2008 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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Last updated 03-07-08
Friday, 2 May Tuesday, 6 May
Saturday, 3 May Wednesday, 7 May
Sunday, 4 May Thursday, 8 May
Monday, 5 May Friday, 9 May

FRIDAY
2 May 2008
 
Registration Opens
14:00 - 20:00


SATURDAY
3 MAY 2008

 

MR Engineering
Day 1

Oral Presentations Available

 
Advanced Topics in Diffusion & Perfusion
Oral Presentations Available
Advanced Topics in Analysis of Structural & Functional MRI Data
Oral Presentations Available
Advanced MR Brain Imaging
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics for Physicists
Oral Presentations Available
Body MRI by the Experts I
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical MRI: From Physical Principles to Practical Protocols
Oral Presentations Available
Probing Cancer with MRI I: Molecular Pathways to Experimental Models
Oral Presentations Available
08:30 - 17:30 08:30 - 18:00 09:00 - 18:15 08:30 - 18:15 08:30 - 18:15 08:30 - 18:00 08:30 - 17:20 08:30 -17:05
Room 701 A Room 718 B Room 701 B Room 714 A/B Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 716 A/B Room 713 A/B


SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 1
(Technologist/Radiographer Program)
Constitution Hall
 


SUNDAY
4 MAY 2008

 

MR Engineering
Day 2

Oral Presentations Available
Cardiovascular MRI - Basic Techniques and Applications
Oral Presentations Available
Cancer Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Clinical & Research Applications
Oral Presentations Available
Imaging Strategies
Oral Presentations Available
Molecular Imaging
Oral Presentations Available
Translating Physics To The Clinic: Diffusion, Perfusion & Functional Imaging
Oral Presentations Available
Probing Cancer With MR II: From Animal Models To Clinical Assessment
Oral Presentations Available
Current Concepts in Musculoskeletal MRI
Oral Presentations Available
fMRI Methods, Interpretation & Applications
Oral Presentations Available
09:00 - 15:15 08:30 - 17:15 08:30 - 17:45 8:30 - 17:45 08:00 - 17:45 08:00 - 17:45 08:30 - 17:45 08:00 - 18:00 08:00 - 12:00
Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 715 A/B Room 714 A/B Room 718 B Room 716 A/B Room 713 A/B Room 718 A Room 801 A/B



SMRT Annual Meeting - Day 2
(Technologist/Radiographer Program)
Constitution Hall
 

12:15 - 13:30
Lunch

STUDY GROUPS
15:30 to 17:30

Cardiac MR Diffusion & Perfusion MR Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy
Room 801 A/B Room 701 A Room 717 A/B

Opening Reception in Technical Exhibit Area 17:45 to 19:15


MONDAY
5 MAY 2008
 

Hall F/G

Welcome and ISMRM Gold Medal Award and Fellow Presentations
Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D., ISMRM President
07:30
 
Lauterbur Lecture: The Origin of MRI in Physics - Curiosity, Serendipity and Inventions
Herman Y. Carr, Ph.D.
08:20
 
PLENARY LECTURES:  Diffusion Outside the Head
Organizers: Klaas Nicolay, Ph.D., and Caroline Reinhold, M.D., M.Sc.
 
Diffusion-Weighted MRI of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
Bruce Damon, Ph.D.
09:00
 
Diffusion-Weighted MRI of Kidneys: Beyond Morphology
Harriet C. Thoeny, M.D.
09:25
 
Whole Body Volumetric Diffusion-weighted Imaging (DWI)
Taro Takahara, M.D.
09:50

10:15 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 13:00

Parallel Imaging
Oral Presentations Available
Methods & Applications of Molecular Imaging 
Oral Presentations Available
Functional Connectivity & Brain Networks
Oral Presentations Available
HARDI/ Q-Space Imaging
Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical:
Body MRI by the Experts 3: Bowel/ Peritoneum

Oral Presentations Available
Clinical Categorical:
Imaging Brain Tumors: From Physiology to Therapy

Oral Presentations Available
Myocardial Perfusion and Viability
Oral Presentations Available

 

MRI of Schizophrenia & Other Psychiatric Diseases
Oral Presentations Available
Thermal Therapy & Focused Ultrasound
Oral Presentations Available
Electromagnetic Safety
Oral Presentations Available
Room 801A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B

13:00 - 14:00
Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
Siemens Medical Solutions
Hall F
 

14:00 - 16:00

Traditional Poster Session
Hall D



Electronic Poster Session
Hall D
Special Symposium:
Grant Writing: Prospects, Pearls, and Pitfalls

Oral Presentations Available
ISMRM/SMRT Joint Forum: 
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis - A Multidisciplinary & Global Issue
Quantitative Approach to Diffuse Liver Disease
Oral Presentations Available
Imaging Functional Networks in the Brain
Oral Presentations Available
Time Resolved 4D Contrast Enhanced MRA
Oral Presentations Available
MRS of Animal Brain
Oral Presentations Available
Cartilage Imaging: Clinical & Translation Research Applications
Oral Presentations Available

Room 801 A/B

Room 718 A Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 717 A/B

16:00 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 18:30

Improving Data Quality for Diffusion Imaging
Oral Presentations Available

 

Transmit Concepts & Arrays 
Oral Presentations Available
Brain Activation Studies at High Spatial Resolution
Oral Presentations Available
Prostate Cancer: Evolving Detection Techniques
Oral Presentations Available
Advances in MRI Based Cell Tracking
Oral Presentations Available
Cerebral Perfusion: Arterial Spin Labeling
Oral Presentations Available
Metabolic & Biochemical Tissue Characterization Using Non-Proton MR
Oral Presentations Available
MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians Motion Artifact Correction
Oral Presentations Available

Case-Based Teaching I:
Evaluation of the Athlete with Hip or Groin Pain

Oral Presentations Available

Room 801A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Hall F Hall G Room 717 A/B

18:30 - 20:30
STUDY GROUPS

Hyperpolarized Media MR Interventional MR MR Engineering MR in Drug Research Current Issues in Brain Function MR Safety Susceptibility Weighted Imaging
Room 718 A Room 714 A/B Room 718 B Room 716 A/B Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 717 A/B


TUESDAY
6 MAY 2008
 

07:00 - 08:00
Morning Categorical Courses

Oral Presentations Available

  • Safety Update - Room 801 A/B
  • Ultra-High-Field MR in Humans - Room 718 A
  • Absolute Beginners' Guide to Anatomical and Functional MRI of the Human Brain - Room 718B
  • Clinical Science for Physicists and Engineers - Room 714 A/B
  • Body MRI by the Experts II: Lung fMRI and Multi-parametric Prostate MR - Room 716 A/B
  • Neuroimaging: What can clinicians learn from the animal model work? Room 701 A
  • Clinical Application of Cardiovascular Imaging - Room 701 B
  • Cell Tracking - Room 713 A/B
  • Hyperpolarization: How to Obtain and Use a 100,000-fold Increase in Polarization - Room 715 A/B
  • Tissue contrast in MSK MRI: from Physics to Physiology - Room 717 A/B
  • Hall F/G
    PLENARY LECTURES:  MR Elastography
    Organizers:  Kimberly K. Amrami, M.D., and Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
     
    Overview of MRE, Driver Technology, and Applications for Abdominal Imaging
    Richard L. Ehman, M.D.
    08:15
     
    Pulse Sequences for MRE, MRE of Brain and Muscle
    Ingolf Sack, Ph.D.
    08:40
     
    Inversion Algorithms for MRE, MRE of Breast Cancer
    Ralph Sinkus, Ph.D.
    09:05
    09:30 - 10:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    10:30 - 12:30
    Mechanisms of BOLD Contrast
    Oral Presentations Available
    It's All RF: Pulses, Trains, Sweeps and Feedback
    Oral Presentations Available
    Quantitative Imaging/ Relaxometry
    Oral Presentations Available

     

    Metabolic Insights into Cancer in Cells, Tissues & Biofluids
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    The Pediatric Lower Extremity: The Unique Lesions of Childhood

    Oral Presentations Available
    AD: Of Mice and Men
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    CMR of Myocardial Infarction

    Oral Presentations Available
    Diffusion MRI: Clinical Correlation & Prediction
    Oral Presentations Available
    Developments in MR Guided Interventions
    Oral Presentations Available

     

    Tissue Characterization Using MR Microscopy
    Oral Presentations Available

     

    Room 801A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B

    12:30 - 13:30

    Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
    Philips Medical Systems
    Hall F
     

    13:30 - 15:30

    Traditional Poster Session
    Hall D



    Electronic Poster Session
    Hall D
    Update on NSF
    Oral Presentations Available
    MRI of Cerebral Ischemia in Animals & Humans
    Oral Presentations Available
    Coronary MRA & Vessel Wall
    Oral Presentations Available
    Special Symposium:
    Image Processing

    Oral Presentations Available
    Cartilage Imaging: Methods
    Oral Presentations Available

    Room 801 A/B

    Room 701 A

    Room 701B

    Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B
    15:30 - 16:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    16:00 - 18:00
    Imaging in the Post NYQUIST Era
    Oral Presentations Available
     
    Beyond Components: Subsystems & Hybrids
    Oral Presentations Available
    B1 Mapping: What's Your Angle?
    Oral Presentations Available
    Investigating Cancer in Animal Models Using MRI and MRS
    Oral Presentations Available
    Case-Based Teaching II:
    Liver and Pancreatic Tumors

    Oral Presentations Available
    The Aging Brain
    Oral Presentations Available
    Quantitative Flow Imaging
    Oral Presentations Available
    Lung Structure & Function
    Oral Presentations Available
    MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians 
    Oral Presentations Available
    Non-BOLD of Multi-Modal fMRI
    Oral Presentations Available
    Room 801A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Hall F Hall G
    18:15 - 19:45
    BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIA
    Bayer Healthcare
    MRI Contrast Media - Challenges & Opportunities
    Bracco 
    Contrast Enhancement in MR Imaging: Issues & Answers
    Room 718 A Room 701 B


    WEDNESDAY
    7 MAY 2008

     

    07:00 - 08:00
    Morning Categorical Courses

    Oral Presentations Available

  • Safety Update - Room 801 A/B
  • Ultra-High-Field MR in Humans - Room 718 A
  • Absolute Beginners' Guide to Anatomical and Functional MRI of the Human Brain - Room 718 B
  • Clinical Science for Physicists and Engineers - Room 714 A/B
  • Body MRI by the Experts II: Lung fMRI and Multi-parametric Prostate MR - Room 716 A/B
  • Neuroimaging: What can clinicians learn from the animal model work? - Room 701 A
  • Clinical Application of Cardiovascular Imaging - Room 701 B
  • Cell Tracking - Room 713 A/B
  • Hyperpolarization: How to Obtain and Use a 100,000-fold Increase in Polarization - Room 715 A/B
  • Tissue contrast in MSK MRI: from Physics to Physiology - Room 717 A/B
  • Hall F/G
    PLENARY LECTURES:  The Latest Developments in Cancer
    Organizers: Markus Rudin, Ph.D., and Robert Gillies, Ph.D.
     

    Towards Personalized Cancer Medicine: Molecular Therapeutics & Biomarkers

    Paul Workman, Ph.D.
    08:15
     
    Novel Imaging Strategies Preclinical: Molecular Readouts/Pathway Imaging: MRI Versus Other Modalities
    Dimitri Artemov, Ph.D.
    08:40
     
    Novel Imaging Strategies Clinical: Cancer Biomarkers
    George Mills, M.D., M.B.A.
    09:05
    9:30 - 10:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    10:30 - 12:30 
    Pulse Sequences: Post Cartesian 
    Oral Presentations Available
    Fiber Tracking & Connectivity Mapping
    Oral Presentations Available
    Receive Concepts & Arrays
    Oral Presentations Available
    Assessing Tumor Perfusion & Permeability Using MRI
    Oral Presentations Available
    Renal Parenchymal & Perfusion MRI
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    Imaging CNS Autoimmune Diseases

    Oral Presentations Available
    MRA: Clinical Studies
    Oral Presentations Available
    New Cellular & Molecular Imaging Agents
    Oral Presentations Available
    Image Simulation & Analysis 
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    Shoulder Instability: Clinical considerations and imaging needs?

    Oral Presentations Available
    Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B
    10:30 - 12:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1
    "Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
    Philips Medical Systems
    10:30 - 12:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1
    "Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
    Siemens Medical Solutions
    Room 709 Room 711

    12:30 - 13:30
    Gold Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
    GE Healthcare
    Hall F
     
    13:30 - 15:30
    Traditional Poster Session
    Hall D



    Electronic Poster Session
    Hall D
    Symposium: Unsolved Problems/ Unmet Needs
    Oral Presentations Available
    Cutting Edge Techniques for Body MRI
    Oral Presentations Available

     

    MRI of Multiple Sclerosis
    Oral Presentations Available
    The Great Wall
    Oral Presentations Available
    Manganese in the Brain: Methods to Applications
    Oral Presentations Available
    Special Symposium:
    Ethics in Imaging Research

    Oral Presentations Available
    Image Markers for Evaluation for Bone & Spine
    Oral Presentations Available

    Room 801 A/B

    Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B
    13:30 - 15:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2
    "Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
    Philips Medical Systems

     
    13:30 - 15:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2

    "Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"

    Siemens Medical Solutions
    Room 709 Room 711
    15:30 - 16:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    16:00 - 18:00
    fMRI Applications: Non-Clinical
    Oral Presentations Available
    Segmentation & Localization
    Oral Presentations Available
    Diffusion Imaging of Tissue Microstructure
    Oral Presentations Available
    Animal Cardiac Imaging Frontiers
    Oral Presentations Available
    Breast MRI: Optimizing Techniques & Predicting Outcomes
    Oral Presentations Available
    Advanced MRS Localization & Imaging Methodology
    Oral Presentations Available
    Muscle: Blood Flow & Physiology
    Oral Presentations Available
    Case-Based Teaching III:
    Cardiovascular Imaging

    Oral Presentations Available
    MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians
    Oral Presentations Available
    Parallel Transmission Methods
    Oral Presentations Available
    Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 717 A/B Room 701 B Hall F Hall G


    18:30 - 19:30

    ISMRM BUSINESS MEETING
    Room 801 A/B
     

    19:30 - 21:30
    STUDY GROUPS

    MR of Cancer High Field Systems & Applications MR Flow & Motion White Matter Molecular & Cellular Imaging Psychiatric MRI/S Musculoskeletal
    Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 714 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B


    THURSDAY
    8 MAY 2008
     

    07:00 - 08:00
    Morning Categorical Courses

    Oral Presentations Available

  • Safety Update - Room 801 A/B
  • Ultra-High-Field MR in Humans - Room 718 A
  • Absolute Beginners' Guide to Anatomical and Functional MRI of the Human Brain - Room 718 B
  • Clinical Science for Physicists and Engineers - Room 714 A/B
  • Cardiovascular Molecular MR Contrast Agents: from Bench to Bedside - Room 716 A/B
  • Neuroimaging: What can clinicians learn from the animal model work? - Room 701 A
  • Clinical Application of Cardiovascular Imaging - Room 701 B
  • Cell Tracking - Room 713 A/B
  • Hyperpolarization: How to Obtain and Use a 100,000-fold Increase in Polarization - Room 715 A/B
  • Tissue contrast in MSK MRI: from Physics to Physiology - Room 717 A/B
  • Hall F/G
    YIA and Poster Award Presentations
    Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., ISMRM President

    08:00
     
    Mansfield Lecture:  Direct Imaging of Short T2 Relaxation Components in Tissue Using Clinical MR Systems
    Graeme M. Bydder, M.B., Ch.B.
    08:05
     
    PLENARY LECTURES:  The Spectrum of New Hardware and How It's Changing Clinical Management
    Organizers: Lawrence Wald, Ph.D., and Elmar Merkle, M.D.
     
    The Spectrum of New Hardware
    Mark E. Ladd, Ph.D.
    08:45
     
    A Neuroradiologist's Perspective
    Clifford Jack, M.D.
    09:10
     
    A Body Radiologist's Perspective
    Winfried Willinek, M.D.
    09:35
    10:00 - 10:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    10:30 - 12:30
    Measurement of Cerebral Perfusion & Permeability Using Contrast Agents
    Oral Presentations Available
    New Contrasts: CEST et. al.
    Oral Presentations Available
    Fat-Water Imaging
    Oral Presentations Available
    Metabolic & Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment: Animal Models
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    Body MRI by the Experts 4: Female Pelvis

    Oral Presentations Available
    Immature Brain
    Oral Presentations Available
    New Frontiers in Spin Detection
    Oral Presentations Available
    Clinical Categorical:
    Areas to Watch: Clinical Developments in Lung Imaging

    Oral Presentations Available
    Spectroscopy Quantitation & Methodology
    Oral Presentations Available
    Cardiac Function & Wall Motion
    Oral Presentations Available
    Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B
    10:30 - 12:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1 (Repeat)
    "Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
    Philips Medical Systems

     

    10:30 - 12:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 1 (Repeat)
    "Neuro and Musculoskeletal Protocol Optimization"
    Siemens Medical Solutions

     

    Room 709 Room 711
    12:30 - 13:30

    Silver Corporate Member Lunchtime Symposium
    Bruker BioSpin MRI
    MRI of the Brain – Linking Molecular Biology to Clinical Research
    Hall F
     
    13:30 - 15:30
    Traditional Poster Session
    Hall D



    Electronic Poster Session
    Hall D
    Special Symposium: Unsolved Problems/ Unmet Needs
    Oral Presentations Available
    MRI & MRS of Liver Steatosis
    Oral Presentations Available
    Advanced Imaging of Brain Tumors
    Oral Presentations Available
    MRA: Contrast Without the Agent
    Oral Presentations Available
    Special Symposium:
    So You Want to Start an MRI Company? - What You Need to Know

    Oral Presentations Available
    Emerging Clinical Techniques in MSK MRI
    Oral Presentations Available

    Room 801 A/B

    Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B
    13:30 - 15:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2 (Repeat)
    "Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
    Philips Medical Systems

     

    13:30 - 15:30
    HANDS-ON WORKSHOP 2 (Repeat)
    "Body and Cardiovascular Protocol Optimization"
    Siemens Medical Solutions
    Room 709 Room 711
    15:30 - 16:30
    COFFEE BREAK
    16:00 - 18:00
    MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians
    Oral Presentations Available
    Resting State Fluctuations: Human & Animal
    Oral Presentations Available
    Diffusion Acquisition
    Oral Presentations Available
    Metabolic & Functional Assessment of Cancer: Clinical Studies
    Oral Presentations Available
    Exploring the Frontiers of MRS Methodology
    Oral Presentations Available
    Case-Based Teaching IV:
    Neuroimaging

    Oral Presentations Available
    Image Reconstruction
    Oral Presentations Available
    Molecular MRI Monitoring of Therapy & Disease
    Oral Presentations Available
    High Resolution Animal Imaging
    Oral Presentations Available
    Cardiac Cine & New Contrast Mechanisms
    Oral Presentations Available
    Room 801 A/B Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B Room 715 A/B Room 717 A/B

    Farewell Party
    Hall F/G
    18:15
     


    FRIDAY
    9 MAY 2008

     

    07:00 - 08:00
    Morning Categorical Courses

    Oral Presentations Available

  • Safety Update - Room 801 A/B
  • Ultra-High-Field MR in Humans - Room 718 A
  • Absolute Beginners' Guide to Anatomical and Functional MRI of the Human Brain - Room 718 B
  • Clinical Science for Physicists and Engineers - Room 714 A/B
  • Cardiovascular Molecular MR Contrast Agents: from Bench to Bedside - Room 716 A/B
  • Mother and Fetus - Room 701 A
  • Clinical Application of Cardiovascular Imaging - Room 701 B
  • Cell Tracking - Room 713 A/B
  • Hyperpolarization: How to Obtain and Use a 100,000-fold Increase in Polarization - Room 715 A/B
  • Tissue contrast in MSK MRI: from Physics to Physiology - Room 717 A/B
  • Hall F/G
    PLENARY LECTURES:  Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: Development & Applications
    Organizers: Brian Rutt, Ph.D., and Martin Leach, Ph.D.
     
    The PASADENA Method
    Daniel Weitekamp, Ph.D.
    08:15
     
    The DNP Method - not available
    René In 't Zandt, Ph.D.
    08:40
     
    Implementation and Applications of Hyperpolarized C-13 MRI in Medicine
    Sarah Nelson, Ph.D.
    09:05

    09:30 - 10:30
    COFFEE BREAK

    10:30 - 12:30

    Pulse Sequences: Better, Faster, Stronger
    Oral Presentations Available
    DTI of Neural Systems
    Oral Presentations Available
    Hemodynamic Stress & Metabolic Measures
    Oral Presentations Available
    MR Biomarkers: ex Vivo Characterization of Human Tissue Samples
    Oral Presentations Available
    Obesity & Diabetes
    Oral Presentations Available
    Gray vs. White Matter: Native Image Contrast Mechanisms
    Oral Presentations Available
    Sensitivity Enhancement Through Hyperpolarization of Carbon & Other Neucleii
    Oral Presentations Available
    Targeting RF Safety in Implants & Interventions
    Oral Presentations Available

    Room 801 A/B

    Room 718 A Room 718 B Room 714 A/B Room 716 A/B Room 701 A Room 701 B Room 713 A/B
    12:30
    ADJOURNMENT