ISMRM WORKSHOP SERIES ~ 19-22 July 2015

ISMRM Workshop on Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging:
Neuroscience & Clinical Applications
Pacific Grove, CA, USA

 

PROGRAM


DAY 1 -  Sunday, 19 July 2015 (1.00 CME available)
         
15:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
18:00     Dinner served until 19:00  
19:25     Introduction David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
19:30   Evening Plenary: Fingerprinting Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH, USA
      Power Pitch Presentations (no CME available)  
      Moderators: Felix Breuer, Ph.D. & Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.  
20:30   2-Minute Presentations for Each Poster
Please see Poster Page in Syllabus for More Information
 
21:30     Adjourn  
         

DAY 2 – Monday, 20 July 2015 (6.50 CME available)
         
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
07:30     Breakfast served until 09:00  
08:25     Welcome David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
         
      Session 1: Early to Current Work  
      Moderators: David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D. & Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.  
08:35 Historic Background on Simultaneous Multi-Slice Joseph V. Hajnal, Ph.D.
King’s College London
London, England, UK
08:55 Overview: Controlled Aliasing in Parallel Imaging

Felix Breuer, Ph.D.
Magnetic Resonance Bavaria
Wuerzburg, Germany

09:15

Early Simultaneous Multi-Slice EPI of Brain-Defining Challenges Rita G. Nunes, D.Phil.
University of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
         
      Session 2: Related Imaging Techniques for 3D Volume Coverage  
      Moderators: Steen Moeller, Ph.D. & David G. Norris, Ph.D.  
09:30 Overview: 3D Imaging EVI, 3D GRASE, 3D EPI

Benedikt A. Poser, Ph.D.
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

09:50

    POMP

Gary H. Glover, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

10:02

  MREG Jürgen K. Hennig, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
10:15     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 3: SMS Reconstruction – Math & Algorithms  
     

Moderators: Berkin Bilgic, Ph.D. & Felix Breuer, Ph.D.

 
10:45   Overview of SMS Reconstruction (Blipped-CAIPI EPI, Wave CAIPI 2D & 3D) Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA

11:05

Non-Cartesian Reconstruction for Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging Benjamin Zahneisen, Ph.D.
University of Hawaii
Honlulu, HI, USA
11:17 Limits of Virtual Coil/Phase-Constrained SMS Reconstruction Martin Blaimer, Ph.D.
Research Center MRB
Würzburg, Germany
11:29 Leakage Evaluation & Artifacts Steen Moeller, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
11:41 Nyquist Ghost Corrections & MICA Kangrong Zhu, M.Sc.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
11:53

SENSE Reconstruction for Multiband EPI Including Slice-Dependent Ghost Correction

Franciszek Hennel, Ph.D.
Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Zurich, Switzerland
12:01    

Lunch served until 13:00

 
         
      Session 4: fMRI  
     

Moderator: Gary H. Glover, Ph.D. & Benedikt A. Poser, Ph.D.

 
13:15 Multiplexed Imaging: Pushing Temporal Resolution in Functional MRI

David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA

13:27

  Trading Off Spatial & Temporal Resolution in the Human Connectome Project Kâmil Uğurbil, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
13:39   Multi-Echo SMS EPI for fMRI Prantik Kundu, Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, NY, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
13:51 Multiband Echo Shifted EPI Rasim Boyacioglu, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
13:59 Pushing the Brain into Overdrive: The Role of Metabolism in Overcoming the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff An T. Vu, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
14:07 2D Simultaneous Multi-Slice EPI Imaging for Task fMRI Studies: Evaluation of Physiological Noise Removal Nicholas Todd, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
14:15 Multiband Accelerated Neonatal fMRI Anthony N. Price, Ph.D.
King’s College London
London, England, UK
14:23 Improved Characterization of Resting-State Brain Dynamics Using Simultaneous Multislice (SMS) fMRI Hesamoddin Jahanian, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
14:31 Evaluation of 2D Multiband EPI Imaging for High Resolution, Whole Brain fMRI Studies at 3T: Sensitivity & Slice Leakage Artifacts Nicholas Todd, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
14:39 An Investigation of Multi-Band Imaging for RS-fMRI in the Fetus Anthony N. Price, Ph.D.
King’s College London
London, England, UK
14:50     Panel Discussion  
15:05     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
      Hands-On Lab Reconstruction (Part 1)  
      Moderators: Felix Breuer, Ph.D. & Rita Nunes, Ph.D.  
15:30     Introduction Thomas Witzel, Ph.D.
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
15:40   How We Do It Edward J. Auerbach, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
15:50     Begin Lab Work  
17:30     Adjourn  
18:00     Dinner served until 19:00  
19:15  

Plenary Talk: Early Experiments & Spin Echo (no CME available)

Erwin L. Hahn, Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
20:15     Evening Poster Session & Reception (no CME available)  
         

DAY 3 - Tuesday, 21 July 2015 (5.25 CME available)
         
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
07:30     Breakfast served until 09:00  
         
      Session 5: SMS Clinical Brain & Body imaging  
      Moderators: David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D. & Steen Moeller, Ph.D.  
08:30 Wave-CAIPI for Efficient TSE and QSM Acquisitions with Application in Brain Tumors

Berkin Bilgic, Ph.D.
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA

08:42 Cardiovascular Applications of SMS/MB Sebastian Schmitter, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
08:54     Body & Cardiac Applications with Simultaneous Multi-
Slice Imaging
David E. Sosnovik, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  

09:06

Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging in Cardiac Gated DIR-RADFSE Sagar Mandava, M.Sc.
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, USA
09:14 Radial Cardiac Perfusion MRI with Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging Edward V. R. DiBella, Ph.D.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
09:22 CAIPIRINHA-SSFP with Improved Banding Artifact Performance Vanessa L. Landes, B.Sc.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
09:30 High-Resolution Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Using Multiband 2D RF Pulses & a Generalized Parallel Imaging Reconstruction Valentina Taviani, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
09:38 SMS in Fingerprinting Huihui Ye, B.S.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
      WEB Talk & Panel Discussion on SMS in Radiology (MSK, Body, Neuro, Cardiac)  
09:46     Clinical Applications of SMS Imaging Outside of the Brain Dingxin Wang, Ph.D.
Siemens Healthcare
Minneapolis, MN, USA
10:06   Panel Discussion  
10:30     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 6: Transmit & Receiver: Coils & RF Pulses (Part 1)  
      Moderator: Joseph V. Hajnal, Ph.D. & Jürgen K. Hennig, Ph.D.  
10:50

PINS Pulses

David G. Norris, Ph.D.
Donders Institute
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
11:02   Multi-PINS Pulse Cornelius Eichner, M.Sc.
A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
11:14 System Design Considerations for Multi-Band Excitation Arthur Borgonovi, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Eindhoven, Netherlands
11:26   High-Density Array Coil Design for Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging Boris R. Keil, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
11:38 SAR- & Peak-Power Constrained pTx Pulses for Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) Imaging Bastien Guerin, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
11:46 Insights from low-TR fMRI using SMS EPI Roland N. Boubela, Ph.D.
Center for Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering
Vienna, Austria
11:54 Half Fourier Acquisition Single Shot Turbo Spin Echo (HASTE) Imaging using Multiband (MB) Excitation & PINS Refocusing Pulses Jennifer Schulz, M.Sc.
Donders Institute for Brain
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
12:02     Lunch served until 13:00  
         
      Session 7: Transmit & Receiver: Coils & RF Pulses (Part 2)  
      Moderators: Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D. & Pierre-Francois A. Van de Moortele, M.D., Ph.D.  
13:30 Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging by Parallel Transmission: from 3T to 9.4T

Benedikt A. Poser, Ph.D.
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

13:42

Addressing SMS/MB Challenges at High Field with Parallel Transmission Xiaoping Wu, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
13:54 Low-Peak-Power Multiband Pulse Design Strategies William A. Grissom, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
14:06     Panel Discussion  
14:15     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 8: SMS Diffusion  
      Moderator: Peter J. Koopmans, Ph.D.& Rita G. Nunes, D.Phil.  
14:50 Overview of Diffusion Weighted SMS Imaging Steen Moeller, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
15:10   Towards Routine Sub-Millimeter Diffusion Imaging with Slider-SMS Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
15:22 SMS Readout-Segmented Diffusion EPI Robert Frost, Ph.D., M.Phys.
FMRIB Centre
Oxford, England, UK
15:34 SMS Diffusion Imaging at 7T Douglas A. C. Kelley, Ph.D.
General Electric Healthcare
Corte Madera, CA, USA
15:46 SMS in Muse Imaging for Head & Body Nan-Kuei Chen, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
15:58 High Resolution Whole Brain MB Diffusion Imaging at 7T for the Human Connectome Project An T. Vu, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
16:06 Multi-Band Accelerated Multi-Shell HARDI Neonatal Diffusion for the Developing Human Connectome Project Jana Hutter, Ph.D.
King’s College London
London, England, UK
16:14 Accelerated Multi-Shot EPI DTI with Multiband Imaging Hua Guo, Ph.D.
Center for Biomedical Imaging Research
Beijing, China
16:22 DW-SMS EPI with Prospective Motion Correction Michael Herbst, Ph.D.
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI, USA
16:30     Adjourn  
18:00     Dinner served until 19:00  
19:30     Bonfire Gathering  
         

 
DAY 4 - Wednesday, 22 July 2015 (2.75 CME available)
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
07:30     Breakfast served until 09:00  
         
      Session 9: fMRI Ultrahigh Field  
      Moderators: Benedikt A. Poser, Ph.D. & Kâmil Uğurbil, Ph.D.  
08:30   NIH BRAIN Initiative Project - MR Corticography for High Spatial Resolution fMRI with SMS EPI David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
08:42 SMS Spin Echo EPI for fMRI at Ultrahigh Field Peter J. Koopmans, Ph.D.
FMRIB Centre
Oxford, England, UK
08:54 Zoomed SMS EPI fMRI Alexander Beckett, Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
09:06   Robust Slice‐GRAPPA Autocalibration in SMS‐EPI using FLEET‐ACS & Slice‐FLEET Applied to High‐Resolution Functional MRI Acquisition at 7T Jonathan R. Polimeni, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
09:14     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 10: SMS Applications to Perfusion ASL & Flow  
      Moderators: Felix Breuer, Ph.D. & Rita G. Nunes, D.Phil.  
09:40 Overview of Arterial Spin Labeling with SMS Danny J. J. Wang, Ph.D.
University of California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
10:00   Perfusion ASL with Multiband: Pittsburgh Experience Tae Kim, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10:12 Velocity Phase Contrast SMS Liyong Chen, Ph.D.
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
      Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
10:24 Multiband Multislab 3D Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Reduced Acquisition Time & Improved Sensitivity Rasim Boyacioglu, Ph.D.
Donders Institute for Brain
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
10:32 Application of Simultaneous Multi-Slice Imaging in High-Resolution Blood Volume fMRI Benedikt A. Poser, Ph.D.
Maastricht University
Masstricht, The Netherlands
10:40     Panel Discussion with Closing Remarks  
      Hands – On Lab on SMS Reconstruction (Part 2)  
      Moderators: Benedikt Poser, Ph.D. & Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.  
10:48     Continue Lab Work  
12:00     Lunch served until 13:00 & Departure  
         

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