ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting & Exhibition SMRT 22nd Annual Meeting 20-26 April 2013 Salt Palace Convention Center • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2013 PROGRAM SCHEDULE Last updated: 15 April, 2013
Friday, 19 April | Tuesday, 23 April
Saturday, 20 April | Wednesday, 24 April
Sunday, 21 April | Thursday, 25 April
Monday, 22 April | Friday, 26 April
FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2013
Onsite Registration Opens 14:00 - 20:00
SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2013
Educational Course Key
| Body |  |
| Cancer |  |
| Cardiovascular |  |
| Cross Cutting & Emerging Technologies
| Diffusion/Perfusion |  |
| Musculoskeletal |  |
| Neuro |  |
| Physics & Engineering
Educational Course: Innovation in Body MRI | Educational Course: Pre-Clinical MR of Cancer | Educational Course: Perfusion Imaging: ASL, DCE & DSC (morning) | Educational Course: Single-Subject Neuroimaging (morning) | Educational Course: Challenges in Musculoskeletal Imaging | Educational Course: Advanced Neuroimaging 1: Brain & Spinal Cord | Educational Course: MR Systems Engineering | Educational Course: MR Physics for Physicists
08:00-12:35 | 08:30-12:45
Educational Course: fMRI: From Basic to Intermediate Brain Connectivity, Part 1 (afternoon) | Educational Course: Diffusion Goes Mad (afternoon)
08:30-17:15 | 08:30-17:15 | 13:30-18:15 | 14:00-18:15 | 08:30-16:45 | 09:00-17:15 | 08:30-17:15 | 08:30-18:15
Room 150 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 155 BC | Room 151 AG | Room 255 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 1 (Technologist/Radiographer Program) Room 355 BCEF
SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013
Educational Course: Molecular & Cellular Imaging: From Bench to the Bed | Educational Course: Clinical Cancer MRI - Case-Based Teaching | Educational Course: Recent Innovations in Cardiac MR | Educational Course: Everything You Wanted to Know about MR-PET (morning) | Educational Course: Advanced Diffusion Acquisition: Targeted Methods (morning) | Educational Course: Advanced Neuroimaging 2: Across the Lifespan | Educational Course: RF Engineering - Coils | Educational Course: Imaging Acquisition & Reconstruction
08:00-12:15 | 08:00-12:45
Educational Course: A Practical Guide to MR Safety (afternoon) | Educational Course: fMRI: From Basic to Intermediate Brain Connectivity, Part 2 (afternoon)
08:30-16:45 | 08:30-17:15 | 08:00-18:00 | 13:30-17:45 | 13:30-18:15 | 09:00-17:15 | 08:30-16:45 | 08:30-17:45
Room 155 EF | Room 150 AG | Room 155 BC | Room 151 AG | Room 255 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
12:30 - 13:30 Silver Corporate Symposium Bayer HealthCare (no CME credit) Plenary Hall
SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 2 (Technologist/Radiographer Program) Room 355 BCEF
Opening Reception in Technical Exhibition Exhibit Hall 17:45 to 19:15
MONDAY 22 APRIL 2013
PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall 07:30-10:20
07:30 | Welcome & Awards - Thomas M. Grist, M.D., F.A.C.R., 2012-13 ISMRM President
08:20 | Lauterbur Lecture: Beyond Fourier Encoding: The Need, the Challenges & the Rewards of Breaking Out of K-Space, Klaas P. Pruessmann, Ph.D.
| Panning for Gold: 20 Years of Innovation in MRI Organizers: Garry E. Gold, M.D. & Thomas M. Grist, M.D., F.A.C.R.
| 09:05 |  | Surface Coils, Joseph J. H. Ackerman, Ph.D.
| 09:20 |  | Inversion Recovery & Early Contrast Studies in the Brain: A Brief History, Ian R. Young, Ph.D.
| 09:35 |  | Contrast MR Angiography, Martin R. Prince, M.D., Ph.D.
| 09:50 |  | Excitation K-Space & uTE MRI, John M. Pauly, Ph.D.
| 10:05 |  | Fast Spin Echo, Jürgen K. Hennig, Ph.D.
| 10:20 |  | Adjourn
10:20 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 12:45
Traditional Poster Session Cardiovascular (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Neuro A (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Interventional MRI (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Hyperpolarized Media MR (no CME credit) | Young Investigator Award Presentations | Extreme Encoding Methods | Renal MRI | fMRI Connectivity: Mechanisms & Analysis | Advanced MRI in Multiple Sclerosis | Diffusion Acquisition | Educational Course: MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians | Educational Course: MRI of Musculoskeletal Impingement Syndromes | Educational Course: Integrated Comprehensive Approach to the Brain Tumor Patient: A Case Study
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 251 BCEF
12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 14:00 Gold Corporate Symposium GE Healthcare (no CME credit) Plenary Hall
14:15 - 16:15
Traditional Poster Session Young Investigator Poster Presentations (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Diffusion & Perfusion (no CME credit) | Study Group Session MR Engineering; MR Safety (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy (no CME credit) | Flow Quantification | RF Pulse Design | Animal Models 1 | Prostate: Clinical | Arterial Spin Labeling | Educational Course: Imaging Metabolism with Hyperpolarized Nuclei | Educational Course: ISMRM/SMRT Forum: Safe & Ethical Imaging of Patients & Research Subjects | Special Session: Mock Grant Review (no CME credit) | Educational Course: New Advances in Neurodegenerative Disease
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 251 BCEF
16:15 - 16:30 BREAK
16:30 - 18:30
Traditional Poster Session Diffusion & Perfusion (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Functional MRI (Neuro) (no CME credit) | Study Group Session High Field Systems & Applications (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Cardiac MR (no CME credit) | MRS: Normal Metabolism & Systems Under Stress | Image Reconstruction | New Systems & Probes | Bone, Tendon & Menisci: State of the Art | Novel Contrast Agents & Reporters | Translational Scientific Session: Susceptibility Image in the Brain | Advanced Fetal & Pediatric CNS Imaging | Educational Course: Female Pelvis | Educational Course: Added Value of DWI for Your Clinical Practice
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2013
Sunrise Educational Courses 07:00 - 7:50
Educational Course: Hot Topics in Body MRI | Educational Course: MRS | Educational Course: Cardiac MR Today & Tomorrow | Educational Course: Emerging Clinical Techniques | Educational Course: Practical Quantitative Imaging | Educational Course: Translational Pathways & Validation | Educational Course: Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Neuroimaging Methods | Educational Course: Advanced MSK MRI Techniques with Clinical Applications | Educational Course: From Pulse Sequence to Clinical Applications in the Brain | Educational Course: Nuts & Bolts of Advanced Imaging
Room 250 BCEF | Room 150 AG | Room 155A | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF
PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall 08:15-09:30 Plenary Session: MRI in Cancer: Promises, Controversies & Technical Innovation in Breast MRI Organizers: Brian A. Hargreaves, Ph.D. & Elizabeth A. Morris, M.D., F.A.C.R.
| 08:15 |  | How Clinical Research Trials Changed the Use of Breast MRI, Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D.
| 08:40 |  | Innovations in Breast MRI, Donald B. Plewes, Ph.D.
| 09:05 |  | Screening for Breast Cancer with MRI, Christiane K. Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D.
| 09:30 |  | Adjourn
09:30 - 10:00 BREAK
10:00 - 12:00
Traditional Poster Session Neuro A (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Sessions Musculoskeletal; Cancer (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Psychiatric MR Spectroscopy & Imaging (no CME credit) | Translational Scientific Session: Fast Cardiac Imaging | Breast MRI: Clinical & Technical | Advanced Stroke Imaging | MRS: Cancer & Aberrant Metabolism | Thermotherapy & Thermometry | Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents | Sequences & Applications | Educational Course: Bowel | Educational Course: Imaging Bone Architecture & Composition
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH
12:15 - 13:15 Gold Corporate Symposium Philips Healthcare (no CME credit) Plenary Hall
13:30 - 15:30
Traditional Poster Session Pulse Sequences & Reconstruction A (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Neuro B (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Molecular & Cellular Imaging (no CME credit) | Study Group Session MR Flow & Motion Quantitation (no CME credit) | Tissue Characterization of the Myocardium: Different Insights | High Resolution Brain Morphometry | Hepatobiliary/ Pancreas | Transmit Arrays & RF Safety | High Resolution fMRI Applications to Neuroscience | Motion Artifact Correction | Educational Course: Bringing Radiation Therapy to the Next Level: Technical Concepts & Clinical Applications | Educational Course: Imaging Muscle Structure & Function | Educational Course: Cerebrovascular Disease: From Acute to Chronic
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 251 BCEF
15:30 - 16:00 BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Traditional Poster Sessions Body; Molecular Imaging (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Pulse Sequences & Reconstruction A (no CME credit) | Study Group Session MR of Cancer (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Perfusion (no CME credit) | Myocardial Perfusion: Technical Development & Clinical Needs | fMRI Connectivity: Applications | Animal Models 2 | Spine & Spinal Cord | Muscle: Physiology & Function | B1 Mapping & Corrections | Educational Course: Cardiovascular MR Imaging: Pushing the Limits - Part 1: CMR in Cardiac Arrhythmias | Educational Course: MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians | Educational Course: Revenge: Game Show
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
| 18:30 - 20:30 |
| Bronze Corporate Symposium Contrast-Enhanced MRA: Optimizing Safety and Efficacy Bracco (no CME credit) |
| Room 255 EF |
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2013
Sunrise Educational Courses 07:00 - 7:50
Educational Course: Hot Topics in Body MRI | Educational Course: MRS | Educational Course: Cardiac MR Today & Tomorrow | Educational Course: Emerging Clinical Techniques | Educational Course: Practical Quantitative Imaging | Educational Course: Translational Pathways & Validation | Educational Course: Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Neuroimaging Methods | Educational Course: Advanced MSK MRI Techniques with Clinical Applications | Educational Course: From Pulse Sequence to Clinical Applications in the Brain | Educational Course: Nuts & Bolts of Advanced Imaging
Room 250 BCEF | Room 150 AG | Room 155A | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF
PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall 08:10-09:30
Plenary Session: Standardization of MR-Based Biomarkers for Evidence Based Medicine Across Institutions Organizers: Robert E. Lenkinski, Ph.D. & Keith R. Thulborn, M.D., Ph.D.
| 08:10 |  | The Evolution in the MR-Based Biomarker, Neil M. Rofsky, M.D.
| 08:30 |  | The European Experience with Multi-Center Breast MR Trials, Francesco Sardanelli, M.D.
| 08:50 |  | The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN): Successes & Failures, Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D.
| 09:10 |  | NIBIB New Horizons: Frontiers in Body MRI: From Qualitative to Quantitative, Scott B. Reeder, M.D., Ph.D.
| 09:30 |  | Adjourn
09:30 - 10:00 BREAK
10:00 - 12:00
Traditional Poster Session Pulse Sequences & Reconstruction B (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Sessions Molecular Imaging; MR Spectroscopy (no CME credit) | Study Group Session White Matter (no CME credit) | Neurodegenerative: Clinical | RF Engineering: Far Fields & High Dielectrics | Translational Scientific Session: Fat-Water Imaging- Translational Applications | Novel fMRI Acquisition Methods & Contrast Mechanisms | Saturation Transfer: New Frontiers & Applications | Cartilage & Basic Science: Emerging Techniques | Preclinical Cancer Imaging: Molecular & Traditional | Educational Course: Lung | Educational Course: Motion Artifacts & Practical Solutions
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251BCEF
Hands-On Workshop 1 GE Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 1 Neuro/MSK Philips Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 1 MR Angiography Techniques, Protocol Optimization & Post-Processing Siemens (no CME credit)
Room 155D | Room 255D | Room 355D
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH
12:15 - 13:15 Gold Corporate Symposium Siemens (no CME credit) Plenary Hall
13:30 - 15:30
Traditional Poster Sessions Musculoskeletal; Engineering (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Body (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Current Issues in Brain Function (no CME credit) | Study Group Session MR in Drug Research (no CME credit) | Novel Neuroimaging Methods | Relaxometry & Parameter Mapping | Of Catheters, Guidewires & Needles: MR-Guided Interventions | Cardiac Microstructure & Function | Diffusion Biophysics & Modeling | Tumor Therapy Response: Clinical & Preclinical | Educational Course: Cardiovascular MR Imaging: Pushing the Limits - Part 2: Case-Based Studies in CMR | Special Session: Women in MRI - Networking & Panel Discussion (no CME credit) | Educational Course: Multiple Sclerosis: from Pathology to Patients' Monitoring
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 251 BCEF
Hands-On Workshop 2 GE Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 2 Body/Cardiovascular Philips Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 2 Conditional Metal Implant Imaging & MapIT, Protocol Optimization & Post-Processing Siemens (no CME credit)
Room 155D | Room 255D | Room 355D
15:30 - 16:00 BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
Traditional Poster Sessions Cancer; Interventional (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Pulse Sequences & Reconstruction B (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Musculoskeletal MR (no CME credit) | Human Brain Tumors: Diagnosis & Response | fMRI in Brain Disorders | MRS: Methods, Physiologic & MR Parameters | MRA: Still Worth Mining | Correction for Eddy Currents & Off-Resonance | Acquisition & Detection Strategies in Molecular Imaging | Educational Course: Body MR Artifacts: A Game Show! - Case-Based Teaching | Educational Course: MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians | Educational Course: Emerging Technologies for Clinical Neuroimaging
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 BC
| ISMRM Business Meeting (no CME credit) 18:15 - 19:15 Room 150 AG |
THURSDAY 25 APRIL 2013
Sunrise Educational Courses 07:00 - 7:50
Educational Course: Hot Topics in Body MRI | Educational Course: MRS | Educational Course: Cardiac MR Today & Tomorrow | Educational Course: Emerging Clinical Techniques | Educational Course: Practical Quantitative Imaging | Educational Course: Translational Pathways & Validation | Educational Course: Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Neuroimaging Methods | Educational Course: Advanced MSK MRI Techniques with Clinical Applications | Educational Course: From Pulse Sequence to Clinical Applications in the Brain | Educational Course: Nuts & Bolts of Advanced Imaging
Room 250 BCEF | Room 150 AG | Room 155A | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF
PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall 08:00-10:00
08:00 | Young Investigator Awards Presentation, Peter Jezzard, Ph.D., 2013-14 ISMRM President
08:15 | Mansfield Lecture: MRI & Mechanobiology: Emerging Science at the Intersection of Engineering & Medicine, Richard L. Ehman, M.D.
| Plenary Session: MR-PET Organizers: Roland Bammer, Ph.D., Marco Essig, M.D., Ph.D. & Garry E. Gold, M.D.
| 09:00 |  | Next Generation of Integrated Diagnostics, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D.
| 09:20 |  | MR-PET Instrumentation & the Gains for Both Modalities, Bernd J. Pichler, Ph.D.
| 09:40 |  | A Clinical Tool for Radiologists?, Ciprian Catana, M.D., Ph.D.
| 10:00 |  | Adjourn
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Traditional Poster Sessions MR Spectroscopy; Functional MRI (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Sessions Interventional; Engineering (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Diffusion (no CME credit) | Study Group Session Detection & Correction of Motion in MRI & MRS (no CME credit) | Cutting-Edge Cardiac MRI | Perfusion & Permeability Measured with Contrast Agents | Emerging Body MR Techniques | Compressed Sensing: Novel Methods & Applications | Advanced Imaging for Dementia | Advanced Neurovascular MRA | Cartilage: Clinical & Translational | Pulmonary Imaging: From Mouse to Man | Special Session: Emerging Techniques: Meet the Experts (no CME credit)
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 155 ABC | Room 254 ABC | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 255 BC
Hands-On Workshop 3 GE Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 3 Neuro/MSK Philips Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 3 fMRI & DTI: Acquisition Protocols & Post-Processing Siemens (no CME credit)
Room 155D | Room 255D | Room 355D
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 15:30
Traditional Poster Session Neuro B (no CME credit) | Electronic Poster Session Cardiovascular (no CME credit) | Hyperpolarized 13C | Gradients, Shims & Field Monitoring | Diabetes, Nutrition & Gastrointestinal | Translational Scientific Session: Musculoskeletal Translational Imaging | Advances in Image Analysis | Microstructure By All Means | Perfusion & Permeability: Applications | Educational Course: Cardiovascular MR Imaging: Pushing the Limits - Part 3: Accelerated Cardiovascular Imaging: Technique & Clinical Applications | Educational Course: Off-Mainstream Techniques
Exhibition Hall | Exhibition Hall | Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF
Hands-On Workshop 4 GE Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 4 Body/Cardiovascular Philips Healthcare (no CME credit) | Hands-On Workshop 4 Biograph mMR, Tissue4D & Onco-Treat Siemens (no CME credit)
Room 155D | Room 255D | Room 355D
15:30 - 16:00 BREAK
16:00 - 18:00
RF Circuits & Concepts | Imaging Biomarkers in Psychiatric Diseases | Body Perfusion & Contrast Agents | fMRI with Simultaneous [Insert Modality Here] | UTE: Methods & Applications | Fibers & Tractography | Brain Diffusion Imaging: Clinical Applications Across the Lifespan | Educational Course: MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians | Educational Course: Game Show: Lower-Higher: The Transition from Low Field to High Field - Case-Based Teaching
Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF | Room 251 BCEF | Room 250 BCEF
Closing Party Hall AB 18:15 to 22:00
FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2013
PLENARY SESSION Plenary Hall 08:15-09:30 Plenary Session: Connectomics: A New Frontier in Neuroscience Organizers: Xiaoping P. Hu, Ph.D., Derek K. Jones, Ph.D. & Karla L. Miller, Ph.D.
| 08:15 |  | Establishing the Brain's Connections: How Connectomics will Change Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, Klaas E. Stephan, M.D.
| 08:40 |  | State of the Art in Hardware, Acquisition & Analysis for In-Vivo Connectivity, Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.
| 09:05 |  | Innovations in Multi-Modal Imaging for Mapping a Comprehensive Human Connectome, Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
| 09:30 |  | Adjourn |
09:30 - 10:30 BREAK
10:30 - 12:30
Normal Developing Brain | Preclinical Cancer Spectroscopy | Hyperpolarized Gases: The Lung & Beyond | Hybrid Systems | Cortex, Connections & Connectomes | Probing Brain Physiology & Metabolism with fMRI | MRS of the Brain | Contrast Generation & Elastography | Vessel Wall Imaging
Room 150 AG | Room 151 AG | Room 155 EF | Room 250 BCEF | Room 251 BCEF | Room 255 BC | Room 255 EF | Room 355 BC | Room 355 EF