PROGRAM

Sessions will consist of invited talks and contributed papers, followed by discussion periods.  Posters will also be displayed and discussed.   Lunches, dinners, and social events will be part of the program to provide even more opportunities for interaction and discussion.
Lecture Hall: Salle Lamennais I + II
Posters, coffee breaks: Salle Lamennais III + IV
Lunches, dinner: Salle Lamennais IV + V
Office: Salle Mac Low
Saturday, 9 March
17:00 - 19:00 Registration; Poster Setup; Refreshments
Sunday, 10 March
08:00 - 09:00 Registration; Poster Setup
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Introduction
D. Le Bihan
SESSION:   Physics Background
Chairs:  P.J. Basser, Y. Cohen
09:10 - 09:30 Kinetics of Equilibrium Compartmental Water Interchange: Revealed by Contrast Reagents
C.S. Springer, Jr.
09:30 - 09:50 Applications of High-b-Value q-Space Diffusion MRS and MRI in the Nervous Systems: From Isolated Organs to the Entire Human Brain
Y. Cohen
09:50 - 10:10 Diffusion time assignment and q-space formalism for finite-duration diffusion-encoding gradients : Simulation of 3D random walks
N.F. Lori; T.E. Conturo
10:10 - 10:30 Biological tissue as a multiscale system: the continuum approach
L.L. Latour
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20 Does q-Space imaging correlate with mechanical anisotropy?
R. C. Welsh ; D. D. Steele ; S. Y. Emelianov ; T. L. Chenevert
11:20 - 11:40 When is a Gaussian displacement distribution adequate to describe water diffusion in tissues?
R. Shrager ; D. K. Jones ; S; Pajevic ; P. Munson ; P. J. Basser
11:40 - 12:00 Diffusion Spectrum Imaging of Complex Cortical Cytoarchitecture in Adult Rats.
W-Y. I. Tseng
; C-P. Lin ; J-H. Chen ; Van J. Wedeen
12:00 - 12:30 General Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
SESSION:   Diffusion in Multiple Compartments, Exchange Effect
Chairs:  R. V. Mulkern and G. J. Stanisz
14:00 - 14:20 On the Rotational Invariance of Biexponential Fits to Tissue Diffusion Decay Curves in the Human Brain : A Triple Trace Approach
R. V. Mulkern ; S. Vajapeyan ; S. E. Maier
14:20 - 14:40 Experimental Observations of Multiple Rates of Water Self-Diffusion and Diffusion Anisotropy in Tissue, Intact Isolated Cells and Cell Phantoms.
T. H. Mareci ; P. Thelwall; S. Grant; S. Blackband
14:40 - 15:00 Tissue Compartments, Exchange and Diffusion.
G. J. Stanisz ; R. M. Henkelman
15:00 - 15:20 The evolution of the fast and slow diffusion tensors in the pediatric brain.
R. A. Jones ; S. Palasis ; J. D. Grattan-Smith
15:20 - 15:40 Diffusion-Weighted Spectroscopy of Water and Cerebral Metabolites at Very Large b Values – What Multiple Components Tell Us
J. Pfeuffer
15:40 - 16:10 General Discussion
16:10 - 17:30 Poster Session (physics, multiple compartments, exchange) + Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:00 Diffusion/Perfusion Study Group Business meeting
18:00 - 19:00 Keynote Address:  Chair:  P.J. Basser
Spatial and Temporal Coherence Phenomena Arising from Translational Spin Motion in Gradient Spin Echo Experiments
P.T. Callaghan
19:00 - 20:00 Reception (Saint-Malo City Hall)
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner
Monday, 11 March
SESSION:   Diffusion and Tissue Geometry
Chairs:  C. Sotak and D. Leibfritz
08:50 - 09:10 The Relationship Between Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Changes of Tissue Water and Cell Volume Changes During Acute Neurological Disorders
C. H. Sotak
09:10 - 09:30 Microscopic Water Motion in Brain Tissue or Maxwell's Demon
D. Leibfritz
09:30 - 09:50 Modulation of water diffusion by brain activation
D. Le Bihan ; A. Darquié ; J-B. Poline ; S. Chabert ; N. F. Lori                        
09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:40 Is q-slice imaging predictive of pathology in neurodegenerative disorders?
A. Obenaus ; E. Kendall
10:40 - 11:00 The Relationship between Diffusion Changes, Cell Swelling and Anoxic Depolarization During Ischaemia. A Re-Evaluation of Conflicting Data
S. R. Williams ; A. de Crespigny ; D. Buckley
11:00 - 11:30 General Discussion
11:30 - 12:30 Keynote Address:  Chair:   P. J. Van Zijl
Extracellular Space Diffusion Parameters in the CNS
E. Syková
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
SESSION:   Anisotropic Diffusion
Chairs:  S. Mori and J. F. Neil
14:00 - 14:20 Histological and Physiological Features Obtained From Diffusion-Tensor MRI Data
P. J. Basser
14:20 - 14:40 Relating Micro-structural Properties of Neural Fibres with Anisotropic Diffusion
C. Beaulieu
14:40 - 15:00 Anisotropic Water Transport in the Human Eye Lens studied by Diffusion Tensor NMR Micro-imaging
B. A. Moffat ; J. M. Pope
15:00 - 16:30 Poster Session (tissue geometry, anistropic diffusion) + Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:50 Water Diffusion Features as Indicators of Muscle Structure Ex Vivo
J.-M. Bonny ; J.-P. Renou
16:50 - 17:10 Diffusion Anisotropy in the Developing Human Brain
J. Neil
17:10 - 17:30 Diffusion Anisotropy of the Mouse Developing Brain
S. Mori ; J. Zhang ; P. Van Zijl ; P. Yarowsky
17:30 - 18:00 General Discussion
18:00 - 19:00 Keynote Address.  Chair: D. Le Bihan
The Neurons Time
M. Pouchelet
19:15 - 23:00 Bus transfer and gala dinner (Malouinière de la Ville Gilles)
Tuesday, 12 March
SESSION:   Diffusion and Fiber Tracking
Chairs:  V. Wedeen and D. Alexander
08:30 - 08:50 Title to be announced
V. Wedeen
08:50 - 09:10 Analysis of high angular resolution diffusion weighted MRI data
L. R. Frank
09:10 - 09:30 Magnetization transfer profiles and T2 characterization of white matter tracts
P.C.M. van Zijl; S. Wakana; F. Pizzini; H. Jiang; S. Mori; X. Golay         
09:30 - 09:50 A spin glass based framework to address bundle tracking as an inverse problem
Y. Cointepas ; C. Poupon ; C. A. Clark ; D. Le Bihan ; J-F. Mangin                       
09:50 - 10:10 Sub-voxel measurement of fiber orientation using high angular resolution diffusion tensor imaging
A. W. Anderson
10:10 - 11:20 Poster Session (fiber tracking, physiopathology) + Special Break
11:20 - 11:40 Validation of Diffusion Spectrum Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Registered Manganese-enhanced Optic Tracts and Phantom
C-P. Lin ; Van J. Wedeen ; C. Yao ; J-H Chen ; W-Y. I. Tseng
11:40 - 12:00 Combined Mapping of Functional Domains and Axonal Connectivity in Cat Visual Cortex Using FMRI and DTI
D-S. Kim ; I. Ronen ; K-H. Kim ; E. Formisano ; K. Ugurbil ; S. Mori ; R. Goebel
12:00 - 12:30 General Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
SESSION:   Diffusion and Pathophysiology
Chairs:  M. Moseley and T. Conturo
14:00 - 14:20 Diffusion and Pathophysiology
M. Moseley
14:20 - 14:40 Identifying the white matter pathways involved in lesions and MRI contrast patterns using diffusion tensor tracking
T. E. Conturo ; N. F. Lori ; E. Akbudak ; A. Bizzi ; J. S. Shimony ; A. Falini ; A. Z. Snyder ; M. A. Rocca
14:40 - 15:00 Diffusion MRI in white matter disease: a pathophysiological and clinical viewpoint
C.M. Elliss
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:50 Diffusion-Tensor MR Imaging Patterns in White Matter Tracts Altered By Neoplasm
A. S. Field ; A. L. Alexander ; K. M. Hasan ; K. Arfanakis ; B. P. Witwer ; R. Moftakhar ; P. Deshmukh ; V. Haughton ; H. Rowley ; J. Noyes ; B. Hermann ; C. Moritz ; M .E. Meyerand ; B. Badie
15:50 - 16:10 Microstructure of Temporo-parietal white matter as a basis for reading ability: Evidence from DTI
T. Klingberg
16:10 - 16:30 Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Human Spinal Cord
H. Mamata ; C-F. Westin ; K. H. Zou ; U. De Girolami ; F. A. Jolesz ; S. E. Maier
16:30 - 17:00 General Discussion
17:00 - 17:30 CLOSING OF THE WORKSHOP: P. Basser ; P. Van Zijl ; D. Le Bihan