ISMRM25 - Unmet Clinical Needs & Underutilized Technical Methods

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

Unmet Clinical Needs & Underutilized Technical Methods

Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Timothy Bray, Alissa Burge, Hermien Kan

Saturday, 10 May 2025

313A

13:00 - 16:55

Moderators:
All Sections: David Reiter & Jingting Yao

Skill Level: Basic to Advanced

Session Number: WE-10

CME Credit

Session Number: WE-10

Overview
Technical advances in musculoskeletal MRI are constant, with new developments in sequencing and processing resulting in a continual evolution of available imaging techniques. While certain techniques are adopted into clinical practice relatively rapidly, others seem to be underutilized in typical clinical imaging algorithms. On the other hand, while MR imaging is crucial in the diagnosis of a variety of clinical entities, certain conditions exist for which imaging options are insufficient or suboptimal. This session aims to explore areas where currently available technical methods may address unmet clinical needs, as well as barriers to adoption.

Target Audience
Clinicians, radiologists, technologists, and scientists interested in a discussion of unmet clinical needs and underutilized technical methods, and where the two may intersect.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Identify clinical problems for which current imaging options may be insufficient or suboptimal;
• Discuss currently available technical methods which appear to be underutilized in typical clinical practice; and
• Identify areas in which currently available technical methods may address unmet clinical needs, as well as barriers to adoption.

Introduction
13:00		Bridging the Gap Between Technical Developments & Clinical Needs Rianne van der Heijden
Pediatric MRI
13:15		Whole-body MRI for the evaluation of heterogeneous change in malignant bone disease. View Presentation Video Matthew Blackledge, Antonio Candito, Nina Tunariu, Christina Messiou, Dow-Mu Koh Impact: Advanced bone cancers including metastatic prostate cancer and multiple myeloma are associated with significant morbidity and poor survival. In this presentation we discuss the latest trends in whole-body MRI for the assessment widespread bone disease.
13:40		What We Really Need in Clinical MSK Oncology Ali Pirasteh
14:05		Break & Meet the Teachers
Muscle & Whole Body MRI
14:20		Fast, Motion-Robust-Quiet View Presentation Video Jon Tamir Impact: This talk highlights advanced methods in pediatric MSK MRI—such as compressed sensing, SMS, non-Cartesian sampling, and flexible coils—that address key challenges like motion and scan time, while exploring barriers to their broader clinical adoption.
14:45		Children Are Not Just Small Adults Ali Syed
15:10		Break & Meet the Teachers
Musculoskeletal Oncology
15:25		qMRI of Muscle & Integration into Whole-Body Protocols Martijn Froeling
15:50		What Do the Numbers Mean? Silvia Blemker
16:15		Sports Medicine View Presentation Video Philip Colucci Impact: Conventional (MRI) is the gold standard diagnosing muscle injuries in sports medicine. Quantitative methods are promising but barriers to clinical implementation remain. Information gleaned from quantitative imaging needs to be validated with well-defined outcome measures.
16:40		Break & Meet the Teachers