PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, 18 MAY 2002

SUNDAY, 19 MAY 2002
MR Spectroscopy - Day 1
08:30 to 17:20		 MR Spectroscopy - Day 2
08:00 to 15:00
Advanced Body MRI - Day 1
08:30 to 17:40		 Advanced Body MRI - Day 2
08:00 to 15:00
Neuroimaging - Day 1
08:30 to 17:30		 Neuroimaging - Day 2
08:00 to 15:00
MR Physics for Physicists - Day 1
07:50 to 17:50		 MR Physics for Physicists - Day 2
07:30 to 15:00
Cardiac MRI: Innovations and Advances
08:00 to 17:00		 MR Angiography
08:30 to 17:30
Basics of Brain Function
08:30 - 12:30		 Sports Medicine MRI: Clinical & Technical Update
08:00 to 17:30
SMRT Technologist Program - Day 1
07:45 to 17:00		 SMRT Technologist Program - Day 2
07:45 to 17:00
MR Engineering Study Group
MR of Cancer Study Group
15:30 to 17:30
Opening Reception
17:45 - 19:15
Technical Exhibition, Exhibit Hall II

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MONDAY, 20 MAY 2002

07:45 Welcome and Medal Presentations, Chris Boesch, President
08:20 2002 LAUTERBUR LECTURE:
MRI - From Beginnings to Maybe, Paul C. Lauterbur

PLENARY LECTURES:  HIGH FIELD IN VIVO MAGNETIC RESONANCE
Ballroom

10:15 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 13:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
fMRI Spatial and Temporal Characteristics

Room 316 B/C		 Clinical Categorical:
Clinical Update on Neuroimaging

Room 313 B/C		 Vascular Interventions

Room 311		 Cancer MR Spectroscopy: Models

Room 313 A		 MR Elastography

Room 316 A		 Morphometric & Physiologic MRI: Neuro-psychiatric Disorders

Room 314		 Magnets and Gradients

Room 312		 Cartilage Basic Science

Room 315		 Advanced Imaging and Corrections

Room 310

13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Philips Medical Systems
"A New Era: 3.0T and SENSE"

Room 323 A/B/C   

14:00 - 16:00
POSTER SESSION, SMRT FORUM, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS, AND BASIC SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION




EXHIBIT HALL III		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
Myocardial Perfusion and Viability

Room 316 B/C		 SMRT Forum:
MRI Safety

Room 313 B/C		 Basic Science Focus Session:
Parallel MRI: SNR Limits and New Reconstruction

Room 311		 Basic Science Focus Session:
Image Processing: Other

Room 312		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
Cartilage and Other Musculoskeletal MR Imaging

Room 316

16:00 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 18:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Coronary MR Imaging

Room 316 B/C		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

Room 313 B/C		 fMRI Acquisition Methods

Room 311		 MR Spectroscopy of Cells, Body Fluids, and Others

Room 313 A		 MR Angiography Techniques

Room 316 A		 Image Processing

Room 314		 RF Coil Design

Room 312		 Musculoskeletal MR Spectroscopy and Functional Muscle

Room 315		 Multiple Sclerosis: MR Imaging and MTC

Room 310

18:30 - 20:00
BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIA
Bruker Medical, Inc.

"The Frontiers of Neurophysiology and fMRI"

316 B/C		 Berlex Imaging/Schering AG Germany

"Blood Pool Agents:  A New Era in MR Imaging"

313 B/C

19:30 - 21:30
STUDY GROUPS
White Matter Diseases

Room 312		 Interventional MR

Room 315		 High Field Systems & Applications

Room 313 A		 Musculoskeletal Imaging

Room 316 A

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TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2002

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Imaging in Sports Medicine, Room 315
fMRI Data Analysis, Room 314
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 312
Emerging Body Applications of MRI, Room 313 A
Advanced MRA Techniques, Room 316 A
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 313 B/C

PLENARY LECTURES:  MICROCIRCULATION AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Ballroom

09:30 - 10:00
BEYOND SOUNDS & VISIONS OF MR

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
Parallel Imaging

Room 316 B/C		 Clinical Categorical:
Bowel Imaging

Room 313 B/C		 fMRI Susceptibility Artifact Reduction & Sensitivity Enhancement

Room 311		 Peripheral MR Angiography

Room 313 A		 Contrast Enhanced Myocardial Perfusion and Viability

Room 316 A		 Brain MR Spectroscopy: 1H and Heteronuclear

Room 314		 Thermotherapy

Room 312		 Spine and Musculoskeletal MR Imaging

Room 315		 Human Brain MR Imaging: Stroke/Vascular

Room 310

13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
"Leading Experts Choose Siemens - Find Out Why"

Room 323 A/B/C   

13:30 - 15:30
POSTER SESSION, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS, AND BASIC SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION




EXHIBIT HALL III		 Hot Topics for Clinical Practice

Room 316 B/C		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
MR Angiography: Tips, Tricks, and Stents

Room 311		 Basic Science Focus Session:
Tumor Response to Therapy

Room 313 A		 Basic Science Focus Session:
Myocardial Function: Viability and Motion

Room 312		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
Spine, Bone, and Muscle MR Imaging

Room 315

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
New Imaging Sequences

Room 316 B/C		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

Room 313 B/C		 fMRI: Data Analysis, Other

Room 311		 Tumor Perfusion and Permeability: Methods and Models

Room 313 A		 RF Coil Array Design

Room 316 A		 Interventional MR Imaging: Devices and Applications

Room 314		 MR Imaging of Brain: Animal Models I

Room 312		 Image Processing: Brain

Room 315		 Vessel Wall Imaging

Room 310

18:15 - 19:45
BRONZE CORPORATE MEMBER SYMPOSIUM

Bracco
"Vascular MR Imaging: Facts and Challenges"

Room 311

19:30 - 21:30
STUDY GROUPS
Diffusion & Perfusion MR

Room 323 A/B/C		 Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MR

Room 312		 Cardiac MR

Room 313 A		 MR in Drug Research

Room 315

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WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2002

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Imaging in Sports Medicine, Room 315
fMRI Data Analysis, Room 314
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 312
Emerging Body Applications of MRI, Room 313 A
Advanced MRA Techniques, Room 316 A
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 313 B/C

PLENARY LECTURES:  MR MICROSCOPY
Ballroom

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
Imaging Artifacts and Correction

Room 316 B/C		 Clinical Categorical:
Cardiac Imaging I

Room 313 B/C		 Clinical Categorical:
Oncologic Imaging

Room 311		 Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Room 313 A		 fMRI in Animal Models

Room 316 A		 Lung MR Angiography and MR Imaging

Room 314		 MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Seizure Disorders

Room 312		 Physiologic MR Imaging: Development and Aging

Room 315		 Diffusion Methodology

Room 310

13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
GE Medical Systems
"EXCITEing New Developments in MR"

Room 323 A/B/C   

13:30 - 15:30
POSTER SESSION, CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS, AND BASIC SCIENCE FOCUS SESSIONS
POSTER SESSION

EXHIBIT HALL III		 Basic Science Focus Session:
RF Coil Array Design for Parallel Imaging

Room 311		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
1H MR Spectroscopy for Monitoring Cancer

Room 313 A		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
MR Imaging of the Pelvis: Male, Female, and Fetal

Room 316 A		 Basic Science Focus Session:
Interventional MR Imaging Methodology

Room 315

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Rapid Imaging

Room 316 B/C		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

Room 313 B/C		 fMRI in Neuroscience: Primary Sensory and Motor

Room 311		 Cancer MR Imaging: Models

Room 313 A		 EPR and NMR Microscopy

Room 316 A		 Endogenous Contrast-Based Cardiac Imaging

Room 314		 MR Imaging of the Bowel

Room 312		 MR Spectroscopy Processing, etc.

Room 315		 Diffusion-Based Fiber Tracking

Room 310

18:15 - 19:15
ISMRM BUSINESS MEETING

Room 323 A/B/C

19:30 - 21:30
STUDY GROUPS
MR Flow and Motion Quantification

Room 312		 Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy

Room 315

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THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2002

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Imaging in Sports Medicine, Room 315
fMRI Data Analysis, Room 314
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 312
Emerging Body Applications of MRI, Room 313 A
Advanced MRA Techniques, Room 316 A
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 313 B/C

PLENARY LECTURES:  ETHICS IN RESEARCH
Ballroom

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS AND CLINICAL CATEGORICAL
fMRI in Neuroscience: Language and Cognition

Room 316 B/C		 Clinical Categorical:
Cardiac Imaging II

Room 313 B/C		 Novel Body MR Imaging Concepts

Room 311		 Clinical Cancer MR Spectroscopy

Room 313 A		 MR Spectroscopy in Animals: Cerebral Metabolism

Room 316 A		 Multiple Sclerosis: MR Spectroscopy, DT Imaging, and MR Imaging

Room 314		 Flow Quantification Techniques

Room 312		 Contrast Mechanisms and Relaxometry

Room 315		 Spin Tagging Methodology

Room 310

13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH - GOLD CORPORATE FORUM
Amersham Health
"Abdominal MRA and Recent Developments in Cardiac MR"

Room 323 A/B/C   

13:30 - 15:30
POSTER SESSION AND CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSION
POSTER SESSION

EXHIBIT HALL III		 Clinical Science Focus Session: 
Breast MR Imaging

Room 311

15:30 - 16:00
COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 18:00
ORAL SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL COURSE
fMRI: Physiological Measurements

Room 316 B/C		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians

Room 313 B/C		 Bolus Contrast Perfusion Methodology

Room 311		 Clinical Cancer MR Imaging

Room 313 A		 Liver MR Imaging

Room 316 A		 Cardiovascular MR Spectroscopy

Room 314		 MR Spectroscopy of Brain: Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Room 312		 MR Safety and Bioeffects

Room 315		 MR Imaging of the Brain: Animal Models II

Room 310

18:30 - 20:30
RECEPTION
Rooftop Garden - Hawai'i Convention Center

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FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2002

07:00 - 08:00 Morning Categorical Courses: 

Imaging in Sports Medicine, Room 315
fMRI Data Analysis, Room 314
Spectroscopy Beyond NAA, Room 312
Emerging Body Applications of MRI, Room 313 A
Advanced MRA Techniques, Room 316 A
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Room 313 B/C

PLENARY LECTURES:  IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
Ballroom

09:30 - 10:30
COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 12:30
ORAL SESSIONS
Clinical Applications of fMRI

Room 316 B/C		 Image Reconstruction

Room 313 B/C		 fMRI Procesing Methods

Room 311		 Hyperpolarized Gas Imaging

Room 313 A		 RF Coils and Subsystems

Room 316 A		 Myocardial Function: Tagging

Room 314		 MR Spectroscopy Localization and Editing

Room 312		 Pediatric MR Imaging and Spectroscopy

Room 315		 Body MR: Renal Function

Room 310

12:30
ADJOURNMENT

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