Program
A full day program exploring the different topics relate with the Ultra High Field Magenetic Resonace imaging. Don’t forget to register, places are quite limited!
8h30 Arrival & Registration
09h00 – 09h05 Welcome & Opening
- Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM
- Maryam Seif, University of Zurich
09h05 – 09h30 Introduction of Swiss 7T Sites – Piotr Radojewski, Translational Imaging Center Bern
- Translational Imaging Center- Bern. Piotr Radojewski
- ETH Zurich. Klaas Pruessmann
- Balgrist Campus – Zurich. Daniel Nanz
- Campus Biotech – Geneva. Frédéric Grouiller
09h30 – 10h00 Keynote – Chair: Klaas Pruessmann, ETH Zurich
- Nicolas Boulant, NeuroSpin/CEA
10h00 – 10h45 Session 1: Hardware and Pulse Sequences – Chair: Daniel Nanz
- 7T MRI and Focused Ultrasound for Precision Neuromodulation
Daniel Wenz. CIBM, EPFL - Title TBD
Jessica Bastiaansen, University of Bern - 7T MSK Imaging: Technical Challenges and Potential Solutions
Constantin von Deuter,
10h45 – 11h45 Coffee break
11h15 – 12h30 Session 2: Bridging to Applications – Chair: Dimitrios Karampinos, EPFL, CIBM
- 7T MR Spectroscopy in Bern: Samples from Our World Beyond Water, Fat or Protons
Roland Kreis, University of Bern - Multi-Center 7T qMRI of the Spinal Cord:Methods and Emerging Clinical Impact
Maryam Seif, University of Zurich - Magnetic Resonance Metabolic Imaging at 7T: A New Window into Brain Function
Lijing Xin, CIBM, EPFL - High field, High Demands: Gradient Challenges and Motion Correction
Klaas Pruessmann, ETH Zurich - From Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping at 7T to Frontiers in Laminar fMRI
Sina Straub, University of Bern
12h30 – 14h00 Lunch break / Coffee / Site visit
14h00 – 14h15 Sponsors Highlights – Chair: Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM
- Siemens
- Skope
14h15 – 14h45 Keynote – Chair: Peter Vermathen, Bern University Hospital
- Almost Two Decades of Vienna’s Pioneering Clinical 7T MRI in MS: From Longitudinal Imaging to MRI–Histopathological Correlation, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
Assunta Dal-Bianco, Medical University of Vienna
14h45 – 15h25 Session 3: Clinical Applications – Chair: Sina Straub, University of Bern
- From First Seizure to Presurgical Assessment. The Clinical Role of 7T MRI in Epilepsy
Roland Wiest, Bern University Hospital - 7T in Neuro-Oncological Disease – Hype or Help?
Felix Kurz, Geneva University Hospital - Beyond the Brain – Perspectives
Daniel Nanz, Balgrist Campus
15h25 – 15h55 Panel Discussion on Clinical Talks – Chair: Bernd Jung, Bern University Hospital
15h55 – 17h20 Conclusion Next Step, Wrapping up
- Maryam Seif, University of Zurich
- Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM