2008 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Recorded Presentations Available to Meeting Attendees & ISMRM/SMRT Members
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

 		 Advanced Topics in Diffusion & Perfusion
 		 Advanced Topics in Analysis of Structural & Functional MRI Data
 		 Advanced MR Brain Imaging
 		 MR Physics for Physicists
 		 Body MRI by the Experts I
 		 Clinical MRI: From Physical Principles to Practical Protocols
 		 Probing Cancer with MRI I: Molecular Pathways to Experimental Models
 
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
 		 Cardiovascular MRI - Basic Techniques and Applications
 		 Cancer Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Clinical & Research Applications
 		 Imaging Strategies
 		 Molecular Imaging
 		 Translating Physics To The Clinic: Diffusion, Perfusion & Functional Imaging
 		 Probing Cancer With MR II: From Animal Models To Clinical Assessment
 		 Current Concepts in Musculoskeletal MRI
 		 fMRI Methods, Interpretation & Applications
 
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
 		 Methods & Applications of Molecular Imaging 
 		 Functional Connectivity & Brain Networks
 		 HARDI/ Q-Space Imaging
 		 Clinical Categorical:
Body MRI by the Experts 3: Bowel/ Peritoneum
 		 Clinical Categorical:
Imaging Brain Tumors: From Physiology to Therapy
 		 Myocardial Perfusion and Viability
 

 

 MRI of Schizophrenia & Other Psychiatric Diseases
 		 Thermal Therapy & Focused Ultrasound
 		 Electromagnetic Safety
 
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
 		 ISMRM/SMRT Joint Forum: 
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis - A Multidisciplinary & Global Issue
 		 Quantitative Approach to Diffuse Liver Disease
 		 Imaging Functional Networks in the Brain
 		 Time Resolved 4D Contrast Enhanced MRA
 		 MRS of Animal Brain
 		 Cartilage Imaging: Clinical & Translation Research Applications
 

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
 

 

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

Case-Based Teaching I:
Evaluation of the Athlete with Hip or Groin Pain
 
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
 
  • 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
         		 It's All RF: Pulses, Trains, Sweeps and Feedback
         		 Quantitative Imaging/ Relaxometry
     

     

    		 Metabolic Insights into Cancer in Cells, Tissues & Biofluids
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    The Pediatric Lower Extremity: The Unique Lesions of Childhood
         		 AD: Of Mice and Men
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    CMR of Myocardial Infarction
         		 Diffusion MRI: Clinical Correlation & Prediction
         		 Developments in MR Guided Interventions
     

     

    		 Tissue Characterization Using MR Microscopy
     

     
    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
         		 MRI of Cerebral Ischemia in Animals & Humans
         		 Coronary MRA & Vessel Wall
         		 Special Symposium:
    Image Processing
         		 Cartilage Imaging: Methods
     

    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

         		 Beyond Components: Subsystems & Hybrids
         		 B1 Mapping: What's Your Angle?
         		 Investigating Cancer in Animal Models Using MRI and MRS
         		 Case-Based Teaching II:
    Liver and Pancreatic Tumors
         		 The Aging Brain
         		 Quantitative Flow Imaging
         		 Lung Structure & Function
         		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians 
         		 Non-BOLD of Multi-Modal fMRI
     
    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
     
  • 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 
         		 Fiber Tracking & Connectivity Mapping
         		 Receive Concepts & Arrays
         		 Assessing Tumor Perfusion & Permeability Using MRI
         		 Renal Parenchymal & Perfusion MRI
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    Imaging CNS Autoimmune Diseases
         		 MRA: Clinical Studies
         		 New Cellular & Molecular Imaging Agents
         		 Image Simulation & Analysis 
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    Shoulder Instability: Clinical considerations and imaging needs?
     
    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
         		 Cutting Edge Techniques for Body MRI
     

     

    		 MRI of Multiple Sclerosis
         		 The Great Wall
         		 Manganese in the Brain: Methods to Applications
         		 Special Symposium:
    Ethics in Imaging Research
         		 Image Markers for Evaluation for Bone & Spine
     

    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
         		 Segmentation & Localization
         		 Diffusion Imaging of Tissue Microstructure
         		 Animal Cardiac Imaging Frontiers
         		 Breast MRI: Optimizing Techniques & Predicting Outcomes
         		 Advanced MRS Localization & Imaging Methodology
         		 Muscle: Blood Flow & Physiology
         		 Case-Based Teaching III:
    Cardiovascular Imaging
         		 MR Physics and Techniques for Clinicians
         		 Parallel Transmission Methods
     
    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
     
  • 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
         		 New Contrasts: CEST et. al.
         		 Fat-Water Imaging
         		 Metabolic & Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment: Animal Models
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    Body MRI by the Experts 4: Female Pelvis
         		 Immature Brain
         		 New Frontiers in Spin Detection
         		 Clinical Categorical:
    Areas to Watch: Clinical Developments in Lung Imaging
         		 Spectroscopy Quantitation & Methodology
         		 Cardiac Function & Wall Motion
     
    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
         		 MRI & MRS of Liver Steatosis
         		 Advanced Imaging of Brain Tumors
         		 MRA: Contrast Without the Agent
         		 Special Symposium:
     So You Want to Start an MRI Company? - What You Need to Know
         		 Emerging Clinical Techniques in MSK MRI
     

    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
         		 Resting State Fluctuations: Human & Animal
         		 Diffusion Acquisition
         		 Metabolic & Functional Assessment of Cancer: Clinical Studies
         		 Exploring the Frontiers of MRS Methodology
         		 Case-Based Teaching IV:
    Neuroimaging
         		 Image Reconstruction
         		 Molecular MRI Monitoring of Therapy & Disease
         		 High Resolution Animal Imaging
         		 Cardiac Cine & New Contrast Mechanisms
     
    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
     
  • 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
         		 DTI of Neural Systems
         		 Hemodynamic Stress & Metabolic Measures
         		 MR Biomarkers: ex Vivo Characterization of Human Tissue Samples
         		 Obesity & Diabetes
         		 Gray vs. White Matter: Native Image Contrast Mechanisms
         		 Sensitivity Enhancement Through Hyperpolarization of Carbon & Other Neucleii
         		 Targeting RF Safety in Implants & Interventions
     

    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