THURSDAY JULY 10
Session 1
Moderators: Oliver Wieben and Savannah Duenweg
| 8:30 | Welcome | Jim Pipe, Scott Reeder |
| 8:40 | Keynote: Radial MRI: Then, Now, and What’s Next | Li Feng |
| 9:25 | Non-Cartesian Imaging on a MAGNUS high-performance head-only MRI scanner: Initial experiences, system characterization, and reconstruction strategies to overcome non-linear eddy currents | Steven Kecskemeti |
| 9:37 | Joint Denoising and Reconstruction of T2-Weighted PROPELLER MRI of the Lung at 0.55T Using Self-Supervised Deep Learning | Jingjia Chen |
| 9:49 | Reduced spectral interference of aliasing and task signal in Looping Star fMRI via UNFOLD-like regularization | David Frey |
| 10:01 | Comparing Orientation-Dependent Transverse Relaxation at 3T and 7T: Deciphering Anisotropic Relaxation Mechanisms in White Matter | Yuxi Pang |
| 10:13 | Coffee Break |
Session 2
Moderators: Sam Hurley and James Wang
| 10:45 | 3D High-Resolution Reduced Field-of-View Imaging by Combining EPI and Spatially Selective Pulses | Jiayao Yang |
| 10:57 | Analytical B1+-Insensitive Relaxometry Using Double-Angle Phase-Cycled bSSFP | Tyler Gallun |
| 11:09 | Design Considerations and Prototype for Interactive and Visual Tools for MR Researchers | John Christensen |
| 11:21 | Navigator Tracking of Respiratory-Induced B0 Changes in the Spine: A Feasibility Study | Jonathan Percy |
| 11:33 | Motion Compensation in Free-Breathing Pulmonary UTE MRI Using Smoothness Regularization on Manifolds | Sabbir Ahmed |
| 11:45 | Harmonization of an SMS-EPI fMRI protocol using Pulseq: Sequence implementation and ABCD QC metrics | Scott Peltier |
| 11:57 | Bilevel Optimized Implicit Neural Representation for Scan-Specific Accelerated MRI Reconstruction | Hongze Yu |
| 12:09 | Lunch |
**group photo at the beginning of the lunch break
Session 3
Moderators: Jim Pipe and Jingjia Chen
| 1:30 | Keynote: Microwave RF motion sensing inside an MRI scanner using Beat-pilot tone | Miki Lustig |
| 2:15 | Poster Pitches | |
| 2:30 | Poster Session | |
| 1 | Kidney T1, T2, T2*, T1rho, and PDFF Mapping at 1.5T Using Rosette MRF with Dictionary-Patch Based Regularization | Tom Griesler |
| 2 | Optimizing relaxation-exchange magnetic resonance imaging (REXI) scan design to estimate quantitative parameter maps in simulated white and grey matter tissue | Cyrus Najarian |
| 3 | Phase-Corrected Physics-Driven Deep Learning MRI Reconstruction Non-Cartesian Multi-Echo MRI | Mahdi Saberi |
| 4 | K-Space Motion Correction of T1-Weighted Radial Data | John Podczerwinski |
| 5 | Mutual Information Based Motion Detection for DTI Multidirectional Studies | Dalton Bermudez |
| 6 | Spatially Focused Coil Compression | Anthony Lazos |
| 7 | Flow techniques you didn’t learn in Sunday school! | Dana Peters |
| 8 | Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Measurements with a Simultaneous Multi-Slice Acquisition During Free Breathing and Valsalva | Tarun Naren |
| 9 | Vendor-Agnostic Dynamic MRI for Speech and Swallowing: Sequence Development with PULSEQ | Jiyoon Kim |
| 10 | TRACC-PHYSIO: Time-domain Resolution-Aligned Cross-Correlation to estimate PHYSIOlogical coupling and time delays in dynamic MRI | Adam Wright |
| 11 | Robust Brain Displacement Measures using SMS-DENSE with Bulk Motion Correction | Caroline Doctor |
| 12 | Considerations in Gradient Impulse Response Function Acquisitions | James Wang |
| 13 | Graph Reasoning and Causal Inference for MRI Protocol Selection via Large Language Model–Driven Knowledge Extraction | Weijie Chen |
| 14 | Development of a 36mT Travelling Wave Electron Paramagnetic Imaging Device | Ted Nowak |
| 15 | PyAMARES Web Interface: Browser-Based X-Nuclei MRS Quantification | Jia Xu |
Session 4
Moderator: Kevin Johnson
| 4:00 | Discussion – Building Connections | |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
FRIDAY JULY 11
Session 5
Moderators: Scott Reeder and Daiki Tamada
| 8:30 | Keynote: Building research collaborations between physicians and scientists in MRI | Garry Gold |
| 9:15 | Improved Liver T1, T2, T2*, and PDFF Mapping at 0.55T Using Rosette MRF with Optimized Sequence Design and Deep Image Reconstruction | Tom Griesler |
| 9:27 | Vendor-Neutral, Free-Breathing Fat Quantification Shows Low Bias, High Reproducibility in Phantoms and in vivo | Jiayi Tang |
| 9:39 | Intrinsic SNR, not pixel SNR, determines detectability | Emeline Hanna |
| 9:51 | A Comparison of the 1-Point Dixon, Multiple Echo IDEAL, and Chemical Shift Imaging Methods for Hyperpolarized 129Xe Spectroscopic Imaging | Riley Meyer |
| 10:03 | Coffee Break |
Session 6
Moderator: Wally Block
| 10:35 | 4D flow MRI of cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics using an ultra-high-performance head-only gradient coil at extremely low Venc – technical challenges and applications in neuroscience | Tomas Vikner |
| 10:47 | Velocity Spectrum Imaging using BIR-8 velocity selective pulses | Luis Hernandez-Garcia |
| 10:59 | First in human evaluation of non-invasive cranial nerve stimulation: DTI measures change in arterial perivascular space | Robert Moskwa |
| 11:11 | T1 Mapping in the Lungs using a Variable Flip Angle Approach with UTE-MRI | Saman Khodaei |
| 11:23 | Free Breathing IVIM in the Liver | Andrea Houck |
| 11:35 | Voxel-wise survival analysis in glioblastoma: Tumor probability maps reveal critical regions near white matter tracts | biprojit nath |
| 11:47 | Radio-pathomic maps trained from calculated features of prostate histology distinguish prostate cancer on MP-MRI | Savannah Duenweg |
| 11:59 | Lunch |
Session 7
Moderators: Marty Pagel and Ben Chao
| 1:30 | Keynote: Quantitative imaging in drug development | Cathy Hines, GSK |
| 2:15 | Poster Pitches | |
| 2:30 | Poster Sessions (14 Posters) | |
| 16 | Relative practical value of increased field strength and enhanced gradient performance in brain MRE | Xi Peng |
| 17 | Bipolar Readouts Improve Performance of Motion-Robust, Flip-Angle Modulated PDFF Mapping at High R2* | Jiayi Tang |
| 18 | Towards accurate highly accelerated cardiovascular 4D-Flow | Chenwei Tang |
| 19 | Prospective Evaluation of Comfortable Open-Coil MRI For Whole-Body PET/MRI | Fatemeh Rashidi |
| 20 | Motion Characterization of Cranial MRI During Exercise | Alma Spahic |
| 21 | Axonal degeneration is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease: Evidence from multicomponent diffusion MRI | Mustapha Bouhrara |
| 22 | MPnRAGE Improves Image Quality and Segmentation for Studies in Adults with Down Syndrome | Lisette LeMerise |
| 23 | Ultrafast fMRI at 7T for characterization of cerebrovascular dynamics | Charles Marchini |
| 24 | Spiral Ultrashort Echo Time MRI Improves Lung Structure Assessment: Application in Cystic Fibrosis | Matthew Willmering |
| 25 | Comparison of Cotyledon-Specific Perfusion and Pathology of Rhesus Macaque Placenta with DCE-MRI in a Thrombotic Injury Model | Ruo-Yu Liu |
| 26 | MRI may underestimate the extent and severity of prostate cancer compared to ground truth pathology | Savannah Duenweg |
| 27 | Motion-Robust Diffusion Weighted Imaging for Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis in Patients | Srijyotsna Volety |
| 28 | MRI Targeted Postmortem Brain Biopsies | Benjamin Chao |
| 29 | Predicting MRI Patient No-Shows and Late Arrivals to Optimize Patient Throughput | Sheena Chu |
Session 8
Moderators: Diego Hernando, Julius Heidenreich, and Utsav Shrestha
3:50 Discussion – Defining Impact
Panelists: Jean Brittain, Garry Gold, Scott Reeder
4:50 Poster Awards
5:00 Adjourn