Study Groups

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

A hub for discussing AI and machine learning applications in MRI, from algorithms to neural networks.

Mission:
To act as a central resource for technical topics on artificial intelligence and machine learning, including algorithms, neural network architectures, foundational models, and learning paradigms to facilitate their use in MRI

Body MRI

Community focused on advancing MR imaging technologies for abdomen and pelvis to improve patient care.

Mission:
To evaluate new technologies and contrast agents for MR imaging of the abdomen and pelvis, facilitate relevant research, education, and technical developments that will positively impact patient care.

Brain Function

Dedicated to developing MRI techniques that help us understand how the brain works.

Mission:
To further the development and application of MRI and MRS for the understanding of brain function.

Cardiac MR

Interactive space for advancing cardiovascular magnetic resonance through collaboration between scientists and clinicians.

Mission:
To provide an interactive forum for scientists, engineers, and clinicians to collaboratively advance the field of cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)

Network for sharing expertise and protocols to advance CEST MR techniques in clinical practice.

Mission:
Our mission is to stimulate and facilitate the further development, evaluation, and clinical application of CEST MR techniques. This includes creating a network of clinicians and scientists for sharing expertise, MRI acquisition protocols, and post-processing software. This will allow the building of consensus on the acquisition and post-processing protocols for CEST applications in both preclinical and clinical settings.

Diffusion

Community advancing diffusion MRI technology development and clinical applications.

Mission:
To facilitate the technological development, evaluation, and clinical application of diffusion MRI.

Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties

Focused on MR techniques that map electromagnetic tissue properties like magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties.

Mission:
To stimulate and facilitate the development, evaluation, and clinical application of MR techniques based on mapping or highlighting electromagnetic tissue properties, including: quantitative magnetic susceptibility mapping (QSM), susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), electrical properties tomography (EPT), MR electrical impedance tomography (MR-EIT), and related/corresponding methods.

Hyperpolarization

Advancing hyperpolarization techniques in biomedical science and promoting breakthrough discoveries.

Mission:
To advance the field of hyperpolarization in biomedical science and to promote methodological and scientific breakthroughs to the medical community.

Imaging Neurofluids

Platform for discussing brain fluid imaging methods and creating networks between clinicians and scientists.

Mission:
Provide a platform where different professionals and expertise can discuss appropriate imaging methods for the neurofluids and the brain waste drain mechanisms; Create a network between clinicians and scientists where people can share MRI protocol and post-processing software; Create an open reference database of neurofluid images and flows useful for numerical simulation; Build consortium to prepare common projects and respond to grant calls; Highlight experts in the field open to share their knowledge with the MR community; Involve clinicians and physiologists to provide a better understanding of the anatomy of fluids and brain parenchyma, information that would be key to translate basic science and imaging methodology to clinical practice; and Provide a bridge with other study groups such as MR flow, MR cardiac imaging, cutting-edge technologies, and white matter to bring the heart-brain axis to the forefront.

Interventional MR

Advancing real-time imaging during medical procedures through information sharing and technology development.

Mission:
To focus on the advancement of the science of intra-procedural imaging by providing a forum for dissemination of information and by developing mechanisms necessary for appropriate technology.

Low Field MRI

Community developing and applying low field strength MRI technology under 1.0T.

Mission:
To facilitate the development and application of low field strength MRI technology (<1.0T).

Metabolomics & Metabolomic Imaging (MMI)

Forum for advancing metabolomics technology and standardizing clinical applications across disciplines.

Mission:
Establish an all-inclusive forum for clinicians, scientists, clinical and medical physicists, engineers, and data experts within ISMRM to discuss the unmet needs and further advance the technology using their respective expertise; Develop connections and collaborations between MMI members with medical imaging and metabolomics communities outside of ISMRM; Evaluate the state of MMI in medicine and provide standardized recommendations for every stage of MMI evaluations including data measurements and analyses, as well quality assurance and controls; Facilitate technical developments, methodological consensus, and disease applications through MMI organized workshops and symposiums to bring impactful clinical investigations and translations; Disseminate MMI knowledge to all members of ISMRM through the annual meeting; Coordinate with other ISMRM study groups to incorporate MMI into radiomics efforts; and Foster development of the next generation of MMI experts through programming and activities targeted to ISMRM trainees.

Molecular & Cellular Imaging

Collaborative space for emerging cellular and molecular MRI technologies.

Mission:
To facilitate collaborative relationships amongst scientists, engineers, and clinicians for discussion, dissemination, and education of emerging cellular and molecular MRI technologies.

Motion Detection & Correction

Investigating how motion affects MR data and developing solutions to prevent or correct motion artifacts.

Mission:
To investigate how various forms of motion can affect MR data, how motion can be detected, how to deal best with motion-corrupted data, and what can be done to prevent MR data from getting corrupted by motion.

MR Contrast Agents

Interactive forum for discussing new pharmaceutical agents and their clinical applications in MRI.

Mission:
To provide an interactive forum for clinicians and scientists working with newer pharmaceutical agents that are, or are anticipated to be, available for use in humans, and where the potential for new clinical applications is great, but experience is limited.

MR Elastography (MRE)

Advancing the clinical application of MR elastography for tissue stiffness measurement.

Mission:
Advance clinically applicable basic science and clinical activities in MR elastography and to facilitate the development, evaluation, and application of MR elastography.

MR Engineering

Supporting new technology development and integration into MR systems through collaboration and open-source tools.

Mission:
Support the development and integration of new technologies into MR systems both in research and clinics; promote the application of new engineering principles, methods, materials, and devices in MR; provide venues for in-depth discussions, for education about emerging MR challenges and approaches, for the exchange of ideas, and for the establishment of collaborations; facilitate discussion and interaction with industry; promote open-source tools and research for MR engineering; and provide Engineering Study Group presence around the world and maintain a healthy diversity.

MR Flow & Motion Quantitation

Developing techniques to measure blood flow and tissue motion using MRI.

Mission:
To facilitate the development, evaluation, and clinical application of quantitative velocity and motion MRI.

MR in Drug Research

Advancing MR-based methods to accelerate and improve drug development processes.

Mission:
To help progress understanding, quality, and adoption of MR-based endpoints to inform and accelerate drug development.

MR in Psychiatry

Promoting MR techniques for psychiatric research and increasing quality psychiatric submissions.

Mission:
To promote awareness of methodological issues and techniques that can be applied to answer psychiatric questions; To encourage the membership of psychiatric researchers in the ISMRM; and To increase the quality and quantity of psychiatric MR submissions for presentation at the annual meetings.

MR in Radiation Therapy

Focused on MR applications in cancer treatment planning and monitoring.

Mission:
To promote awareness of methodological issues and techniques that can be applied to answer psychiatric questions; To encourage the membership of psychiatric researchers in the ISMRM; and To increase the quality and quantity of psychiatric MR submissions for presentation at the annual meetings.

MR of Cancer

Fostering cancer imaging research using MRI/MRS to improve patient care and scientific knowledge.

Mission:
The continued mission of the MR of Cancer Study Group is to foster education and research in the field of cancer imaging using MRI/MRS and to ultimately improve scientific knowledge and patient care.

MR Safety

Sharing research and recommendations about health effects and safety aspects of MRI.

Mission:
The mission of the MR Safety Study Group is to provide venues for sharing research and recommendations about known and potential health effects and safety aspects of magnetic resonance imaging.

MR Spectroscopy

Advancing MR spectroscopy applications to expand understanding of physiology and medicine.

Mission:
To facilitate further development and applications of MR spectroscopy to expand knowledge of physiology and medicine, and to foster communication among and between researchers and clinicians interested in biomedical MR spectroscopy.

MRI Coils

Community passionate about designing and developing patient-centric MRI coil technology for optimal performance.

Mission:
The study group will focus on bringing together a community passionate about the design, prototyping, and rapid development of MRI coil technology to create safe patient-centric designs with best-in-class IQ and performance. MRI coils are such a critically important component of the modern MR system due to physical proximity to the patient. We believe this new study group would complement the existing engineering study section which has to cover all the other hardware including magnets, gradients, and other system functions. We will encourage the study group to look at novel designs of MRI coils, especially in areas where we could improve performance or patient experience. Areas for focus could include pediatrics, breast, interventional, surgical, low field or MNS coils but also to cover those areas of extreme challenge that come up in later years like massively parallel arrays.

MRI of Neuromodulation

Supporting safe integration of brain stimulation technologies with MR systems and establishing safety standards.

Mission:
Support the development and/or safe integration of a variety of neuromodulation technologies with MR systems, optimizing all aspects from stimulation and imaging parameters to hardware design; Establish safety standards for MRI scanning with neuromodulation devices; Train a diverse group of scientists and clinicians for research and clinical practice for MRI of neuromodulation; Provide a forum for experts and newcomers in the field to share their knowledge and exchange ideas with the MR community; and Create a network between clinicians and scientists to define the best practices in the field, sharing methods for enabling the experiments with appropriate control parameters, MR sequences, synchronization tools for imaging/stimulation and post-processing software for data evaluation;

Musculoskeletal MR

Advancing MR imaging techniques for bones, joints, and soft tissues.

Mission:
To forward the development and clinical application of MR imaging techniques in the musculoskeletal system.

Pediatric MR

Translating MR developments into clinical practice specifically for children.

Mission:
To improve the translation of recent developments in MR into clinical practice for pediatric studies.

Perfusion

Developing techniques to measure blood flow and tissue perfusion using MRI.

Mission:
To facilitate the development, evaluation, and clinical application of perfusion MRI.

PET-MRI

Supporting simultaneous PET and MRI imaging research and clinical applications.

Mission:
Support research and development, evaluation, application, clinical integration, and new research opportunities made possible by simultaneous MR and PET imaging.

Placenta & Fetus

Promoting MRI research and clinical applications for maternal-fetal medicine.

Mission:
The mission of this study group is to facilitate and promote research and development, evaluation, application, and clinical integration of MRI of the placenta and fetus. The study group will provide formal representation of basic scientists and clinicians involved in placenta & fetal MRI within the ISMRM.

Pulmonary MR

Advancing lung MRI techniques from research to clinical practice.

Mission:
To support the development, application, and broad translation of preclinical and clinical magnetic resonance imaging of the lungs.

Quantitative MR

Establishing measurement standards for quantitative MRI in collaboration with research institutions.

Mission:
To promulgate documentary and measurement standards for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in collaboration with national metrology institutes (NMIs), academic and clinical MR sites, and through collaboration with existing study groups.

Renal MRI

Supporting kidney MRI development from preclinical research to clinical translation.

Mission:
To support the development, application, and broad translation of preclinical and clinical magnetic resonance imaging of the kidney.

Reproducible Research

Promoting scientific transparency by sharing data and code to enable result reproduction.

Mission:
To promote and enable the idea that scientific results, claims, and analyses can and should be published with their data and associated software code in a form that would allow others to reproduce the results and build upon them.

Ultra-High Field MR

Community for 7 Tesla and higher field strength MRI development and applications.

Mission:
To promote the development and discussion of ultra-high field MRI (7 Tesla and above) including its systems, methods, and biomedical applications.

White Matter

Developing MR technologies to understand and diagnose diseases affecting brain and spinal cord white matter.

Mission:
To develop, apply, and facilitate the translation of MR acquisition and analysis technologies to improve understanding and diagnosis of diseases affecting brain and spinal cord white matter.

X-Nuclei Imaging

Advancing imaging methods for nuclei other than hydrogen to expand clinical applications.

Mission:
To pursue advances in developing x-nuclei imaging methods by promoting exchange of ideas, collaborations, and facilitating translation to clinical applications.