2024
Fireside Chats
Organized by the ISMRM Ad Hoc Moments in MR History Committee
MONDAY EVENING
Early Days of 7 Tesla MRI, 25th Anniversary
A Fireside Chat with…
Jeff Duyn, Ph.D.; Alan Koretsky, Ph.D.; Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.; Larry Wald, Ph.D.
Moderators: Daniel Paech & Michela Tosetti
Date: Monday, 06 May
Time: 16:00-17:00 SGT
Location: Resonarium (in the Exhibition Hall)
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first human 7 Tesla MRI at the University of Minnesota’s CMRR, developed based on a magnet supplied by Magnex and without the participation of the major MRI scanner manufacturers. This was followed by installations from Siemens and GE at MGH and NIH, respectively. Data from these system and subsequent systems provided by Siemens, GE, and Philips clearly demonstrated the advantages of increased sensitivity and contrast at 7 Tesla. By October 2017, the first 7 Tesla MRI received FDA clearance for neuro and musculoskeletal diagnostics. Today, as technical barriers are addressed, we are exploring which applications benefit most from its high SNR and what to expect from even higher field strengths.
TUESDAY EVENING
Moments in Susceptibility Imaging History
A Fireside Chat with…
E. Mark Haacke, Ph.D.; Chunlei Liu, Ph.D.; Karin Shmueli, Ph.D.; Yi Wang, Ph.D.
Moderators: Jongho Lee & Ferdinand Schweser
Date: Tuesday, 07 May
Time: 16:45-17:45 SGT
Location: Resonarium (in the Exhibition Hall)
This campfire will take us back through three decades of the history of susceptibility imaging. We will hear stories about the development of Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) in the 1990s by E. Mark Haacke and Jürgen R Reichenbach, and its further development at ultra-high magnetic fields by Jeff Duyn’s lab in the mid 2000s. Karin Shmueli and Yi Wang will talk about the development of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) in the late 2000s, and Chunlei Liu about Susceptibility Tensor Imaging (STI) in 2010. The hosts, Jongho Lee and Ferdinand Schweser, significant contributors themselves to this field, will lead the discussion around special ‘moments’ in susceptibility imaging history.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Early Days of Cancer Imaging
A Fireside Chat with…
Kristine Glunde, Ph.D.; Masako Kataoka, M.D., Ph.D. Carolyn Mountford, D.Phil.; Pia Maly Sundgren, M.D., Ph.D.
Moderators: Janine Lupo & Nandita de Souza
Date: Wednesday, 08 May
Time: 16:45-17:45 SGT
Location: Resonarium (in the Exhibition Hall)
A fireside chat on Cancer Imaging with four leading women from across the world will shed light on their career highlights, lowlights, struggles and achievements. Carolyn Mountford (Sydney, Australia), Pia Sundgren (Lund, Sweden), Masako Kataoka (Kyoto, Japan) and Kristine Glunde (Baltimore, USA) who have pioneered innovations in their respective areas of cancer imaging in metabolomics, neuroradiology, breast and molecular imaging will offer their personal insights on the path to a fulfilling career as a woman in medical science. In particular, they will address the role ISMRM has played in key aspects of their research including translational efforts, training and providing a collaborative support network. How geographical differences continue to affect these aspects and the role the ISMRM should play to help overcome roadblocks will also be discussed.
THURSDAY EVENING
Early Days of Fetal & Neonatal Imaging
A Fireside Chat with…
Penny Gowland, Ph.D.; Ellen Grant, M.D.; Petra Hüppi, M.D.
Moderators: Joana Alves Sa De Almeida & John Port
Date: Thursday, 09 May
Time: 17:00-18:00 SGT
Location: Room: 406D
This Fireside Chat brings together three pioneers of fetal and neonatal imaging: Petra Hüppi M.D. from the University of Geneva, Penny Gowland Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, and Ellen Grant M.D. M.Sc. from Harvard Medical School. These trail-blazing women will discuss the origins of neonatal and fetal MRI, recalling their challenges and successes imaging the youngest and smallest of patients. The early days of various different imaging techniques (volumetry, DWI, fMRI, MRS) will be described, including tricks/tips/solutions from both the US and European perspectives. Bring your questions for these fetal/neonatal imaging legends!