ISMRM Workshop on
Fluids, Flows, and Clearance in the Brain:
What Can We Image and How Should It Be Interpreted?
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17-19 March 2026
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Yale University West Campus Conference Center, Orange, CT, USA
ISMRM Workshop on
Fluids, Flows, and Clearance in the Brain:
What Can We Image and How Should It Be Interpreted?
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17-19 March 2026
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Yale University West Campus Conference Center, Orange, CT, USA
Preliminary Program
Day 1 - Tuesday, 17 March 2026
08:00
Registration and speaker Upload Available
08:50
Opening Remarks: Objectives of the Workshop
Session 1: Physiology of Neurofluids
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
What Is Known and Still Unknown About Neurofluid Driven Waste Clearance: Insights from Basic Research
T.B.A.
09:25
Physiology of Neurovascular Flow and Impact on ISF and CSF Dynamics and Perivascular Space Physiology
T.B.A.
Session 2: Imaging Simultaneous Hemodynamic and CSF Dynamics
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:50
fMRI Techniques for Neurofluid Flow Measurement
T.B.A.
10:15
Biology of Low-Frequency CSF and Hemodynamic Oscillations
T.B.A.
10:40
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Session 3: Perivascular Spaces
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:10
Quantitative Measurements of PVS-Volume and Physiology
T.B.A.
11:35
Round Table Discussion: Why Do Perivascular Spaces Enlarge?
T.B.A.
12:05
Lunch and speaker Upload Available
Poster Viewing
Session 4: Quantitative CSF Flow Imaging in the Healthy and Disordered Brain
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:35
Technical Overview of Phase-Contrast Based Measurements
T.B.A.
14:00
4D CSF Flow in the Subarachnoid Space
T.B.A.
14:25
Clinical Application of Quantitative CSF Flow Measures
T.B.A.
14:50
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Session 5: Power Pitches I
Moderators: T.B.A.
15:10
Power Pitches
15:30
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Session 6: The Brain in Motion
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:00
MREG Measures of Brain and Fluid Pulsatility
T.B.A.
16:25
DENSE MRI of Fluid and Tissue
T.B.A.
16:50
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Session 7: Power Pitches II
Moderators: T.B.A.
17:10
Power Pitches
Session 8: Poster Session A
17:30
Poster Session
19:00
Adjourn
Day 2 - Wednesday, 18 March 2026
08:00
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Session 9: Physiology of Neurofluids - Part II
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Draining the Brain: Anatomy and Physiology of Brain Lymphatic Systemsand Brain Barriers
T.B.A.
Session 10: Diffusion Based Techniques for Measuring Neurofluids
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:25
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging on the Border Between Flow, Dispersion, and Diffusion
T.B.A.
09:50
DTI-ALPS/Diffusion in Perivascular Spaces: What Does It Measure and What Doesn’t It Measure?
T.B.A.
10:15
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
10:35
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Session 11: Contrast Agent Methods for Measuring Brain Clearance
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:05
Pre-Clinical Contrast Agent MRI of Neurofluids
T.B.A.
11:30
How to Interpret Intravenous Injections in Neurofluids MRI
T.B.A.
11:55
The Newest Biological Findings in Intrathecal Injections
T.B.A.
12:20
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
12:30
Lunch and speaker Upload Available
Poster Viewing
Session 12: Neurofluids in Practice: Analysis Demo
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Live Demonstration 1: Analyzing Flow Signals in fMRI
T.B.A.
14:20
Live Demonstration 2: Analyzing Phase Contrast or Diffusion Data
T.B.A.
Session 13: Where Did My Label Go? Water-Transport Measurements in the Brain and Across Barriers
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:40
Methods for Measuring Water Exchange in the Brain
T.B.A.
15:05
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Session 14: Computational Modeling
Moderators: T.B.A.
15:25
Computational Modeling of Neurofluid Flow Using MRI Data
T.B.A.
Session 15: Power Pitches III
Moderators: T.B.A.
15:50
Power Pitches
16:10
Break and Speaker Upload Available
Session 16: Vendor Sessions
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:40
T.B.A.
Session 17: Power Pitches IV
Moderators: T.B.A.
17:10
Power Pitches
Session 18: Poster Session B
17:30
Poster Session
19:00
Adjourn
Day 3 - Thursday, 19 March 2026
08:00
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Session 19: Neurofluids in Neurological Disorders
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Neurofluids Imaging in Disorders of the CSF
T.B.A.
09:25
Neurofluids in Neurodegenerative Disorders
T.B.A.
09:50
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
Session 20: Moving Towards Open Science Neurofluids Research
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:10
Open Science - Lessons Learned from OSIPI
T.B.A.
10:35
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Session 21: Neurofluids Across the Lifespan
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:55
Neurofluids in the Pediatric Brain
T.B.A.
11:20
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
11:50
Lunch and speaker Upload Available
Session 22: Are You Still Awake? MRI in the Sleeping Brain
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:20
MRI of Sleep in Humans: Practical Tips How To Do It and Changes Across the Lifespan
T.B.A.
13:45
Biology of CSF Flow During Sleep Measured with MRI
T.B.A.
14:10
Imaging Neurofluids in Sleeping Pre-Clinical Model Organisms
T.B.A.
14:35
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Session 23: Interventions to Modulate Neurofluids
Moderators: T.B.A.
15:05
Breath Modulation of Neurofluids
T.B.A.
15:30
Pharmacological Modulation of Neurofluids
T.B.A.
15:55
Ultrasound/Stimulation Modulation of Neurofluids
T.B.A.
16:20
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
16:50
Closing Remarks