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Friday morning, September 3rd, 2010

9:00–13:00

Satellite fMRI Symposium: „Imaging Dementia – Insights from MRI and PET“
Organised by H. Boecker and F. Jessen (Bonn, Germany)
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Friday afternoon, September 3rd, 2010

14:00–14:05

Welcome
H. Schild (Bonn, Germany)

Session I – Nero
Chairs: V. Runge (Galveston, USA) and J. Gore (Nashville USA)

14:05–14:40

Keynote lecture: High field imaging of the brain
V. M. Runge (Galveston, USA)

14:40–15:20

Keynote lecture: Ultra-high field imaging
J. C. Gore (Nasville, USA)

15:20–15:45

Break

Scientific papers

15:45–15:55

Three-Dimensional Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery imaging reduces artifacts in cerebrospinal fluid spaces and enhances sensitivity and specificity for subarachnoid hemorrhages
N. Lummel, V. Schoepf , M. Burke, H. Brückmann, J. Linn (Munich, Germany)

15:55–16:05

Magnetization prepared (MP) 3D DIR at 7.0 Tesla
F. Visser , J. Zwanenburg, W. de Graaf , J. Castelijns, P. Luijten (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

16:05–16:15

7 Tesla 3D-MP-FLAIR and 3D-MP-DIR: Lesion detection in multiple sclerosis
W. de Graaf, F. Visser, M. Wattjes, J. Zwanenburg, P. Pouwels, J. Geurts, C. Polman, F. Barkhof, P. Luijten, J. Castelijns (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

16:15–16:25

Impaired motor preparation in writer‘s cramp patients: an fMRI study at 3T
J. Jankowski, S. Paus, L. Scheef, M. Bewersdorff, H. Schild, T. Klockgether, H. Boecker (Bonn, Germany)

16:25–16:35

Brain imaging without central brightening at 3 T using tailored RF and Parallel Transmit
S. Malik, J. Hajnal (London, United Kingdom)

16:35–16:50

Break

Session II – Multimodality
Chairs: C. Kuhl (Aachen, Germany) and W. Willinek (Bonn, Germany)

16:50–17:30

Keynote lecture: MR-PET
Z. A. Fayad (New York, USA)

17:30–18:10

Keynote lecture: HIFU-MR and molecular imaging
C. Moonen (Bordeaux, France)

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Session III – Interventional MR
Chairs: H. Schild (Bonn, Germany) and A. Mahnken (Aachen, Germany)

9:00–9:40

Keynote lecture: MR-guided interventions
F. A. Jolesz (Boston, USA)

09:40–10:00

Break

Scientific papers

10:00–10:10

Focal liver lesions at 3 Tesla: Detection rate, image quality and lesion contrast using parallel and conventional RF transmission
G. Kukuk, J. Gieseke, D. Hadizadeh, F. Träber, S. Weber, H. Schild, W. Willinek (Bonn, Germany)

10:10–10:20

Non-enhanced versus contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the renal vasculature
at 7 T: Initial results
L. Umutlu, T. Lauenstein, S. Maderwald, O. Kraff, S. Kinner, L. Schäfer, G. Antoch, H. Quick (Essen, Germany)

10:20–10:30

Clinical Cardiac MR at 3.0 Tesla using parallel RF transmission with patient-adaptive local RF shimming: initial experience
D. Thomas, A. Müller, M. Kouwenhoven, C. Nähle, J. Gieseke, K. Strach, W. Willinek,
H. Schild (Bonn, Germany)

10:30–10:40

Evaluation of Magnetization Transfer Contrast imaging in human achilles tendon using a 3D ultrashort echo time sequence at 3 Tesla
R. Syha, P. Martirosian, C. Claussen, F. Schick, F. Springer (Tübingen, Germany)

10:40–10:50

Dual source parallel RF excitation for clinical MR imaging of the spine at 3.0 Tesla: Intraindividual comparison with conventional single channel transmission
M. Nelles, R. König, J. Gieseke, M. Guerand-van Battum, G. Kukuk, H. Schild, W. Willinek (Bonn, Germany)

Session IV – Quantitative MR
Chairs: J. Gore (Nashville, USA) and J. Hennig (Freiburg, Germany)

10:50–11:20

Keynote lecture: Flow-sensitive 4D-MRI
J. Hennig (Freiburg, Germany)

11.20–12.00

Keynote lecture: Quantitative MRI in oncology applications
J. Keupp (Hamburg, Germany)

12:00–13:00

Lunch Break

Special focus session: Music and Medicine
Chairs: B. Richter (Freiburg, Germany) and H. Boecker (Bonn, Germany)

13:00–13:15

Neuroimaging of music
V. N. Salimpoor (Montreal, Canada)

 

Intermezzo
Toni Ming Geiger plays Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 110
and Rondo a capriccio op. 129

13:45–14:15

Music and the brain: Where emotions meet pleasure
V. N. Salimpoor (Montreal, Canada)

14:15–14:45

Singers and brass-players at 3Tesla
B. Richter (Freiburg, Germany)

14:45–15:15

Break

Session V – MR imaging of the lung and hyperpolarized MR
Chairs: J. Hennig (Freiburg, Germany) and P. Boernert (Hamburg, Germany)

15:15–15:45

Keynote lecture: Hyperpolarized MR imaging using noble gases and 13C
F. Wiesinger (Munich, Germany)

Hot topic
Chairs: W. Willinek (Bonn, Germany) and J. Hajnal (London, United Kingdom)

15:45–16:20

Keynote Lecture: Parallel RF Transmission: Quo vadis?
P. Boernert (Hamburg, Germany)

Session VI – The vendors' perspective
Chairs: H. Schild (Bonn, Germany)

16:20–16:35

Bruker/Ettlingen, Germany

16:35–16:50

Siemens Healthcare/Erlangen, Germany

16:50–17:10

GE Healthcare/Munich, Germany

17:10–17:30

Phillips Healthcare/Best, The Netherlands

17:30

Closing remarks
H. Schild (Bonn, Germany)

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

9:00–16:15

MultiTransmit MR Workshop and Hands-on-Training
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