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| Saturday, 07 May | Sunday, 08 May |
| 8:00 | Welcome Address |
| Anne Dorte Blankholm |
| 8:00 | Welcome Address |
| Rhys Slough |
| 8:15 | Cultivating Inclusion in Radiography: Why & How |
| Karla Miller |
| 9:00 | Procuring & Using AI: What Radiographers Need to Know |
| Christina Malamateniou | |
AI has the potential to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care provided to patients by radiographers. However, when new algorithms are proposed clinicians must be convinced of their safety and effectiveness before implementation. New guidelines (regulatory frameworks, ethics and evaluation) attempt for the first time to provide a way of assessing AI. This paper aims to: i) review and discuss these guidelines for evaluation of AI tools in radiography, ii) consider how these may impact acceptability and adoption by healthcare practitioners,, iii) offer recommendations addressing any gaps in the radiographers’ knowledge on testing and procuring AI medical devices. |
| 9:30 | Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Imaging: Impact on the Radiography Profession |
| Tim Leiner |
| 10:00 | MR Contrast Imaging: Future & Impact of AI |
| Greg Zaharchuk |
| 10:45 | Neuro: New Frontiers & Applications at 7T |
| Thoralf Niendorf |
| 11:15 | Exploring the Human Brain at 11.7T: The Iseult Project Odyssey |
| Denis Le Bihan | |
The understanding of the human brain is a major challenge of the 21st century. In the early 2000s the French Atomic Energy Commission launched the Iseult project, a program to build a “human brain explorer”, the first whole-body MRI scanner operating at 11.7T. Since 2017 the outstanding magnet has been delivered and commissioned at NeuroSpin. The project aims, the system specifications, technological challenges and the solutions which have been chosen to overcome them are presented. Lines of the research and development which will be necessary to fully exploit the potential of this and other UHF MRI scanners are also outlined. |
| 11:45 | Challenges and experience of setting up a 7T service as a new user |
| Philippa Bridgen | |
Our 7T service is based within a inner-city London hospital, which allows us to offer a clinically focused service alongside research work in an ever-developing field. This presentation is an overview of the challenges we experienced whilst setting up a new 7T service and the ways in which we overcame these. We focus on some of the processes and procedures implemented to achieve this and set out our plans going forwards. |
| 10:45 | Liver |
| 10:45 | Paediatrics |
| 10:45 | Cardiac/Prostate |
| 13:15 | Autism-Friendly MRI |
| Nikolaos Stogiannos | |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations may be overwhelming for autistic individuals, given their sensory differences and heightened anxiety in conjunction with the challenging MRI environment. Effective communication between the patients and the radiographers, and between healthcare services proved to be vital for improving both the image quality and the patient experience. MRI radiographers should receive autism-related training to provide better care to these patients. Technology should be employed to familiarise these patients with the MRI procedure. |
| 13:45 | MR-Linac: Clinical Applications & Perspective on Management & Organisation |
| Reijer Rutgers |
| 14:15 | Radiographers Reporting Cardiac MRI Scans |
| Kevin Strachan | |
Within the constantly changing landscape of cardiac imaging, traditional roles and expectations are being re-evaluated. Reporting CMR studies has, until now, fallen exclusively within the remit of imaging consultants. This presentation aims to consider the expanding role of the radiographer within this area by reflecting upon the journey of the UKs first CMR reporting radiographer. As well as providing insight into the challenges, methods and ratification process. There will be discussion about the ongoing benefits to patients, service and Radiographers. Finally, there will be consideration of further expansion towards a truly multi-professional service and future opportunities for advancement |
| 14:45 | MR-Linac: Safety & Clinical Focus |
| Glenn Cahoon |
| 13:15 | The Journey of an MRI Technologist's Life from South Africa |
| Patricia Maishi | |
I am currently employed as a Senior Magnetic Resonance Imaging radiographer at the Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre – University of Cape Town (CUBIC- UCT), in South Africa. CUBIC is a leading medical imaging research facility with the vision to focus on problems specific to SA and the African continent. This is where I was first Introduced to MRI, research and clinical, which provided inspiration and impetus to further my studies. I am currently enrolled for Master’s in radiographer degree, investigating: “Impact of Pericardial and Paracardiac Fat on the Cardiovascular Structure and Function in HIV Infected Person: A CMR Study”. |
| 13:45 | The Journey of an MRI Technologist's Life from Chile |
| Cristian Montalba |
| 14:15 | The Journey of an MRI Technologist's Life from Japan |
| YASUO TAKATSU | |
This lecture is an introduction to the outline of Japanese MRI Technologist. That is, most Japanese MRI technologist work in hospitals as a radiological technologist. Clinical MRI examinations in Japan are very popular; therefore, almost all MRI technologist in hospital are very busy. MRI Technologists’ academic activities are joining the association, congress, and submitting the papers. I introduce the Japanese MR research including my study. Fujita Health University is just starting new initiatives. “Cooperation between the university and the affiliated hospital”. I strongly hope that Japanese MRI Technologists will continue research that can contribute to medical treatment. |
| 14:45 | Benefits of the ISMRT & "How To" Conference |
| TBD |
| 15:30 | Changes to MR Safety Standards That Will Impact All of Us |
| Michael Steckner |
| 16:00 | New Safety Standards' Effect on MRI Practices |
| Ilse Joubert Patterson |
| 16:30 | New Considerations & Awareness of Thermal Regulations |
| Boel Hansson |
| 7:45 | Past, Present & Future of Breast MRI: A Pioneer's Perspective |
| Elizabeth Morris |
| 8:30 | High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Prostate Cancer |
| Clare Tempany-Afdhal |
| 9:00 | Neurosurgical Perspective of Advances of Care Using IOpMRI & Tractography |
| Joseph Yang | |
The availability of intraoperative MRI (IOpMRI), and diffusion MRI tractography for presurgical planning and intraoperative image guidance have transformed modern neurosurgical practice. Despite so, the imaging techniques utilised clinically often lag behind rapid advances in MRI hardware, and diffusion MRI methods. Thus, clinical translation requires a cautious approach, and a fundamental awareness of such evidence-practice gap. This talk will review the clinical utility of integrating IOpMRI and tractography in neurosurgical practice. Clinical examples will be used to demonstrate the clinical utilities, to highlight the practical nuances and the related clinical impact by showcasing successful surgical outcomes with functional preservation. |
| 9:30 | MRI guided abdominal interventions |
| Frank Wacker | |
The goal of this presentation is, to discuss potential applications for MRI guided procedures in the abdomen and to provide different solutions to make such procedures a clinical reality. |
| 10:15 | Portable Bedside Low-Field MRI: Potential Impacts for the Critically Ill |
| Elena Kaye |
| 10:45 | Portable Low-Field MRI: Outpatient Neuroimaging Applications |
| Thomas Arnold |
| 11:15 | Opportunities in Interventional & Diagnostic Imaging by Using High-Performance Low-Field-MRI |
| Adrienne Campbell-Washburn | |
Contemporary high-performance low and mid field MRI systems offer new clinical opportunities for MRI. These opportunities include increased accessibility, point-of-care imaging, new applications that are better suited for fields (eg. pulmonary imaging, MRI-guided interventions). When paired with advanced image acquisition and reconstruction methods, high quality images can be achieved using these systems. This talk will describe new clinical opportunities and new imaging methods for low field MRI systems, with a particular focus on high-performance 0.55T systems. |
| 10:15 | Identifying & Managing Risk in the MRI Department |
| John Posh |
| 10:45 | Value in MR: What Is It & How Do We Create It? Three Years On |
| Michael Recht |
| 11:15 | Personalised Care: Patients & Staff |
| Clare Simcock |
| 12:45 | The History & Future of MRI |
| Daniel Sodickson |
| 15:00 | Longitudinal Lung Function Assessment of Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19 Using 1H & 129Xe Lung MRI |
| Jim Wild | |
In this study we utilised a comprehensive, multinuclear MRI protocol which combines hyperpolarised 129Xe imaging methods sensitive to ventilation, lung microstructure (DW-MRI) and gas exchange (dissolved xenon spectroscopic imaging) alongside 1H DCE perfusion and UTE lung structural imaging to assess pathophysiological changes in patients who had been hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia, during the post-acute period. |
| 15:30 | Brain MRI Findings in Infants During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Catherine Lebel | |
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantially elevated stress for many people, and especially pregnant individuals. Prenatal stress, including depression and anxiety symptoms, can have negative consequences for infants and children, including structural and functional brain alterations, as well as a higher risk of behaviour problems. I co-lead a Canada-wide study of mental and physical health, life changes, and birth/infant outcomes: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here, I will present our structural and functional neuroimaging findings in a group of infants born during the pandemic, in relation to their prenatal stress. |
| 16:00 | MRI as an Autopsy Tool & Its Use in the COVID Pandemic |
| Khallil Chaim | |
A medical imaging center (with US, CT and 7 Tesla MRI) integrated into the largest autopsy service for natural deaths in Latin America plays an important role in times of a pandemic. Recently, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has raised concerns around the world, requiring a rapid response combined with challenges due to biohazard. In this context, high-resolution MRI of the post mortem brain of deceased patients with COVID-19, with histological correlations, allows better understanding of COVID-19 beyond the characteristic primary pneumonia. |
| 15:30 | Whole Body |
| 15:30 | Neuro |
| 15:30 | MSK |