Kick-off Session
The Future of Digital Technology in Medicine1
Mark A. Griswold (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA)
Low-, Mid-, and High-Field MRI.
A Critical Historical Review and How Challenges at Lower-Field Strength MRI can be Tackled with Emerging Technologies1,2
Val M. Runge (University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland)
MR Imaging in the Era of Deep Learning1,2
Florian Knoll (NYU School of Medicine, Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), New York, NY, USA)
Consistent Pediatric Imaging - Challenges and Achievements3
Cynthia K. Rigsby (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA)
Pearls and Pitfalls in Pediatric Imaging3
Erin Robins (Perth Children's Hospital - WA Health, Australia)
Reduced Stress and Consistent Contrast-enhanced MRI Scan4
Markus G. Lentschig (CEMODI, Bremen, Germany)
Deep Learning Image Reconstruction
Introduction to Deep Learning for MR Image Reconstruction1
Florian Knoll (New York University, New York, NY, USA)
Deep Learning Image Reconstruction – State of the Art1
Kerstin Hammernik (Imperial College London, UK)
Iterative Denoising and Increased Acquisition Speed1
Johan Dehem (Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium)
Value in MRI
The Value of MR Imaging
Vikas Gulani (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Improving Productivity in MRI – Clinical Experience in a Multi-site Outpatient Practice Setting1
Mike Notohamiprodjo (Die Radiologie, Munich, Germany)
Optimization and Longterm Monitoring in Radiology Departments 1,4
Lawrence N. Tanenbaum (RadNet, New York, NY, USA)
Innovate, Automate, Accelerate: Cardiovascular MRI Today and Tomorrow
Multi-contrast, Multi-parametric Imaging: What‘s next in CMR?1,4
Header MyoMaps are the Essential Diagnostic Toolbox for Diagnosis of Cardiac Inflammation
Evidence, Advocacy, Education: Getting CMR Into Clinical Routine
GOHeart Workflows for CMR Exams in < 30 Minutes1,5
Johan Dehem, MD (Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium)
Advances in Contrast-enhanced MRI in Ischemic Heart Disease
James C. Carr (Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA)
Novel Methods in Signal Generation and Reconstruction1,4
Rizwan Ahmad, PhD (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)
AI and Deep Learning – Where is CMR Heading?1,4
Vivek Muthurangu, MD (University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK)
Interventional Cardiac MRI - ready for daily routine?
MRI-guided Cardiovascular Catheterization at 0.55T
Early Results and Experiences for iCMR in Atrial Flutter
Ablation Center of the Future
Pediatric MR Imaging
Brain Malformations. New Insights in Pediatric Imaging3
Thierry A.G.M. Huisman (Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA)
Cardiac MRI in the Assessment of Cardiac Injury and Toxicity from Cancer Chemotherapy3
Olga H. Toro-Salazar (Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Newington, CT, USA)
MRI of the Pediatric Bone Marrow3
Jie C. Nguyen (The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Abdominal MRI and Intervention in Pediatric Patients. A One-Stop Shop Approach3
Guenther Schneider (Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany)
PET-MR Applications in Pediatric Oncology and Neurology3
Pietro Zucchetta (University Hospital of Padova, Italy)
Improved Motion-Robust Neuro MRI of Children1,3,4
Simon K. Warfield (Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
Quantitative, Robust Neuro MRI
Multi-parametric MRI in Stroke Imaging
Shan Shan Lu; First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Clinical Benefits of MR Fingerprinting1
Meiyun Wang; Henan Provincial People's Hospital, China
MRI Techniques in Multiple Sclerosis: New Diagnostic and Research Developments1
Matilde Inglese; University of Genoa, Italy / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Measuring Brain Maturation with Quantitative MRI in Pediatrics1,3
Baptiste Morel; Pediatric Radiology, Clocheville Hospital, CHRU de Tours, France
How we do it: Pearls and Pitfalls in Clinical fMRI
Cathy Elsinger; NNL, Bergen, Norway
Wave CAIPI for Routine Clinical Brain MRI1,3
Susie Huang; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Clinical Translation of 7T MRI: Epilepsy Imaging
Srinivasan Mukundan; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Musculoskeletal MR Imaging
Fast and Efficient MSK Imaging: Tips and Tricks to Squeeze More Performance out of your Scanner
Bac Nguyen (Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway)
MRI in Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Charles Ho (The Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO, USA)
MSK Related Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Cardiac Problems
Patrick Veit-Haibach (University of Toronto, Medical Imaging, Toronto, ON, Canada)
GRAPPATINI Sequence: a One-stop Shop for Knee Imaging4
Patrick Omoumi (CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Prepare Your MSK MRI Practice for COVID-19 Recovery
Jan Fritz (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA)
Neurological Intervention
Towards Precision Surgery in Neurosurgery
Bernard Bendok (Mayo Clinic, Neurosurgery, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Crucial Role of Real-time MRI Guidance in Functional Neurosurgery
Mark Richardson (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA)
MR-Guided Pain Management: Spine Injections and Nerve Ablations
Combined Angio-MRI Suite Enables Tissue-Based Decision-Making
Steven W. Hetts (UCSF Mission Bay Hospitals, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA)
Men’s Health and Screening
Selecting the Right Patients in the Age of MRI Prostate Cancer Screening
Masoom Haider (Toronto General Hospital, Canada)
Productivity and Short Examination Protocols with GO Prostate and the Prostate Dot Engine
Prostate AI – Performance in Clinical Practice
Moon-Hyung Choi (Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital. The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)
Active Surveilance with MRI
Kartik S. Jhaveri (University Health Network, Toronto, Canada)
Efficient, Fast and Precise MR-guided Biopsies with the Soteria RMC
Anshuman Panda (Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
New Minimal-invasive, Image-guided Treatment Options for Low-grade Prostate Cancer
Jurgen Fütterer (Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Managment of Advanced Disease
Chen Min (Beijing Hospital, The National Center of Gerontology, China)
Unmet Needs in Prostate MRI. Where is the Field Heading to?
Anwar R. Padhani (Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK)
The Integration of MRI in Radiation Therapy: the Power of Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Implementing a Magnet Dedicated to Planning Radiotherapy Treatments
David Roberge (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Canada)
MRI in Radiation Oncology. See what you treat - treat what you see1,2
Juergen Debus (University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany)
Collaboration between Radiology and Radiation Oncology for MR-guided Radiotherapy1
Hersh Chandarana (New York University, New York, NY, USA)
Women’s Health
DENSE Trial - Implications for Breast Cancer Screening
Carla van Gils (University Medical Center, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Repetitive HR-MRI of the Breast at Intervals of Maximum 24 Months - a Way to Reduce Mortality ?
Uwe Fischer (Diagnostisches Brustzentrum Göttingen, BZG, Göttingen, Germany)
Implementing Abbreviated MRI Screening into a Breast Imaging Practice
Donna Plecha (Univ Hospitals Cleveland, USA)
Abbreviated Breast MRI. The Royal Melbourne Journey1
Angela Agostinelli (The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville Victoria, Australia)
Treatment Response Assessment with MRI
Susan Weinstein (Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Further Reading
Susan P. Weinstein, Katrina Korhonen, Claire Cirelli, Mitchell D. Schnall, Elizabeth S. McDonald, Austin R. Pantel, Samantha Zuckerman, Ari Borthakur, Emily F. Conant. Abbreviated Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Supplemental Screening of Women With Dense Breasts and Average Risk. J Clin Oncol 38, September 15, 2020: DOI https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.19.02198.
MRI in Breast Cancer: From Bench to Bedside & Beyond. MRI-derived Parameters for Hormone Receptors
Katja Pinker-Domenig (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA)
Percutaneous Intervention (PI)
Why does this World need Image Guidance by Interventional MRI?1,3
Jens Ricke (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
MR-guided Cryoablation1,3
Afshin Gangi (University Hospital of Strasbourg, France)
Pediatric MR-guided Biopsies3
Günther Schneider (Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Clinical Workflow for MRI-guided Ablation1
Bennet Hensen (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)
Freehand MR-guided Needle Interventions1
Frank Fischbach (University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany)
MRI-guided Needle Biopsy: Visibility and Safety Considerations1
Sean D. Chambers / David Gross (COOK Medical, USA)
Abdominal and Oncological Imaging
Free-breathing Abdominal MRI and Liver Fat Quantification1,3
Holden Wu (David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
The Role of MRI in the Management of Diffuse Liver Disease
Kartik S. Jhaveri (University Health Network, Toronto, Canada)
Quantitative MR Imaging: Application in Pancreatic Diseases
Liang Zhu (Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China)
Rectal Cancer Staging and Evaluation of Response
Bachir Taouli (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA )
Minimal Invasive Image-guided Therapy of Primary and Secondary Liver Disease
Jurgen Futterer (Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Malignant Bone Disease Imaging in the Era of Precision Medicine
Anwar Padhani (Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, London, UK)
Radiomics and AI in Cancer - Approaches and Analysis1
Masoom Haider (Sinai Health System & University Health Network, Toronto, Canada)
Emerging Fields of MRI
Bringing MRI to the People. What about the ICU?1,4
Elmar Merkle (University Hospital Basel, Switzerland)
(Re-)Emerging Fields of Lower-field MRI1,4
Hersh Chandarana (NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA)
Opportunities in Interventional and Diagnostic Imaging by Using High-performance Low-field-strength MRI1,4
Adrienne Campbell-Washburn (NIH, Nat. Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Lung MRI of COVID-19 Patients1,4
Sebastian Bickelhaupt (University Hospital Erlangen, Germany)
Accessible MRI. Serving Underserved Populations
Accessible MRI - the Clinical View1,2,4
Vikas Gulani (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Accessible MRI - Technological and Economic Challenges
Najat Salameh and Mathieu Sarracanie (Center for Adaptable MRI Technology, University of Basel, Switzerland)
Quantitative and Intelligent MRI for Underserved Populations1,4
Nicole Seiberlich (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Transforming Care Delivery
Transforming Care Delivery1,4
Bernd Montag (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany)
Clinical Workflow Optimization by Integrated Diagnostics1,4
Stefan Schoenberg (University Medical Center Mannheim, Germany)
AI- Pathway Companion1,4
Sepehr Seyedzadeh (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany)
BEFUND24
Arnd Dörfler (University Hospital Erlangen, Germany)
Medicalis - Clinical Decision Support / Referrer Management1,4
Jon Darer (Siemens Healthineers, Malvern, PA, USA )
Data Infrastructure for AI and Transforming Healthcare Innovation
Travis Richardson (Flywheel)
Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Radiology: Now and in the Future1,4
Michael P. Recht (New York University, New York, USA)
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