OCTOBER 12

• Optical and electro physiology 

(8.30am -10.30am)

Dora Hermes, At what spatial scale can fMRI decode neural circuit processing, iEEG vs. fMRI? 

Eli Merriam, Layerwise effects for determining if smaller and smaller voxels imply better neural circuit readouts?

Jörn Diedrichsen, Geometric characterizations of neural representation   

Prakash Kara, Three-photon imaging reveals the spatial limit of fMRI

Proffered Abstract, Daniel Zaldivara, Direct comparison of electrophysiological- and fMRI-seed based functional connectivity in the macaque visual

• High and fast resolution fMRI 

(10.40am-12.40pm)

Zoe Kourtzi, Top-down modulations across human cortical layers

Serge Dumoulin, Human PRF mapping across layers using high resolution fMRI 

Jan Zimmermann, Non-human primate imaging

Olli Grohn, Zero echo time MB-SWIFT fMRI 

Vendor presentation, SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS, Robin Heidemann

LUNCH

• High and fast resolution fMRI

(1.55pm-5.05pm)

Luca Vizioli, Human fMRI at 10.5T

Laura Lewis, Using fast-TR fMRI to extract neuroscience relevant information 

Jang-Yeon Park, In vivo direct imaging of neuronal activity at high temporospatial resolution 

Peter Bandettini, Using MRI for direct detection of Neuronal activity

Proffered Abstract, Dema Abdelkarim Fast fMRI and ultrahigh field to resolve physiological signals throughout the brain

Vendor presentation, Bruker, Wulf I. Jung

Douglas Rothman, New hypotheses in neurometabolic and neurovascular coupling 

Evelyn Lake, Simultaneous Ca imaging & fMRI 

Poster session 

(5.05pm-7.00pm)

CMRR reception

    (7.00pm)

OCTOBER 13

• Systems, safety and coils 

(8.30am-12.30pm)

Nicolas Boulant, Acoustics, vibrations and field distortions at up to 11.7T 

Mathias Davids, Prediction of peripheral nerve stimulation thresholds for gradient design 

Brian Rutt, New developments in high performance gradient technology for UHF MRI 

Shaihan Malik, Safety of Infants at UHF 

Alireza Tarakameh, RF coil safety validation strategies for UHF MRI 

Wyger Brink, Prospective pTx SAR prediction at 7T using only a localizer 

Shajan Gunamony, Practical considerations for multinuclear array design and construction 

Christoph Schildknecht, Integration of sensors, future of wireless receivers 

Proffered Abstract, Paul S. Jacobs

Optimized Flexible Metasurfaces for the Correction of B1+ Inhomogeneities in vivo at 7T

Vendor presentation, GE Healthcare, Rob Peters

LUNCH

• Systems, safety and coils 

(1.45pm-3.05pm)

Yigitcan Eryaman, Improving central SNR through RF coil design 

Simone Winkler, Volume body coil concept for ultra high-field magnetic resonance imaging 

Proffered Abstract, Rita Schmidt

Bebop-EPI (BEeping BOld Pulse sequence) 

Vendor presentation,  Philips, Ivan Dimitrov

• Metabolic imaging

 (3.15pm-5.15pm)

Guglielmo Genovese, Denoising in MRS using low-rank methods 

Mauro Dinuzzo, Linking neurotransmission with energy expenditures 

Zhi-Pei Liang, SPICEx: Simultaneous Metabolic and Quantitative Tissue Imaging of the Whole Brain

Xiao-Hong Zhu, Developing advanced 2H MRS imaging techniques to study neuroenergetics and metabolic reprogramming 

Hot Topic, Ana I. Silva, Neurochemistry, microstructure and perfusion in long-COVID: An interim analysis in COVID-BRAIN 

Stadium reception

(6.00pm)

Dinner at Huntington Bank Stadium

   (7.00pm)

Dinner speaker, Kamil Ugurbil

Discovery at UHF and what it takes 

OCTOBER 14

• Contrast mechanism

(8.30am-9.30am)

Pavel Filip, RFR in clinical applications for aging and neuro-modulations 

Risto Kauppinen, Angular dependence of relaxation times in WM

Proffered Abstract, Charles S. Springer, Jr. Metabolic Activity Diffusion Imaging [MADI]: Non-Invasive, High-Resolution Mapping of Sodium Pump Flux and Cell Metrics In Vivo

• Body imaging at UHF

(9.30am-12.05pm)

Philippe Ciuciu, Non-Cartesian data acquisition and MR image reconstruction in the deep learning setting

Christoph Aigner, Perfecting cardiac imaging at UHF

Greg Metzger, Body imaging at 10.5T

Vendor presentation, United Imaging, Abram Voorhees

Jeanine Prompers, In vivo phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of the whole human liver at 7T 

Proffered Abstract, Tom Scheenen, 

Free-breathing high-resolution motion-corrected radial stack-of-stars MRI of the upper abdomen at 7 Tesla

• Translation of UHF technologies

(12.05pm-12.30pm)

Jutta Ellermann, A guide to building a successful clinical and research imaging practice for musculoskeletal (MSK) studies at 7 tesla 

LUNCH

• Translation of UHF technologies

(1.45pm-3.55pm)

Vendor presentation, Skope Magnetic Resonance Technologies, Paul Weavers, 

Andrew Fagan, Managing clinical 7T MRI challenges from safety concerns to artifact reduction for MSK applications 

Yogesh Rathi, Pulseseq for harmonization and reproducibility 

Proffered Abstract, Jia Xu, Enhancing 7T Neuroimaging with Automated High Order Shimming

Francesca Branzoli, In vivo MR Spectroscopy of gliomas 

Remi Patriat, 7T for DBS 

Closing remarks 

(3.55 pm)