ISMRM Workshop on
Body MRI:
Unsolved Problems & Unmet Needs
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27-30 March 2025
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Organizers
Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth Hecht, M.D.
Suraj D Serai, Ph.D.
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Overview & Program
Workshop Overview
This workshop program will cover the latest methodological developments that are making in vivo applications feasible and reliable and will investigate how these capabilities provide new insights into clinical application. Applications in the clinical settings will be highlighted with reviews of current state-of-the-art and potential high-impact applications.
The program will feature lectures, case-based scenarios, invited scientific presentations, poster session, and moderated panel discussions. Awards for eliglble students and post‐doctoral fellows will be given based on the quality of the presented work and presentation didactics.
Question-and-answer sessions and breaks between scheduled sessions will provide a venue for informal discussion and community building.
Program Topics:
Target Audience
Radiologists, physicists, biomedical engineers, computational scientists, technologists, and other scientists involved in using advanced body MRI in clinical practice, including trainees of all levels, and committed to developing or translating advanced technologies into clinical practice to address unmet needs in clinical body MRI.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Preliminary Program
Day 1 - Friday, 28 March 2025
07:30
Registration
Session 1: Unmet Needs in Body MRI
Moderators: Ryan Brunsing, M.D., Ph.D. & Elizabeth Hecht, M.D.
08:00
Abdominal Applications
08:20
Female Pelvis Applications
08:40
Pediatric Body Imaging
Mary Louise Greer, M.B.B.S., FRANZCR
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
09:00
Whole Body Imaging & Cancer Management/Staging
09:20
Whole Body Screening (Low Risk Population): Promises & Controversy
09:40
Moderated Panel Discussion
10:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 2: AI, Acceleration & Artifact Correction
Moderators: Sila Kurugol, Ph.D. & Ricardo Otazo, Ph.D.
10:30
Motion-Tolerant Body MRI Using AI
Thomas Küstner, Ph.D.
University Hospital of Tübingen
Tuebingen, Germany
10:50
Other Artifact Correction (susceptibility, motion, denoising...)
11:10
Motion-Compensated Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting in Body Applications
Rasim Boyacioglu, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA
11:30
Quantitative Parameter Estimation in Body MRI with Deep Learning (DWI, DCE-MRI)
11:50
Technical Considerations for Success (Clinical Translation)
Mariya Doneva, Ph.D.
Philips Research Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
12:10
Real Time MRI
12:30
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Session 3: Quantitative MR Imaging Biomarkers
Moderators: Amita Shukla-Dave, Ph.D. & T.B.A.
14:00
QIBs: "State of the Union," Consortia Perspectives
14:20
Clinical Trails & QIBs: Industry Perspectives
14:40
Fat & Iron
Jürgen Machann, Ph.D.
University Hospital of Tübingen
Tuebingen, Germany
15:00
DWI/ADC
Daniel Margolis, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Ithaca, NY, USA
15:20
T1, T2 Mapping
15:40
Elastography
Meng Yin, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
16:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers – Oral Session I
16:30
T.B.A.
Hot Topic I: The Future of Exogenous Contrast Agents
Moderators: T.B.A.
17:00
Advances in Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents
Natalie Serkova, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO, USA
17:25
Moving Beyond Just GBCA in Clinical Practice
Mark Pagel, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA
17:50
Discussion
18:00
Networking Dinner (until 19:30)
Day 2 - Saturday, 29 March 2025
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Session 4: Hot Topics in Clinical Practice
Moderators: T.B.A.
08:00
Problem-Focused Protocols for Cancer Surveillance (When is Less, More?)
08:20
Assessment of Liver Treatment Response with MRI
08:40
Rectal Cancer Pre-Post Treatment: What the Surgeon Wants to Know?
Maria El Homsi M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
09:00
A Master Class in MR Imaging of the Female Pelvis
09:20
Prostate Cancer MRI (The Life of PI) PI-RADS, PI-RR, PI-FAB
09:40
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 5: AI/Machine Learning & Clinical Practice Workflow
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:10
AI in Body MRI - Pros & Cons
10:30
New AI-Based Reconstruction & Image Enhancement Techniques in Body MRI
10:50
Image Enhancement with Machine Learning in Body MRI
Efrat Shimron, Ph.D.
Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
Proffered Papers – Oral Session II
11:10
T.B.A.
12:30
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Session 6: Partnerships & Team Science
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Global Partnerships & Addressing Disparities in Access to Body MRI
14:25
Unmet Needs in Body MRI - Industry Perspectives
15:15
GE HealthCare
Philips Healthcare
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
United Imaging Healthcare
Siemens Healthineers
15:15
Strategies in Collaborative Science to Advance Body Imaging: Lessons Learned
Richard Ehman, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
15:35
Moderated Panel Discussion
16:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 7: Fact vs. Fiction: An MRI Artifact Gameshow
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:30
Brian Hargreaves, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Hot Topic II: Field of Dreams
Moderators: Rina Neeman, M.D. & T.B.A.
17:30
How Low can We go in Body MRI?
Clarissa Cooley, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
17:55
Body MRI in the Mid to High-Field - Is There a Sweet Spot?
Tom Scheenen, Ph.D.
Radboud University Medical Center
Njmegen, The Netherlands
18:20
Discussion
18:30
Networking Dinner
Day 3 - Sunday, 30 March 2025
07:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Session 8: Awards Ceremony/Announcing New Leadership
Moderators: Elizabeth Hecht, M.D. & Holden Wu, Ph.D.
08:00
T.B.A.
Session 9: Champions for Change (or How NOT to Get Lost in Translation)
Moderators: T.B.A.
08:30
Bridging the Gap: Lessons Learned From Radiation Oncology
Jie Deng, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
09:05
Just Breathe – Free Breathing DCE & Other Applications
Hersh Chandarana, M.D.
New York University Langone Health
New York, NY, USA
Li Feng, Ph.D.
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
09:40
MR Fingerprinting – Mystery Solved?
Alexander Guimaraes, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Cory Wyatt, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
10:15
Moderated Panel Discussion
10:30
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 10: Study Group Meeting: Weekend in Review & Future Directions
Moderators: Elizabeth Hecht, M.D. & Houchun Harry Hu, Ph.D
11:00
Discussion
12:30
Boxed Lunch & Adjourn