Don't miss this year's Industry Lunch Symposia!

Thursday, October 6
12:00–13:30

Siemens                    Hall 2
Creating the Future of MRI

Functional Brain Imaging
with 3T and Above
Prof. Robert Turner
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Leipzig/DE

Biograph mMR –
Motivation and Technical Aspects
Kirstin Jattke
Siemens Healthcare

MR/PET –
New Possibilities in Hybrid Imaging
Dr. Nina Schwenzer
University Hospital Tübingen/DE

GE Healthcare            Hall 3
Leading Innovation in Oncology MR

Geometry Embracing Method
Coil Technology
Zannoli Guillermo
GE Healthcare
Buc Cedex/FR

Novel Techniques for Detection, Treatment and Follow Up
Prof. Carlo Catalano
Dr. Valeria Panebianco
Dr. Alessandro Napoli
University La Sapienza
Rome/IT

The Utility of Contrast Enhanced
MRI to detect Breast Lesions:
a case based review
Prof. Abraham Ghiatas
ISAO Hospital
Athens/GR

Friday, October 7
13:00–14:30

Philips Healthcare      Hall 2
Ingenia 1.5T and 3.0T:
Leveraging a new digital MRI Platform - User Experiences and Perspectives

Clinical Experience with Ingenia,
the first-ever Digital Broadband MRI
Prof.Dr. Hans Peter Busch
Brothers of Samaritan Hospital
Trier/DE

Advanced Cardiac Imaging of Ingenia 3.0T with MultiTransmit 4D
Dr. Rolf Gebker
German Heart Institute Berlin
Berlin/DE

Hitachi                          Hall 4
Exploitation of State-of-the-Art Technologies in Modern MR Imaging

Neuro Applications of Echelon 1.5T MRI
Prof. M. Sasaki
Advanced Medical Research Center
Iwate Medical University
Morioka/JP

Hitachi OASIS: A Clinical Experience in Musculoskeletal MR Imaging
Dr. Michael J. Kasotakis
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor
Michigan/USA

Hitachi MRI: Advanced Capability - Unique Patient Comfort
Shawn Etheridge
Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc.
Twinsburg, Ohio/USA

Saturday, October 8
12:30–14:00

Toshiba                         Hall 2
Non Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Angiography and Cerebral Ventriculography

Non-Contrast MR Angiography: Established Techniques and
Challenges at 3T
Misue Miyazaki, PhD Senior Fellow
Toshiba Medical Research Institute
USA

Recent Developments
in Cerebral Vascular Imaging
on Toshiba MR Scanners
Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, M.D.
Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine
Tokyo/JP

Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Imaging in Physiological and Pathophysiological Brain Using Magnetic Resonance
Imaging with Time Spatial Spin Labeling (Time-SLIP)
Shinya Yamada M.D.,Ph.D
Tokai University Oiso Hospital
Kanagawa/JP