Congress 2023

39th Annual Scientific Meeting
Oct. 4- Oct. 7
Basel/CH

Abstracts
You can find the ESMRMB Book of Abstracts 2023 here.

And the late-breaking abstracts here.

Scientific Programme

Welcome and practical meeting issues - Welcome & ESMRMB-GREC achievements 08:00–08:30
Pre-congress: 8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting Room Nairobi
2 talks
Time Title Speaker(s)
08:00–08:05 Welcome and practical meeting issues Aart J. Nederveen (Amsterdam, NL)
Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi (Rome, IT)
08:05–08:30 2022-2023 ESMRMB-GREC achievements Candidates for the Chair position 2023-2026 Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi (Rome, IT)
Check-In 08:30–09:00
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting - Clinical indications and safety of GBCA-enhanced MRI 08:30–11:15
Pre-congress: 8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting Room Nairobi
Chairs/Moderators: Alex Rovira
12 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:30–08:45 Gadolinium-based contrast agents in the diagnosis and monitoring of the ear and internal auditory canal Marinella Neri (Trento, IT)
Andrea Falzone (Rovereto, IT)
Lecture
08:45–09:00 GREC Discussion Discussion
09:00–09:15 Gadolinium use reduction strategies in the clinical setting – state-of-the-art – ESUR-CMSC joint initiative Ilona A. Dekkers (Amsterdam, NL) Lecture
09:15–09:30 ESUR-CMSC and ESMRMB-GREC Joint Working Group on GBCA Dose Reduction in MRI – Technical MRI optimisation Aart J. van der Molen (Leiden, NL) Lecture
09:30–09:50 GREC Discussion Discussion
09:50–10:00 Multiorgan and plasma metabolomics for the investigation of the biological effects of gadodiamide and gadoteridol in healthy mice Eliana Gianolio (Turin, IT) Lecture
10:00–10:10 Evaluating gadolinium-induced histopathological alterations related to small fiber neuropathy and gadolinium clearance following repeated GBCA administration in rats Hubertus Pietsch (Bayer, DE) Lecture
10:10–10:20 Investigation of the gadolinium distribution in human nerves by mass spectrometric imaging Christine Verlemann (Münster, DE)
Astrid Jeibmann (Münster, DE)
Uwe Karst (Münster, DE)
Lecture
10:20–10:30 Disability and long-term clinical outcome in patients with Multiple Sclerosis and evidence of gadolinium retention in the brain Sirio Cocozza (Naples, IT) Lecture
10:30–10:40 Imaging of meningeal lymphatics with standard clinical MRI and intravenous GBCA administrations Michael Stringer (Edinburgh, GB) Lecture
10:40–10:50 MultiCriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model for GBCA Anand Bherwani (GE HealthCare)
François Tranquart (GE HealthCare)
Lecture
10:50–11:15 Questions and remarks Discussion
Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI - Welcome 09:10–09:15
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s)
09:10–09:15 Welcome Ileana Jelescu (Lausanne, CH)
Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI - Session 1: Brain function 09:15–10:30
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
09:15–09:40 Cerebrovascular function & neurodegeneration: evidence from animal and post-mortem studies Louise Van der Weerd (Leiden, NL) Lecture
09:40–10:05 Studying neural circuits underlying mouse behavior using functional ultrasound Bradley Edelman (Munich, DE) Lecture
10:05–10:30 Non-invasive MRI of brain fluid movement Jack Wells (London, GB) Lecture
Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI - Session 2: Oncology and inflammation 10:45–12:00
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Mathieu Santin
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–11:10 MRI-CEST imaging of tumor acidosis to assess cancer invasiveness and treatment response to novel anticancer drugs Dario Longo (Turin, IT) Lecture
11:10–11:35 Histology-informed body diffusion MRI in oncological applications Francesco Grussu (Barcelona, ES) Lecture
11:35–12:00 MR methods to capture immune cells in inflammation and in the tumor micro environment Cornelius Faber (Münster, DE) Lecture
8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting - The chemical approach to improved MRI-contrast agents 11:45–13:30
Pre-congress: 8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting Room Nairobi
Chairs/Moderators: Eliana Gianolio
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
11:45–12:00 Seeking for innovation with magnetic resonance imaging paramagnetic contrast agents – relaxation enhancement via reversible, weak, electrostatic/cation-p interactions with protonated amino groups or endogenous macromolecules Lorenzo Palagi (Turin, IT) Lecture
12:00–12:10 GREC Discussion Discussion
12:10–12:20 The late phase clinical development program for gadoquatrane – a novel tetrameric GBCA Petra Palkowitsch (Bayer) Lecture
12:20–12:30 Development and evaluation of magnetic properties of a new manganese (II)-dithiocarbamate complexes as MRI contrast agents Alessandra Boschi (Ferrara, IT)
Petra Martini (Ferrara, IT)
Lecture
12:30–12:40 Evaluation of iodinated contrast media as MRI-CEST contrast agents and comparison with gadolinium Dario Longo (Turin, IT) Lecture
12:40–13:00 High Relaxivity gadopiclenol for diagnostic MRI – the PICTURE and PROMISE phase III clinical trials Jean-Sebastian Raynaud (Guerbet) Lecture
13:00–13:30 Questions and remarks Discussion
Bruker BioSpin - Beyond just imaging. 12:00–13:00
Industry Symposium Room Osaka + Samarkand
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s)
12:00–13:00 Bruker Lunch Symposium Tim Wokrina (Bruker BioSpin, DE)
Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI - Session 3: Microstructure and validation 13:30–14:45
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Ileana Jelescu
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
13:30–13:55 Advancing histological validation of diffusion MRI in the brain Alejandra Sierra (Kuopio, FI) Lecture
13:55–14:20 Myelin imaging using ihMT Guillaume Duhamel (Marseille, FR) Lecture
14:20–14:45 Cerebellar microstructure: What can diffusion-weighted MRS bring to the discussion? Clémence Ligneul (Oxford, GB) Lecture
Person-centered MRI refresher course 14:00–17:00
Pre-congress: Person-centered MRI Refresher Course Room Hongkong
Chairs/Moderators: Jonathan McNulty
8 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:15 Refresher Course Introduction
14:15–14:40 Improving workflow and considering all available tools to improve the patient experience in clinical and research departments Claude Portanier Mifsud (Msida, MT) Lecture
14:40–15:05 The importance of non-verbal communication Benoit Billebaut (Münster, DE) Lecture
15:05–15:30 Autism-friendly MRI in clinical and research settings Christina Malamateniou (London, GB) Lecture
15:30–15:55 Enhancing the patient experience through virtual reality Darren Hudson (Exeter, GB) Lecture
15:55–16:20 Person-centred care in a research facility Boel Hansson (Lund, SE) Lecture
16:20–16:45 Improving MR safety preparation Vitor Silva (Porto, PT; Coimbra, PT) Lecture
16:45–17:00 Interactive Quiz
8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting - Alternative methods to GBCA-enhancement (the AI approach) 14:30–16:00
Pre-congress: 8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting Room Nairobi
Chairs/Moderators: Carlo A. Mallio
6 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:30–14:45 Reduction of gadolinium with Artificial Intelligence – Where do we stand and what is the potential? Katerina Deike-Hofmann (Bonn, DE) Lecture
14:45–15:00 GREC Discussion Discussion
15:00–15:15 Deep learning for post-contrast T1-weighted brain MRI synthesis Juan A. Hernandez-Tamames (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
15:15–15:30 Interchangeability of synthesized low-dose MR images with original full-dose post-contrast images Robert Haase (Dresden, DE) Lecture
15:30–15:45 Increasing contrast agent efficacy in MRI through deep learning trained on synthetic data Alberto Fringuello Mingo (Bracco) Lecture
15:45–16:00 Questions and remarks Discussion
Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI - Session 4: Cardiac MRI 15:00–16:15
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Jessica A.M. Bastiaansen
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:00–15:25 Cardiac MRS and DNP Jack Miller (Aarhus, DK) Lecture
15:25–15:50 Preclincial MRI of cardiovascular disease using a clinical 3 Tesla scanner Alkystis Phinikaridou (London, GB) Lecture
15:50–16:15 Pushing the boundaries of cardiac diffusion magnetic resonance imaging Jurgen Schneider (Leeds, GB) Lecture
Poster Session - Pre-clinical posters 16:15–17:15
Poster Session Foyer
8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting - Emissions of GBCAs into the aquatic environment 16:15–18:00
Pre-congress: 8th ESMRMB-GREC meeting Room Nairobi
Chairs/Moderators: Gerard Stroomberg
9 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
16:15–16:30 Green Neuroradiology – a map of European initiatives to reduce gadolinium emissions in the environment Alex Rovira (Barcelona, ES) Lecture
16:30–16:45 GREC Discussion Discussion
16:45–17:00 Teratogenic risk associated to gadolinium – updates on Hydra vulgaris regeneration assay Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi (Rome, IT)
Massimiliano Scalici (Rome, IT)
Lecture
17:00–17:15 Elemental analysis of the uptake of gadolinium-based contrast agents and their analogues in plants and algae Torben Maas (Münster, DE)
Uwe Karst (Münster, DE)
Lecture
17:15–17:30 Relationship between GBCA aministration and waste water anthropogenic gadolinium Mihàly Braun (Budapest, HU) Lecture
17:30–17:40 Distribution of anthropogenic gadolinium in surface and ground waters of Poland Irena Wysocka (Warsaw, PL) Lecture
17:40–17:50 Biological effects of gadolinium in waste water – the importance of the context Giovanni Libralato (Naples, IT) Lecture
17:50–18:00 Questions and remarks Discussion
Adjourn: Enjoy 2023 ESMRMB congress and see you next year in Barcelona on October 2-5 2024!
Panel discussion - Translation and back-translation of advances in preclinical and clinical MRI methods 17:15–18:00
Pre-congress: Frontiers in Pre-clinical MRI Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Ileana Jelescu
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
17:15–18:00 Translation and back-translation of advances in preclinical and clinical MRI methods Alejandra Sierra (Kuopio, FI)
Cornelius Faber (Münster, DE)
Sebastian Kozerke (Zurich, CH)
Louise Van der Weerd (Leiden, NL)
Jurgen Schneider (Leeds, GB)
Tim Wokrina (Bruker BioSpin, DE)
Panel discussion
Opening - Opening session 08:30–09:15
Opening and closing ceremonies Room Sydney
5 talks
Title Speaker(s)
Welcome by the president of the ESMRMB Benedikt A. Poser (Maastricht, NL)
Welcome by the Cantonal Councillor of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Head of the Public Health Department Lukas Engelberger (Basel, CH)
Welcome by the chair of the Congress Program Committee 2023 Karin Markenroth Bloch (Lund, SE)
Welcome by the chair of the Local Planning Committee 2023 Eva Scheurer (Basel, CH)
Award ceremony
Plenary Session - Frontiers in molecular MR: protons and beyond 09:15–10:15
Focus topic: Frontiers in Molecular MR Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Roland Kreis, Hermien Kan
2 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
09:15–09:45 Past and future of molecular MR Stephen Williams (Manchester, GB) Lecture
09:45–10:15 Clinical translation promise of molecular MR Jannie P. Wijnen (Utrecht, NL) Lecture
Scientific Session - MR spectra for molecular MR 10:45–12:15
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Milan Hajek, Katarzyna Pierzchala
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–10:57 Time dependent diffusion and kurtosis of human brain metabolites André Döring (Cardiff, GB) Talk
10:57–11:09 DW-special: A new sequence for rodent diffusion-weighted MRS at high magnetic field Jessie Mosso (Lausanne, CH) Talk
11:09–11:21 Comparison of 1H localized DEPT sequence for 13C MRS at 7T: STEAM-DEPT vs ISIS-DEPT Ying Xiao (Lausanne, CH) Talk
11:21–11:33 Analysis of multi-center 1H-MRSI data of the prostate with multivariate curve resolution for localisation and aggressiveness prognosis of cancer lesions Angeliki Stamatelatou (Nijmegen, NL) Talk
11:33–11:45 Enhanced sensorimotor GABA level and functional connectivity in older adults through balance learning Xinyu Liu (Lausanne, CH) Talk
11:45–11:57 Metabolomic fingerprinting of Alzheimer's disease spectrum by brain proton MR spectroscopy Andrea Dell'Orco (Berlin, DE) Talk
11:57–12:09 Assessment of skeletal muscle energy metabolism by 31P-MRS in long-term fasting Antoine Naëgel (Villeurbanne, FR) Talk
Teaching Session - Quantitative imaging through the production chain: from idea to application 10:45–12:15
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Najat Salameh, Nikos Priovoulos
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–11:07 How quantitative is your new method? Sebastian Weingärtner (Delft, NL) Lecture
11:07–11:29 From a new method to an industrial product Tom Hilbert (Princeton, NJ, US) Lecture
11:29–11:51 Value of quantitation in the clinic: lessons from fat-water fraction Valérie Vilgrain (Clichy, FR) Lecture
11:51–12:13 What is a clinical trial looking for? Matthew Robson (Oxford, GB) Lecture
Scientific Session - Lightning talks: Development of systems and acquisition 10:45–12:15
Scientific Session Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Emil Ljungberg, Moss Zhao
31 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–10:47 Towards a cryogen-free SQUID-MRI at ultra-low field Isabelle Saniour (Paris, FR) Lightning talk
10:47–10:49 Portable MRI for major sporting events – A case study on the MotoGP world championship Teresa Guallart Naval (Valencia, ES) Lightning talk
10:49–10:51 Hybrid RF coils – High permittivity resonant blocks and circular coil elements for improved transmit efficiency at 7T MRI Daniel Wenz (Lausanne, CH) Lightning talk
10:51–10:53 Uncompromised safe imaging of patients with deep brain electrodes at 3 Tesla with multi-row parallel transmit coil arrays: Electromagnetic simulation study Nejat Karadeniz (London, GB) Lightning talk
10:53–10:55 Accuracy of the RF-spoiled gradient-echo signal for common values of the RF phase-difference increment Jochen Leupold (Freiburg, DE) Lightning talk
10:55–10:57 T-Hex versus blipped-CAIPIRINHA sampling Maria Engel (Cardiff, GB) Lightning talk
10:57–10:59 Distortion correction at ultrahigh field: Benefit of deviation from "best" VAT Yi-Hang Tung (Magdeburg, DE) Lightning talk
10:59–11:01 Real-time multislice-to-volume motion correction for task-based functional MRI at 7T Steven Winata (Glasgow, GB) Lightning talk
11:01–11:03 Dynamic DREAM MRI: B0, B1 and Tx/Rx-phase mapping for assisting motion tracking systems Simon Weinmüller (Erlangen, DE) Lightning talk
11:03–11:05 A simple pTx Pulseq extension for pulse-specific B1 shimming Martin Freudensprung (Erlangen, DE) Lightning talk
11:05–11:07 Vendor-agnostic pulse programming on gammaSTAR: A traveling head experiment to test the Philips driver Martijn Nagtegaal (Leiden, NL) Lightning talk
11:07–11:09 Extended validation of a deep learning-based brainstem segmentation Benno Gesierich (Basel, CH) Lightning talk
11:09–11:11 CNN-based automatic measurement of wrist cartilage volume from MR images Ekaterina Brui (Saint Petersburg, RU) Lightning talk
11:11–11:13 Deep learning-based lung volume segmentation of DCE-MRI data sets of 2-year-old children after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair Muhammed Saadeddin Koçak (Mannheim, DE) Lightning talk
11:13–11:15 How to establish and maintain a multimodal animal MRI dataset using DataLad Aref Kalantari Sarcheshmeh (Cologne, DE) Lightning talk
Poster session of lightning talks in hall "San Francisco":
Towards a cryogen-free SQUID-MRI at ultra-low field Isabelle Saniour (Paris, FR) Poster (lightning talk)
Portable MRI for major sporting events – A case study on the MotoGP world championship Teresa Guallart Naval (Valencia, ES) Poster (lightning talk)
Hybrid RF coils – High permittivity resonant blocks and circular coil elements for improved transmit efficiency at 7T MRI Daniel Wenz (Lausanne, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
Uncompromised safe imaging of patients with deep brain electrodes at 3 Tesla with multi-row parallel transmit coil arrays: Electromagnetic simulation study Nejat Karadeniz (London, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
Accuracy of the RF-spoiled gradient-echo signal for common values of the RF phase-difference increment Jochen Leupold (Freiburg, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
T-Hex versus blipped-CAIPIRINHA sampling Maria Engel (Cardiff, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
Distortion correction at ultrahigh field: Benefit of deviation from "best" VAT Yi-Hang Tung (Magdeburg, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Real-time multislice-to-volume motion correction for task-based functional MRI at 7T Steven Winata (Glasgow, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
Dynamic DREAM MRI: B0, B1 and Tx/Rx-phase mapping for assisting motion tracking systems Simon Weinmüller (Erlangen, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
A simple pTx Pulseq extension for pulse-specific B1 shimming Martin Freudensprung (Erlangen, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Vendor-agnostic pulse programming on gammaSTAR: A traveling head experiment to test the Philips driver Martijn Nagtegaal (Leiden, NL) Poster (lightning talk)
Extended validation of a deep learning-based brainstem segmentation Benno Gesierich (Basel, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
CNN-based automatic measurement of wrist cartilage volume from MR images Ekaterina Brui (Saint Petersburg, RU) Poster (lightning talk)
Deep learning-based lung volume segmentation of DCE-MRI data sets of 2-year-old children after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair Muhammed Saadeddin Koçak (Mannheim, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
How to establish and maintain a multimodal animal MRI dataset using DataLad Aref Kalantari Sarcheshmeh (Cologne, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
GE HealthCare lunch symposium 12:30–13:15
Industry Symposium Room Osaka + Samarkand
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s)
12:30–13:15 Advancing MRI: How to broaden clinical and technical horizons? Xucheng Zhu (GE HealthCare)
Desmond Yeo (GE HealthCare)
Scientific Session - Late breaking lightning talks 13:15–13:30
Scientific Session Room Osaka + Samarkand
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
13:15–13:17 Structural alterations in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3: A 3T MRI study of cerebellar peduncles and cerebral pathways Mónica Ferreira (Bonn, DE) Lightning talk
13:17–13:19 Rapid quantification of T1 in white and grey matter at 64 mT Beatrice Lena (Leiden, NL) Lightning talk
13:19–13:21 A novel compact Wireless Integrated Sensing Detector for EEG and MRI (WISDEM) Yi Chen (East Lansing. MI, US) Lightning talk
13:21–13:23 Deuterium MR spectroscopy and imaging of tumor models to examine their glycolytic / oxidative balance and inhibition of O2 consumption Arend Heerschap (Nijmegen, NL) Lightning talk
Scientific Session - Physics world 14:00–15:30
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Richard Bowtell, Martijn Nagtegaal
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:12 Slice-selective zero echo time imaging of ultra-short T2 tissues José Borreguero (Valencia, ES)
Joseba Alonso (Valencia, ES)
Talk
14:12–14:24 A semi-randomized frequency selective trajectory to reduce artifacts from physiological signals in 3D steady-state MRI Amir Seginer (Rehovot, IL) Talk
14:24–14:36 Twisted pair transmission line coil – A new flexible and extremely robust element for 7T MRI Jules Vliem (Eindhoven, NL) Talk
14:36–14:48 Physics-informed conditional autoencoder: A deep learning approach for robust B1 correction for 7 T CEST MRI Junaid Rasool Rajput (Erlangen, DE) Talk
14:48–15:00 On the use of autoencoder to denoise diffusion MRI Zhengguo Tan Talk
15:00–15:12 Simultaneous optimization of MR sequence and reconstruction using MR-zero and variational networks Hoai Nam Dang (Erlangen, DE) Talk
15:12–15:24 GPT4MR: Exploring GPT-4 as an MR sequence and reconstruction programming assistant Moritz Zaiss (Erlangen, DE) Talk
Teaching Session - Multinuclear MR molecular imaging 14:00–15:30
Focus topic: Frontiers in Molecular MR Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Sonia Waiczies, Christoffer Laustsen
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:22 Deuterium MRI Jeanine Prompers (Utrecht, NL) Lecture
14:22–14:44 129Xe Jemima Pilgrim-Morris (Sheffield, GB) Lecture
14:44–15:06 19F Francesca Baldelli Bombelli (Milan, IT) Lecture
15:06–15:28 17O Celine Baligand (Paris, FR) Lecture
Scientific Session - Lightning talks: Functional and molecular MR 15:45–17:15
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Francesca Branzoli, Andrea Dell'Orco
33 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–15:47 Transient hemodynamic effects in DIANA Luisa Ciobanu (Gif-sur-Yvette, FR) Lightning talk
15:47–15:49 Pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling but not BOLD-fMRI yields homogenous cerebrovascular reactivity of grey and white matter Franziska Richter (Munich, DE) Lightning talk
15:49–15:51 BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity is correlated with baseline perfusion across the brain Catarina Domingos (Lisbon, PT) Lightning talk
15:51–15:53 Readout-segmented spectroscopic imaging with compressed sensing for high-resolution metabolite imaging at 7T Rita Schmidt (Rehovot, IL) Lightning talk
15:53–15:55 Impact of different noise reduction strategies on preclinical 1H-MRSI: in-vivo and Monte-Carlo simulations at 14.1T Brayan Alves (Lausanne, CH) Lightning talk
15:55–15:57 GABA and glutathione measurement using MEGA-sLASER at 3 Tesla Andrei Manzhurtsev (Frankfurt am Main, DE) Lightning talk
15:57–15:59 Characterizing thalamic sodium homeostasis changes in focal epilepsy using 7T MRI Roy Haast (Marseille, FR) Lightning talk
15:59–16:01 Creatine and phosphocreatine CEST contrast of an optimal control pulse train compared to an optimized gaussian pulse train for CEST imaging in calf muscle Clemens Stilianu (Graz, AT) Lightning talk
16:01–16:03 Correction of fat signal-induced artifacts in CEST-MRI: An extended normalization across the entire Z-spectrum Petr Menshchikov (Heidelberg, DE) Lightning talk
16:03–16:05 A magnetization-prepared DREAM sequence for CEST imaging with an intrinsic dynamic B0 and B1 reference (CEST-MP-DREAM) Simon Weinmüller (Erlangen, DE) Lightning talk
16:05–16:07 Imaging the sinoatrial node without contrast agents Yi Li (Oulu, FI) Lightning talk
16:07–16:09 3T postmortem magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebellum at 115µm isotropic resolution Matthias Weigel (Allschwil, CH) Lightning talk
16:09–16:11 Molecular MRI of cardiac fibrosis monitors response to treatment after myocardial infarction Konstantina Amoiradaki (London, GB) Lightning talk
16:11–16:13 Developing a simple simulation platform for point-of-care MRI devices Mathieu Mach (Leiden, NL) Lightning talk
16:13–16:15 Spatial dependence of hepatic glucose uptake dynamics after oral ingestion of deuterated glucose: Initial observations by Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) at 7 T Simone Poli (Bern, CH) Lightning talk
16:15–16:17 Comparison of the metabolic impact of gadodiamide (Omniscan) and gadoteridol (ProHance) by means of multi-organ and plasma metabolomics in mice Eliana Gianolio (Turin, IT) Lightning talk
Poster session of lightning talks in hall "San Francisco":
Transient hemodynamic effects in DIANA Luisa Ciobanu (Gif-sur-Yvette, FR) Poster (lightning talk)
Pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling but not BOLD-fMRI yields homogenous cerebrovascular reactivity of grey and white matter Franziska Richter (Munich, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity is correlated with baseline perfusion across the brain Catarina Domingos (Lisbon, PT) Poster (lightning talk)
Readout-segmented spectroscopic imaging with compressed sensing for high-resolution metabolite imaging at 7T Rita Schmidt (Rehovot, IL) Poster (lightning talk)
Impact of different noise reduction strategies on preclinical 1H-MRSI: in-vivo and Monte-Carlo simulations at 14.1T Brayan Alves (Lausanne, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
GABA and glutathione measurement using MEGA-sLASER at 3 Tesla Andrei Manzhurtsev (Frankfurt am Main, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Characterizing thalamic sodium homeostasis changes in focal epilepsy using 7T MRI Roy Haast (Marseille, FR) Poster (lightning talk)
Creatine and phosphocreatine CEST contrast of an optimal control pulse train compared to an optimized gaussian pulse train for CEST imaging in calf muscle Clemens Stilianu (Graz, AT) Poster (lightning talk)
Correction of fat signal-induced artifacts in CEST-MRI: An extended normalization across the entire Z-spectrum Petr Menshchikov (Heidelberg, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
A magnetization-prepared DREAM sequence for CEST imaging with an intrinsic dynamic B0 and B1 reference (CEST-MP-DREAM) Simon Weinmüller (Erlangen, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Imaging the sinoatrial node without contrast agents Yi Li (Oulu, FI) Poster (lightning talk)
3T postmortem magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebellum at 115µm isotropic resolution Matthias Weigel (Allschwil, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
Molecular MRI of cardiac fibrosis monitors response to treatment after myocardial infarction Konstantina Amoiradaki (London, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
Developing a simple simulation platform for point-of-care MRI devices Mathieu Mach (Leiden, NL) Poster (lightning talk)
Spatial dependence of hepatic glucose uptake dynamics after oral ingestion of deuterated glucose: Initial observations by Deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) at 7 T Simone Poli (Bern, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
Comparison of the metabolic impact of gadodiamide (Omniscan) and gadoteridol (ProHance) by means of multi-organ and plasma metabolomics in mice Eliana Gianolio (Turin, IT) Poster (lightning talk)
Round Table Discussion - Quantitative imaging through the production chain: from idea to application 15:45–17:15
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Najat Salameh, Jose Marques
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–17:15 Roundtable discussion Sebastian Weingärtner (Delft, NL)
Tom Hilbert (Princeton, NJ, US)
Valérie Vilgrain (Clichy, FR)
Matthew Robson (Oxford, GB)
Roundtable discussion
Collaborative Session - GliMR – the COST Action Glioma Network 15:45–17:15
Collaborative Session Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Vera C. W. Keil, Esther A. H. Warnert, Patricia Clement, Joana Pinto
5 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–16:05 Opening: The GliMR story Esther A. H. Warnert (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
16:05–16:15 Short-term scientific mission Fatemehsadat Arzanforoosh (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
16:15–16:25 Open question round: How to raise a COST Action Patricia Clement (Ghent, BE) Lecture
16:25–17:05 Presentations of the current 7 main GliMR projects Joana Pinto (Oxford, GB)
Esin Öztürk Işık (Istanbul, TR)
Vera C. W. Keil (Amsterdam, NL)
Fatemehsadat Arzanforoosh (Rotterdam, NL)
Patricia Clement (Ghent, BE)
Esther A. H. Warnert (Rotterdam, NL)
Lecture
17:05–17:15 Open question round: Can I still join GliMR? Esther A. H. Warnert (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
Hot topic debate - Will standardization kill innovation? 17:30–18:30
Hot topic debate Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Jannie P. Wijnen
Teaching Session - Frontiers of molecular MR 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: Frontiers in Molecular MR Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Ralf Mekle, Oumaima Laghzali
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:20 CEST Anina Seidemo (Lund, SE) Lecture
08:20–08:40 Hyperpolarized 13C Christoffer Laustsen (Aarhus, DK) Lecture
08:40–09:00 Diffusion-weighted MR spectroscopy (DW-MRS) Francesca Branzoli (Paris, FR) Lecture
Teaching Session - Quantitativeness beyond relaxation: diffusion 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Patrícia Figueiredo, André Döring
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:20 Diffusion from basics to advanced models and many numbers Chantal M.W. Tax (Utrecht, NL) Lecture
08:20–08:40 Validating diffusion metrics Ileana Jelescu (Lausanne, CH) Lecture
08:40–09:00 On the clinical research value of diffusion Marco Duering (Basel, CH) Lecture
Teaching Session - Mapping the European imaging network landscape 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: The MRI Ecosystem Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Vera C. W. Keil, Henk-Jan Mutsaerts
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:15 European imaging networks Marion O. Smits (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
08:15–08:30 Outreach programs Udunna Anazodo (Montreal, CA) Lecture
08:30–08:45 COST actions Patricia Clement (Ghent, BE) Lecture
08:45–09:00 Panel discussion Marion O. Smits (Rotterdam, NL)
Udunna Anazodo (Montreal, CA)
Patricia Clement (Ghent, BE)
Discussion
Plenary Session - How quantitative and valuable is relaxometry? 09:15–10:15
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Philippe Ciuciu, Rita Schmidt
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
09:15–09:35 From contrast mechanism to "one relaxation value:" principles and methods Shaihan Malik (London, GB) Lecture
09:35–09:55 Standardizing the relaxation value across sites Xavier Golay (London, GB) Lecture
09:55–10:15 Relaxation values with a clinical value Bernhard Gerber (Bruxelles, BE) Lecture
Teaching Session - Statistics for human beings 10:30–12:25
Focus topic: The MRI Ecosystem Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Allison McGee, Andreas Nuernberger
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:30–10:55 When does the use of statistics make sense? Bertrand Thirion (Paris, FR) Lecture
10:55–11:25 Help! My sample is too small Bertrand Thirion (Paris, FR) Lecture
11:25–11:55 How to plan and interpret your statistics Marco Chierici (Trento, IT) Lecture
11:55–12:25 Statistics in machine learning Andreas Nuernberger (Magdeburg, DE)
Soumick Chatterjee (Milan, IT)
Lecture
Scientific Session - Quantitative vascular imaging 10:45–12:15
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Magdalena Sokolska, Oliver Gurney-Champion
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–10:57 Isolating the arterial blood volume change to probe fMRI spatial specificity Nikos Priovoulos (Amsterdam, NL) Talk
10:57–11:09 Congenital loss of aquaporin-4 leads to dysfunction of glymphatic system via brain-wide fluid stagnation – Evaluation with multi-modal MRI approach Ryszard S. Gomolka (Copenhagen, DK) Talk
11:09–11:21 Combining the benefits of 3D acquisitions and spiral readouts for VASO fMRI at UHF Alejandro Monreal-Madrigal (Maastricht, NL) Talk
11:21–11:33 Perfusion measurements in an aging cohort using multiple inversion times pulsed ASL with simultaneous multi-slice EPI readouts at 7T Dimo Ivanov (Maastricht, NL) Talk
11:33–11:45 Six-fold enhancement of pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion mapping using a cryogenic coil at 9.4T in an animal model of stroke Sara Pires Monteiro (Lisbon, PT) Talk
11:45–11:57 Overcoming spatiotemporal resolution trade-off in DCE-MRI: Estimation of pharmacokinetic parameters directly from k-space Natalia Korobova (Amsterdam, NL) Talk
11:57–12:09 Probing glioma microvasculature: A comparison of perfusion MRI with intra-operative high frame rate µDoppler ultrasound Ahmad Alafandi (Rotterdam, NL) Talk
Siemens Healthineers lunch symposium 12:30–13:30
Industry Symposium Room Osaka + Samarkand
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s)
12:30–12:50 Make the difference André Fisher (Siemens Healthineers)
12:50–13:10 Advancing diffusion MRI for comprehensive characterization of the prostate gland Malwina Molendowska (Cardiff, GB)
13:10–13:30 Exploring the potential of 0.55T MRI: triumphs, trials, and future horizons Michael Bach (Basel, CH)
Scientific Session - Clinical world 14:00–15:30
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Madeleine Rhodes, Maria Eugenia Caligiuri
6 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:12 Breast cancer imaging at low and ultra-low magnetic fields using field cycling imaging: A clinical pilot study Vasiliki Mallikourti (Aberdeen, GB) Talk
14:12–14:24 Diffusion-weighted imaging in skin pathologies of the breast Dominika Skwierawska (Erlangen, DE) Talk
14:24–14:36 In-vivo and ex-vivo detection of colorectal cancer at ultra-low field using fast field-cycling methods Amnah Alamri (Aberdeen, GB) Talk
14:48–15:00 Longitudinal follow-up by MRI and behavioural evaluation to assess the best neuroprotective strategy: Comparison of hypothermia and lactate in a rat model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia Ifrah Omar (Bordeaux, FR) Talk
15:00–15:12 Using sqBOLD MRI in brain tumors: Exploring the relationship between Oxygen extraction fraction and HIF-1α staining Fatemehsadat Arzanforoosh (Rotterdam, NL) Talk
15:12–15:24 SW cardioprotective therapy: In vivo MR validation on acute ischemia-reperfusion injury in porcine model Lorena Petrusca (Villeurbanne, FR) Talk
Scientific Session - From mice to men: quantitative imaging applications 14:00–15:30
Scientific Session Room Osaka + Samarkand
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:12 Study of the normal cerebral development and gyrification in the ex-vivo ferret brain using diffusion and quantitative MRI Laura Mouton (Paris, FR) Talk
14:12–14:24 Alterations in skeletal muscle water compartmentation in golden retriever muscular dystrophy dogs revealed by T2 relaxometry and IVIM MRI Ericky Caldas de Almeida Araujo (Paris, FR) Talk
14:24–14:36 Giving the prostate the boost it needs: Strong gradients and spiral readout for high b-value diffusion MRI at short echo times Malwina Molendowska (Cardiff, GB) Talk
14:36–14:48 Fast free-breathing stack-of-stars multiparameter mapping in clinical prostate MRI – Initial clinical experience Pablo García-Polo (Madrid, ES) Talk
14:48–15:00 Diffusion tensor imaging in leg muscles of limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9 patients Susanne Rauh (Paris, FR) Talk
15:00–15:12 Tissue differences in patients with peripheral artery disease identified with quantitative MRI Felix Kjellberg (Gothenburg, SE) Talk
15:12–15:24 Assessment of relationships between muscle water T1, water T2 and fat fraction in the lower limbs of healthy volunteers and subjects with myotonic dystrophy type 1 Benjamin Marty (Paris, FR) Talk
Collaborative Session - CAMERA: Health economics in diagnostic imaging – bridging access, cost, and investment 14:00–15:30
Collaborative Session Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Henk-Jan Mutsaerts, Marina Fernandez Garcia
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:02 Welcome remarks
14:02–14:10 Bringing MRI to LMICs – directions, challenges and potential solutions Somto Okoli (Bristol, GB) Lecture
14:10–14:30 The open source MRI from device development to product Lukas Winter (Berlin, DE) Lecture
14:30–14:50 The social and health economic factors for adoption of low-cost medical devices in low-to-middle income countries Christopher Adlung (Delft, NL) Lecture
14:50–15:10 Health economics of low-cost MRI for LMICs Lucy Kanya (London, GB) Lecture
15:10–15:29 Q&A and Panel Discussion Somto Okoli (Bristol, GB)
Lukas Winter (Berlin, DE)
Christopher Adlung (Delft, NL)
Lucy Kanya (London, GB)
Panel discussion
15:29–15:30 Closing remarks and note of thanks
Scientific Session - Lightning talks: Quantification: methods and applications 15:45–17:15
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Sofie Tapper, Mathieu Santin
33 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–15:47 3D triple-VENC flow MRI for estimation of aortic blood flow in an animal model of extracorporeal circulation: A feasibility study Jonah Schrauder (Göttingen, DE) Lightning talk
15:47–15:49 Effects of arterial transit time on cerebrovascular reactivity measures from time-encoded arterial spin labelling (ASL), pseudo-continuous ASL and BOLD MRI Gabriel Hoffmann (Munich, DE) Lightning talk
15:49–15:51 Age-dependent brain perfusion alteration in intrauterine growth restricted neonates at term equivalent age Seline Coraj (Zurich, CH) Lightning talk
15:51–15:53 Agreement between cerebral blood flow estimations derived from single- and multi-delay arterial spin labelling in Moyamoya patients Joao M. Sousa (Uppsala, SE) Lightning talk
15:53–15:55 Hepatic non-Gaussian apparent diffusion in NAFLD patients: A dual role for steatosis Omaïma Saïd (Paris, FR)
Philippe Garteiser (Paris, FR)
Lightning talk
15:55–15:57 Short-term consumption of high-fat high-sugar diet causes cerebral changes on diffusion MRI Blanca Lizarbe (Madrid, ES) Lightning talk
15:57–15:59 Isotropic high-resolution DTI of the cervical spinal cord Slimane Tounekti (Philadelphia, PA, US) Lightning talk
15:59–16:01 Characterizing the effect of dendritic spines on brain metabolites diffusion in cerebellar and cerebral cortex non-invasively with diffusion-weighted MRS Kadir Simsek (Cardiff, GB) Lightning talk
16:01–16:03 µGUIDE: A framework for microstructure imaging via generalized uncertainty-driven inference using deep learning Maëliss Jallais (Cardiff, GB) Lightning talk
16:03–16:05 Characterising fibrosis in deep vein thrombosis using non-invasive and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Nadia Chaher (London, GB)
Alkystis Phinikaridou (London, GB)
Lightning talk
16:05–16:07 Quantification of the perineural satellitosis of pretreatment glioblastoma by the use of individual structural MRI data and diffusion tensor imaging Rik van den Elshout (Tilburg, NL) Lightning talk
16:07–16:09 T2* mapping covering the full cardiac cycle detect myocardial changes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Oumaima Laghzali (Berlin, DE) Lightning talk
16:09–16:11 Towards carotid artery quantitative susceptibility mapping: An isotropic acquisition to investigate susceptibility anisotropy in ex-vivo arteries Brooke Tornifoglio (Dublin, IE) Lightning talk
16:11–16:13 Quantitative MRI in fluorescence-guided brain tumor needle biopsies Elisabeth Klint (Linköping, SE) Lightning talk
16:13–16:15 Human respiratory adaptation to position through lung strain tensor dynamics by 3D MR spirometry in free-breathing Adrien Duwat (Zoteux, FR) Lightning talk
16:15–16:17 On the variations of liver B0 inhomogeneities within the respiratory cycle at 3T Timo Straßer (Munich, DE) Lightning talk
Poster session of lightning talks in hall "San Francisco":
3D triple-VENC flow MRI for estimation of aortic blood flow in an animal model of extracorporeal circulation: A feasibility study Jonah Schrauder (Göttingen, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Effects of arterial transit time on cerebrovascular reactivity measures from time-encoded arterial spin labelling (ASL), pseudo-continuous ASL and BOLD MRI Gabriel Hoffmann (Munich, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Age-dependent brain perfusion alteration in intrauterine growth restricted neonates at term equivalent age Seline Coraj (Zurich, CH) Poster (lightning talk)
Agreement between cerebral blood flow estimations derived from single- and multi-delay arterial spin labelling in Moyamoya patients Joao M. Sousa (Uppsala, SE) Poster (lightning talk)
Hepatic non-Gaussian apparent diffusion in NAFLD patients: A dual role for steatosis Omaïma Saïd (Paris, FR)
Philippe Garteiser (Paris, FR)
Poster (lightning talk)
Short-term consumption of high-fat high-sugar diet causes cerebral changes on diffusion MRI Blanca Lizarbe (Madrid, ES) Poster (lightning talk)
Isotropic high-resolution DTI of the cervical spinal cord Slimane Tounekti (Philadelphia, PA, US) Poster (lightning talk)
Characterizing the effect of dendritic spines on brain metabolites diffusion in cerebellar and cerebral cortex non-invasively with diffusion-weighted MRS Kadir Simsek (Cardiff, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
µGUIDE: A framework for microstructure imaging via generalized uncertainty-driven inference using deep learning Maëliss Jallais (Cardiff, GB) Poster (lightning talk)
Characterising fibrosis in deep vein thrombosis using non-invasive and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Nadia Chaher (London, GB)
Alkystis Phinikaridou (London, GB)
Poster (lightning talk)
Quantification of the perineural satellitosis of pretreatment glioblastoma by the use of individual structural MRI data and diffusion tensor imaging Rik van den Elshout (Tilburg, NL) Poster (lightning talk)
T2* mapping covering the full cardiac cycle detect myocardial changes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Oumaima Laghzali (Berlin, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Towards carotid artery quantitative susceptibility mapping: An isotropic acquisition to investigate susceptibility anisotropy in ex-vivo arteries Brooke Tornifoglio (Dublin, IE) Poster (lightning talk)
Quantitative MRI in fluorescence-guided brain tumor needle biopsies Elisabeth Klint (Linköping, SE) Poster (lightning talk)
Human respiratory adaptation to position through lung strain tensor dynamics by 3D MR spirometry in free-breathing Adrien Duwat (Zoteux, FR) Poster (lightning talk)
On the variations of liver B0 inhomogeneities within the respiratory cycle at 3T Timo Straßer (Munich, DE) Poster (lightning talk)
Round Table Discussion - The role of AI in MR: research, clinic and commercial perspectives 15:45–16:45
Focus topic: The MRI Ecosystem Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Vera C. W. Keil, Henk-Jan Mutsaerts
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–16:45 Roundtable discussion Kim van de Ven (Philips, NL)
Matthias Günther (Mediri GmbH, DE)
Akshay Pai (Cerebriu, DK)
Roundtable discussion
Early Career Researcher Session - Keep your momentum! 15:45–17:15
Early career researcher session Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Hendrik Mattern, Joana Pinto
4 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
15:45–16:07 Transferable skills Laura Gaetano (Basel, CH) Lecture
16:07–16:29 The pressures of publishing David G. Norris (Nijmegen, NL) Lecture
16:29–16:51 Keeping inventions alive (after PhD or project end): Open software and platforms Camille Maumet (Paris, FR) Lecture
16:51–17:13 Resilience in research Sofieke de Jonge (Amsterdam, NL) Lecture
ESMRMB Business Meeting 17:20–18:30
Business meeting Room Osaka + Samarkand
Teaching Session - Data curation for machine learning 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: The MRI Ecosystem Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Francesco Santini, Catarina Passarinho
2 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:30 What I can do alone Peter van Ooijen (Groningen, NL) Lecture
08:30–09:00 What we can do together Esther Bron (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
Teaching Session - Improving sensitivity of molecular MR 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: Frontiers in Molecular MR Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Esin Öztürk Işık, Vladimir Mlynarik
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:20 Novel RF coil designs Dennis W.J. Klomp (Utrecht, NL) Lecture
08:20–08:40 Deep learning Moritz Zaiss (Erlangen, DE) Lecture
08:40–09:00 High field MRS/I Cristina Cudalbu (Lausanne, CH) Lecture
Teaching Session - Quantitativeness beyond relaxation: QSM 08:00–09:00
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Rio
Chairs/Moderators: Christian Langkammer, Hendrik Mattern
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
08:00–08:20 Sources of susceptibility contrast in T2* weighted and phase imaging Benjamin Tendler (Oxford, GB) Lecture
08:20–08:40 Harmonization of QSM acquisition and reconstruction Simon Robinson (Vienna, AT) Lecture
08:40–09:00 On the clinical (research) value of the susceptibility Maxime Guye (Marseille, FR) Lecture
Plenary Session - Collaborating for AI 09:15–10:15
Focus topic: The MRI Ecosystem Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Aart J. Nederveen
2 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
09:15–09:45 Federated learning to increase the data pool Jonas Scherer (Heidelberg, DE) Lecture
09:45–10:15 Translational AI Marion O. Smits (Rotterdam, NL) Lecture
Scientific Session - Insights into molecular MR 10:45–12:15
Scientific Session Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Hélène Ratiney, Kadir Simsek
7 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–10:57 Quantitative molecular imaging of cardiac fibrosis and response to treatment using a novel collagen III-specific MR imaging probe Nadia Chaher (London, GB) Talk
10:57–11:09 A dual 9.4T 1H MRS and 18F-FDG PET study probes impaired neurometabolic profiles and brain glucose uptake in a rat model of type C hepatic encephalopathy Jessie Mosso (Lausanne, CH) Talk
11:09–11:21 Main rat preclinical models of glioblastoma multiforme: How to select the proper one for biomedical research based on a multiparametric MRI point of view? Nuria Arias-Ramos (Madrid, ES) Talk
11:21–11:33 Low-rank reconstruction for double-half-echo 23Na and undersampled 23Na multi-quantum coherences MRI Christian Licht (Mannheim, DE) Talk
11:33–11:45 Dynamic single-cell time-lapse MRI: Pushing the velocity detection limit using radial compressed sensing imaging Enrica Wilken (Münster, DE) Talk
11:45–11:57 Molecular MRI of MPO activity identifies ruptured human atherosclerotic plaques and predicts atherothrombosis in a preclinical model Xiaoying Wang (London, GB) Talk
11:57–12:09 A simple CEST metric robust to potential frequency sampling trajectory biases Thaddée Delebarre (Gif-sur-Yvette, FR) Talk
Teaching Session - Quantitativeness beyond relaxation: arterial spin labeling 10:45–12:15
Focus topic: The Value of the Number Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Lena Václavů, Dimo Ivanov
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–11:15 Quantification of perfusion parameters by ASL Michael Chappell (Nottingham, GB) Lecture
11:15–11:45 Validation / quality control / sanity checks towards good ASL data Matthias Günther (Bremen, DE) Lecture
11:45–12:15 (Quantitative) ASL applications Magdalena Sokolska (London, GB) Lecture
Collaborative Session - MRI Together 10:45–11:45
Collaborative Session Room Rio
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
10:45–11:05 Scope and activities of the MRI Together ESMRMB working group Francesco Santini (Basel, CH) Lecture
11:05–11:25 The 2023 MRI Together workshop Joana Pinto (Oxford, GB) Lecture
11:25–11:45 Abstract awards – reproducible science
Early career researcher session – a small snack is offered - Lunchtime recipes on how to cook up a perfect research grant 12:30–13:30
Early career researcher session Room Osaka + Samarkand
Chairs/Moderators: Lena Václavů, Oliver Gurney-Champion
1 talk
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
12:30–14:00 Panel discussion Esther A. H. Warnert (Rotterdam, NL)
Jessica A.M. Bastiaansen (Bern, CH)
Richard Bowtell (Nottingham, GB)
Lecture
Closing session - The Sir Peter Mansfield lecture |Awards |Closing remarks 14:00–15:14
Opening and closing ceremonies Room Sydney
Chairs/Moderators: Edwin Oei, Karin Markenroth Bloch
3 talks
Time Title Speaker(s) Type
14:00–14:45 MR spectroscopy and microstructure Roland Kreis (Bern, CH) Lecture
14:45–15:00 Award ceremony Eva Scheurer (Basel, CH)
Lena Václavů (Leiden, NL)
15:00–15:15 Closing words Edwin Oei (Rotterdam, NL)

Congress Planning Committee

  • Karin Markenroth Bloch, Chair, Sweden
  • Philippe Ciuciu, France 
  • Tolga Ҫukur, Turkey 
  • Patricia Figueiredo, Portugal 
  • Esin Öztürk Işik, Turkey 
  • Hermien E. Kan, Netherlands 
  • Vera Keil, Netherlands 
  • José Marques, Netherlands 
  • Hendrik Mattern, Germany 
  • Allison McGee, Ireland 
  • Ralf Mekle, Germany 
  • Edwin Oei, Netherlands 
  • Joana Pinto, United Kingdom 
  • Carlo Quattrocchi, Italy 
  • Najat Salameh, United Kingdom 
  • Francesco Santini, Switzerland 
  • Lena Václavů, Netherlands 
  • Sonia Waiczies, Germany 

Preclinical Meeting Organizing Committee

  • Ileana Jelescu, Chair,  Switzerland 
  • Jessica Bastiaansen, Switzerland 
  • Giovanna Ielacqua,  Germany 
  • Mathieu Santin, France 

Local Organizing Committee

  • Eva Scheurer, Chair, Switzerland
  • Claudia Lenz
  • Xeni Deligianni
  • Lukas Pirpamer
  • Cristina Granziera