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Program
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 Registration 07:30 Registration and Speaker Upload
Session 1: Cells to Networks Moderator: Kamil Ugurbil 08:30 Prakash Kara, University of Minnesota
The Spatial Precision of Neural and Vascular Circuits in the Neocortex 08:55 Alan Jasanoff, MIT
Functional MRI using Molecular Probes 09:20 Gordon Smith, University of Minnesota
Imaging Neural Networks in the Developing Brain 09:45 Anna Wang Roe, Zhejiang University
Imaging at the Level of Neural Circuits: Towards a Mesoscale Functional Connectome in Primates 10:10 Mikhail Shapiro, Caltech
Proteins, Air and Water: New Mechanisms for Biomolecular MRI 10:35 Break
Session 2: MR Above 7 T Moderator: Gregor Adriany 10:55 Yigitcan Eryaman, University of Minnesota
RF Heating Studies with Dipole Antennas at 10.5 T 11:20 Klaus Scheffler, Max Planck Institute, Tuebingen
Human Functional Brain Imaging at 9.4 T: Can We Resolve Subcortical Responses? 11:45 Benedikt Poser, Maastricht University
Sequences and Parallel Transmit for Neuroimaging at 9.4 T 12:10 Proffered Abstract: Bart Steensma, University Medical Center Utrecht
Optimization and Validation of Dipole Antenna Geometry for Body Imaging at 10.5 T 12:20 Lunch
Session 3: Novel Contrasts Moderator: Rolf Gruetter 13:40 Vendor Presentation: GE Healthcare - Doug Kelley
14:00 Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University
Bioengineering Contrast Agents for High-Field MRI 14:25 Julien Valette, CEA
Diffusion-Weighted MRS to Probe Brain Cell Structure - and Beyond 14:50 Proffered Abstract: Cameron Cushing, University of Iowa
In Vivo 2D Double-Quantum Filtered Correlated Spectroscopy (DQF-COSY) at 7 T 15:00 Break
15:20 Vendor Presentation: Siemens Healthcare - Christina Triantafyllou
15:40 Matthew Merritt, University of Florida
Metabolic Imaging: Hyperpolarized Carbon for Measuring Kinetics in Living Systems 16:05 Peter van Gelderen, NIH NINDS
Novel Insight into Old Contrast Mechanisms:the Link between MT and T1 in the Brain 16:30 Proffered Abstract: An Vu, University of California San Francisco
StImulus Locked K-space Shuffling (SILK) for Ultra-High Resolution fMRI Dinner at TCF Bank Stadium 18:00 Reception
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Dinner Presentation: Joseph Ackerman, Washington University
MR and Other Adventures (Some True) of a Wayward Peter Pan Wannabe 21:00 Adjournment
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 Session 4: Neuroimaging Moderator: Cheryl Olman 08:30 Amir Shmuel, McGill University
Analysis of the Spatial Specificity of Functional MRI 08:55 Kendrick Kay, University of Minnesota
Ultra-High Resolution fMRI: Challenges in Data Analysis and Interpretation for Neuroscience Applications 09:20 Jonathan Polimeni, MGH/Harvard
Acquisition and Analysis Strategies for High-Spatiotemporal Resolution Human fMRI at Ultra-High Fields 09:45 Peter Bandettini, NIH NIMH
High Field, High Resolution Mapping of Activation, Resting State, and Connectivity Dynamics 10:10 Alessandro Sbrizzi, University Medical Center Utrecht
Nonlinear Inversion Problems in Neuroimaging 10:35 Break
Session 5: Connectomics Moderator: Essa Yacoub 10:55 Proffered Abstract: Cirong Liu, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Towards a Marmoset Connectome: a Multi-Modal and Multi-Level 3D MRI Brain Atlas 11:05 Christophe Lenglet, University of Minnesota
Cortical Microstructure Mapping using In-Vivo 7 T Diffusion MRI 11:30 Todd Constable, Yale University
Linking Brain to Behavior - Characterizing Individual Performance/Symptoms from Connectome Data 11:55 David Van Essen, Washington University
Highlights from the Human Connectome 12:20 Proffered Abstract: Merry Mani, University of Iowa
High Resolution Multi-Shot Diffusion Imaging at 7 T without Navigators 12:30 Lunch
Session 6: New Directions in Instrumentation Moderator: Michael Garwood 13:50 Vendor Presentation: KinetiCor - Thomas Ernst
14:10 Edward Auerbach, University of Minnesota
Integration and Applications of High Transmit and Receive Channel Counts for UHF MR 14:35 David Brunner, ETH Zurich
Sensor Networks in the Bore 15:00 Matt Bernstein, Mayo Clinic
Compact 3 T with High Performance Gradients 15:25 Break
15:45 Vendor Presentation: Bruker - Wulf-Ingo Jung
16:05 Robin de Graaf, Yale University
Multi-Coil Magnetic Field Generation - From Shimming to Imaging and Beyond 16:30 Jason Stockman, MGH/Harvard
AC/DC Coils: Integrating RF and B0 Shim Array Elements 16:55 Proffered Abstract: Hoby Hetherington, University of Pittsburgh
Dynamic B0 Shim Updating without Pre-Emphasis Poster Session 17:05 Power Poster Presentations
Moderators: Malgorzata Marjanska & Gregory Metzger 17:30 Traditional Poster Session
Reception at CMRR 18:45 Reception
21:45 Adjournment
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 Session 7: Body Imaging at Ultra High Field Moderator: Patrick Bolan 08:30 Martijn Cloos, NYU
Body Imaging at UHF 08:55 Gregory Metzger, University of Minnesota
Exploring Body Applications at High Field 09:20 Tom Scheenen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center and the Erwin L. Hahn Institute
Use the Field, Find the Nodes! Toward Accurate Staging of High-Risk Cancer in the Lower Abdomen 09:45 Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF
Quantitative Musculoskeletal Imaging at 7 Tesla 10:10 Break
10:30 Arthur Magill, DKFZ Heidelberg
Whole-Body Imaging at 7 Tesla with a 32-Channel Parallel Transmit System 10:55 Proffered Abstract: Alan Seifert, Mount Sinai NY
Brainstem and Cervical Spinal Cord MRI at 7 T Session 8: RF Management Moderator: Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele 11:05 Xiaoping Wu, University of Minnesota
Human Connectome Project-Style Diffusion and Functional MRI at 7 Tesla Through RF Parallel Transmission 11:30 Priti Balchandani, Mt Sinai School of Medicine
RF Pulse and Pulse Sequence Design for Ultrahigh Field Imaging 11:55 Proffered Abstract: Arian Beqiri, King's College London
Accelerated Turbo Spin-Echo Prostate Imaging at 7 T using SAR Constrained Direct Signal Control 12:05 Lunch
13:25 Vendor Presentation: Tesla Engineering - Simon Pittard
13:45 Riccardo Lattanzi, New York University
New Physical Insights into Ideal Radiofrequency Coil Design 14:10 Mihir Pendse, Stanford University
SAR-optimized Parallel Transmit Pulse Design 14:35 Andrew Webb, Leiden University Medical Center
Novel Materials to Control RF 15:00 Adjournment
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