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 SitesPiotr 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
17h20 End of the Event