ISMRM WORKSHOP SERIES ~ 01-04 April 2015

ISMRM Workshop on Diffusion-weighted Imaging Outside the Brain: From Physics to Clinical Practice
Boston, MA, USA

 

PROGRAM


DAY 1 - Wednesday, 1 April 2015 (no CME available)
         
15:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
18:00     Welcome Opening Reception  
         

DAY 2 - Thursday, 2 April 2015 (4.75 CME Available)
         
06:30     Breakfast served until 08:30  
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
08:30     Welcome  
         
      Session 1: Basics of Diffusion Physics Outside the Brain  
      Moderators: Thomas L. Chenevert, Ph.D. & Eric E. Sigmund, Ph.D.  
08:40 Diffusion Phenomenon Amita Shukla-Dave, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
09:00 EPI & Non-EPI Acquisition Outside the Brain
 
Thomas L. Chenevert, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
09:20 Diffusion Artifacts/Image Optimization Eric E. Sigmund, Ph.D.
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
09:40     Q&A  
09:50 Keynote Lecture: Diffusion Quantification: ADC & Beyond David J. Collins, Ph.D.
Royal Marsden Hospital
Sutton, United Kingdom
10:15     Q&A  
10:30     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
11:05 DTI Outside the Brain Eric E. Sigmund, Ph.D.
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
11:25 Diffusion Reproducibility & Precision: How to Assess? Thomas L. Chenevert, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
11:45     Q&A  
      Proffered Papers – Oral Session  
12:00 Exploring the Relationship Between MR-Derived Apparent Diffusion Coefficient & Tissue Cellularity: A Preliminary Animal Study in Cancer Neil Peter Jerome, Ph.D.
The Institute of Cancer Research
London, England, UK
12:10 Repeatability of ADC Histogram Centile Values Within a Heterogeneous Paediatric Oncology Population Neil Peter Jerome, Ph.D.
The Institute of Cancer Research
London, England, UK
12:20 Quantifying Myofiber Diameter in Human Calf & Shoulder with Time-Dependent Diffusion Gregory Lembersky, B.A.Phys.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
12:30     Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 2: Review of Clinical Diffusion Protocols by Experts
      Moderators: Dow-Mu Koh M.D., MRCP, FRCR & Andrew Rosenkrantz, M.D.  
14:00 Liver Bachir Taouli, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
14:15     Native Kidneys/Kidney Transplant - Permission Withheld Harriet C. Thoeny, M.D.
Inselspital University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
14:30   Prostate - Permission Withheld Andrew Rosenkrantz, M.D.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
14:45 Female Pelvis Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, M.D., Ph.D.
Hôpital Tenon
Paris, France
15:00 Breast Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
15:15 Whole Body DWI Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., MRCP, FRCR
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, England, UK
15:30     Q&A  
15:45     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
      Proffered Papers – Oral Presentations  
16:00 Correlation of Renal IVIM Diffusion Parameters to DCE-MRI Perfusion Parameters from a Three-Compartment Model Octavia Bane, Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
16:10 Metastatic Hepatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Correlation of Quantitative Diffusion with Tumor Grade Cecilia Besa Correa, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
16:20 Bi-Exponential Diffusion Analysis in Normal Prostate & Prostate Cancer: Transition Zone & Peripheral Zone Considerations Thiele Kobus, Ph.D.
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
16:30 Quantitative Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Crohn's Disease Using a Spatially-Constrained Probability Distribution Model of Incoherent Motion (SPIM) Sila Kurugol, Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
16:40 Time Dependent Diffusion Reveals Lumen Microstructure & Increases Tumor Conspicuity in Prostate Gregory Lembersky, B.A.Phys.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
16:50   Combined T2w Volumetry, DW-MRI & DCE-MRI for Response Assessment After Chemoradiation in Rectal Cancer - Permission Withheld Mariëlle Philippens, M.D., Ph.D.
University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands
17:00     Open Evening to enjoy the sights & sounds of Boston  
17:00     Preparation of Consensus Document, Part 1 (By Invitation Only)  
         

DAY 3 - Friday, 3 April 2015 (5.00 CME Available)
         
06:30     Breakfast served until 08:30  
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 3: Body Diffusion in the Abdomen & Pelvis: Current Scientific Evidence, Clinical Value, & Case Based Review
      Moderators: Bachir Taouli, M.D. & Harriet C. Thoeny, Ph.D.  
08:30 Focal Liver Disease Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., MRCP, FRCR
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, England, UK
08:50 Diffuse Liver Disease Bachir Taouli, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
09:10 Pancreas Celso Matos, M.D.
Hôpital Erasme
Brussels, Belgium
09:30   Focal & Diffuse Renal Disease - Permission Withheld Harriet C. Thoeny, M.D.
Inselspital University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
10:00  




N/A

Abdominal Cases Shown by Experts Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., MRCP, FRCR
Celso Matos, M.D.
Bachir Taouli, M.D.
Harriet Thoeny, M.D.
10:30     Q&A  
10:45     Break, Poster Viewing & Speaker Upload Available  
         
11:00   Keynote Lecture: Diffusion vs. PET Imaging Ambros J. Beer, M.D.
University Hospital Ulm
Ulm, Germany
11:25     Q&A  
11:35   Prostate - Permission Withheld Andrew Rosenkrantz, M.D.
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
11:55 Female Pelvis Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, M.D., Ph.D.
Hôpital Tenon
Paris, France
12:15     Q&A  
12:30     Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 4: Body Diffusion in the Breast, Pelvis & Spine: Current Scientific Evidence, Clinical Value & Case Based Review
      Moderators: Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D. & Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, M.D., Ph.D.  
13:40   Prostate/GYN Cases Shown by Experts - Permission Withheld Andrew Rosenkrantz, M.D.
Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, M.D., Ph.D.
14:00 Breast Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
14:20

Spine
 
Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
14:40 Whole Body DWI Anwar R. Padhani, M.B.B.S., FRCP, FRCR
Mount Vernon Cancer Center
Middlesex, England, UK
15:00  

Breast/Spine/Whole Body Cases Shown by Experts Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D.
Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, M.D.
Anwar Padhani, MRCP, FRCR,FRCP
15:30     Q&A  
15:40     Poster Session (No CME Available) & Break  
         
17:00     Open evening to enjoy the sights & sounds of Boston  
17:00     Preparation of Consensus Document, Part 2 (By Invitation Only)  
         

DAY 4 - Saturday, 4 April 2015 (1.5 CME Available)
         
06:30     Breakfast served until 08:30  
07:00     Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
         
      Session 5: Future Directions  
      Moderators: Anwar R. Padhani, M.B.B.S., FRCP, FRCR & David J. Collins, Ph.D.  
08:30 Current Algorithms for Assessing Tumor Response Dow-Mu Koh, M.D., MRCP, FRCR
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, England, UK
08:50 Keynote Lecture: Diffusion for Tumor Treatment Response: Why, How & When? Anwar R. Padhani, M.B.B.S, FRCP, FRCR
Mount Vernon Cancer Center
Middlesex, England, UK
09:15     Q&A  
09:30     Break & Speaker Upload Available  
09:45 IVIM DWI Acquisitions & Reconstruction David J. Collins, Ph.D.
Royal Marsden Hospital
Sutton, United Kingdom
10:05 IVIM DWI: Potential Clinical Applications Bachir Taouli, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
10:25     Q&A  
10:35     Boxed Lunches & Departure  
         
10:45     Preparation of Consensus Document, Part 3 (By Invitation Only)  
         

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