| DAY 1 - Friday, 06 March 2015 (no CME available) | 
				
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					| 15:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available until 18:00 |  | 
				
					| 18:30 |  |  | Opening 
					Welcome Reception & Dinner | Debiao 
					Li, Ph.D. & Mitsue Miyazaki, Ph.D.
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					| DAY 2 – Saturday, 07 March 2015 (6.00 CME available) | 
				
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					| 06:30 |  |  | Breakfast 
					served until 08:30 |  | 
				
					| 07:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 08:30 |  |  | Welcome | Organizing Committee | 
				
					| 08:40 |  |  | Cardiovascular MRA: The How & Why | Vivian S. 
					Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. University of Utah
 Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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					| Session 1: NCE MRA Techniques 
					(Part 1) | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					 
					Robert R. Edelman, M.D. & Mitsue Miyazaki, Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 09:00 |  |  | Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) | Mitsue 
					Miyazaki, Ph.D. Toshiba Medical Research Institute
 Vernon Hills, IL, USA
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					| 09:12 |   |  | Flow-Sensitive Dephasing (FSD)-Prepared 3D Balanced SSFP | Zhaoyang Fan, Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 09:24 |  |  | QISS | Robert R. 
					Edelman, M.D. NorthShore University Health System
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					| 09:36 |  |  | Velocity-Selective MRA | Taehoon 
					Shin, Ph.D. University of Maryland
 Baltimore, MD, USA
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					| 09:48 |  |  | HOP & 
					FSBB | Tokunori 
					Kimura, Ph.D. Toshiba Medical Systems Corp.
 Tochigi, Japan
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					| 10:00 |  |  | Break/Posters & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					| Session 2: 
					NCE MRA Techniques (Part 2) | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					 
					Zhaoyang Fan, Ph.D. & Dwight G. Nishimura, Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 10:30 |  |  | Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse (Time-SLIP) Technique | Xiangzhi 
					Zhou, Ph.D. Toshiba Medical Research Institute
 Vernon Hills, IL, USA
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					| 10:42 |  |  | Arterial Spin Labeling Based Time-Resolved Dynamic MRA | Danny J. 
					J. Wang, Ph.D. University of California
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 10:54 |  |  | ASL MRA (Extracranial) | Ioannis 
					Koktzoglou, Ph.D. NorthShore University HealthSystem
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					| 11:06 |  |  | PETRA MRA: A Feasibility Study for Non-Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography Using a Quiet, Ultra-Short TE Sequence | Gerhard 
					Laub, Ph.D. Siemens
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 11:18 |  |  | Flow 
					Independent Angiography (FIA) | Kie Tae 
					Kwon, M.Sc. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					Papers – Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 11:30 |  |  | Quiescent 
					Interval Single-Shot MRA Using a Fast Low Angle Shot Readout 
					Reduces Flow Artifact in Severe Stenosis | Ioannis 
					Koktzoglou, Ph.D. Northshore University Healthsystem
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					| 11:38 |  |  | Acceleration of Non-Contrast MRA of Quadruple 
					Inversion-Recovery Preconditioning & 3D Balanced 
					Steady-State Free Prescession Imaging Using Compressed 
					Sensing | Vivian S. 
					Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. University of Utah
 Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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					| 11:46 |  |  | Thin-slice Acquisition Using Saturation Spin Labeling (TASSL) 
					MRA: A Pilot Study | Ian 
					Murphy, M.D. Northshore University Healthsystem
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					| 11:54 |  |  | Reduction 
					of Magnetic Susceptibility Artifact from Hip Prostheses 
					Using QISS with Fast Low Angle Shot Readout | Ian 
					Murphy, M.D. Northshore University Healthsystem
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					| 12:02 |  |  | Velocity-Selective Magnetization-Prepared 
					Non-Contrast-Enhanced Cerebral MR Angiography at 3T | Qin Qin, 
					Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, MD, USA
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					| 12:10 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion |  | 
				
					| 12:25 |  |  | Lunch/Posters & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					| Session 3: 
					Clinical Applications in NCE MRA | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					 
					Ruth P. Lim, M.B.B.S., M.Med., FRANZCR & Tomo Okada, M.D., Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 13:30 |  |  | Peripheral MRA (FSD/FSE Techniques) | Ruth Lim, 
					M.D. Austin Health
 Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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					| 13:42 |  |  | Peripheral MRA (FBI) | Katsumi 
					Nakamura, M.D. Katsumi Nakamura Laboratory
 Kitakyushi, Japan
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					| 13:54 |  |  | Clinical Application in Peripheral NCE-MRA Using Flow Sensitive Dephasing (FSD) & Steady-State Free Precession (SSFP) - 
					Permission Withheld. | Xin Liu, 
					M.D. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
 Shenzhen, China
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					| 14:06 |  |  | Peripheral MRA (QISS) | James C. 
					Carr, M.D. Northwestern University
 Chicago, IL, USA
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					| 14:18 |  |  | Intra/Extracranial 
					MRA | Tomo 
					Okada, M.D. Kyoto University Hospital
 Kyoto, Japan
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					| 14:30 |  |  | Intracranial 4D-MRA (CINEMA) | Yuriko 
					Suzuki, B.Sc. Philips Electronics Japan, Ltd.
 Tokyo, Japan
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					| 14:42 |  |  | Imaging of Renal Artery Stenosis | Isabelle 
					Parienty Inagerie Du Bois De Verrieres
 Antony, France
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					Papers – Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 14:54 |  |  | Non-Invasive Portal Hypertension Diagnosis Using 
					Non-Contrast MR Portal-Venogram | Daniel 
					Aguirre Reyes, M.Sc. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
 Santiago, Chile
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					| 15:02 |  |  | Can 
					Non-Contrast Enhanced MR Replace CT Angiography in 
					Examinations of Living Renal Donors? | Anne D. 
					Blankholm, M.Sc. (R) Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby
 Aarhus N, Denmark
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					| 15:10 |  |  | Evaluation of a Comprehensive Non-Contrast MR Angiography 
					Protocol for the Pre-Transplant Evaluation of the Liver 
					Vasculature | Jeremy D. 
					Collins, M.D. Northwestern University
 Chicago, IL, USA
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					| 15:18 |  |  | Additive 
					Value of Non-Contrast MRA for Evaluation of Mesenteric 
					Arterial Anatomy in Preoperative Planning for Living Donor 
					Liver Transplants | Lyndon 
					Luk, M.D. Columbia University
 New York, NY, USA
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					| 15:26 |  |  | Noncontrast MR Angiography of Infragenual Arteries Using FSD 
					at 3.0 T Comparison with CEMRA/CTA/DSA | Jiayi 
					Liu, M.D. Anzhen Hospital
 Beijing, China
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					| 15:34 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion |  | 
				
					| 15:50 |  |  | Break/Posters & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					| Session 4: 
				Vessel Wall NCE MR | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					 
					David Saloner, Ph.D. & Chun Yuan, Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 16:20 |  |  | Carotid Atherosclerosis Imaging | Chun 
					Yuan, Ph.D. University of Washington
 Seattle, WA, USA
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					| 16:32 |  |  | Multi‐contrast Plaque Imaging   | Wei Yu, 
					M.D. Beijing An Zhen Hospital
 Beijing, China
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					| 16:44 |  |  | Motion 
					Compensation in Carotid Wall Imaging | Zhaoyang 
					Fan, Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 16:56 |  |  | Intracranial Vessel Wall | Ye Qiao, 
					Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, MD, USA
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					| 17:08 |  |  | Imaging the Vessel Wall in Aortic & Intracranial Aneurysmal Disease | David 
					Saloner, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 17:20 |  |  | Wall 
					Calcification | Robert R. 
					Edelman, M.D. NorthShore University Health System
 Evanston, IL, USA
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					Papers – Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 17:32 |  |  | Magnetic 
					Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging Identifies Cerebral Venous 
					Thrombosis | Qi Yang, M.D. Xuanwu Hospital
 Beijing, China
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					| 17:40 |  |  | Non-Contrast Whole-Heart Coronary Plaque Characterization 
					with Simultaneously Acquired MRA | Yibin Xie, M.Sc.Eng Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 17:48 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion |  | 
				
					| 19:00 |  |  | Dinner |  | 
				
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					| DAY 3 - Sunday, 08 March 2015  (4.25 CME available) | 
				
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					| 06:30 |  |  | Breakfast 
					served until 08:30 |  | 
				
					| 07:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 08:30 |  |  | MRA 2015: How Good & How Safe Does it Need to Be? | Paul 
					Finn, M.D. UCLA Radiological Sciences
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					Session 5: NCE MRV 
					& Other Applications of NCE MR  | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					E. Mark Haacke, Ph.D. & Katsuyoshi Ito, M.D. |  | 
				
					| 08:50 |  |  | Intracranial MRV | Kazuhiro 
					Tsuchiya, M.D. Tokyo Teishin Hospital
 Tokyo, Japan
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					| 09:02 |  |  | Adrenal MRV | Hideki 
					Ota, M.D., Ph.D. Tohoku University Hospital
 Sendai Miyagi
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					| 09:14 |  |  | Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) 
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					Permission Withheld. | Shinya 
					Yamada, M.D. Tokai University Oiso Hospital
 Oiso, Kanagawa, Japan
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					| 09:26 |  |  | Pancreatic Juice | Katsuyoshi Ito, M.D. Kawasaki Medical School
 Okayama, Japan
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					| 09:38 |  |  | Imaging Veins, Oxygen Extraction Fraction, Arteries, Vessel 
					Wall & Macromolecular Transport Using Susceptibility 
					Weighted Imaging (SWI) & Mapping (SWIM) - 
					Permission Withheld. | E. Mark 
					Haacke, Ph.D. Wayne State University
 Detroit, MI, USA
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					| 09:50 |  |  | Simultaneous MRA & MRV | Andrew N. 
					Priest, D.Phil. Addenbrooke’s Hospital
 Cambridge, England, UK
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					| 10:02 |  |  | Break/Posters & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					| 10:30 |  |  | Non-Contrast Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography | Matthias 
					Stuber, Ph.D. University Hospital Lausanne
 Lausanne, Switzerland
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					| 10:42 |  |  | 4D Flow | Michael 
					Markl, Ph.D. Northwestern University
 Chicago, IL, USA
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					| 10:54 |  |  | MR Safety | Frank Shellock, Ph.D. University of Southern California
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					Papers – Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 11:06 |  |  | pTX 
					Multiband: Fast Acquisitions & Homogeneous Contrast in 
					Non-Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular MRI at 7 Tesla | Sebastian 
					Schmitter, Ph.D. University of Minnesota
 Minneapolis, MN, USA
 
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					| 11:14 |  |  | Intracranial k-t Accelerated Dual-Venc 4D flow MRI | Susanne 
					Schnell, Ph.D. Northwestern University
 Chicago, IL, USA
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					| 11:22 |  |  | Reproducibility & Inter-Observer Variability of Blood Flow 
					Velocity & 3D Wall Shear Stress Obtained from Non-Contrast 
					4D Flow MRI in the Healthy Aorta | Alex J. 
					Barker, Ph.D. Northwestern University
 Chicago, IL, USA
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					| 11:30 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion |  | 
				
					| 11:45 |  |  | Lunch/Posters/Exhibits |  | 
				
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					| Session 6: 
					Myocardial Tissue Property | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: Krishna S. Nayak, Ph.D. & Xiangzhi Zhou, Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 13:00 |  |  | Cardiac ASL Perfusion | Krishna 
					S. Nayak, Ph.D. University of Southern California
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 13:12 |  |  | Myocardial Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent MRI | Rohan 
					Dharmakumar, Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 13:24 |  |  | Fiber Architecture Mapping of Human Myocardium by Diffusion-Tensor Cardiac MR | Ming-Ting 
					Wu, M.D. Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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					| 13:36 |  |  | T1ρ contrast in CMR | Jie Zheng, 
					Ph.D. Washington University
 St. Louis, MO, USA
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					| 13:48 |  |  | Imaging 
					Myocardium Strain Using MRI & its Role in Screening, 
					Diagnosis & Prognosis of Heart Patients Without Contrast | Nael F. 
					Osman, Ph.D. Nile University
 Cairo, Egypt
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					| 14:00 |  |  | Break/Posters & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					Papers – Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 14:46 |  |  | Physiological Model for the Interpretation of ASL-Measured 
					Reactive Hyperemia in Leg Muscles | Hou-Jen 
					Chen, M.Sc. University of Toronto
 Toronto, ON, Canada
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					| 14:54 |  |  | Native T1 
					Mapping at 3T for Characterizing Chronic Myocardial 
					Infarctions in Patients 
 | Avinash 
					Kali, M.Sc. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 15:02 |  |  | In Vivo 
					Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Contrast-Free Detection of 
					Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients | Christopher T. Nguyen, M.Sc. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 15:10 |  |  | Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Heart with Entropy-Based 
					Selection of Quiescent Interval at 1.5T & 3.0T | Mahdi 
					Salmani Rahimi, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 15:18 |  |  | Heart-Rate Independent, Whole-Heart, Free-Breathing 
					Quantitative Myocardial BOLD MRI at 3T with Simultaneous 
					13N-Ammonia PET Validation in Canines | Hsin-Jung 
					Yang, M.Sc. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
 Los Angeles, CA, USA
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					| 15:26 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion |  | 
				
					| 15:48 |  |  | Closing 
					Remarks |  | 
				
					| 15:58 |  |  | Adjournment |  | 
				
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