ISMRM SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ~ 14-18 October 2013

Diffusion as a Probe of Neural Tissue Microstructure
Podstrana, Croatia

 

PROGRAM


  DAY 1 - Monday, 14 October 2013 (no CME available)  
     
15:00 Registration & Poster set-up  
 18:00 - 19:30 Welcome Reception  
     

  DAY 2 - Tuesday, 15 October 2013 (5.0 CME available)  
     
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Breakfast available for LeMeridien hotel guests only, in Spatulam Restaurant)  
     
  Session 1: Introduction  
  Moderator: Valerij G. Kiselev, Ph.D.  
09:15 Welcome Valerij G. Kiselev, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
09:30 An Overview: On the Way from Saint-Malo to Podstrana, What’s in our Bag? Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.
CEA NeuroSpin
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
10:30 Break & Poster Viewing (no CME available)  
     
11:00 Diffusion MRI Study of Microstructure: Insights Into the Brain & Its Disorders Marco Catani, M.D, M.R.C.Psych. King’s College London
London, England, UK
     
12:00 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 2: Links Between Diffusion & Tissue Components/Compartments
  Moderator: Christian Beaulieu, Ph.D.  
14:00 The Structural Biology of Neural Circuits - not available Moritz Helmstaedter, M.D.
Max Planck Institution of Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
14:45 Diffusion Weighted Microscopy in Animals & Tissue Jiangyang Zhang, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
15:30 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
     
15:45 What are the Links of Diffusion Measurements To Histology Matthew D. Budde, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
16:30 Insight from Diffusion Measurements of Molecules Other Than Water Joseph J. H. Ackerman, Ph.D.
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
     
17:15 Poster Session 1 (no CME available)  
19:00 Dinner  
     

  Day 3 – Wednesday, 16 October 2013  (5.25 CME available)  
     
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Breakfast available for LeMeridien hotel guests only, in Spatulam Restaurant)  
     
  Session 3: Acquisition Strategies Geared for Micro-Structure
  Moderator: Mark D. Does, Ph.D.  
09:30 The Benefits of Q-Space to Study the Brain Jens H. Jensen, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
10:15 Double Pulsed Field Gradient MR for Microscopic Anisotropy - permission withheld Evren Ozarslan, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Brookline, MD, USA
11:00 Break & Poster Viewing (no CME available)  
     
11:30 Probing Neural Diffusion at Small Scales Junzhong Xu, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
12:15 Axon Diameter Mapping Daniel C. Alexander, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
     
13:00 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 4: Biophysics & Modeling of Microstructure  
  Moderator: Valerij G. Kiselev, Ph.D.  
15:00 Insights from Biophysical Models for Gray Matter Sune N. Jespersen, Ph.D.
CFIN, University of Århus
Århus, Denmark
15:45 Insights from Biophysical Models for White Matter Els Fieremans, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
16:30 Time-Dependent Diffusion: Physical Meaning & Applications Dmitry Novikov, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
     
17:15 Poster Session 2 (no CME available)  
19:00 Dinner  
     

  Day 4 – Thursday, 17 October 2013 (5.25 CME available)  
     
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Breakfast available for LeMeridien hotel guests only, in Spatulam Restaurant)  
     
  Session 5: Diffusion Imaging of Connectivity  
  Moderator: Derek K. Jones, Ph.D., DiplPSM  
09:30 Visualization of Single Fibres & Fibre Tracts Using Ultra-High Resolution Polarizes Light Imaging - permission withheld Karl Zilles, Ph.D.
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich, Germany
10:15 State-of-the-Art Tractography Strategies Cyril Poupon, Ph.D.
CEA NeuroSpin
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
11:00 Break & Poster Viewing (no CME available)  
     
11:30 Diffusion Image Analysis Strategies & Limitations Alexander Leemans, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
12:15 Crossing Fibers: Can We Also Get Microstructural Measures? Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D.
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
     
13:00 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 6: Connectomics  
  Moderator: Karl Zilles, Ph.D.  
15:00 The Connect Project Microstructural Atlas Yaniv Assaf, Ph.D.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
15:45 The Connectome Project Overview Heidi Johansen-Berg, D.Phil.
University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre
Oxford, England, UK
16:30 Graph Theoretical Analysis of Diffusion MRI Data Patric Hagmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland
     
19:00 Dinner  
     

  Day 5 – Friday, 18 October 2013 (3.0 CME available)  
     
07:00 Registration, Breakfast & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 7: Frontiers  
  Moderator: Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.  
09:30 Striving for World Records in Human Diffusion MRI Adam W. Anderson, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
10:15 Neuroplasticity as Measured by Diffusion: What Is Needed & What Has Been Shown? Heidi Johansen-Berg, D.Phil.
University of Oxford, FMRIB Centre
Oxford, England, UK
11:00 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
     
11:30 Diffusion Correlates with Human Neural Tissue Claudia A. Wheeler-Kingshott, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
12:15 Challenges & Future Directions for Microstructural Imaging Derek K. Jones, Ph.D., DipIPSM
Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales, UK
13:00 Closing Remarks Valerij G. Kiselev, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
     
13:15 Adjournment (Lunch Boxes Served)  
     

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