ISMRM Workshop on
Body MRI:
Unsolved Problems & Unmet Needs
calendar_month
27-30 March 2025
location_on
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA, USA
ISMRM Workshop on
Body MRI:
Unsolved Problems & Unmet Needs
calendar_month
27-30 March 2025
location_on
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA, USA
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