ISMRM SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ~ 6-9 September 2011
 

Mapping Functional Networks for Brain Surgery
Milan, Italy

 

PROGRAM


  DAY 1 - Tuesday, 6 September 2011  
15:00 Registration  
18:15 Opening Reception  
  Current Issues in Language Mapping  
18:25 Introduction Stefano F. Cappa, M.D.
Università Vita Salute San Raffaele
Milan, Italy
18:30 Functional & Clinical Correlates of Dorsal & Ventral Pathways Cornelius Weiller, M.D.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
18:50 Connectional Anatomy of the Dorsal & Ventral Pathways  - permission withheld Marco Catani, M.D., M.R.C.Psych.
King's College London
London, England, UK
19:10 Discussion Stefano F. Cappa, M.D.
Università Vita Salute San Raffaele
Milan, Italy
19:30 Reception  
20:15 Dinner  
     

  DAY 2 - Wednesday, 7 September 2011  
07:00 Breakfast & Registration  
  Session 1
What Do We Know about Functional Systems?
Moderators: Marco Catani, M.D., M.R.C.Psych. & Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.  
 
08:30 Integration of Sensori-Motor Functions: Insights from Intraoperative Neurophysiology of the Perirolandic Cortex Francesco Sala, M.D., Ph.D.
Verona University Hospital
Verona, Italy
08:50 Can Early fMRI Predict Language Outcome After Stroke? Cornelius Weiller, M.D.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
09:10 Visuospatial Attention Networks Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Ph.D.
King’s College London
London, England, UK
09:30 Discussion  
     
  Keynote Lecture  
09:45 Exploring Columnar Organization with fMRI at Ultrahigh Field  - permission withheld Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
10:15 Break  
  Session 2
Presurgical Mapping: Challenges,  Limitations & Solutions
Moderators: Massimo Caulo, M.D. & Joshua S. Shimony, M.D., Ph.D.  
 
10:45 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Mapping Gerardo Conesa, M.D., Ph.D.
Hospital Clinic Provincial de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
11:05 Presurgical Mapping of the Motor System - permission withheld John L. Ulmer, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
11:25 Presurgical Mapping of the Language Network with fMRI Vivek Prabhakaran, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI, USA
11:45 Mapping Vision Retinotopy with fMRI Edgar DeYoe, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
12:05 Discussion  
  Open Oral Session 1: Proffered Papers  
12:20 The Feasibility of Multi Site Studies: A European Low Grade Glioma Network Study to Investigate within & between Site Sources of Variability in Brain Activation Maps Johan M. Jansma, Ph.D.
UMC – Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience
Utrecht, The Netherlands
 
12:30 Imaging the Seizure Onset Zone with Stereo-Electroencephalography  Olivier David, Ph.D.
Grenoble Institut de Neuroscience
La Tronche, France
 
12:40 Individualized Mapping of the Subgenual Cingulate in Individual Unipolar Depressed Patients Using fMRI Leslie Baxter, Ph.D.
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ, USA
12:50 Neural Signatures of Decision-Making Under Risk Revealed by Functional MRI (fMRI), Electroencephalography (EEG) & Autonomic Monitoring Ludovico Minati, M.Sc., C.Eng., C.Phys.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto
Milan, Italy
13:00 Poster Session & Lunch  
     
  Session 3
Open Oral Session 2: Proffered Papers
Moderators: Andrea Falini, M.D. & John L. Ulmer, M.D.
 
14:30 Presurgical Planning Using Resting State fMRI Joshua S. Shimony, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
14:40 Reorganization of Functional Connectivity MRI (fcMRI) in Patients with Brain Gliomas Chiara Briganti, M.D.
University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara
Chieti, Italy
14:50 MRI Estimation of the Inter-Hemispheric Functional Connectivity (FC) Predicts Language Performance after Surgical Treatment for Drug-Resistant Temporal-Lobe Epilepsy  - permission withheld Emanuele Pravatà, M.D.
Università Catholica
Rome, Italy
15:00 Mapping Intersubject Variability of Speech in Right & Left-Handed Healthy Subjects: Comparison between Three fMRI Language Tasks Commonly used for Presurgical Mapping Leonardo Cerliani, Ph.D.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta"
Milan, Italy
     
  Intraoperative Mapping of Cortical Areas: Challenges, Solutions & Limitations
Moderators: Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., F.A.C.S. & Giovanni Broggi, M.D.
15:10 Neuropsychological Assessment Costanza Papagno, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
15:30 Language Production & Comprehension Hugues Duffau, M.D., Ph.D.
Hopital Gui de Chauliac
Montpellier, France
15:50 Intraoperative Online Neuropsychological Assessment - permission withheld Miran Skrap, M.D.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria
Udine, Italy
16:10 Discussion  
16:20 Break  
  Keynote Lecture  
16:45 Surgery of Eloquent Areas: The Insula Mitchel S. Berger, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
  Session 4
17:15 Case Study Discussion (Interactive Medical Learning)
Presenters: Francesco DiMeco, M.D. & Aaron S. Field, M.D., Ph.D.

Expert panel discussion:
Neurosurgery: Lorenzo M. Bello, M.D., Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., Gerardo Conesa, M.D., Ph.D., Hugues Duffau, M.D., Ph.D., & Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Neuroradiology: Alberto Bizzi, M.D., Andrea Falini, M.D., Vivek Prabhakaran, M.D., Ph.D. & John L. Ulmer, M.D.

     
  Session 5  
  Debate :
Presurgical Mapping has a Clinical Impact on Brain Surgery

Moderator:
Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
 
18:00 Introduction Alessandro Olivi, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
18:10 Pros Wade M. Mueller, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
18:25 Cons Hugues Duffau, M.D., Ph.D.
Hopital Gui de Chauliac
Montpellier, France
18:40 Discussion & Verdict  
19:00 Adjournment  
20:00 Museo del Novecento (group activity off-site)  

  DAY 3 - Thursday, 8 September 2011  
07:00 Breakfast & Registration  
  Session 6
Presurgical Mapping with Diffusion MR Tractography
Moderators: Roland G. Henry, Ph.D. & John L. Ulmer, M.D.
 
08:30 Neoplasm Growth & White Matter Aaron Field, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI, USA
08:50 Mapping Sensorimotor System Pathways - permission withheld Marco Catani, M.D., M.R.C.Psych.
King's College London
London, England, UK
09:10 Mapping Language Pathways Alberto Bizzi, M.D.
Fondazione Instituto Neurologico Besta
Milan, Italy
09:30 Optic Radiations & Visuospatial Tracts in the Developing Brain - permission withheld Chris A. Clark, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
09:50 Discussion  
10:00 Break  
     
  Keynote Lecture  
10:30 Exploring the Brain as a Small-World Network - permission withheld Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Ph.D.
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
     
  Session 7
Intraoperative Mapping of White Matter Connections: Challenges, Solutions & Limitations
Moderators: Gerardo Conesa Bertran, M.D., Ph.D. & Francesco DiMeco, M.D.
11:00 Corticospinal Tract & SMA-Related Tracts - permission withheld Lorenzo M. Bello, M.D.
University of Milano
Milan, Italy
11:20 Language Pathways Hugues Duffau, M.D., Ph.D.
Hopital Gui de Chauliac
Montpellier, France
11:40 Electrocortical & Subcortical Stimulation of the Visuospatial Network Giuseppe Vallar, M.D.
Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
12:00 Discussion  
  Open Oral Session 3: Proffered Papers  
12:20 Combined use of Bipolar & Monopolar Stimulation & DTI-FT during Surgical Removal of Lesion Involving Motor Areas or Pathways  - permission withheld Marco Riva, M.D.
University of Milan & Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Rozzano, Italy
12:30 DTI Fiber-Tracking for the Study of Unilateral Neglect in Patients with Brain Tumors Giannantonio Spena, M.D.
Civil Hospital
Alessandria, Italy
 
12:40 Measurement of the Visual Pathway in Children using Tractography & Its Value in Preoperative Planning Say Ayala-Soriano, M.D.
Institute of Child Health
London, England, UK
12:50 Model-Based Segmentation of Probabilistic Tractographies: An Application to the Optic Radiation Tract Gali Zimmerman-Moreno, M.Sc.
Tel-Aviv University
Netanya, Israel
13:00 Lunch & Poster Session  
     
  Session 8
Validation of Diffusion MR Tractography
Moderators: Aaron S. Field, M.D., Ph.D. & Alberto Torresin, Ph.D.
 
14:30 Validation of fMRI, MEG & EEG
 
Srikantan S. Nagarajan, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
14:50 Validation of DTI & HARDI MR Tractography of the CST with Intraoperative Subcortical Mapping Roland G. Henry, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
15:10 Validation of DTI MR Tractography of the Language Pathways with Intraoperative Subcortical Mapping Andrea Falini, M.D.
Vita Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
15:30 Intraoperative MR Imaging & Navigated MR Tractography Christopher Nimsky, M.D., Ph.D.
University Hospital Marburg
Marburg, Germany
15:50 Discussion  
16:00 Break  
     
  Keynote Lectures  
16:30 The Human Connectome Project David C. Van Essen, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
17:00 The European Connect Project Daniel C. Alexander, Ph.D.
University College London
London, England, UK
     
17:30 Session 9
Future Directions for Diffusion MR Tractography: Challenges, Limitations & Solutions
Moderators: Daniel C. Alexander, Ph.D. & Roland G. Henry, Ph.D.
17:30 Challenges & Limitations of Tracking White Matter Pathways In Vivo Derek K. Jones, Ph.D.
Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales, UK
17:50 Solutions for MR Diffusion Tractography Flavio Dell'Acqua, Ph.D.
King's College London
London, England, UK
18:10 Functional Anatomy of Callosal Fibers - permission withheld Marco Catani, M.D., M.R.C.Psych.
King's College London
London, England, UK
18:30 Discussion  
  Open Oral Session 4: Proffered Papers  
18:50 Evaluating Pre-Operative Diffusion MRI Tractography of the Corticospinal Tract in Brain Tumors with Deterministic & Probabilistic Methods Monica Bucci, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
19:00 Comprehensive In Vivo Mapping of the Basal Ganglia & Thalamic Connectome in Individual Subjects, using High Resolution 7T MRI Aviva Abosch, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN, USA
19:10 MR Imaging Optimization for Peri-Operative Mapping of the Fornix Flavius Raslau, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
19:20 Fiber Tracking Based on Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging in the Human Brain using Compressed Sensing Marion I. Menzel, Ph.D.
GE Global Research
Garching, Germany
19:30 Adjournment  
     

  DAY 4 – Friday, 9 September 2011  
07:00 Breakfast & Registration  
  Session 10
Neurosurgical Interventions that Modify Dysfunctional Networks
Moderators: Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., F.A.C.S. & Wade M. Mueller, M.D.  
08:30 Intracranial EEG-fMRI Approaches in Epilepsy Patients Edward F. Chang, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
08:55 Closed-Loop System for Epileptic Seizures Lawrence J. Hirsch, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
09:20 Brain-Computer Interface Implants for the Paralyzed Nicolas F. Ramsey, Ph.D.
University Medical Center of Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
09:45 Discussion  
     
  Keynote Lecture  
10:00 Motor Cognition: A New Perspective on the Motor System Vittorio Gallese, M.D.
University of Parma
Parma, Italy
10:30 Break  
     
  Session 11
Quality of Life & Outcome: Evidence from Risk Benefit Assessment
Moderators: Lorenzo M. Bello, M.D. & Carlo Lazzaro Solero, M.D.
11:00 Impact of Presurgical Mapping Wade M. Mueller, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
11:20 Impact of Intraoperative Mapping Mitchel S. Berger, M.D.
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
11:40 Outcome from Neuropsychological Language Evaluation Costanza Papagno, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
12:00 Discussion  
     
  Session 12  
12:45 Panel Discussion: (Surgeon, Neuroradiologist, MR Scientist & Vendors)
Do We Need to Redefine “Eloquence”? Where Do We Go from Here?
13:30 Summary & Conclusions  
  Boxed Lunches Provided  
     

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