2025 CMRR Workshop - Copy of Detailed Program 8/15

OCTOBER 15

From Single Neuron to Behavior

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Kamil Ugurbil, Welcoming remarks

Gordon Smith, Cellular basis of neural coding and information processing as foundation for functional connectomics

Natalia Petridou, Hemodynamic fingerprints of high-resolution fMRI signals

Wei Chen, Simultaneous optical and functional imaging

Lonike Faes, Modeling for untangling high resolution fMRI signals

Proffered Abstract, Guy Shlomo Baz, Correlation between striatal subregion activity and motor performance revealed by precision mapping fMRI using 7T fast-TR imaging and NORDIC denoising

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Rainer Goebel, Measuring MT effects- separating axis and direction of motion

Esther Kuehn, Translational applications of layer-specific multi-modal MRI for aging and neurodegeneration

Thomas Naselaris, The dynamics of visual representation in the human brain

Eline Kupers, Principles of intensive human functional MRI

Evan Gordon, Precision fMRI

----------------------Lunch (12:30pm-1:30pm)-----------------------

Pushing the Technical Limits

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Vendor Presentation, GE HealthCare, Rob Peters

Stephan Orzada, Key technologies to make 7 T a true clinical system

Michael Garwood, Rapid technological progress continues: But can we do better?

Peter Dietz, Pushing gradient technology to its limits

Brian Rutt, PNS limits for gradients

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Vendor Presentation, United Imaging

Mehmet Akcakaya, The future of physics-Informed machine learning approaches in MR and, in particular, UHF

Krishna Nayak, Demystifying image quality at low field: What is the ground truth?

Alexander Beckett, New opportunities and discoveries from the NexGen 7 T

Reception and Dinner

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Aaron Chou, The use of high field magnets for dark matter research

OCTOBER 16

10 T and Higher

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Mark Bird, Magnet technology at 14T

Alexandre Vignaud, What does it take to obtain whole brain images at 11.7 T

Luca Vizioli, 10.5 T as a routine platform for fMRI scanning

Vendor Presentation, Siemens Healthineers, Mark Le Feuvre

Technology Showcase, NVISION, Paul Weavers

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Jiaen Liu, Mesoscale anatomic T2*w brain MRI at 10.5 T

Proffered Abstract, Léo Rémillard, A metasurface volume head coil for 10.5T MRI using flexible printed circuits

Stefan Zbyn, Sodium imaging of human knee cartilage at 10.5 T

Pierre-François Van de Moortele Talk, Fanny Kozak, Be inspired – Why I choose MR

Vendor Presentation, Bruker, Tim Wokrina

-----------------------Lunch (12:00pm-1:00pm)------------------------

fMRI and Beyond

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Sara Ponticorvo, The nose as a focal point for investigating the interplay between the peripheral and central nervous systems

Hanne Laakso, Dual FOV fMRI for studying the central nervous system during spinal cord stimulation

Grant Gordon, The role of astrocyte Ca2+ on functional hyperemia

Andreas Linninger, Modelling CBF and CSF to understand the CNS

Technology Showcase, TrackInnovations, Pierre-Gilles Henry

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uiSNR and Optimal UHF Arrays

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Vendor Presentation, Skope

Kyle Gilbert, Technology for building robust high-channel coils withstanding peak gradient and RF

Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, The push for the ultimate SNR: Pointers for future UHF detector designs

Roberta Frass-Kriegl, SNR benefits and challenges when getting close: Future of flex coil designs

Ilias Giannakopoulos, Electromagnetic simulation tools for the analysis and design of RF coils

Reception, Poster Session, and Tours

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OCTOBER 17

pTx and UHF Applications

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Sebastian Schmitter, The future of pTx: Smart B1 mapping – Pulse design and safety control

Tamer Ibrahim, Tic-Tac-Toe array as a high-channel Tx array concept

Gregory Metzger, Importance of body imaging at 10.5 T: Path into the future

Chunlei Liu, Multiphoton parallel transmission (MP-pTx): Pulse design methods and numerical validation

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Spectroscopy and Metabolism at UHF

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Malgorzata Marjanska, Challenges and opportunities of monitoring brain metabolism at UHF

Gülin Öz, Role of UHF for clinical studies

Lijing Xin, 31P in the human brain and body

Proffered Abstract, Avneesh Jain, Towards reliable Glutamate T2 quantification at 7T: Role of macromolecules and model choice

Dan Vigneron, An alternative to UHF to increase polarization: DNP

-----------------------Lunch (12:15pm-1:15pm)------------------------

Connectomics and UHF for Advancement of Science

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Neda Jahanshad, Connectome-based analysis of morphological abnormalities in major psychiatric disorders

Richard Betzel, Decoding the brain network architecture and structural-functional coupling in cognitive ability

Proffered Abstract, Ava White, Brain connectivity differences in implicit reappraisal through affective prompting

Susie Huang, Connectome scanner 2.0, mesoscale connectomics with super high gradients

Amy Howard, Bridging the scales in dMRI

Ana Manea, Whole-brain NHP neuroimaging

Kamil Ugurbil, Closing remarks