ISMRM25 - Now, in Some Time or Never: Is This Ready To Go Clinical? Metabolic Imaging

ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition • 10-15 May 2025 • Honolulu, Hawai'i

Now, in Some Time or Never: Is This Ready To Go Clinical? Metabolic Imaging

Sunrise Course

ORGANIZERS: Seung Hong Choi, Harpreet Hyare, Katharina Schregel, Christin Sander, Wietske van der Zwaag

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

310 (Lili-u Theater)

07:00 - 08:00

Moderators: Christian Farrar & Kianush Karimian-Jazi

Skill Level: Basic to Intermediate

Session Number: S-W-04

CME Credit

Session Number: S-W-04

Overview
Advanced MRI methods to assess neurofluid flow and dynamics or proteins and metabolites are emerging and scientifically well investigated. Moreover, techniques to dramatically speed up image acquisition were developed. However, are these scientific achievements ready for the clinical routine? Which advancement is really needed for patient care? Will a novel technique make the clinician's life easier or just more complicated?

Target Audience
Neuroscientists, neuroradiologists, clinicians who currently explore new MRI techniques, and MR physicists and engineers developing new MRI methodologies.
Clinicians in search of a solution to a specific clinical problem, scientists that want to know if a specific application is transferable to the clinical routine soon, in the hopefully near future or at all.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe methods to image neurofluids;
• Identify fast imaging techniques that are applicable in the clinical routine; and
• Interpret the results from CEST-imaging in the context of brain diseases.

07:00		CEST, Fingerprints & Other Hints on Metabolites View Presentation Video Ouri Cohen Impact: This lecture will explore the challenges associated with traditional CEST imaging and present methods that enable quantitative CEST imaging within shorter scan times for applications in clinical cancer care.
07:30		Should CEST Be Added to Routine Imaging Protocols? View Presentation Video Daniel Paech Impact: Exploration of the potential of CEST MRI in clinical imaging, including applications in neuro-oncology diagnostics and therapy monitoring. Discuss clinical value, technical challenges, and readiness for routine implementation.