Symposium in Magnetic Resonance Research

14. Annual Scientific Symposium Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance: Clinical Needs, Research Promises and Technical Solutions

September 8, 2023, 8:15am - September 8, 2023, 6:00pm

Recordings

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Speakers

Amina Chebira, Flywheel Inc, Lausanne, Switzerland

Luca Deininger, KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Robin Heidemann, Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany

Max Lutz, German Metrology Institute, Berlin, Germany

Santosh Kumar Maurya, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Fabian Niess, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Thoralf Niendorf, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany

David Norris, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Bilguun Nurzed, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany

Russell Ouellette, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Alexander Raaijmakers, Technical University Eindhoven and Utrecht Medical Center

Faezeh Rahimi, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany

Antoine Sache, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Ehsan Tasbihi, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Temme, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Alexandre Vignaud, Neurospin CEA, Saclay, France

Tim Wokrina, Bruker Biospin MRI GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany

Yang Hsin-Jung, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, USA

Scientific Program

The scientific program comprises 4 sessions, all balancing technical developments, clinical applications and hot topics related to the synergies between imaging and data science. The scientific program is designed to lay extensive bridges between disciplines to enable the translation of multimodal AI technology into clinically-relevant imaging guided diagnostics, therapy monitoring and digital health applications. We are very much honored to present extraordinary speakers including MR technology leaders, data science specialists and distinguished clinical experts - all bridging disciplinary boundaries and stimulating the imaging and data science communities to throw further weight behind the solution of unsolved problems and unmet clinical needs.

Scientific Session I

GETTING TO THE MATTER OF THE HEART: CLINICAL NEEDS AND RESEARCH PROMISES OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND BODY UHF-MR

08:15

WELCOME

chair: Thoralf Niendorf, Berlin, Germany

Sonia Waiczies, Berlin, Germany

08:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Approaching the Summit: Insights from Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 10.5 T

Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

^Chair:
^{Jutta Ellermann, Minneapolis, USA

Thoralf Niendorf, Berlin, Germany}

08:50	Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Advanced MRI of Ischemic Heart Disease Hsin-Jung (Randy) Yang, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, USA
09:10	Panta Rhei: Phase Contrast MRI at 7.0 T Improves Near-Wall Hemodynamic Parameters Quantification in Intracranial Aneurysms Antoine Sache, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
09:30	Mapping Out the Terrain: MR Fingerprinting Based Absolute Transmission Field Cartography in the Body with Low RF Power Max Lutz, German Metrology Institute, Berlin, Germany
09:50	What Lies Above Cardiac MRI at 7.0 T? Bilguun Nurzed, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
10:10	Poster Power Session (4 x 2 min) Development and Evaluation of kT-point Pulses for Cardiac MRI at 7T Sophia Nagelstraßer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany Characterizing Myocardial Perfusion and Early Signs of Myocardial Change in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using Arterial Spin Labeling Oumaima Laghzali, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany Evaluating Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors for HCM: Insights from Advanced CMR Imaging and Histology in a Mouse Model Siqin Liu, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin Germany *Advanced Cardiac MRI: Catching Heart Motion with Free-Running 3D Whole-Heart T2 mapping in Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (HCM) model** Shahriar Shalikar, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
10:20	PANEL DISCUSSION: CARDIAC AND BODY MRI at UHF chair: David Norris, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Sebastian Schmitter, Berlin, Germany
10:35	COFFEE BREAK / RELAXATION WITH LIVE MUSIC

Scientific Session II

GETTING TO THE MATTER OF THE BRAIN: CLINCIAL NEEDS AND RESEARCH PROMISES FOR NEUROVASCULAR UHF-MR AND RELATED FIELDS

^{Chairs:

Santosh Kumar Maurya, Rehovot, Israel

Min-Chi Ku, Berlin, Germany}

10:55	Next Generation Tools for Data Science Innovation in Imaging Amina Chebira, Flywheel Inc, Lausanne, Switzerland
11:15	Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis: Lessons Learnt from UHF-MRI Russell Ouellette, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
11:35	Probing Human Brain Glucose Metabolism: Direct (2H) and Indirect (1H) Detection of Deuterium Labeled Substrates at 7.0 T Fabian Niess, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
11:55	Rich Opportunities for Discovery: The Dutch National 14.0 T MRI Initiative in Medical Science David Norris, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
12:15	Poster Power Session (6 x 2 min) The Brain Age Gap Estimation (BrainAGE) Predicts Brain Reserve Estimated Using a Residual Approach in Alzheimer’s Continuum Ersin Ersoezlue for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) study, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany *Rapid PD, T2, and T2 Mapping in Multiple Sclerosis Using 2in1-RARE-EPI and Model-Based Reconstruction Jose Raul Velasquez Vides, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany Role of Map Based High Order Shimming for Single Voxel Spectroscopy (SVS) at 7T Hoby Hetherington, Department of Radiology University of Missouri, USA A Triple CycleGAN Model Ensemble for Motion Correction in 7T MR Brain Imaging Gulfam Ahmed Saju, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Study of Radiofrequency-Induced Heating Inside the Human Head with Dental Implants at 7 T Xuegang Xin, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Advancing 7T BOLD fMRI Spatial Accuracy and Sensitivity: Unveiling Individual Brain Neurosignatures** Igor F. Tellez Ceja, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
12:25	PANEL DISCUSSION: BRAIN MRI at UHF chair: Sonia Waiczies, Berlin, Germany Alexandre Vignaud, Saclay, France
12:40	LUNCH BREAK / BREAKFAST BREAK

Scientific Session III

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH: FROM BLUE SKY EXPLORATIONS EN ROUTE TO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

^{Chairs:

Kamil Ugurbil, Minneapolis, USA

Nandita Saha, Berlin, Germany}

13:25	Imaging Mini Brains: Artificial Intelligence for High Field MRI of Cerebral Organoids Luca Deininger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
13:45	The Kidney is a Remarkable Organ: In Vivo Monitoring of the Renal Tubule Volume Fraction Using Parametric MRI Ehsan Tasbihi, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
14:05	A Toolbox to Probe Oxygenation and Inflammation in Disease Models with 19F MRI Sebastian Temme, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
14:25	Turning a Diagnostic Instrument into a Therapeutic Device: Helmet RF Applicators for Thermal MR at 7.0 T Faezeh Rahimi, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
14:45	Sea to Summit: Progress in Preclinical MR at Ultrahigh and Extreme Magnetic Fields Tim Wokrina, Bruker Biospin MRI GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany
15:05	Poster Power Session (4 x 2 min) Monitoring of Timed Degradation of Biodegradable Metal Implants: How MRI Can Contribute Martin Meier, ZTL Imaging-Center, Hannover Medical School, Germany Dynamic MRI and Deep Learning: Tracking Acute Kidney Size Changes in Rats Tobias Klein, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany Improving B1+ Homogeneity in Brain imaging at 7 T with A Flexible Metasurface-Based Pad Vladislav Koloskov, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia Evaluation of Dipole Antenna RF Applicators for ThermalMR Theranostics Nandita Saha, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany
15:15	PANEL DISCUSSION: TRANSLATIONAL MRI at UHF chair: Jason Millward, Berlin, Germany Alexander Raaijmakers, Eindhoven and Utrecht, The Netherlands
15:30	COFFEE BREAK / RELAXATION WITH LIVE MUSIC

Scientific Session IV

LOOKING AT THE HORIZON

^{Chairs:
Franz Schmitt, Quetzin, Germany
Bernd Ittermann, Berlin, Germany}

15:55	From Acoustics to MRI: Manipulation of Wave Propagation to Boost Transmission Efficiency and Sensitivity with Metamaterials Santosh Kumar Maurya, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
16:15	Scaling the Mountains: Progress and Challenges of Commissioning the Iseult CEA 11.7 T Whole-Body MRI Instrument Alexandre Vignaud, Neurospin CEA, Saclay, France
16:35	Let’s Climb The Mountains: RF Array Concepts for Brain MRI at 14.0 T Alexander Raaijmakers, Technical University Eindhoven and Utrecht Medical Center, The Netherlands
16:55	About Mountaineers and Explorers: Germany’s Journey Toward 14.0 T Human Magnetic Resonance Thoralf Niendorf, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin Germany
17:15	Mountaineering Tools and Their Uses: Progress in UHF-MR Technology and Applications Robin Heidemann, Siemens Healthineers
17:35	PANEL DISCUSSION: FUTURE of UHF MRI chair: Kamil Ugurbil, Minneapolis, USA Bernd Ittermann, Berlin, Germany
18:00	Get Together

Poster sessions

We are looking forward to your scientific contributions in form of posters. Please note that the symposium’s poster price competition will consider all submitted posters hence, encouraging you to walk the extra mileage. The scientific program includes a number of 2-minute slots for speedy poster power presentations. This will give many of you the opportunity to be in the spotlight of the audience.

Professional Child Care

Many of us are aware of the fact how balancing work and family poses challenges for parents. The Max Delbrück Center is devoted to offset this challenge and contribute its level best towards harmonizing the competing needs of families with the mission to advance science. It is the relentless effort that made it to a proud "Work and Family" awardee. To this end we are very pleased to offer professional child care for the course of this annual scientific symposium. Please get in touch with us if you need information and support in this regard.

Additional Event

For those who would like to combine their trip to Berlin with another event, we would like to warmly recommend a visit to the 25th Annual Meeting of the German Section of ISMRM e.V. of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Division of the Physikalische-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

This will take place at PTB's Berlin Institute on September 6 and 7. A special concern of the DS-ISMRM is the promotion of young scientists in the field of magnetic resonance in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Please find more information on the following homepage: https://www.ds-ismrm2023.ptb.de

Contact

CONFERENCE OFFICE:

Dr. Timkehet Teffera
Congress Manager
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 94064255

Lien-Georgina Dettmann
Congress Manager
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 94062719

Matthias Runow
Congress Manager
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 94063720

E-Mail: MRsymposium@mdc-berlin.de

OFFICE PROF. NIENDORF:

Carolin Bechtloff
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10
13125 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 94063978