| DAY 1 - Friday, 11 September 2015  
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					| 11:00 |  |  | Preconference Workshop at Stanford 
					Radiology (optional) We will teach this session at an MRI scanner with short lecture segments interspersed with scanning, with a goal of giving a basic, intuitive understanding of the main principles of MR image acquisition in joints and of issues to be addressed in designing a scanning protocol for a clinical research study of OA. 
						
						Space is limited to 25 registrants. | Brian 
					Hargreaves, Ph.D. Feliks Kogan, Ph.D.
 Emily McWalter, Ph.D.
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					| 15:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available until 18:00 |  | 
				
					| 18:00 |  |  | Dinner 
					served until 19:00 |  | 
				
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					| DAY 2 - Saturday, 12 September 2015 (4.25 CME 
					Available) | 
				
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					| 07:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 07:30 |  |  | Breakfast 
					served until 09:00 |  | 
				
					| 08:30 |  |  | Introduction & Overview | Michael 
					C. Nevitt, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					|  |  |  | Session 1: 
					MR New Frontiers In Imaging Of Osteoarthritis - Part 1 | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: Brian A. Hargreaves, Ph.D. & Wolfgang Wirth, 
					Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 09:00 |  |  | Assessment of Synovial Tissue & Inflammation: Acquisition & 
					Scoring | Ali 
					Guermazi, M.D., Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
 Boston, MA, USA
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					Papers  Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 09:30 |  |  | Detecting 
					Synovitis without Intravenous Contrast Using a Modified DESS 
					MRI Sequence | Emily 
					McWalter, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 09:42 |  |  | MRI 
					Findings Associated with Development of Incident Knee Pain 
					Over 48-Months  Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative | Gabby 
					Joseph, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 09:54 |  |  | Characterization of [18F]-FDG Uptake in Osteoarthritis of the Hip: Comparison Between PET-MRI & PET-CT | Audrey 
					Fan, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 10:06 |  |  | Break & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 10:30 |  |  | Advanced 
					MRI Techniques for Assessment of Joint Inflammation | Emily 
					McWalter, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 11:00 |  |  | Comparison Between Semi-Quantitative & Quantitative Methods 
					for the Assessment of Synovitis in Knee Osteoarthritis Using 
					Non-Enhanced & Contrast-Enhanced MRI | Michel D. 
					Crema, M.D. Presented by Ali Guermazi, M.D., Ph.D.
 Boston University School of Medicine
 Boston, MA, USA
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					| 11:12 |  |  | Knee Pain & its Association with Synovitis Assessed on 
					Static & Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Obese Persons with 
					Knee Osteoarthritis: a Cross-Sectional Study | Robert Gabriel Coumine Riis, M.D. The Parker Institute
 Copenhagen, Denmark
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					| 11:24 |  |  | Quantitative Estimation of ADC Using DESS | Bragi Sveinsson, M.Sc. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 11:36 |  |  | T1 Measurements of Bone Marrow Lesions in Osteoarthritis 
					- Permission Withheld | Richard Hodgson, Ph.D. University of Manchester
 Manchester, England, UK
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					| 11:48 |  |  | Lunch 
					Served Until 13:00 & 
					Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					|  |  |  | Session 2: 
					MR New Frontiers In Imaging Of Osteoarthritis - Part 2 | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: Graeme Jones, M.D. & Thomas M. Link, M.D., Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 13:15 |  |  | Novel Techniques to 
					Evaluate Joint Tissue Composition in Osteoarthritis Imaging | Miika T. 
					Nieminen, Ph.D. Oulu University Hospital
 Oulu, Finland
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					| 13:45 |  |  | Application of 
					Compositional Imaging in Large Clinical & Population Studies 
					of Osteoarthritis | Edwin H. 
					G. Oei, M.D., Ph.D. Erasmus MC  University Medical Center
 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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					|  |  |  | Proffered Papers  
					Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 14:15 |  |  | Validation & Optimization of Adiabatic T1Ρ & T2Ρ for 
					Quantitative Measurements of Articular Cartilage at 3T | Victor 
					Casula, M.Sc. Presented by Eveliina Lammentausta, Ph.D.
 University of Oulu
 Oulu, Finland
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					| 14:27 |  |  | Imaging 
					Knee Osteoarthritis with Multiple Contrasts using Ultrashort 
					Echo-Time Double-Echo Steady-State MRI | Akshay S. 
					Chaudhari, M.Sc. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 14:39 |  |  | Influence 
					of Exercise & Waiting Time Required for dGEMRIC on T2 
					Relaxation Times of Knee Cartilage at 3T | Joost 
					Verscheuren, M.D. Erasmus University Medical Center
 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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					| 14:51 |  |  | Comparison of Pharmacokinetic Parameters, dGEMRIC & MOAKS in 
					Knee Osteoarthritis | Stine 
					Hangaard, M.D., Ph.D. The Parker Institute
 Copenhagen, Denmark
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					| 15:03 |  |  | Transverse Relaxtion Time (T2) of Cartilage in Knees with 
					Early Radiographic OA Versus Non-Arthritic Knees with Risk 
					of OA Versus Healthy Reference Knees- Cross Sectional & 
					Longitudinal Analysis from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) | Wolfgang 
					Wirth, Ph.D. Paracelsus Medical University
 Salzburg, Austria
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					| 15:16 |  |  | Cartilage 
					Signal Abnormalities in the Knee are Precursors of More 
					Severe Cartilage Damage  Data from the Osteoarthritis 
					Initiative 
					- Permission Withheld | Benedikt 
					Schwaiger, M.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 15:28 |  |  | Reception 
					& Poster Session in Scripps Room (no CME available) |  | 
				
					| 18:00 |  |  | Dinner |  | 
				
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					| DAY 3 - Sunday, 
					13 September 
					2015 
					(5.5 CME Available) | 
				
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					| 07:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 07:30 |  |  | Breakfast 
					served until 09:00 |  | 
				
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					|  |  |  | Session 3: 
					Imaging in Post-Injury Osteoarthritis | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: C. Kent Kwoh, M.D. & Xiaojuan Li, Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 08:45 |  |  | What 
					Information Do We Need from Post-Injury Imaging for the 
					Clinic & Research? | Benjamin 
					Ma, M.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					|  |  |  | Proffered Papers  
					Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 09:15 |  |  | MRI 
					Findings Predict Subjective Clinical Outcome Two Years After 
					Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture | Belle van 
					Meer, M.D., Ph.D. Erasmus MC University Medical Center
 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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					| 09:27 |  |  | Change in 
					Meniscal Body Extrusion after Arthroscopic Partial 
					Meniscectomy vs. Non-Surgical Management in Patients with 
					Knee Osteoarthritis: Results from the MeTeOR Trial | Martin 
					Englund, M.D., Ph.D. Lund University
 Lund, Sweden
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					| 09:39 |  |  | Arthroscopic Disease State & qMRI T2 & UTE-T2* Mapping in 
					Humans with Degenerative Meniscus Tears | Constance 
					Chu, M.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 09:51 |  |  | Break/Poster Viewing in Scripps Room & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 10:30 |  |  | Detecting 
					Early Post-Injury Joint Damage with MRI in the ACL 
					population | Garry E. 
					Gold, M.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					Papers  Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 11:00 |  |  | Longitudinal Evaluation of T2 & T1rho Relaxation Times Using 
					Projection Maps & Cluster Analysis in the Femoral Condyles 
					of Healthy & ACL-Injured Populations | Uchechukwuka D. Monu, M.Sc. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 11:12 |  |  | Longitudinal Analysis of the Bone Shape Changes 6 Month & 1 
					Year After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury & 
					Reconstruction | Valentina 
					Pedoia, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 11:24 |  |  | Reliability of Fractal Signature Analysis: Multi-Dimensional 
					Assessment 
					- Permission Withheld | Frank 
					Roemer, M.D. Presented by Ali Guermazi, M.D., Ph.D.
 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
 Erlangen, Germany
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					| 11:36 |  |  | Kinematics After ACL Reconstruction Influence Activity Level 
					& Cartilage Matrix Changes at 1 Year Follow-Up | Keiko 
					Amano, M.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 11:48 |  |  | PET-MR 
					Imaging of Osseous & Inflammatory Metabolic Activity Post 
					Knee Injury | Feliks 
					Kogan, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 12:00 |  |  | Lunch & 
					Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					|  |  |  | Session 4: 
					Joint Biomechanics in Osteoarthritis: The Role of Imaging | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: Martin Englund, M.D., Ph.D. & John A. Lynch, 
					Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 13:15 |  |  | Assessing Knee Joint 
					Biomechanics with MRI | Richard Souza, PT, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 13:45 |  |  | Role of Imaging in Assessing 
					Biomechanics in Hip Osteoarthritis | David R. 
					Wilson, D.Phil. University of British Columbia
 Vancouver, BC, Canada
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					Session |  | 
				
					| 14:15 |  |  | In Vivo Articular Cartilage Intratissue Deformation in the Human 
					Knee | Deva 
					Chan, Ph.D. Presented by Corey Neu, Ph.D.
 Purdue University
 West Lafayette, IN, USA
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					| 14:27 |  |  | In Vivo 
					Time-Dependent 3D Morphology of Loaded Articular Cartilage 
					of the Tibiofemoral Joint: a Proof-of-Concept Study | Jang-Hwan 
					Choi, Ph.D. Stanford University
 Stanford, CA, USA
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					| 14:39 |  |  | Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography(CECT) Reflects 
					Stiffness of Intact Articular Cartilage | Reza 
					Nickmanesh, M.Sc. University of British Columbia
 Vancouver, BC, Canada
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					| 14:51 |  |  | Tibial 
					Epiphyseal Bone Mineral Density is Related to Pain in 
					Patients with Osteoarthritis | Wadena 
					Burnett, M.Sc. University of Saskatchewan
 Sakatoon, SK, Canada
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					| 15:03 |  |  | Open-MRI 
					Measures of Cam Intrusion for Hips in an Anterior 
					Impingement Position Relate to Acetabular Contact Force | Lawrence 
					Buchan, M.A.Sc. Presented by David R. Wilson, D.Phil
 University of British Columbia
 Vancouver, BC, Canada
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					| 15:15 |  |  | Break & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
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					|  |  |  | Session 5: 
					Recent Insights from Joint Imaging in Population & Clinical 
					Studies | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: David J. Hunter, Ph.D. & Nancy E. Lane, M.D. |  | 
				
					| 15:35 |  |  | Imaging the Hand in 
					Osteoarthritis | Ida K. 
					Haugen, M.D., Ph.D. Diakonhjemmet Hospital
 Oslo, Norway
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					| 16:05 |  |  | Recent Key Finding 
					from Cohort Studies Using Knee MRI | Graeme 
					Jones, M.D. University of Tasmania
 Tasmania, Australia
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					|  |  |  | Proffered Papers  Oral 
					Session |  | 
				
					| 16:35 |  |  | Automated 
					Selection of Trabecular Bone Texture Regions on Hand 
					Radiographs | Marcin 
					Wolski, Ph.D. Curtin University
 Perth, Australia
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					| 16:47 |  |  | Prevalent 
					Focal Cartilage Defects are Risk Factors for Progression in 
					the Same Subregion & Increase Risk of Incident Cartilage 
					Damage in the Same Compartment: the Multicenter 
					Osteoarthritis Study | Ali 
					Guermazi, M.D., Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
 Boston, MA, USA
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					| 16:59 |  |  | The 
					Predictive Value of Quantitative Joint Space Width Loss for 
					Total Hip Replacement | Felix 
					Liu, M.A. Bioimaging University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 17:11 |  |  | Amount of 
					Weight Loss Impacts Hyaline Cartilage T2 Relaxation Time in 
					Obese & Overweight Individuals: 48 Months Data from the 
					Osteoarthritis Initiative | Alexandra 
					Gersing, M.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 17:23 |  |  | The 
					Within-Person Association Between Osteoarthritis Features on 
					MRI & Knee Pain | Jos 
					Runhaar, Ph.D. Erasmus MC University Medical Center
 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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					| 17:35 |  |  | Incident 
					Frequent Knee Pain is Associated with Changes in 
					Semi-Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers of Inflammation | C. Kent 
					Kwoh, M.D. University of Arizona
 Tucson, AZ, USA
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					| 17:47 |  |  | Adjourn |  | 
				
					| 18:00 |  |  | Dinner |  | 
				
					| 19:30 |  |  | Dessert reception at 
					Monterey Bay Aquarium (Departure from Asilomar at 
					19:00) |  | 
				
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					| DAY 4 - 
					Monday, 14 
					September 
					2015 
					(2.5 CME Available) | 
				
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					| 07:00 |  |  | Registration & Speaker Upload Available |  | 
				
					| 07:30 |  |  | Breakfast 
					served until 09:00 |  | 
				
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					|  |  |  | Session 6: 
					Quantitative Data from Joint Images: Are We There Yet (and 
					Why We Need to Get There)? | 
				
					|  |  |  | Moderators: 
					Erik B. 
					Dam, Ph.D. & Edwin H. G. Oei, M.D., Ph.D. |  | 
				
					| 08:45 |  |  | Challenges Associated with Automated Quantitation of Joint Data | Neal K. 
					Bangerter, Ph.D. Brigham Young University
 Provo, UT, USA
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					|  |  |  | Proffered 
					Papers - Oral Session |  | 
				
					| 09:15 |  |  | Rapid 
					Volumetric MRI Measures of the Medial Meniscus for 
					Osteoarthritis Studies: Validity & Responsiveness of a New 
					Automated Method | Charles 
					Ratzlaff, Ph.D. Brigham & Women's Hospital
 Boston, MA, USA
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					| 09:27 |  |  | Quantitative Analysis of Tibial Subchondral Bone: Texture 
					Analysis Outperforms Conventional Trabecular Morphometry | James W. 
					MacKay, M.B.B.Chir., MRCP Norwich Radiology Academy
 Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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					| 09:39 |  |  | Automatically Identifying Bone Marrow Lesions Using Multiple 
					MR Sequences | Claire R. 
					Donoghue, Ph.D. Manchester University
 Manchester, England, UK
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					| 09:51 |  |  | Just 
					Enough Interaction (JEI) Techniques for Semi-Automated 
					Analysis of Knee MRI: Data from the Osteoarthritis 
					Initiative | Satyananda Kashyap, M.Sc. The University of Iowa
 Iowa City, IA, USA
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					| 10:03 |  |  | Automated 
					Thigh Muscle & Adipose Tissue Segmentation Using an Active 
					Shape Model Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) | Jana 
					Kemnitz, Dipl.Ing (FH) Paracelsus Medical University
 Salzburg, Austria
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					| 10:15 |  |  | Variation 
					of Radius of Curvature Around the Femoral Head & its 
					Associations with Gender & Incident Radiographic Hip 
					Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative | John 
					Lynch, Ph.D. University of California
 San Francisco, CA, USA
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					| 10:27 |  |  | Break |  | 
				
					| 10:37 |  |  | Panel 
					Discussion: Moderators, Invited Speakers & Oral Abstract Presenters will Discuss the Question: Automated Quantitation of Data from Joint Images: How Can We Get There?
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					| 11:45 |  |  | Adjournment |  | 
				
					| 12:00 |  |  | Lunch |  | 
				
					| 14:30 |  |  | Optional 
					Outing to Monterey Bay Attractions |  | 
				
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