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
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:30
Welcome & Opening Statement
Session 1: Physics & Physiology of MR Safety
Moderators: T.B.A.
08:40
Static Magnetic Field B0
Mark E. Ladd, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research
Heidelberg, Germany
09:05
Gradients
Larry Wald, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
09:30
RF Fields
Christopher M. Collins, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY, USA
09:55
Implants
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
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:50
Paediatric Patients
Laleh Golestani Rad, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
11:10
Clinical Perspective
Michael Kean, FISMRT
Royal Children's Hospital
Parkville, VIC, Australia
11:30
Pregnant Patients
T.B.A.
11:50
Power Pitch Session
12:20
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
12:20
Poster Viewing
Session 3: Power Pitches
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:50
Power Pitch Session
12:20
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
12:20
Poster Viewing
Session 4: Implant Safety
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
RF Induced Heating in Implants: Standards Perspective
Jonathan Edmonson, B.Sc.
Medtronic
Minneapolis, MN, USA
14:25
Gradient Induced Effects with Implants
Luca Zilberti, Ph.D.
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
Turin, Italy
14:50
Imaging-Based Methods to Detect & Suppress Implant Heating
Yigitcan Eryaman, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
15:15
Smart Implants & Parallel Transmission MRI
Berk Silemek, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
15:40
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 5a: MRI Safety in Clinical Practice
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:10
Patient/Clinical Management of MRI Safety
Heidi Edmonson, Ph.D., DABR, FACR
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
16:35
MR Safety Education & Awareness
T.B.A.
17:00
Outreach Educational Resources
T.B.A.
Session 5b: Open-Source & Free Resources in MR Safety
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:10
EM/Thermal Simulation
Riccardo Lattanzi, Ph.D.
New York University Langone Health
New York, NY, USA
16:35
MR Safety Hardware
Stephan Orzada, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
17:00
OSI² ONE Open-Source Reference Low-Field MRI Scanner
Christoph P. Kolbitsch, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Techniusche Bundesanstalt
Braunschweig, Germany
17:25
Adjourn
Day 2 - Thursday 25 Spetember 2025
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:35
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 6: RF Safety Limits
Moderators: T.B.A.
08:40
Local SAR vs. Whole-Body SAR Limits
Thomas Fiedler, Ph.D.
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
09:05
Body Models
Bryn Lloyd, Ph.D.
IT'IS Foundation
Zürich, Switzerland
09:30
RF Safety Procedures Revisited
Frank Seifert, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
09:55
B1+ rms
T.B.A.
10:20
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 7: Patient Specific (RF) Safety Models
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:50
AI Based SAR Prediction
Ettore Flavio Meliadò, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
11:15
Deep-Learning Based Local-SAR Prediction
T.B.A.
11:40
Predicting RF-Induced Implant Heating Using Deep-Learning
Ji Chen, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Houston, TX, USA
Session 8: Power Pitches
Moderators: T.B.A.
12:05
Power Pitch Session
12:35
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Poster Viewing
Session 9: Panel Discussion on Remote Scanning
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Introduction: What is Remote Scanning, What are the Controversies?
T.B.A.
14:10
Remote Scanning from a Clinical Persepctive (Technologist)
T.B.A.
14:20
Remote Scanning from a Manufacturer Perspective
T.B.A.
14:30
Remote Scanning from a Regulatory Perspective
T.B.A.
14:40
Remote Scanning from a Clinical Persepctive (Radiologist)
T.B.A.
14:50
Panel Discussion
15:40
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 10a: MRI Safety in Clinical Practice
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:10
Scanning Patients with Implants
T.B.A.
16:35
Clinical UHF Safety at 7T
Oliver Kraff, Ph.D.
Erwin L. Hanh Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Essen, Germnay
17:00
Contrast Agent Safety
T.B.A.
Session 10b: Temperature Mapping & Interventional MRI
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:10
In Vivo MR Thermometry in Thermal Therapies
T.B.A.
16:35
In Vivo Temperature Mapping in MRI
Mathijs Kikken, Ir.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
17:00
Safety Considerations for Interventional MR Systems
Michael Bock, Ph.D.
University Hospital Freiburg
Breisgau, Germany
17:25
Adjourn
Day 3 - Friday 26 September 2025
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:35
Welcome & Housekeeping
Session 11: Low-Field MR Safety
Moderators: T.B.A.
08:40
MR Safety at Mid-Field (0.55-0.6T)
David Gross, Ph.D.
MED Institute Inc.
West Lafayette, IN, USA
09:05
Are Implants at 0.55-.06T Safer?
Tolga Goren Ph.D.
IT'IS Foundation
Zürich, Switzerland
09:30
Low-Field (50mT) MR Safety in the Research Setting
Andrew Webb, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
09:55
Portable Low-Field in the Clinic/Low-Resource Settings
T.B.A.
Session 12: UHF MR Safety
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:50
Clinical pTX at 7T
Matthias Gebhardt, Dipl.Phys.
Siemens Healthineers AG
Erlangen, Germany
11:15
In Vivo Experiences at the Highest MR Fields
T.B.A.
11:40
14T MR Safety -What is Needed?
Aart Neederveen, Ph.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Session 13: Gradients
Moderators: T.B.A.
12:05
PNS & Cardiac Stimulations Thresholds Revisited
Valerie Klein, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
12:30
High Performance Gradients
Brian Rutt, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
12:55
Closing Statements & Reflections
13:10
Boxed Lunch & Adjournment