ISMRM Joint Workshop of the
Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups
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31 March-02 April 2025
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Graduate by Hilton Annapolis
Annapolis, MD, USA
ISMRM Joint Workshop of the
Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups
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31 March-02 April 2025
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Graduate by Hilton Annapolis
Annapolis, MD, USA
Organizers
Ultra-High Field Co-Chairs:
Marta Bianciardi, Ph.D.
Jun Hua, Ph.D.
Brain Function Co-Chairs:
Patricia Figueiredo, D. Phil.
Laurentius Huber, Ph.D.
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Overview & Program
Workshop Overview
This workshop is jointly organized by the Brain Function Study Group and the High-Field MR Study Group. High field human MR technologies have been rapidly developing and have started to make inroads into clinical applications. Such advancement has been driven by the continuous pursuit of higher MR sensitivity and spatial resolution of MR images. This is particularly the case for brain function research. Advanced functional MRI approaches have been developed on high field, which allows the detection of neuronal activities at the mesoscopic spatial regime of cortical layers. On the other hand, large-scale and multimodal fMRI studies are being conducted at all field strengths, providing important insights into brain function and its relationship with demographics, physiology and disease. This interplay between brain function research and high field MR technology keeps driving both fields forward, which forms the basis of this joint workshop.
The joint workshop will adopt a two-and-a-half-day format, consisting of parallel sessions from both Study Groups on the first and third (half) day, and joint sessions on the second day. In the parallel sessions, state-of-the-art technologies and applications in each field will be presented, which include fMRI across different field strengths and high field MR in other body parts. In the joint sessions, the focus will be high resolution functional MRI and its applications in basic and clinical neuroscience. We will make efforts to include some educational talks in the joint sessions to accommodate attendees from both study groups. In addition to invited talks and proffered oral presentations, ample time will be provided for live discussions and interactions.
Target Audience
MR physicists, neuroscientists, and clinicians who are interested in brain function research, functional MRI approaches, high-field MR technology/methods and their applications in basic and clinical studies.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Preliminary Program
Day 1 - Monday, 31 March 2025
08:20
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
08:50
Introduction
Marta Bianciardi, Ph.D.,
Patricia Figueiredo, D. Phil.,
Jun Hua, Ph.D. &
Laurentius Huber, Ph.D.
09:00
Overview of UHF-fMRI
Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D.
Sungkyunkwan University
Seoul, South Korea
Session 1: Challenges & Prospects in UHF-fMRI (Regatta Ballroom A-C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:00
Hardware
David Feinberg, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
10:15
Sequences
Jonas Bause, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Tuebingen, Germany
10:30
Pre-Processing
T.B.A.
10:45
Preclinical
T.B.A.
11:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 2: SNR to Burn (Regatta Ballroom A-C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:30
High Spatial Resolution
Luca Vizioli, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
11:50
High Temporal Resolution
Saskia Bollmann, Ph.D.
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
12:10
Weak Non-BOLD Contrasts
Dimo Ivanov, Ph.D.
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands
12:30
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
12:30
Poster Viewing
Session 3: Applications (Regatta Ballroom A-C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Cognitive/Clinical Neuroscience
T.B.A.
14:15
Translational
Birte Forstmann, Ph.D.
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:30
Connectivity
T.B.A.
14:45
Physiology
T.B.A.
15:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
15:30
Vendors
16:15
Proffered Papers-Oral Session
17:00
Keynote: Future of fMRI at UHF
T.B.A.
18:00
Poster Session (until 19:00)
Day 2 - Tuesday, 1 April 2025
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
Session 4: fMRI Signal Mechanisms & Biophysics (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Neurovascualr Coupling & Calibrated fMRI
Natalia Petridou, D.Sc.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
09:20
The Eternal Fight of the Best Layer-fMRI Contrast
T.B.A.
09:40
Leveraging the Phrase in fMRI
T.B.A.
Session 4: Keynote (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Keynote: Plenary on UHF MRI at CMRR
T.B.A.
09:30
Keynote: Plenary on UHF MRI at MGH
T.B.A.
Session 5: fMRI Non-Neuronal Signals (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:00
CSF Flunctuations in fMRI
Laura Lewis, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA, USA
10:30
Physiological Signals in fMRI
T.B.A.
10:45
Functional MRS
Paul Mullins, Ph.D.
Bangor University
Bangor, Wales, UK
Session 5: UHF MRI System Development (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:00
Head Coil Design & Development
Ozlem Ipek, Ph.D.
King's College London
London, England, UK
10:15
Hardware & Methods for BO Shimming & Flexible Spatial Encoding at UHF
T.B.A.
10:30
Slice-Selective pTx Pulse Design
Minghao Zhang, M.Sc.
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, UK
10:45
Development of an UHF Body Coil
T.B.A.
11:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 6: Noise/Analysis (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:30
Challenges of UHF fMRI for the Masses
T.B.A.
11:50
Physiological Signals in fMRI-Denoising
T.B.A.
12:10
Multi-Echo fMRI in Clinics: Why Use It & What It Gives You
T.B.A.
Session 6: Acquisiton & Analysis at UHF (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:30
MRS/X Nuclei
T.B.A.
11:45
Recent Advances in Metabolic Imaging at Ultra-High Field
T.B.A.
12:00
High-Resolution QSM & Functional QSM at UHF
Sina Straub, Ph.D.
University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
12:15
Ultra-High Resolution Quantitative MRI Mapping of the Human Subcortex
Evgenyia Kirilina, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences
Leipzig, Germany
12:30
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
13:30
Poster Session
15:00
Proffered Papers-Oral Session
Session 7: We, the fMRi Field (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:00
Panel Discussion
Peter Bandettini, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
16:30
fMRI Developer: Scanner vs. Janitor vs. Researcher
Ravi Menon, Ph.D.
Western University
London, ON, Canada
Session 7: Safety at UHF (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:00
Pediatric Neuro
T.B.A.
16:15
Safe MRI of DBS Patients at UHF
Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
16:30
SAR Modeling for RF Safety at UHF
Aurelien Destruel, Ph.D.
Center of Magnetic Resonance in Biology & Medicine
Marseille, France
16:45
MR Thermometry for RF Safety at UFH
Caroline Le Ster, Ph.D.
Neurospin, CEA Saclay
Saclay, France
Session 8: fMRI Across Species (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
17:00
What We Learn From Animals That we Cannot Learn From Humans
T.B.A.
17:20
Sedation & Other Confounds in Preclinical fMRI
T.B.A.
Session 8: Vendors Session/Breakout (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
T.B.A.
EUFIND
T.B.A.
UK7T
T.B.A.
7TANA
T.B.A.
GUFI
17:45
Adjourn
Day 3 - Wednesday, 2 April 2025
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
09:00
Keynote: Plenary on Body
T.B.A.
09:30
Keynote: Plenary on Brain
T.B.A.
Session 9: Hardware/Acquistion (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
fMRI in Infants at 7T: Challenges & Opportunities
T.B.A.
09:20
Recent Advancements of the Workhorse
Caroline Le Ster, Ph.D.
Neurospin, CEA Saclay
Saclay, France
09:40
EPTI for fMRI
Fuyixue Wang, Ph.D.
Athinolula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
Session 9: UHF Applications, Neuro (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:00
Clinical Applications of Ultra-High Field Vascular Imaging
T.B.A.
10:15
Clinical Applications of Ultra-High Field Metabolic Imaging
T.B.A.
10:30
Clinical Applications of Ultra-High Field Pediatric Imaging
Jon Cleary, MBBS-PhD, FRCR
King's College London, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London, England, UK
10:45
Clinical Applications of Ultra-High Spine Imaging
T.B.A.
11:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
Session 10: Deep Sampling & Precision Mapping (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:00
Precision Mapping
Evan Gordon, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
10:20
The ABCD Study
T.B.A.
10:40
Precision Mapping at High Spatiotemporal Resolutions
Anna Blazejewska, Ph.D.
Athinolula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Charlestown, MA, USA
11:00
Break & Speaker Upload Available
11:30
Proffered Papers-Oral Session
Session 10: UHF Applications, Body (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
11:30
Compartment-Based Reconstruction of 3D Acquisition-Weighted 31 P Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging at 7 Tesla
T.B.A.
11:45
QSM for Epiphyseal Cartilage Vascularity & Short Echo Time Imaging for Bone Healing at UHF
T.B.A.
12:00
RF Hardware Development for Human Extremity Imaging at 7 Tesla
T.B.A.
12:15
Quanitative Abdominal Sodium Imaging at 7 Tesla in a Large FOV
T.B.A.
Session 11: Keynote (Regatta Ballroom C)
Moderators: T.B.A.
12:30
Keynote: From the Beginning: What I Saw & Learned in the Land of fMRI
Peter Bandettini, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
Session 11: UHF MR Technology Development (Regatta Ballroom AB)
Moderators: T.B.A.
12:30
Recent Development of the 11.74 Tesla Human Scanner
Nicolas Boulant, Ph.D.
Frederic Joliot Institute of Life Sciences
Saclay, France
12:45
Perfusion MRI a 7 Tesla
Danny Wang, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
13:00
7 Tesla pTX in the Human Body
Sebastian Schmitter, Ph.D.
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Berlin, Germany
13:15
Whole Body MRI at 5 Tesla
T.B.A.
Session 12: Awards (Regatta Ballroom AB)
13:30
Combined Awards
T.B.A.
13:40
Boxed Lunch & Adjourn
T.B.A.