ISMRM 23rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition • 30 May - 05 June 2015 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Study Group Session • MR Safety

Day: Monday, 1 June 2015
Time: 16:30-18:30
Room: Reception Hall 104 BCD
Study Group Committee:
Chair, Emanuel Kanal, M.D., FACR; Chair-Elect, Devashish Shrivastava, Ph.D.; Program Director, Tamer S. Ibrahim, Ph.D.;
Program Director-Elect, Lawrence L. Wald, Ph.D.; Secretary, Ed B. Boskamp, Ph.D.; Secretary-Elect, Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Ph.D.

PROGRAM
     
16:30 Welcome & Business Meeting Emanuel Kanal, M.D., FACR
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
     
16:45 International Standardization of MR Safety Practices: 2015 Update Emanuel Kanal, M.D., FACR
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
     
17:00 Open Discussion: Practical Implementation of International Standardization  MR Safety Study Group Committee
  of MR Safety Practices. Questions, Suggestions & Opinions  
     
  Abstract Oral Presentations  
     
17:15 Analysis of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Human Peripheral Blood  Mahsa Fatahi, M.Sc.
  Mononuclear Cells After Exposure to 7T MRI Otto-von-Guericke-University Madgeburg, Germany
     
17:25 Simplified Computational Models of Medical Devices for Accurate RF  Alan R. Leewood, Ph.D.
  Heating Simulations with Significantly Reduced Computational Cost MED Institute, Inc., USA
     
17:35 Faster B1 Field & SAR Estimation in Parallel Transmit Arrays without  Hongbae Jeong, M.Sc.
  Tuning using Voltage Sources University of Oxford, United Kingdom
     
17:45 Direct SAR Mapping by Thermoacoustic Imaging: Experimental  Simone A. Winkler, Ph.D.
  Proof-of-Concept Stanford University, USA
     
17:55 Discussion  
     
18:00 Poster Session: Electronic & Traditional Poster Display  
     
18:30 Adjournment