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
         
      Session 2: Site Specific Updates, Part 1 (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
08:45   2x 7T, 1x10.4T Systems, University of Minnesota Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
08:51   Yale University Robin A. de Graaf, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
08:57   Auburn University Thomas S. Denney, Jr., Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
09:03   Johns Hopkins University Peter van Zijl, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
09:09     Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - permission withheld Jonathan R. Polimeni, Ph.D.
A. A. Martinos Center, MGH
Charlestown, MA, USA
         
      Session 3: B1 Transmit Solutions  
      Moderator: Andrew G. Webb, Ph.D.  
09:15 Introduction to B1 Transmit Solutions Andrew G. Webb, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
09:30   RF Pulse Design for Mitigating B1 Non Uniformities William A. Grissom, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
09:45  Multi Transmit Lukas Winter, M.Eng., Dpl.-Ing.
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, Germany
      Panel Discussion - RF Transmit Solutions: Vendors Perspective (no CME credit)  
10:00     General Electric Mehdi Khalighi, M.Sc.
GE Healthcare
Menlo Park, CA, USA
      Philips Michael A. Morich, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Highland Heights, OH, USA
      Siemens Hans-Peter Fautz, Ph.D.
Siemens AG, Healthcare
Erlangen, Germany
         
10:45     Break & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 4: Site Specific Updates, Part 2  (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
11:30   University of Pittsburgh Tamer S. Ibrahim, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:36   Vanderbilt University John C. Gore, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, Institute of Imaging Sci.
Nashville, TN, USA
11:42   New York University Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
11:48   Stanford University Brian K. Rutt, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
11:54   National Institutes of Health, 7T, 11.7T Peter van Gelderen, Ph.D.
NIH, NINDS, LFMI, AMS
Bethesda, MD, USA
         
      Session 5: Clinical Applications: Neuro  
      Moderator: Matthias J. P. van Osch, Ph.D.  
12:00 MS, Alzheimer & Degenerative Diseases Sarah J. Nelson, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
12:30 Vascular, Tumor & Trauma Kohsuke Kudo, M.D., Ph.D.
Iwate Medical University
Morioka, Japan
         
13:00     Lunch  & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 6: Ultra High Field Safety  
      Moderator: Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Ph.D.  
14:00 General Information Christopher M. Collins, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
14:30 FDA’s Perspective Sunder S. Rajan, Ph.D.
FDA-CDRH-ODE
Rockville, MD, USA
15:00     Break & Poster Session 1: Discussion Session: Safety of Implants at 7T  (no CME credit)
 Moderators: Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Ph.D. & Matthias J. P. van Osch, Ph.D.
         
      Session 7: fMRI Sequence Considerations  
      Moderator: Kamil Uludag, Ph.D.  
16:15   fMRI & Diffusion of the Whole Brain at 7T Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
16:45 Ultra-High Resolution fMRI Essa S. Yacoub, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
         
      Session 8: Site Specific Updates, Part 3 (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
17:15     Poster Teasers, Part 1  
      Comparison with Histology of Quantitative MR Properties of the Brain Stem Tissue in 3T & 7T Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
      Multi-Parametric MR Imaging of the Substantia Nigra at 7.0T to Investigate Parkinson’s Disease Mauro Costagli, Ph.D.
IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Pisa, Italy
      Comparison of Different EPI Sequences for Obtaining Resting State Brain Networks at 7T Thomas S. Denney, Jr., Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
      Localization of Calcifications in an Oligodendroglioma by Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping at 9.4T Klaus Scheffler, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Bio. Cybernetics
Tübingen, Germany
      High-Resolution 7.0 Tesla Pre- & Post-Contrast Time-Of-Flight MRA of Intracranial Perforators Anita A. Harteveld, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Conspicuity of Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus at Ultra High Field in Multiple Sclerosis Ken Sakaie, Ph.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
      Within-Digit Functional Parcellation of Brodmann Areas of the Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7 Tesla Susan T. Francis, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
      Investigating the Effect of Image Resolution on Susceptibility Values Inside the Vessels for Venous Oxygen Saturation Quantification using 7T Data Thomas S. Denney, Jr., Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
      Negative BOLD in Somatosensory Cortex during Simple Finger Tapping Robert Trampel, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany
      Ultrahigh-Resolution 0.11x0.11mm MR Imaging of the Intracranial Atherosclerotic Vessel Wall at 7.0 Tesla Anja G. van der Kolk, M.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
17:20     Seoul, Korea TBA
17:26   Leiden University Medical Center Andrew G. Webb, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
17:32   7T/9.4T Maastricht University Kamil Uludag, Ph.D.
Maastricht Brain Imaging Center
Maastricht, The Netherlands
17:38     UT Southwestern Medical Center TBA
17:44   Erwin Hahn Institute Essen Markus Barth, Ph.D.
Radboud University Nijmegen
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
17:50     Poster Teasers, Part 2  
      Back to Basics: Tradeoffs of RF Pulse Types Applied at 7T Ronald J. Beyers, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
      Robust 7T Spin Echo BOLD fMRI using Subject-Tailored Multidimensional Excitation & Refocusing Pulses William A. Grissom, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
      Safety Protocol for Monitoring Side-Effects at 7T

 		 Laura Biagi, Ph.D.
IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Pisa, Italy
      Experience with Imaging Healthy Volunteers & Patients with Dental Implants at 7T Oliver Kraff, Ph.D.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI
Essen, Germany
      High Resolution Imaging of the Hippocampus with Spatially Selective Excitation & a Reduced FOV Readout at 7T Ronald Mooiweer, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Voxel-Based RF-Power Calibration using Bloch-Siegert Shift Method for Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7T
 		 Ilaria Pesaresi, M.D.
Santa Chiara Hospital, Pisa
Pisa, Italy
      Improved Excitation Fidelity in Cardiac Imaging with 2-Spoke Parallel Excitation at 7 Tesla Sebastian Schmitter, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
      Temperature & Perfusion Monitoring during RF Heating of the Human Calf Muscle Frank F. J. Simonis, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      2D Compensating RF Pulse with Uniform Image Contrast in Combination with an Internal Transceiver at 7T
 		 Irene M. van Kalleveen, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Domain-Decomposition for Local SAR Simulation Shumin Wang, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
17:55     Adjourn  
         
      Day 3 – Monday, 4 March 2013 (4.25 CME available)  
         
07:00     Registration & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 9: Site Specific Updates, Part 4 (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
08:30     Poster Teasers, Part 3 (no CME credit)  
      Noise Figure & Gain Comparison of Various Preamplifier Technologies at High B0 Field Strengths Nicola F. De Zanche, Ph.D.
Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, AB, Canada
      Models of Parasitic Mutual Capacitance in Array Coils: Effects on Mutual Reactance, Resistance & Noise Correlation Nicola F. De Zanche, Ph.D.
Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, AB, Canada
      Comparison of Arrays with Various Mutual Impedances: Noise Correlation, SNR & Parallel Imaging Performance
 		 Nicola F. De Zanche, Ph.D.
Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, AB, Canada
      Initial Experience with In-Vivo Parallel Transmit at 7T Sören Johst, M.Sc.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI
Essen, Germany
      Full Brain & Territorial Arterial Spin Labeling with External RF Shimmed Labeling Coil at 7 Tesla  Wouter Koning, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Electromagnetic Characterization of Multilayered Cylinders at Ultra-High Fields MR by the Using of an Analytical Approach Gianluigi Tiberi, Ph.D.
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
      Optimization of 7T Dual Row Head Arrays Robert Turner, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany
      A 16-Channel Transceiver System for 7 Tesla MRI Shumin Wang, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
      7 Tesla 1H/31P Dual-Tuned Transceiver Array for Cardiac Spectroscopy
 		 Shumin Wang, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
      Comparison of Radiative Antenna & Loop Arrays for 7T Prostate Imaging Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
08:35     Max-Delbrueck Center - permission withheld Thoralf Niendorf, Ph.D.
Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine
Berlin, Germany
08:41   Iwate Medical University, Japan Kohsuke Kudo, M.D., Ph.D.
Iwate Medical University
Morioka, Japan
08:47     9.4T Research Center Jülich N. Jon Shah, Ph.D.
Research Center Jülich
Jülich, Germany
08:53   University & ETH Zürich Klaas Pruessmann, Ph.D.
University & ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
08:59   Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig Robert Turner, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute
Leipzig, Germany
09:05     Poster Teasers, Part 4 (no CME credit)  
      K-Space Weighted Acquisition for Ultra-High-Resolution Imaging of the Human Brain at 9.4 T Klaus Scheffler, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Bio. Cybernetics
Tübingen, Germany
      Single Acquisition Electrical Property Mapping José P. Marques, Ph.D.
Center for Biomedical Imaging
Lausanne, Switzerland
      4D Flow Measurements in the Superior Cerebellar Artery at 7 Tesla: Feasibility & Potential for Applications in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia Sebastian Schmitter, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
      Voxel-Based Transmit Gain Calibration using Bloch-Siegert Shift Method for MR Spectroscopy at 7T Alessandra Toncelli, Ph.D.
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
      IR-GRASE is a Low SAR & high SNR Technique for T1-Weighted Imaging at 7T Robert Trampel, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany
      The Potential of High Resolution MR Imaging at 3 & 7 Tesla for Treatment Guidance of Early Glottic Carcinoma Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      7T Breast MRI with Robust Fat Suppression & High Uniformity Ryan J. Brown, Ph.D.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
      Toward Comprehensive Hip Imaging at 7T Cem M. Deniz, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY, USA
      Development of Multinuclear Coil System for 31P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy & 1H Imaging of Axillary Lymph Nodes for Breast Cancer Debra Rivera, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Field Strength Dependence of the Skeletal Muscle BOLD Response Theodore F. Towse, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
      Session 10: B0 Corrections  
      Moderator: Klaas P. Pruessmann, Ph.D.  
09:10 Introduction Hoby P. Hetherington, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
09:35 Correction of Physiological Field Perturbations Peter van Gelderen, Ph.D.
NIH, NINDS, LFMI, AMS
Bethesda, MD, USA
10:00   Higher Order Field Fluctuations Mitigated with Field Probes Klaas Pruessmann, Ph.D.
University & ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
10:25     Poster Teasers, Part 5 (no CME credit)  
      Dynamic Unwarping of Diffusion Imaging for Direction- Dependent Eddy Current Artifact Erik B. Beall, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
      High-Order B0 Shimming with Compensating RF Pulses Enables Efficient & Uniform Flip Angles Vincent O. Boer, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Field Perturbations Due to Hollow Sphere with Anisotropic Magnetic Susceptibility Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
      B0-Shimming at 7T – Approaches to Tackle a Major Source of Artifacts Ariane Fillmer, Dipl.-Phys.
University & ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
      Comparison of EPI & SWI for Functional Imaging Using 7 Tesla MRI Satomi Higuchi, Ph.D.
Iwate Medical University
Shiwa, Iwate, Japan
      Reduction of Voxel Bleeding in Highly Accelerated Parallel 1H MRSI at 7T Thomas A. Kirchner, Dipl.-Phys.
University & ETH Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
      Non-Uniformity Correction at 7T Using High-Order Legendre Polynomial Approximation of the Bias Field Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
      Field Probe Based Shot-to-Shot B0 Correction for Multi-Shot Breast-DWI at 7T Tijl A. van der Velden, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Frequency Difference Mapping at 7T Using Two- & Three-Echo Approaches
 		 Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
10:30     Break & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 11: Ultra High Field Body MRI Techniques  
      Moderator: Franz Schmitt, Ph.D.  
11:15 Dynamic RF Pulse Steering & More Gregory J. Metzger, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
11:35 Uniform Contrast/Broadly Mark E. Ladd, Ph.D.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI
Essen, Germany
11:55 Radiative Antennas & Loop Arrays Alexander J. E. Raaijmakers, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
         
      Session 12: Site Specific Updates, Part 5 (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
12:15   9.4T Max Planck Institute, Tübingen Klaus Scheffler, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Bio Cybernetics
Tübingen, Germany
12:21   University of Nottingham Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
12:27   University of Oxford Peter Jezzard, Ph.D.
fMRIB Center, University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
12:33   IMAG07 Research Foundation, Pisa, Italy Michela Tosetti, Ph.D.
IRCCS Stella Maris Scientific Institute
Pisa, Italy
12:39     Lunch & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 13: Clinical Body Applications at Ultra High Field  
      Moderator: Thoralf Niendorf, Ph.D.  
14:00   Cardiovascular Hildo J. Lamb, M.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
14:15   Oncology: Breast Mies A. Korteweg, M.D., Ph.D.
Amsterdam Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:30 Oncology: Prostate Tom W. J. Scheenen, Ph.D.
Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
14:45   Musculoskeletal - permission withheld Ravinder R. Regatte, Ph.D.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
15:00 Cartilage Siegfried Trattnig, M.D.
MR Center Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
         
15:15     Break & Poster Session 2 (no CME credit)  
         
      Session 14: Ultra High Field fMRI Applications  
      Moderator: Kamil Uludag, Ph.D.  
16:00 Visual Robert Turner, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute
Leipzig, Germany
16:20     Cognition - permission withheld Federico De Martino, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
16:40 Clinical Noam Harel, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
         
      Session 15: UHF RF Coils: What Are Our Needs & What Can We Buy? (no CME credit)
      Moderator: Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.  
17:00     Introduction Graham C. Wiggins, D.Phil.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
      Bruker
MRI-Tools
Nova
QED
Rapid
RRI		  
         
      Session 16: Site Specific Updates, Part 6  (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
17:30   University of Magdeburg
 		 Tim Herrmann, Dipl.-Ing.
IBMI, Faculty of Medicine
OvG University Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
17:36     École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)  - permission withheld Rolf Gruetter, Ph.D.
EPFL, SB-IPMC-LIFMET & CIBM
Lausanne, Switzerland
17:42   Robarts Research Institute, Canada Ravi S. Menon, Ph.D.
Robarts Research Institute
London, ON, Canada
17:48   The Ohio State University Michael V. Knopp, M.D., Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
17:54   MR Center Medical University of Vienna Siegfried Trattnig, M.D.
MR Center Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
         
18:00     Adjourn  
19:00     Dinner  
         
      Day 4 – Tuesday, 5 March 2013 (3.0 CME available)  
07:00     Registration & Speaker upload available  
         
      Session 17: Site Specific Updates, Part 7 (no CME credit)  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
08:30   University of Pennsylvania TBA
08:36   University of California, San Francisco Sarah J. Nelson, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
08:42   Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing TBA
08:48   University of Illinois Keith R. Thulborn, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
08:54   University Medical Center Utrecht Peter R. Luijten, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
09:00   German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg Armin-Michael Nagel, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
         
      Session 18: SAR Demanding Sequences  
      Moderator: Gregory C. Hurst, Ph.D.  
09:06 TSE, SSFP, FLAIR Jaco J. M. Zwanenburg, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
09:25   ASL - permission withheld Susan T. Francis, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
         
      Session 19: RF Calibration Procedures  
      Moderator: Hans Hoogduin, Ph.D.  
09:45 B1 Mapping Brian K. Rutt, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
10:00 Practical B1-Shimming Pierre-Francois A. Van de Moortele, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
10:15 SAR Handling in Practice Martijn A. Cloos, M.Sc.
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
10:30     Break & Poster Session 3 (no CME credit)  
         
      Session 20: MR Spectroscopy  
      Moderator: Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.  
11:15 High Resolution 1H MRS Imaging Anke Henning, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Bio Cybernetics
Tübingen, Germany
11:40   X-Nuclei MRS Make Sense at Ultra-High Field  - permission withheld Wei Chen, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
         
      Session 21: New Native Contrasts  
      Moderator: Marijn J. Kruiskamp, Ph.D.  
12:00 EPT Ulrich Katscher, Ph.D.
Philips Research Europe-Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
12:18 SWI Richard W. Bowtell, Ph.D., M.A.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
12:36 CEST Peter van Zijl, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
         
12:55     Closing Remarks Dennis W. J. Klomp, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
13:15     Adjournment & Box Lunches  
         

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