Overview
 
This workshop is a sequel to the very successful ISMRM Workshop on Advances in High Field MR held at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, USA, in March of 2007.  With the installed base of human MRI scanners at fields of 7T and over rapidly growing, with three having started operation in 2007 in Germany alone, manufacturers of these high  field scanners are still highly dependent on MR researchers for solutions to the multiple technical problems that hinder full exploration and realization of the enormous benefits of much higher spin magnetization and spectral dispersion.
 
In response to this need, the ISMRM High Field Systems & Applications Study Group has developed this opportunity for more in-depth descriptions of technical and research achievements, updates on safety issues, as well as well-informed debates on the real clinical and research benefits of high field MR.
 

Audience Description:
 

The audience for this workshop will include MR scientists, RF engineers dealing with MR techniques, radiologists with interest in the clinical potential of ultra-high field MRI, and neuroanatomists and imaging neuroscientists with interest in high-sensitivity MR techniques for investigation of brain anatomy and function.

 

Educational Objectives:
 
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
 
1. Assess the areas where 3T scanning is already clinically useful;
   
2.

Define the technical difficulties associated with fields of 7T and greater;
   
3.

Describe the potential of high field MRI for neuroanatomy;
   
4. Describe the applications of high field functional MRI;
   
5.

Characterize the benefits of RF array transmission and reception;
   
6.

Describe the potential of high field angiography;
   
7. Describe the benefits of high field MRI for neuropathology;
   
8.

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of high field MRI for arterial spin labeling, spin-echo imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging;
   
9.

Indicate what features of MRI scanning at 7T and greater would make these fields clinically attractive;
   
10. Describe the prospects of MRS for brain metabolic and energetic studies at 7T or greater.
   

 

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is accredited by the  Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.