PROGRAM SCHEDULE
 
Thursday, 10 July 2003   Monday, 14 July 2003
Friday, 11 July 2003   Tuesday, 15 July 2003
Saturday, 12 July 2003   Wednesday, 16 July 2003
Sunday, 13 July 2003  
 

THURSDAY, 10 JULY 2003

Neuroimaging - Day 1



09:00 to 17:50
Room 716 A/B

Advanced Body MRI - Day 1



08:30 to 17:40
Room 717 A/B

Brain Function and fMRI - Day 1



08:30 to 17:45
Room 715 A/B

MR Physics for Physicists - Day 1



08:30 to 17:50
Room 718 B

 Cardiac Imaging




08:30 - 18:00
Room 714 A/B		 RF Bootcamp: Essentials of RF Coil Design, Construction, and Interface

COURSE
CANCELLED		 MR Spectroscopy: Basics and Clinical Applications


08:30 to 18:00
Room 713 A/B

SMRT Technologist Program - Day 1
07:45-17:30
Room 701A/B
 

FRIDAY, 11 JULY 2003
Neuroimaging - Day 2




08:30 to 15:00
Room 716 A/B		 Advanced Body MRI - Day 2




08:00 to 15:00
Room 717 A/B		 Brain Function and fMRI - Day 2




08:40 to 15:10
Room 715 A/B		 MR Physics for Physicists - Day 2




08:00 to 14:50
Room 718 B		 MR Spectroscopy: Frontier Methodology and Applications


08:00 to 15:00
Room 713 A/B		 Sports Medicine MRI: Clinical and Technical Update



08:00 to 17:30
Room 718 A		 MR of Transgenic Mouse Models (MR Omics)




08:00 to 15:00
Room 714 A/B

SMRT Technologist Program - Day 2
07:45-17:30
Room 701 A/B

12:00 - 13:30
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Berlex Imaging/Schering AG Germany
"MRI: From Current Knowledge to New Horizons"
Hall F/G

STUDY GROUPS
15:30 to 17:30
Diffusion & Perfusion MR Study Group

718 B		 Psychiatry MRS & MRI Study Group


713 A/B		 High Field Systems & Applications Study Group


718 A		 Interventional MR Study Group


717 A/B		 MR Flow & Motion Quantitation Study Group

716 A/B		 Musculoskeletal Imaging Study Group


714 A/B

OPENING RECEPTION
17:45 to 19:15
Technical Exhibition area of EXHIBIT HALL

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

SATURDAY, 12 JULY 2003

07:45 Welcome and Medal Presentations, Richard L. Ehman, President

08:20 2003 LAUTERBUR LECTURE:
The Legacy of I.I. Rabi, Norman F. Ramsey
09:00 - 09:25 The Toronto Keynote Lecture:
Future Directions in Funded Biomedical Imaging Research, Roderic I. Pettigrew

 PLENARY LECTURES:  IMAGING IN CHRONIC DISEASE
09:25: Neurodegenerative Diseases and Epilepsy, Michael Weiner
09:50: The Burden of (Musculoskeletal) Disease: Challenges in Imaging for Diagnosis and Prognosis, Maarten Boers

Hall F/G

10:15 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 13:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL

Physiology, Disease, and Drug Abuse



718 A

Clinical Categorical:
 Cardiovascular MRI




718 B

Parallel Imaging Techniques

701 A

 Epilepsy: MR Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Imaging Analysis

701 B

Cancer: MRI of Model Systems





714 A/B

 Functional Renal MRI





716A/B		 Musculoskeletal MRI: Cartilage





713 A/B		 Diffusion Tensor Acquisition Methods




715 A/B		 Thermography







717 A/B

13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Siemens Medical Solutions
Hall F/G   

14:00 - 16:00
POSTER SESSION, SMRT FORUM, AND CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION






EXHIBIT HALL D		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
Peripheral MRA: Time Resolved vs. Flow Arrested


718 A		 SMRT Forum:
MR Purchase Decisions

718 B		 Clinical Science Focus Session: Micro and Macro Vascular Imaging of Cerebrovascular Disease

701 B		 Clinical Science Focus Session:  Musculoskeletal MRI: Clinical Studies




713 B

16:00 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 18:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Functional Neuro MRI: Physiological Measurement and Applications

718 A		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

718 B		 Contrast Agents and Relaxometry




701 A		 Clinical Human Brain MRS




701 B		 Flow Quantitation





714 A/B		 Vessel Wall MR Imaging




716 A/B		 Body MR at 3T?






713 A/B		 Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders



715 A/B		 Mouse Phenotyping: MR Omics




717 A/B

18:30 - 20:00
BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIA
Mallinckrodt
"Contrast Enhanced Breast MRI for Breast Cancer Staging"

Hall F/G


 

19:30 - 21:30
STUDY GROUPS
Cardiac MR Study Group




718 A		 MR Engineering Study Group




716 A/B		 MR of Cancer Study Group




718 B		 White Matter Diseases Study Group



717 A/B		 Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy Study Group



714 A/B		 Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MR Study Group



713 A/B		 MR in Drug Research Study Group




701 A

 

SUNDAY, 13 JULY 2003

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Controversies and Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI, Room 713 A/B
Parallel Imaging, Room 714 A/B
Emerging Body MR: From Structure to Function, Room 715 A/B
fMRI Experimental Methods, Room 718 B
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 718 A
Advanced MR Angiography Techniques, Room 716 A/B
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 717 A/B

PLENARY LECTURES:  SAFETY AND MRI
08:15: Physiological Limits of MR, John Schenck
08:40: Clinical Safety Issues, Donald M. Hadley
09:05: Gradient Safety Concerns, Brian K. Rutt
Hall F/G

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
Fast Imaging Sequences: Pushing the Limit

718 A		 Clinical Categorical:
 High Field Imaging



718 B		 Functional Neuro MRI: Spatial and Temporal Characteristics


701 A		 New Contrast Agents



701 B		 MR Safety and Bioeffects





714 A/B		 Diffusion Analysis I: Tracts and Errors

716 A/B		 Peripheral MRA:Technical Developments



713 A/B		 Spectroscopic Quantitation




715 A/B		 Neurological MR:Inflammation and Encephalopathy


717 A/B

12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
GE Medical Systems, Inc.
"New Frontiers in MRI Technology"
Hall F/G

13:30 - 15:30
POSTER SESSION, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS, AND BASIC SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION




EXHIBIT HALL D		 Hot Topics for Clinical Practice



718 A		 Basic Science Focus Session: Cancer: Perfusion and Permeability

718 B		 Basic Science Focus Session: Neurodegeneration: From Mouse to Man

701 B		 Clinical Science Focus Session:  Assessing Breast Tissue with MR


713 A/B

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Artifact Reduction in Rapid Imaging



718 A		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

718 B		 Experimental Stroke and Other Disease Models




701 A		 Vascular Interventions





701 B		 Body MRA Techniques





714 A/B		 Pediatric Brain MRS





716 A/B		 Bowel MR: Form and Function





713 A/B		 fMRI of Novel Animal Systems



715 A/B		 Cardiac Stem Cells






717 A/B

18:30 - 20:00
BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIUM

Bracco
"New Frontiers in Contrast Enhanced MRA"

701 A

 Bruker BioSpin MRI, Inc.
"Functional and Molecular Imaging of the Brain"

718 A

 

MONDAY, 14 JULY 2003

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Controversies and Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI, Room 713 A/B
Parallel Imaging, Room 714 A/B
Emerging Body MR: From Structure to Function, Room 715 A/B
fMRI Experimental Methods, Room 718 B
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 718 A
Advanced MR Angiography Techniques, Room 716 A/B
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 717 A/B

PLENARY LECTURES:  The RF Renaissance
08:15: A History of RF Coils, Eiichi Fukushima
08:40: Development and Challenges of High Field Probes, David I. Hoult
09:05: Parallel MRI: Breaking the Acquisition Speed Limit Using RF Coil Arrays, Joseph V. Hajnal

Hall F/G

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
Techniques in Cardiac MR




718 A		 Clinical Categorical:
Interventional MRI





718 B		 Clinical Categorical:
 Imaging in Drug Development


701 A		 fMRI Data Analysis I





701 B		 Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Clinical Applications





714 A/B		 Pulmonary (Perfusion, Embolism, and Masses)


716 A/B		 Hepatobiliary MRI





713 A/B		 RF Coils






715 A/B		 1H MRS of Human Brain: Techniques and Insights

717 A/B

12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Amersham Health
"Battle of the Protocols"

Hall F/G

13:30 - 15:30
POSTER SESSION, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS, AND BASIC SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION





EXHIBIT HALL D		 Basic Science Focus Session: Artifact Correction



718 A		 Clinical Science Focus Session: New Frontiers in Cardiovascular MR



718 B		 Clinical Science Focus Session:  Musculoskeletal MRI: Feasibility Studies


716 A/B		 Basic Science Focus Session: Functional Abdominal and Pelvic MRI

713 A/B

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Coil Array Design for Parallel Imaging



718 A		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

718 B		 Image Reconstructions





701 A		 fMRI Data Analysis II





701 B		 Cerebral Fine Structure: DTI and Mangamese-Induced Contrast

714 A/B		 Imaging Hyperpolarized Gases




716 A/B		 Stereoscopic Localization and Imaging




713 A/B		 Clinical Cancer MRI




715 A/B		 Pediatric Neuro MRI





717 A/B

18:15 - 19:15
ISMRM BUSINESS MEETING

718 A


 

TUESDAY, 15 JULY 2003

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Controversies and Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI, Room 713 A/B
Parallel Imaging, Room 714 A/B
Emerging Body MR: From Structure to Function, Room 715 A/B
fMRI Experimental Methods, Room 718 B
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 718 A
Advanced MR Angiography Techniques, Room 716 A/B
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 717 A/B

PLENARY LECTURES:  EVALUATION OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE BY MRI
08:15: Current State of the Art, Jan Bogaert
08:40: What's on the Horizon, Charles B. Higgins
09:05: What Does the Future Behold?, Elliot R. McVeigh
Hall F/G

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
Novel MRI Sequences




718 A		 Clinical Categorical:
Cardiovascular MRI




718 B		 fMRI Insights into Language and Cognition

701 A		 Brain Metabolism Carbon-13 and Beyond

701 B		 Elastography and Diffusion: New Developments



714 A/B		 Diffusion Analysis II: Beyond the Tensor


716 A/B		 Breast MR





713 A/B		 Image Processing: Brain



715 A/B		 Cancer MRS of Model Systems


717 A/B

12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Philips Medical Systems
"Changing How the World Looks at MR. . .Everywhere"

Hall F/G 

13:30 - 16:00
POSTER SESSION, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSION, AND SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION




EXHIBIT HALL D		 Clinical Science Focus Session:  Ischemic Heart Disease



718 A		 Basic Science Focus Session: Brain Perfusion: New Methods and Issues


701 B		 Basic Science Focus Session: ESR, Oxygenation, and Sodium

714 A/B

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Myocardial Perfusion and Viability


718 A		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

718 B		 fMRI of Human Sensory, Motor, and Visual Systems

701 A		 ASL Brain Perfusion: Technical Issues

701 B		 MR Spectroscopy: Compounds and Signals

714 A/B		 Interventional MRI



716 A/B		 New Frontiers in Body MR



713 A/B		 Cardiovascular Image Processing


715 A/B		 RF: From Soup to Nuts

717 A/B

18:30 - 20:30
CLOSING EVENING RECEPTION
CN Tower


 

WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 2003

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Controversies and Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI, Room 713 A/B
Parallel Imaging, Room 714 A/B
Emerging Body MR: From Structure to Function, Room 715 A/B
fMRI Experimental Methods, Room 718 B
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 718 A
Advanced MR Angiography Techniques, Room 716 A/B
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 717 A/B

PLENARY LECTURES:  THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT
08:15: Mechanisms Underlying Tumor Microenvironmental Pathophysiology, Mark W. Dewhirst
08:40: MRI and MRS Studies of Tumor Pathophysiology, Robert J. Gillies
09:05: EPR Studies of Tumor Oxygenation, Bernard Gallez

Hall F/G

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS
Coronary MR Imaging




718 A		 fMRI (Neuro) Imaging Techniques



718 B		 New Concepts in Magnets and Gradients

701 A		 Cancer: Clinical MRS Comes of Age


701 B		 Neck and Spine MRI: The Cutting Edge



714 A/B		 Image Processing: New Techniques


716 A/B		 Musculoskeletal MR: Functional Imaging and Spectroscopy


713 A/B		 Neurological MR




715 A/B		 MR Microscopy
717 A/B

12:30
ADJOURNMENT

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