ISMRM22 - New Tools for the Neuroradiologist: MR Thermometry 2.0: Temperature as a Biomarker in Neuroscience

Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB & ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting • 07-12 May 2022 • London, UK

New Tools for the Neuroradiologist: MR Thermometry 2.0: Temperature as a Biomarker in Neuroscience

Sunrise Course

ORGANIZERS: Karin Markenroth Bloch, Susie Huang, Seena Dehkharghani, Anja van der Kolk

Wednesday, 11 May 2022

S11 (Breakout A)

08:00 - 09:00

Moderators: Leeor Alon

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Session Number: S-W-01

Session Number: S-W-01

Overview
Brain MRI continues to be a rapidly evolving area, and it sometimes seems as if every day a new MRI technique is introduced for imaging the brain. However, how do these "hot" novel techniques work, why would we want them at all, and are they ready to be clinically implemented or still within the realms of science? In this Sunrise course, four novel and promising quantitative MRI techniques used for brain imaging will be discussed, from basic principles and technical details to (potential) clinical applications.

Target Audience
Scientists either searching for a new research field or just staying up-to-date with the latest developments in brain MRI; clinicians who wish to understand new MRI techniques, learn how they can be adapted to the brain, and how they might be applicable in clinical practice.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the basics of MR thermometry, sodium imaging, MR elastography, and 4D flow quantification;
- Give examples of clinical cases in which these techniques can be useful; and
- Identify the limitations of each technique.

	08:00		Temperature & the Human Brain: Temperature Acquisition Strategies View the Presentation Kagayaki Kuroda To measure brain temperature as a biomarker for detecting the thermal homeostasis and its breakdown due to trauma or cerebral infarction, or heat generation due to functional activation, we need to sharpen the MR thermometry techniques to the utmost limit. The purpose of this lecture is to discuss about the technique and the background physics of absolute and/or high-precision thermometry.
	08:30		Temperature & the Human Brain: Homeostasis, Dysregulation & Viability View the Presentation Deqiang Qiu