Program
Thursday-Saturday, November 14-16, 2019
Location: CMRR Seminar room
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
| 7:30 | Registration & Speaker Upload |
| 8:30 | Kamil Ugurbil - Welcome |
Session 1: Connectomics and Diffusion Methods
| Moderator: Christophe Lenglet |
| 8:35 | Michael Milham, Child Mind Institute / Nathan Kline Institute |
| Large-scale, Open Neuroimaging Datasets are Increasing More Than Just Sample Size |
| 9:00 | Allen Song, Duke University |
| Ultrahigh Resolution Diffusion MRI In Vivo |
| 9:25 | Jennifer A. McNab, Stanford University |
| Linear, Planar and Spherical Diffusion Encoding at 7 T |
| 9:50 | Stam Sotiropoulos, University of Nottingham / University of Oxford |
| Combining 3 T and 7 T Diffusion MRI for Improved Connectivity Mapping |
| 10:15 | Proffered Abstract: Ajay Nemani, Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Seed-Based Test-Retest Reliability of Resting State fMRI at 3 T and 7 T |
| 10:25 | Break |
Session 2: Sequences and Reconstruction
| Moderator: Steen Moeller |
| 10:45 | William Grissom, Vanderbilt University |
| Closing the Loop: Leveraging Pulse Design to Build Better Transmit Coils for MRI |
| 11:10 | Gigi Galiana, Yale University |
| Nonlinear Gradients for Spatial Encoding and Contrast |
| 11:35 | Mehmet Akcakaya, University of Minnesota |
| Emerging Methods for High-Accelerated MRI |
| 12:00 | Matthew Rosen, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard |
| Life at the Bottom: How Low SNR Inspired a New Reconstruction Paradigm |
| 12:25 | Lunch |
Session 3: Ultra-High Field Body MR
| Moderator: Jutta Ellermann |
| 13:40 | Vendor Presentation: Robin Heidemann, Siemens Healthineers |
| 14:00 | Gregory Metzger, University of Minnesota |
| Enabling Body Imaging at 7 T and Beyond |
| 14:25 | Bart Steensma, University Medical Center Utrecht |
| Design and Safety of RF Antennas for Body MRI at Ultra-High Field |
| 14:50 | Christopher Rodgers, Cambridge University |
| Multinuclear Spectroscopy in the Human Heart and Liver at 7 T |
| 15:15 | Proffered Abstract: Michael Hock, University Hospital Wuerzburg |
| Correction of Myocardial B0-Inhomogeneities at 7 T with ECG-Gated Spherical Harmonics Shimming |
| 15:25 | Break |
| 15:45 | Vendor Presentation: Wulf-Ingo Jung, Bruker |
| 16:05 | Mark Ladd, DKFZ Heidelberg |
| On the Imaging and Safety Performance of Body-Coil-Like Transmit Arrays at 7 Tesla |
| 16:30 | Stefan Zbyn, University of Minnesota |
| Musculoskeletal Applications of Sodium Imaging at UHF MR Systems |
| 16:55 | Power Poster Presentations - Moderated by Remi Patriat |
| 17:25 | Traditional Poster Session |
| 18:30 | Reception at CMRR |
| 21:00 | Adjournment |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Session 4: Laminar fMRI
| Moderator: Cheryl Olman |
| 08:30 | Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics |
| From the Macroscale to the Mesoscale: Studying the Human Brain at Multiple Levels |
| 08:55 | Kamil Uludag, Sungkyunkwan University / University Health Network Toronto |
| Laminar fMRI: Hype or a New Tool for Human Neuroscience |
| 09:20 | Laurentius Huber, Maastricht University |
| CBV-Weighted Layer-fMRI in Humans: From Layer-Dependent Microcircuits Towards Whole Brain Directional Connectome Mapping |
| 09:45 | Kendrick Kay, University of Minnesota |
| A Temporal Decomposition Method for Removing Venous Effects from Task-Based fMRI |
| 10:10 | Proffered Abstract: Andrew Morgan, University of Glasgow |
| Cortical Feedback to Superficial Layers of V1 Contains Predictive Scene Information |
| 10:20 | Break |
Session 5: 1H and X-Nuclei MRS
| Moderator: Gulin Oz |
| 10:40 | Malgorzata Marjanska, University of Minnesota |
| The First In Vivo Detection of Cystathionine: Novel Signature of Glioma Genetics |
| 11:05 | Uzay Emir, Purdue University |
| The Use of In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Studying the Chemical Composition of the Human Body |
| 11:30 | Daniel Vigneron, University of California, San Francisco |
| Hyperpolarized C-13 Stable-Isotope Molecular MRI Provides Novel Cellular Metabolic Data in Volunteers and Patients |
| 11:55 | Wei Chen, University of Minnesota |
| Deuterium (2H) MRS Approach for Simultaneous Imaging of Cerebral Glycolysis and Oxidative Metabolisms and the Warburg Effect in Brain Tumor |
| 12:20 | Proffered Abstract: Jullie Pan, University of Pittsburgh |
| Targeted Fast 7 T Multi-Slice Spectroscopic Imaging |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Vendor Presentation: Baldev Ahluwalia, GE Healthcare |
| 14:05 | Anke Henning, University of Texas Southwestern |
| Ultra-High Field MR Spectroscopic Imaging - From System Architecture to Clinical Application |
Session 6: Engineering and Safety
| Moderator: Joseph Ackerman |
| 14:30 | Nicola De Zanche, University of Alberta |
| Emerging Technologies for RF Transmission and Reception |
| 14:55 | Ana Arias, University of California, Berkeley |
| Conformal Electronics for Imaging and Health Monitoring |
| 15:20 | Gregor Adriany, University of Minnesota |
| Pushing the Limits: High Channel Count UHF Coils for 7 T and 10.5 T |
| 15:45 | Proffered Abstract: Xinquang Yan, Vanderbilt University |
| Optimizing an Array-Compressed Coil for Arterial Spin Labeling at 7 T |
| 15:55 | Break |
| Moderator: Xiaoping Wu |
| 16:15 | Vendor Presentation: Steve Bates, Tesla Engineering LTD |
| 16:35 | Ben Parkinson, Victoria University of Wellington |
| MRI Magnets using High-Temperature Superconductors |
| 17:00 | Brian Rutt, Stanford University |
| Developing Next Generation Compact Connectome Ultra High Field MRI Technology |
| 17:25 | Yigitcan Eryaman, University of Minnesota |
| RF Coil Design and Safety Validation at 10.5 T |
| 17:50 | Proffered Abstract: Bart Steensma, University Medical Center Utrecht |
| Local SAR Assessment: Deep Learning-Based Method vs. Conventional VOP-Based Methods |
| 18:00 | Break |
| 18:30 | Reception at TCF Bank Stadium |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
| 20:00 | Speaker: Stanislas Dehaene, College de France |
| Reading and its Acquisition: Evidence from Brain Imaging |
| 21:00 | Adjournment |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Session 7: Resilience to Field Imperfections
| Moderator: Michael Garwood |
| 08:30 | Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Overcoming - and Embracing - Field Inhomogeneities via Spatiotemporally Encoded MRI |
| 08:55 | Michael Mullen, University of Minnesota |
| Imaging with Inhomogeneous Fields: Pulse Sequence Design and Image Reconstruction |
| 09:20 | Christoph Juchem, Columbia University |
| The Dynamic Multi-Coil Technique (DYNAMITE) - a General BO Field Modeling Concept |
| 09:45 | Klaas Pruessmann, ETH Zurich |
| Current Topics in Sensing and Control for High-Field MRI |
| 10:10 | Break |
Session 8: High-Resolution Neuroimaging
| Moderator: Luca Vizioli |
| 10:30 | Jeff Duyn, NINDS, NIH |
| High Resolution Susceptibility-Weighted MRI |
| 10:55 | John Gore, Vanderbilt University |
| Multi-Parametric Imaging of Spinal Cord at High Field |
| 11:20 | Oliver Speck, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg |
| High Resolution Structural and Vascular Neuroimaging |
| 11:45 | Jan Zimmermann, University of Minnesota |
| Brain Imaging at 10.5 T in the Non-Human Primate |
| 12:10 | Proffered Abstract: Filiz Yetisir, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard |
| In-vivo 2D RARE Imaging at 7 T using Parallel Transmission for Flip Angle Nonuniformity Correction |
| 12:20 | Lunch |
| Moderator: Noam Harel |
| 13:35 | Vendor Presentation: Ivan Dimitrov, Philips Healthcare |
| 13:55 | Proffered Abstract: Merry Mani, University of Iowa |
| Simultaneous B0 Inhomogeneity Correction and Multi-Echo Reconstruction for EPI Using Structured Low Rank Priors |
| 14:05 | Seong-Gi Kim, Sungkyunkwan University |
| Ultrahigh Field Mouse fMRI with Optogenetics for Dissection of Neural Circuits |
| 14:30 | Sarah Heilbronner, University of Minnesota |
| Building a Wiring Diagram of the Brain with Anatomy and Ultra-High Field Neuroimaging |
| 14:55 | E. Mark Haacke, Wayne State University |
| High Resolution STAGE Imaging and Vascular Imaging: Clinical and Research Applications at High Field |
| 15:20 | Adjournment |
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