Introduction to diffusion-weighted MR imaging and spectroscopy
September 5-7, 2023 | Cardiff/UK
Post-congress meeting: MIML- Microstructure Imaging meets Machine Learning (September 8, 2023)
The course will include technical practical tips to perform diffusion-weighted MR Imaging (dMRI) and Spectroscopy (dMRS) and didactic learning skills to acquie, process, analyse and interpret dMRI/dMRS data.
More information about the post-congress Meeting MIML can be found here: https://miml.cubric.cf.ac.uk/
Description
In person 3-days course in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Venue
Lecture Theatre, Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
Organisers
Academic Organizing Committee (AOC): Marco Palombo, Matteo Mancini, Carolyn McNabb, Maryam Afzali, Kadir Simsek, Emre Kopanoglu, Maria Engel
Student Organizing Committee (SOC): Alessandra Maiuro, Charlie Aird-Rossiter, Joshua Ametepe
Advisory Committee (AC): Mara Cercignani, Daniel Gallichan, Derek Jones
Registration Fees
| Ticket Type | Early Fee (until July 25, 2023) | Late fee (from July 26, 2023) |
| ESMRMB Member | € 420 | € 560 |
| ESMRMB Junior/Radiographer Member | € 300 | € 400 |
| Non-Member | € 600 | € 740 |
| Junior/Radiographer Non-Member | € 350 | € 450 |
| MILM (September 8) | € 0 | € 0 |
NOTE! REGISTRATION CLOSES AUGUST 31, 2023, 12:00 (CEST)!
ESMRMB Members can benefit from discounted member rates. Please ensure an active and paid ESMRMB 2023 membership before registering. If your membership is pending, some documents/proofs for activation might be missing.
This course is kindly sponsored by
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STIPENDS
Thanks to the generous support of Neuratris, we are pleased to announce that we are able to offer 5 Educational Stipends of €500 each to students in need of financial support to cover the costs of attending this Lecture Series. To apply, please send a brief bio (100 words max), a motivation statement for attending the Lectures (150 words max) and a letter of support from your supervisor to palombom@cardiff.ac.uk, cc’ing office@esmrmb.org. Please note, stipends will be paid out after the course on receipt of a filled in form.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Provide an introduction to the physics of dMRI/dMRS;
- Understand all aspects of dMRI/dMRS from data acquisition to processing and analysis
- How to read and report the significant and relevant findings
- How to setup a preclinical or a clinical dMRI/dMRS study
AIM
To get knowledge and practical skills to update and optimize the protocol combined with how to interpret, and what are the significant findings related to heart disease
TARGET GROUP
Engineers, physicists or any medical imaging professionals who would like to become more confident on performing dMRI/dMRS to improve the characterization of tissue microstructure in health and disease.
Preliminary Programme
| (UTC+1) | Sept. 5 | Sept. 6 | Sept. 7 |
| 08:30 | Registration & Breakfast | ||
| 09:00 | Welcome & House keeping Organizing Committee |
Image reconstruction Lars Mueller |
Data analysis III: Fitting strategies Daan Christiaens |
| 09:30 | |||
| 10:00 | Introduction to the Physics of Diffusion Denis Grebenkov |
MR safety in diffusion MRI Emre Kopanoglu |
Accelerated processing and analysis with Machine Learning Daniel Alexander |
| 10:30 | |||
| 11:00 | Coffee break & Meet the Teacher(s) | ||
| 11:30 | Introduction to MR physics Mara Cercignani |
Data processing and standard pipelines Saad Jbabdi |
Diffusion MRI at Ultra-Low Field Derek Jones |
| 12:00 | |||
| 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 | |||
| 13:30 | Diffusion encoding: from standard encodings to free gradient waveforms Evren Ozarslan |
Data analysis I: Representations Donald Tournier |
Diffusion MRI in the body Francesco Grussu |
| 14:00 | |||
| 14:30 | Multidimensional encoding: joint relaxation and diffusion MR Paddy Slator |
Data analysis II: Biophysical modelling Gary Zhang |
FAQs and how-to guidelines: clinical studies Carolyn McNabb |
| 15:00 | |||
| 15:30 | Coffee break & Meet the Teacher(s) | Concluding remarks Organizing Committee |
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| 16:00 | Introduction to diffusion MRS Cristina Cudalbu |
Hands-on: Diffusion MRI at ultra-high field | |
| 16:30 | Hands-on: Diffusion MRI at ultra-low field | ||
| 17:00 | Free time | Free time | |
| 17:30 | |||
| 18:00 | |||
| 18:30 | Evening Reception | Social Event & Buffet Dinner | |