ISMRM Workshop on
40 Years of Diffusion:
Past, Present & Future Perspectives
calendar_month
16-20 February 2025
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Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
Kyoto, Japan
ISMRM Workshop on
40 Years of Diffusion:
Past, Present & Future Perspectives
calendar_month
16-20 February 2025
location_on
Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
Kyoto, Japan
Preliminary Program
Day 0 - Saturday, 15 February 2025
13:00-17:00
Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Located at Shirankaikan Annex)
Day 1 - Sunday, 16 February 2025 - Optional Educational Boot Camp (3.0 CME Available)
Intended Audience: Trainees and those new to the field *
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Located at Shirankaikan Annex)
09:15
Introduction
Santiago Coelho, Ph.D. &
Amy Howard, D.Phil.
Parallel Boot Camp Sessions 1: Foundations I
Moderator: Bradley Karat, B.Sc.
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Parallel Boot Camp Sessions 2: Foundations II
Moderator: Jessie Mosso, Ph.D.
11:30
Diffusion Encodings
Qiuyun Fan, Ph.D. &
Ziyu Li, B.Eng
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:00
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Parallel Boot Camp Sessions 3: Analysis & Applications I
Moderators: T.B.A.
Moderators: Elizabeth Powell, Ph.D. & Antoine Theberge, M.Sc.
16:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Parallel Boot Camp Sessions 4: Analysis & Applications II (No CME Available)
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:30
Biological Models of Diffusion
Ricardo Coronado-Leija Ph.D. &
Dmitry Novikov, Ph.D.
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:30
Tractography
Chun-Hung Yeh, Ph.D., Simona Schiavi, Ph.D. &
Joseph Yan-Mou Yang, Ph.D.
17:50
Closing Remarks
T.B.A.
18:00
Fireside ChatPeter Basser, Ph.D.,
Derek Jones, Ph.D.,
Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D., &
Michael Moseley, Ph.D.
18:30
Adjourn
19:00
Trainee Networking Event (until 21:00)
Day 2 - Monday, 17 February 2025 (No CME Available)
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available (Located at Shirankaikan Annex)
Session 1: Introduction
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Welcome
Susie Huang, M.D., Ph.D. &
Mami Iima, M.D., Ph.D.
09:15
Denis Le Bihan, M.D., Ph.D.
CEA Neurospin
Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Session 2: Hardware, Acquisition & Processing
Moderators: Gabriel Ramos-Llorden, Ph.D. & Jelle Veraart, Ph.D.
11:30
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
12:30
Gerrit Arends, M.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
12:38
Hua Guo, Ph.D.
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
12:45
Runpu Hao, M.Sc.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Zurich, Germany
12:53
Ante Zhu, Ph.D.
GE HealthCare Technology & Innovation Center
Niskayuna, NY, USA
13:02
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:30
Thomas Foo, Ph.D. &
Kawin Setsompop, Ph.D.
Session 3: Tractography & Connectivity
Moderators: Alexander Leemans Ph.D. & Carl-Fredrik Westin, Ph.D.
15:00
Tractography Visualization
Anna Villanova, Ph.D.
Eindhoven University of Techonology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
15:30
Dmitri Šastin, FRCS (SN), Ph.D.
Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales
16:00
The Future of Tractography
Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D.
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
16:30
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
16:45
Gaia Mari, M.Sc.
University of Verona
Verona, Italy
16:53
Ruben Vink, M.Sc.
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
17:01
Jialan Zheng, Undergraduate
Tsinghua University
Bejing, China
17:09
Silei Zhu, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
17:17
Senior Expert-Led Panel Discussion
Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D.,
Dmitri Šastin, Ph.D. &
Anna Villanova, Ph.D.
Session 4: Power Pitches, Poster & Consensus Session
Moderators: Maxime Chamberland, Ph.D. & Masaaki Hori, M.D.
17:45
18:30
19:02
Adjourn & Dinner on Own
Day 3 - Tuesday, 18 February 2025 (3.75 CME Available)
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:45
Keynote: Microstructure
Peter Basser, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
Session 5: Microstructure of the Brain & Validation
Moderators: Kouhei Kamiya, M.D. & Chantal Tax, Ph.D
09:15
Corey Baron, Ph.D.
Western University
London, ON, Canada
09:45
Tim Dyrby, Ph.D.
Cophenhagan University Hospital
Copenhagan, Denmark
10:15
Microstructure of the Brain: Clinical Applications
Jennifer McNab, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
10:45
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
11:45
Kwok-Shing Chan, Ph.D.
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
11:52
Maëliss Jallais, Ph.D.
Cardiff University Brain Research Centre
Cardiff, Wales, UK
11:59
Anna Voronova, M.Sc.
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
Barcelona, Spain
12:06
Mi Zhou, B.Sc.
University of Alberta
Calgary, AB, Canada
12:17
Expert-Led Panel Discussion
Corey Baron, Ph.D.,
Tim Dyrby Ph.D.,
Jennifer McNab, Ph.D. &
Noam Shemesh, Ph.D.
12:45
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
14:15
Els Fieremans, Ph.D.,
Jennifer McNab, Ph.D. &
Susumu Mori, Ph.D.
Session 6: Diffusion in the Body & Oncology
Moderators: Daniel Ennis, Ph.D. & Gigin Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
14:45
Francesco Grussu, Ph.D.
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
Barcelona, Spain
15:15
Jessica Winfield, Ph.D.
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, England, UK
15:45
Shintaro Ichikawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Hamamatsu, Japan
16:15
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
16:30
Malwina Molendowska, Ph.D.
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
16:38
Gregory Simchick, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA
16:45
Eddy Solomon, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA
16:54
Horace Zhang, M.Sc.
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
17:02
Expert-Led Panel Discussion
T.B.A.
Session 7: Power Pitches, Poster & Consensus Sessions (No CME Available)
Moderators: Andrada Ianus, Ph.D. & Gregory Simchick, Ph.D.
17:35
18:20
19:00
Adjourn & Dinner on Own
Day 4 - Wednesday, 19 February 2025 (4.50 CME Available)
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:45
Jens Jensen, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charlestown, SC, USA
Session 8: From Research to the Clinic
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:30
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Christina Andica, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate School of Medicine Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
10:00
Cardiac
Christopher Nguyen, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
10:30
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
11:30
Sittaya Buathong, M.D.
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
11:38
Lucy Hui, B.Sc.
Rotman Research Institute
Toronto, ON, Canada
11:45
Frederik Novak, M.D.
Centro de Esclerosis Mútiple de Cataluña
Barcelona, Spain
11:53
Tommaso Pavan, M.Sc.
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland
12:02
Expert-Led Panel Discussion
Christina Andica, M.D., Ph.D.,
Christopher Nguyen, Ph.D. &
Sila Genc, Ph.D.
12:30
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
14:00
Masako Kataoka, M.D., PhD.,
Gigin Lin, M.D., Ph.D. &
Ona Wu, Ph.D.
Session 9: AI & Big Data
Moderators: Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D. & Chuyang Ye, Ph.D.
14:30
Sina Mansour L., B.Sc.
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
15:00
Davood Karimi, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
15:30
Paul Thompson, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
16:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
16:15
Siebe Leysen, M.Sc.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Beligum
16:23
Mu Nan, M.Sc.
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
Shenzhen, China
16:31
Jize Zhang, B.Sc.
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, OHBA, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
16:39
Tianjia Zhu, M.Sc.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
16:47
Expert-Led Panel Discussion
Sina Mansour, B.Sc.,
Davood Karimi Ph.D. &
Paul Thompson, Ph.D.
Session 10: Power Pitches, Poster & Consensus Sessions (No CME Available)
Moderators: Jon Haitz Legarreta Gorroño, Ph.D. & Li-Wei Kuo, Ph.D.
17:15
18:00
19:00
Adjourn
19:30
Networking Dinner
Day 5 - Thursday, 20 February 2025 (No CME Available)
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Session 11: On the Horizon: Cutting Edge Topics & Future Directions in Diffusion MRI Research
Moderators: Martijn Froeling, Ph.D. & Chien-Yu Wu, Ph.D.
09:00
Hao Huang, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
10:30
DWI-PET
Sho Koyasu, M.D., Ph.D.
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
11:00
11:30
Trainee Awards & Closing Remarks
12:00
Farewell & Box Lunches Served
