OCTOBER 15

From Single Neuron to Behavior

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Moderator: Federico De Martino

Kamil Ugurbil, Welcoming remarks

Gordon Smith, A common coarse-to-fine maturation of large-scale networks in the developing brain

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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Moderator: Lonike Faes

Rainer Goebel, From axis-of-motion to direction-of-motion features in human area MT+: A pilot fMRI study at 10.5 Tesla

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

Pushing the Technical Limits

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Moderator: Gregor Adriany

Vendor Presentation, GE HealthCare, Rob Peters

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

Peter Dietz, Pushing gradient technology to its limits

Brian Rutt, PNS limits for gradients

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Moderator: Rita Schmidt

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

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

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

OCTOBER 16

10 T and Higher

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Moderator: Nicolas Boulant

Mark Bird, Magnet technology at 14T

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

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

Vendor Presentation, United Imaging, Paul Polak, Advanced Research Applications with Jupiter 5T

Technology Showcase, NVISION, Paul Weavers

Technology Showcase, NeoScan, Stefan Roell

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Moderator: Greg Metzger

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

Stefan Zbyn, Evaluation of compositional changes during cartilage maturation with sodium MRI at 10.5T

Vendor Presentation, Bruker BioSpin, Tim Wokrina

fMRI and Beyond

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Moderator: Doug Rothman

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, TracInnovations, Pierre-Gilles Henry

uiSNR and Optimal UHF Arrays

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Moderator: Yigitcan Eryaman

Vendor Presentation, Skope, Cameron Cushing

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

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

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

 Poster Session

Poster Power Pitches, Seminar Room

OCTOBER 17

pTx and UHF Applications

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Moderator: Alireza Sadeghi Tarakameh

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 10.5T: Path into the future

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

Spectroscopy and Metabolism at UHF

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Moderator: Xiao-Hong Zhu

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

Gülin Öz, Role of UHF for clinical research

Lijing Xin, Current innovations in 31P MRS for imaging cerebral bioenergetics

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

Connectomics and UHF for Advancement of Science

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Moderator: Christophe Lenglet

Vendor Presentation, Siemens Healthineers, Mark Le Feuvre 

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

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Moderator: Hamza Farooq

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