Virtual Meetings

Quantitative MRI (qMRI) techniques have been in use for some time, but recent advances in hardware and software have significantly enhanced the accuracy and power of image quantification. These innovations are making qMRI tools increasingly accessible in clinical settings. While analysis methods are essential, proper image acquisition remains crucial for accurate measurements. In this virtual meeting, the qMRI Study Group will present the current landscape of qMRI, highlighting its applications and opportunities for MRI technologists. ISMRT members who are actively involved in the qMRI Study Group will share their experiences and explain how they contribute their expertise to support qMRI protocols and research. We invite the entire MRI technologist community to join us, ask questions, and explore how you can get involved as an active ISMRT member of the qMRI Study Group.

Join us for an engaging ISMRT virtual meeting designed to help early-career radiographers and technologists craft successful ISMRT abstracts. This session will highlight key strategies for writing impactful submissions, common pitfalls to avoid, and tips tailored to clinical and technical research. Featuring a special presentation by this year’s ISMRT President’s Award winner, we’ll showcase their winning abstract from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Hawai‘i as a real-world example of excellence. Whether you’re preparing your first submission or aiming to refine your skills, this session offers practical guidance and reviewer insights to help your abstract stand out.

The Molecular & Cellular Imaging Study Group invites researchers, clinicians, and students to an engaging session focused on the emerging field of MRI-based theranostics. This meeting will explore the integration of molecular imaging and therapeutic strategies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as both a diagnostic and treatment-monitoring tool. Participants will gain insights into the principles of molecular and cellular MRI, including the design of targeted contrast agents, nanoparticle-based systems, and smart probes that enable real-time visualization of disease progression and therapeutic response.

Through a series of presentations and discussions, the study group will highlight recent advancements in MRI-guided drug delivery, personalized medicine, and noninvasive monitoring of cellular and molecular processes. Special emphasis will be placed on translational research bridging laboratory findings with clinical applications, covering areas such as oncology, neurodegenerative disorders, and cardiovascular disease.

This meeting provides a unique platform for interdisciplinary exchange, encouraging collaboration among molecular biologists, chemists, imaging scientists, and healthcare professionals. Attendees will have the opportunity to share their research, discuss challenges in MRI-based theranostic development, and identify future directions for innovation in this rapidly evolving field.

Quantitation is currently an important trend in MR research, and musculoskeletal imaging is part of this trend. With new methods being developed, and many already being tested in a research setting, we raise the question: is qMRI ready for clinical applications in musculoskeletal imaging?

In this virtual meeting, we are hosting two clinicians, Mauro Monforte, neurologist, and Daichi Hayashi, radiologist, who will talk about current trends and applications of qMRI in clinical practice, in the muscle and in the skeletal system.

This virtual seminar will focus on recent advances in motion correction in fetal and placental MRI. Our expert speakers will describe various motion correction strategies implemented during both acquisition and post-processing, with a focus on imaging the fetal heart, placenta, and uterus. The seminar will explore state-of-the-art techniques designed to address image artifacts caused by fetal movement and maternal respiration. Attendees can expect to gain a comprehensive understanding of current motion correction strategies for fetal-placental MRI, including the strengths, limitations, and practical applications of these methods in both clinical and research settings. A live Q&A session will follow the presentations.

This webinar series will provide a guide to writing strong ISMRM Registered Abstracts with an emphasis on key success elements, common pitfalls, and practical examples relevant for all researchers. This abstract category was introduced for the first time for the 2024 annual meeting. In this session, we will hear specific suggestions on preparing these Registered Abstracts based on feedback from our first year.

This one-hour virtual session is hosted by the Flow & Motion Quantitation Study Group. It will spotlight two innovative 4D flow MRI approaches. Haben Berhane will present a deep learning-based technique that combines anatomical models with fluid dynamics to derive 3D aortic hemodynamics using a large 4D flow clinical database. Charles McGrath, Ph.D., will present a novel method for referenceless 4D flow MRI using radial bSSFP at 0.6T, demonstrating the potential of low-field imaging without the need for traditional phase correction. Both presentations challenge the norms of acquisition and analysis, promising discussions on the techniques, accuracy, accessibility, and clinical integration. Whether you are research-focused or clinically oriented, this is not your usual 4D flow meeting.

During MRI, RF-induced thermal stress of tissues is managed by limiting the specific absorption rate (SAR), which is used as a surrogate for temperature increase. In principle, both global and local values of SAR can be restricted. Global SAR is easier to assess, for example, taking the ratio between the measured absorbed power and the patient mass, but it provides average information only. In contrast, local SAR is much more difficult to estimate, but it has the potential to “personalize” safety, possibly allowing to widen the safety margins and exploiting the full power of MRI. The spatial distribution of local SAR is influenced by several factors, including body size, posture, and position within the scanner. In addition, a truly subject-specific SAR assessment would require knowledge about the heterogeneity of tissues, with their dielectric properties.

The virtual meeting aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the available scientific evidence about the variability of subject-specific SAR and possible solutions to assess it. Special attention will be paid to electric properties tomography (EPT), which estimates the patient’s dielectric properties from complex B1 maps and can provide an estimation of electric field maps to enable an estimation of subject-specific local SAR. To provide a comprehensive picture and explore the benefits of subject-specific SAR, the discussion will be supplemented with a presentation on the relationship between SAR limits and thermal thresholds.

Do you feel you lack the big-picture insight into the different cardiac MRI methods and how they are applied clinically?

Join this trainee-initiated webinar (open to everyone) designed to unravel the complexities of clinical cardiac MRI and bridge the gap between research innovations and clinical applications. The session will provide an overview of the different types of cardiac MRI images used in clinical practice, outlining what parameters and qualitative assessments are derived from each modality, the specific clinical questions these assessments address, and how their answers can directly influence a patient’s future care and management decisions. We will also highlight the current weaknesses and limitations of these techniques and discuss what the research community could do to overcome them. In addition, we will explore emerging and innovative methods in cardiac MRI research and how they could address unmet clinical needs, improve diagnostic accuracy, and open new avenues for treatment planning. This is an excellent opportunity to gain both breadth and depth of insight into the role of cardiac MRI in cardiovascular medicine.