ISMRM25 - The Best of Two Worlds: Physics & Engineering IV: Taming the Beast: Adding & Controlling Complexity of Hybrid Systems & Conditional Devices

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

The Best of Two Worlds: Physics & Engineering IV: Taming the Beast: Adding & Controlling Complexity of Hybrid Systems & Conditional Devices

Weekend Course

ORGANIZERS: Jana Delfino, Brian Hargreaves, Douglas Kelley, Najat Salameh, Andrew Webb

Sunday, 11 May 2025

311

13:15 - 17:15

Moderators:
Part II: Özlem Ipek & Bilal Tasdelen
Part I: Daniel Wenz & Florian Wiesinger

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Session Number: WE-30

No CME/CE Credit

Session Number: WE-30

Overview
MRI value can be expanded when combined with other modalities, tools, or devices. Although appealing, this raises numerous questions in particular when it comes to safety and standard practice to validate new tools.
This session proposes to showcase current state-of-the-art approaches where MRI is part of a whole and discuss their implications.

Target Audience
Physicists and Engineers.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe how a potential issue can be turned into a feature;
• Describe opportunities of low-field MRI; and
• Describe opportunities of high-field MRI.

Part I
13:15		MR & PET Fernando Boada
13:45		MRI & HIFU View Presentation Video Kagayaki Kuroda Impact: MRI offers superior soft tissue contrast for precise treatment planning and evaluation, along with motion tracking capabilities. Its unique advantage in HIFU is noninvasive thermometry, enabling real-time temperature monitoring that is not achievable with other imaging modalities.
14:15		MR & Radiotherapy View Presentation Video Astrid van Lier Impact: Hybrid MRI-guided radiotherapy systems, such as MR-Linac, combine MRI and linear accelerators, requiring specialized designs to ensure dose accuracy and MRI geometrical precision. They support accurate and fast imaging, enabling precise, adaptive tumor targeting, even for moving tumors.
14:45		Round-Table Discussion
15:10		Break & Meet the Teachers
Part II
15:25		f2503: The Labelling Standard Michael Steckner
15:35		MRI & Active Implants View Presentation Video Michael Steckner, PhD, MBA Impact: Patients with implants routinely receive an MRI due to break-through implant developments and in coordination with MR safety standards requiring the release of additional information, and field output controls. The path towards a "hybrid device" has been long, complex and continues.
16:05		MRI & Passive Implants View Presentation Video Christopher Collins Impact: The static, gradient, and RF fields of MRI can interact with passive implants in a wide variety of ways. The necessary considerations for determining conditions under which patients with passive implants can be imaged safely will be reviewed in this talk.
16:35		Round-Table Discussion
17:00		Break & Meet the Teachers