Joint Annual Meeting
ISMRM-ESMRMB
2007

2007 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
under construction

Last updated 11-12-08

Friday, 18 May Tuesday, 22 May
Saturday, 19 May Wednesday, 23 May
Sunday, 20 May Thursday, 24 May
Monday, 21 May Friday, 25 May

FRIDAY
18 May 2007
 
Registration Opens
14:00 - 20:00


SATURDAY
19 MAY 2007
 

Body MRI by
the Experts
Day 1

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
08:30 - 12:30
Pediatric MR Update
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
08:30 - 12:30
MRS in Clinical Practice
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Cardiovascular MRI: From Principles to Protocols
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
MR Physics for Physicists
Day 1

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
fMRI: From Basics to Cutting Edge
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Diffusion MRI - The Methods
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Foundations of Quantitative Imaging and Data Analysis Day 1
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
MR Interventions A Hands-on Approach
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
13:00 - 17:00
Musculoskeletal Imaging
Day 1

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
14:00 - 18:00
Stage Hall Hall 4/5 Hall 7
08:00 - 17:30
Hall 10
08:30 - 17:00
Hall 15.2/Stockholm
08:30 - 17:50
Hall 14.2/Oslo
08:30 - 17:50
Hall 2
08:30 - 18:00
Hall 3
08:45 - 17:40


SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 1
(Technologist/Radiographer Program)
Dachgarten/Roof Garden

 


SUNDAY
20 MAY 2007
 

Musculoskeletal Imaging
Day 2

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
08:00 - 12:00
Perfusion
Imaging

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
08:30 - 12:50
Clinical MRI for Physicists
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
08:30 - 12:00
MR Physics for Physicists
Day 2

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Molecular Imaging
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Advanced MR Brain Imaging
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
MRI Safety: Physics, Standards, and Open Problems
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Experimental Methods in MR of Cancer
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
Foundations of Quantitative Imaging and Data Analysis Day 2
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
13:30 - 17:00
Body MRI by the Experts
Day 2

Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
13:30 - 17:30
Clinical High Field MRI
Oral Presentations Available to Weekend Meeting Attendees Only
13:30 - 17:30
Hall 3 Stage Hall Hall 4/5 Hall 15.2/Stockholm
08:00 - 15:00
Hall 7
08:00 - 17:30
Hall 14.2/Oslo
08:00 - 17:30
Hall 10
08:30 - 15:00
Hall 2
08:30 - 16:30



SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 2
(Technologist/Radiographer Program)
Dachgarten/Roof Garden
 


Note New Start Time ~ 12:15 - 13:30 ~ Note New Start Time
Silver Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
Bruker BioSpin MRI, Ltd.
Impact of Small Animal MRI on Clinical Research
Hall 1
 

STUDY GROUPS
15:30 to 17:30
MR Engineering
 
MR in Drug Research
 
Interventional MR
 
Hall 15.2/Stockholm Hall 6 Hall 10

Opening Reception in Technical Exhibit Area 17:45 to 19:15


MONDAY
21 MAY 2007
 


Registration Lobby
08:00 - 18:00

07:30  Welcome and ISMRM and ESMRMB Award Presentations, J. Paul Finn, M.D., ISMRM President, and Sebastián Cerdán, Ph.D., ESMRMB President

08:20 
Mansfield Lecture:  Electric Field Effects and Acoustic Noise in MRI  Prof. Sir Peter Mansfield, FRS

09:00 PLENARY LECTURES:  Frontiers in Functional Neuroimaging, David Norris, Xavier Golay, Organizers

09:00  Multimodal Approaches
Arno Villringer, M.D.

09:25 fMRI: From Mapping to Mechanisms
Christian Büchel, M.D.

09:50
Applications of fMRI in Experimental and Clinical Medicine
Paul M. Matthews, M.D., Ph.D.

Hall 1

10:15 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 13:00

Diffusion MRI: Acquisition & Experimental Design
Oral Presentations Available
 Clinical Categorical:
Post-Operative Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Role for MRI and MDCT
 Clinical Categorical:
Cardiovascular at High Field
Coronary MR Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
Beyond BOLD: fMRI Contrast & Connecting Brain Networks 
Oral Presentations Available
Sequences: Relaxation 
Oral Presentations Available
MRS: Spectroscopic Localization & Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
GI & Hepatobiliary Cancer 
Oral Presentations Available
Imaging Tissue Damage and Repair After Stroke 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 

13:00 - 14:00

Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
GE Healthcare
Hall 1
 

14:00 - 16:00

Traditional Poster Session
Hall 14.1




Electronic Poster Session
Hall 17

E-Posters now available for viewing online
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Diffusion Analysis: Voxel Based Analysis & Tractography

Oral Presentations Available 
Special Symposium:
Grant Writing: Opportunities and Challenges

 
ISMRM/SMRT Joint Forum: 
Preparing for MRI and MR-Guided Interventions
Clinical Science Focus Session: MR Angiography: Contrast Agent Challenges 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session: fMRI - Clinical Studies 
Oral Presentations Available
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
fMRI: Modulation and Manipulation

Oral Presentations Available 
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
MRS of Cancer Cell Extracts and Cultures 

Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session: Breast MRI: Techniques & Lesion Characterization
Oral Presentations Available 
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Hall 4/5 

15:30 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 18:30

Image Reconstruction 
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians Thermal Therapy 
Oral Presentations Available
Transmit Arrays and Amplifiers 
Oral Presentations Available
MR Angiography: On and Off Resonance 
Oral Presentations Available
fMRI: Encoding, Resolution and Response 
Oral Presentations Available
MRS: Approaches to Data Quantitation 
Oral Presentations Available
Gray Matter: From Anatomy to Function 
Oral Presentations Available
Liver: Parenchymal Disorders 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1  Hall 2 Hall 3  Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 

18:30 - 20:30
STUDY GROUPS

MR of Cancer High Field Systems & Applications
 
MR Flow & Motion Molecular & Cellular Imaging Psychiatric MRI/S White Matter Diseases Musculoskeletal MR
Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall Hall 14.2/Oslo Hall 7 Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 Hall 10


TUESDAY
22 MAY 2007
 

07:00 - 08:00
Morning Categorical Courses
 


Registration Lobby
08:00 - 18:00

08:15 PLENARY LECTURES: Interventional MR - Already Clinical Reality?, Clare Tempany, Claudia Hillenbrand, Organizers
 
08:15 From Technical Innovations to Clinical Routine
Jonathan S. Lewin, M.D.

08:40 How to Make it Happen - Practical and Strategic Issues of
Interventional MRI
Michael Bock, Ph.D.

09:05 Where Will the Future Take Us?
Ferenc A. Jolesz, M.D.

Hall 1

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Fiber Tracking: Connections, Parcellations & Atlases 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical:
Imaging Reorganization and Plasticity in the Brain
Clinical Categorical:
Body MRI by the Experts: Prostate, Kidney, and Adrenal

(Continuation of weekend course)
Receive Coils and Arrays 
Oral Presentations Available
Cardiovascular Flow Quantification 
Oral Presentations Available
fMRI: Methods, Models, Applications 
Oral Presentations Available
MS Clinical Studies 
Oral Presentations Available
Cancer Detection & Diagnosis 
Oral Presentations Available
MR-Guided Interventions I (devices, sequences, applications) 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden  Hall 4/5 

12:30 - 13:30

Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
Philips Medical Systems
Advanced Clinical and Technical Concepts
Hall 1
 

13:30 - 15:30

Traditional Poster Session
Hall 14.1




Electronic Poster Session
Hall 17

E-Posters now available for viewing online
Special Symposium:
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)/Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD)


Symposium now available for viewing online
(not password protected)
Special Symposium:
Magnetic Resonance in Clinical Trials

 
Clinical Categorical Course:
Imaging of Infectious and Autoimmune Disease: MRI of Viral and Bacterial Infections

Session 1
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Dynamic Imaging 

Oral Presentations Available
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
CNS Animal Models: Novel Imaging 

Oral Presentations Available
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
RF Outside the Box 

Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall
14.2/Oslo 
15:30 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Non-Cartesian Parallel Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians Tractography and Brain Disease 
Oral Presentations Available
Sequences: RF Excitation 
Oral Presentations Available
New C-13 Spectroscopic Techniques 
Oral Presentations Available
Cerebral Perfusion: Arterial Spin Labeling Methods 
Oral Presentations Available
Emerging Techniques for Musculoskeletal MRI 
Oral Presentations Available
The Developing Brain 
Oral Presentations Available
Functional Renal MRI: Acquisition, Analysis, and Applications 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1  Hall 2 Hall 3  Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 
18:15 - 19:45
BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIA
Bracco
Optimizing Risk-Benefit in Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging
Bayer Healthcare/
Bayer Schering Pharma
Optimized Diagnosis with Various MR Contrast Media

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Varian, Inc.
Novel Methods with Varian MRI Systems
Guerbet
Do Technologies Drive the Future?


Click here to view invitation.
Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt
Updates on NSF
Shawn Edwin Cowper, M.D.


Click here to view invitation.
Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Hall 7


WEDNESDAY
23 MAY 2007

 

07:00 - 08:00
Morning Categorical Courses
 


Registration Lobby
08:00 - 18:00

08:15 PLENARY LECTURES:  Monitoring Treatment Response, Markus Rudin, Michael V. Knopp, Organizers

08:15 Animal Imaging in Drug Discovery and Development
Markus von Kienlin, Ph.D.

08:40 New Frontiers in Use of MR as a Biomarker in Therapeutics
Peter L. Choyke, M.D.

09:05 Molecular signatures of disease treatment efficacy: the potential of
molecular imaging in assessing therapeutic interventions
Gregory M. Lanza, M.D., Ph.D.
Hall 1

9:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 12:30 
Sequences: Sampling Strategies 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical:
Dementia: From Bench to Bedside
Clinical Categorical:
Body MRI by the Experts Part IV Female Pelvis

(Continuation of weekend course)
The Bright Future of MEMRI
Oral Presentations Available
Vessel Wall Imaging: Technical Advances 
Oral Presentations Available
RF & Gradient Systems 
Oral Presentations Available
Hyperpolarized Noble Gas Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
Pre-clinical Evaluation of Tumor Response 
Oral Presentations Available
Functional Cartilage Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall
15.2/Stockholm  
Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 
10:30 - 12:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1
"Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
Philips Medical Systems
 
10:30 - 12:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1
"Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
Siemens Medical Solutions
 
Room 36/37 Room 39/40

12:30 - 13:30
Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
Siemens Medical Solutions
Collaborations and Innovations. Powered by Tim.
Hall 1
 
13:30 - 15:30
Traditional Poster Session
Hall 14.1





Electronic Poster Session
Hall 17

E-Posters now available for viewing online
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
MR-Guided Interventions II (devices, sequences, applications)

Oral Presentations Available 
Clinical Science Focus Session:
Multiple MRI Approaches to Stroke Imaging
 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical Course:
Imaging of Infectious and Autoimmune Disease: MRI of Non-Infectious Inflammatory Diseases

Session 2
Clinical Science Focus Session:
Clinical Applications of Cerebral Perfusion MRI 

Oral Presentations Available
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Image Analysis 

Oral Presentations Available
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Natural Abundance and Hyperpolarized 13C Spectroscopy

Oral Presentations Available 
Clinical Science Focus Session:
fMRI in Clinical Science
 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session: Monitoring Anti-cancer Therapy Response in the Clinic 
Oral Presentations Available
 
Clinical Science Focus Session:
Fetal and Female Pelvis 

Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 
13:30 - 15:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2
"Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
Philips Medical Systems
 
13:30 - 15:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2
"Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
Siemens Medical Systems
 
Room 36/37 Room 39/40
15:30 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Sequences: Magnetization Preparation 
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians Perfusion Measurements Using Contrast Agents 
Oral Presentations Available
Cell Tracking and Biomarker Specific Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
fMRI: Vascular Response 
Oral Presentations Available
Image Segmentation and Clustering 
Oral Presentations Available
MRS: New Approaches to Data Acquisition 
Oral Presentations Available
Alzheimer's Disease: From Animal Models to Man 
Oral Presentations Available
Muscle Exercise and Nutrition 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1  Hall 2 Hall 3  Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof
Garden
Hall 4/5 

18:30 - 19:30
ISMRM BUSINESS MEETING
Hall 3

19:30 - 21:30
STUDY GROUPS

MR Safety
 
Current Issues in Brain Function Cardiac MR Diffusion & Perfusion MR Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy Hyperpolarized Media MR
Hall 14.2/Oslo Hall 7 Stage Hall Hall 15.2/Stockholm Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5


THURSDAY
24 MAY 2007
 

07:00 - 08:00
Morning Categorical Courses
 


Registration Lobby
08:00 - 18:00

08:00 Tribute to Paul C. Lauterbur

08:10 Lauterbur Lecture: MRI in Oncologic Imaging: Celebrating 25 Years - and Moving Forward  
Hedvig Hricak, M.D.

08:50:  YIA and Poster Award Presentations, Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D., ISMRM President, and Sebastián Cerdán, Ph.D., ESMRMB President

08:55 PLENARY LECTURES:  High Tech Approaches And Applications For MR Signal Transmission And Reception, Mark Griswold, Klaus Scheffler, Organizers

08:55 High end clinical applications of parallel imaging
Elliot R. McVeigh, Ph.D.

09:20 Parallel Transmission
Douglas C. Noll, Ph.D.

09:45 Multidisciplinary approaches to MR engineering
Steven M. Wright, Ph.D.

Hall 1

10:00 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Development, Maturation & Aging: Diffusion Characteristics Throughout the Age Spectrum 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical:
Atherosclerosis
Clinical Categorical:
MR-Guided Interventions
Parallel Transmission 
Oral Presentations Available
Vessel Imaging Above the Arch 
Oral Presentations Available
Improving BOLD fMRI 
Oral Presentations Available
Cardiac Function Imaging in Animal Models 
Oral Presentations Available
MRS Studies on Animal Models of Non-oncological Disease 
Oral Presentations Available
Abdominal MR: Cutting Edge 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden  Hall 4/5 
10:30 - 12:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1 (REPEAT)
"Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
Philips Medical Systems
 
10:30 - 12:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1 (REPEAT)
"Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
Siemens Medical Solutions
 
Room 36/37 Room 39/40
12:30 - 13:30

Hot Topics Debate:
MR is Incapable for Clinical Molecular Imaging (Yes or No?)
Hall 1
 
13:30 - 15:30
Traditional Poster Session
Hall 14.1

 


Electronic Poster Session
Hall 17

E-Posters now available for viewing online

Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Safety: MRI and Contrast Agents
 
Oral Presentations Available
Special Symposium:
Industrial Perspectives on Technology Implementation
Electronic Poster Oral Discussion:
Advanced Parallel Imaging 

Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session: Strategies in Functional Cardiac MRI 
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session:
 New Approaches to Clinical 1H Spectroscopy

Oral Presentations Available 
Clinical Science Focus Session:
Innovations for Clinical Neuroimaging 

Oral Presentations Available
Unsolved Problems and Unmet Needs in Magnetic Resonance:  New Standards, Old Mysteries Clinical Science Focus Session:
 New Frontiers in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis & Assessment 

Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Science Focus Session:
 MR Markers of Musculoskeletal Disease 

Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3  Hall
15.2/Stockholm
Stage Hall  Hall
14.2/Oslo 
Hall 7 Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 
13:30 - 15:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2 (REPEAT)
"Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
Philips Medical Systems
 
13:30 - 15:30
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2 (REPEAT)
"Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
Siemens Medical Solutions
 
Room 36/37 Room 39/40
15:30 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Biophysics, Histology & Validation of Diffusion MRI 
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians Compressed Sensing and HYPR 
Oral Presentations Available
Brain Tumors: Diagnosis and Response to Therapy 
Oral Presentations Available
Cardiomyopathy Evaluation: Perfusion and Viability 
Oral Presentations Available
Molecular Imaging: Novel Reporter Systems 
Oral Presentations Available
Motion Artifact Suppression Techniques 
Oral Presentations Available
Pre-clinical Imaging of Tumor Function and Structure 
Oral Presentations Available
GI Bowel Morphology & Function 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1  Hall 2 Hall 3  Hall 15.2/Stockholm Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden  Hall 4/5 

Farewell Party
Palais am Funkturm
18:15
 


FRIDAY
25 MAY 2007

 

07:00 - 08:00
Morning Categorical Courses


Registration Lobby
08:00 - 12:30

08:15 PLENARY LECTURES: Hybrid MR: Systems and Applications, Steven Conolly, Peter Börnert, Organizers

08:15 Hybrid MR and X-Ray Fluoroscopy
Arno Buecker, M.Sc.

08:40 Integrating PET or SPECT with MRI: How, Where and Why?
Simon R. Cherry, Ph.D.

09:05 Hybrid MR and Optical Imaging
Vasilis Ntziachristos, Ph.D.

Hall 1

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30

Kissing, Crossing, Splaying Fibers: Analysis by Diffusion MRI 
Oral Presentations Available
Psychiatric MRI 
Oral Presentations Available
Hybrid MRI and Novel MRI Systems 
Oral Presentations Available
Neurodegenerative Disease: From Animal to Man 
Oral Presentations Available
Lung MRI: Structure & Function 
Oral Presentations Available
Contrast Enhanced Cardiac MRI and MRS in Animal Models 
Oral Presentations Available
Measurement & Application of Tissue Mechanical Properties 
Oral Presentations Available
DCE MRI in Cancer: From Bench to Bedside
Oral Presentations Available 
Image Artifacts and Correction 
Oral Presentations Available
Hall 1  Hall 2  Hall 3  Hall 15.2/Stockholm   Stage Hall  Hall 14.2/Oslo  Hall 7  Dachgarten/Roof Garden Hall 4/5 
12:30
ADJOURNMENT