ISMRM Workshop on
MR Safety:
From Science to Clinical Practice
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24-26 September 2025
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
ISMRM Workshop on
MR Safety:
From Science to Clinical Practice
calendar_month
24-26 September 2025
location_on
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
Preliminary Program
Day 1 - Wednesday, 24 September 2025 (2.75 CME Available)
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:30
Welcome & Opening Statement
Session 1: Physics & Physiology of MR Safety (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Titti Owman, R.N.(R)(CT)(MR)FSMRT & Lukas Winter, Ph.D.
09:05
Gradients
Lawrence Wald, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
09:30
RF Fields
⨯ Video Unavailable
Christopher M. Collins, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY, USA
09:55
Harald Quick, Ph.D.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Essen, Germany
10:20
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 2: MR Safety in Pediatrics & Obstetrics
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Johan Kihlberg, Ph.D., R.N.(R) & Filiz Yetisir, Ph.D.
10:50
Clinical Perspective
Michael Kean, FISMRT, M.Sc.
Royal Children's Hospital
Parkville, VIC, Australia
11:10
Paediatric Patients
Laleh Golestani Rad, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
11:30
Penny Gowland, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, England, UK
Session 3: Power Pitches
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Johan Kihlberg, Ph.D., R.N.(R) & Filiz Yetisir, Ph.D.
Power Pitch Session
Walid Bouzid, M.Sc.
Université de Lorraine
Nancy, France
Evaluating Specific Absorption During Entire Spine Exams at 1.5T & 3T
⨯ Video Unavailable
Taylor Froelich, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Diego Julian Gonzalez Soto, Ph.D. Candidate
Université de Lorraine
Nancy, France
Chiara Hartmann, Ph.D. Candidate
Université Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, France
Mark Hofman, Ph.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
12:20
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Poster Viewing & Open-Source Showcase
Session 4: Implant Safety (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Kyoko Fujimoto, Ph.D., RAC & Michael Steckner, Ph.D., M.B.A.
14:00
Jonathan Edmonson, B.Sc.
Medtronic
Minneapolis, MN, USA
14:25
Luca Zilberti, Ph.D.
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
Turin, Italy
14:50
Yigitcan Eryaman, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
15:15
Berk Silemek, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
15:40
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 5a: MRI Safety in Clinical Practice
Located in Anna von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Penny Gowland, Ph.D. & Boel Hansson, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(CT)(MR)
16:10
Patient/Clinical Management of MRI Safety
Heidi Edmonson, Ph.D., DABR, FACR
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
16:35
Johan Kihlberg, Ph.D., R.N.(R)
Linköping University Hospital
Linkoping, Sweden
17:00
Emre Kopanoglu, Ph.D.
CUBRIC
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Session 5b: Open-Source & Free Resources in MR Safety
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Andrew Webb, Ph.D. & Lukas Winter, Ph.D.
16:10
Riccardo Lattanzi, Ph.D.
New York University Langone Health
New York, NY, USA
16:35
Stephan Orzada, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
17:00
Christoph P. Kolbitsch, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
17:25
Adjourn
18:00
Networking Reception
Day 2 - Thursday, 25 September 2025 (2.75 CME Available)
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:35
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 6: RF Safety Limits
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Christopher Collins, Ph.D. & Tolga Goren, Ph.D.
08:40
Thomas Fiedler, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
09:30
Frank Seifert, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
10:20
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 7: Patient-Specific (RF) Safety Models (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Laleh Golestani Rad, Ph.D. & Johan van den Brink, Ph.D.
10:50
AI-Based SAR Prediction
⨯ Video Unavailable
Ettore Flavio Meliadò, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
11:15
Ji Chen, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Houston, TX, USA
11:40
Alexander Raaijmakers, Ph.D.
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Session 8: Power Pitches (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Laleh Golestani Rad, Ph.D. & Johan van den Brink, Ph.D.
Power Pitch Session
Kagayaki Kuroda, Ph.D.
Tokai University School of Information Science & Technology
Hiratsuka, Japan
Vitor Lima, B.Sc.(MR), MRSO (MRSC)
Geneva University Hospital
Geneva, Switzerland
Hendrik Paysen, Ph.D.
Siemens Healthineers
Erlangen, Germany
Aiping Yao, Ph.D.
Nanchang University
Nanchang, China
Filiz Yetisir, Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
12:35
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Poster Viewing & Open-Source Showcase
Session 9: Panel Discussion on Remote Scanning (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Maureen Hood, Ph.D. & Jeff Jahn, BAS, RT (R), (MR), (MRSO) (MRSC™)
14:00
Maureen Hood, Ph.D.
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, MD, USA
14:10
Remote Scanning from a Clinical Perspective (Technologist)
Neil Huber, M.B.A., RT(R)(MR)
Alpha RT
Coral Springs, FL, USA
14:20
Remote Scanning from a Manufacturer Perspective
Tim Eagan, Ph.D.
GE HealthCare
Milwaukee, WI, USA
14:30
Remote Scanning from a Standardization Perspective
⨯ Video Unavailable
Johan van den Brink, Ph.D.
Philips Healthcare
Best, The Netherlands
14:40
Remote Scanning from a Clinical Perspective (Radiologist)
⨯ Video Unavailable
Walter Wohlgemuth, M.D., Ph.D.
University Clinic & Policlinic of Radiology
Augsburg, Germany
14:50
Panel Discussion
15:40
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 10a: MRI Safety in Clinical Practice
Located in Anna von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Heidi Edmonson, Ph.D., DABR, FACR & Michael Kean, (R).(T).
16:10
Vera Kimbrell M.Ed.
Forsyth Technical Community College
Salem, NC, USA
16:35
Clinical UHF Safety at 7T
⨯ Video Unavailable
Oliver Kraff, Ph.D.
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Essen, Germany
Session 10b: Temperature Mapping & Interventional MRI
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Alexander Raaijmakers, Ph.D. & Mingming Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
16:10
Jason Stafford, Ph.D.
University of Texas MD
Houston, TX, USA
16:35
Mathijs Kikken, Ir.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
17:00
Safety Considerations for Interventional MR Systems
⨯ Video Unavailable
Michael Bock, Ph.D.
University Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
17:25
Adjourn
19:00
Networking Dinner
Day 3 - Friday, 26 September 2025 (1.0 CME Available)
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:35
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 11: Low-Field MR Safety (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Christoph Kolbitsch, Ph.D. & Lawrence Wald, Ph.D.
08:40
MR Safety at Mid-Field (0.55-0.6T)
David Gross, Ph.D.
MED Institute Inc.
West Lafayette, IN, USA
09:30
Low-Field (50mT) MR Safety in the Research Setting
⨯ Video Unavailable
Andrew Webb, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
09:55
Portable Low-Field in the Clinic/Low-Resource Settings
⨯ Video Unavailable
Rui Pedro Azeredo Gomes Teixeira, Ph.D.
Hyperfine Inc.
Guilford, CT, USA
10:20
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 12: UHF MR Safety (No CME Available)
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Yigitcan Eryaman, Ph.D. & Sebastian Schmitter, Ph.D.
11:15
Caroline Le Ster, Ph.D.
CEA-Neurospin
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
11:40
Aart Nederveen, Ph.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Session 13: Gradients
Located in Hermann von Helmholtz Building
Moderators: Bernd Ittermann, Ph.D. & Oliver Speck, Ph.D.
12:05
Valerie Klein, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
12:30
Brian Rutt, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
12:55
Closing Statements & Reflections
13:10
Boxed Lunch & Adjournment