Program

A full day program exploring the different topics relate with the Ultra High Field Magenetic Resonace imaging. 

08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:05    Opening Remarks
  • Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM
  • Maryam Seif, University of Zurich
09:05 – 09:30     Introduction to Swiss 7T MRI Sites – Chair: 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
09:30 – 10:15      Keynote Lecture – Chair: Klaas Pruessmann, ETH Zurich
  • Latest achievements and progress at 11.7T Nicolas Boulant, NeuroSpin/CEA
10:15 – 11:00     Session 1: Hardware & Pulse Sequences – Chair: Daniel Nanz, Balgrist Campus
  • 7T MRI and Focused Ultrasound for Precision Neuromodulation Daniel Wenz. CIBM, EPFL
  • From Off-Resonance Challenges to Multi-Parametric Maps: Quantitative MRI at 7T with bSSFP Jessica Bastiaansen, University of Bern
  • 7T MSK Imaging: Technical Challenges and Potential Solutions Constantin von Deuter, Siemens Healthineers
11:00 – 11:30     Coffee break
11:30 – 12:45     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
12:45 – 14:00     Lunch break / Coffee / Site visit
14:00 – 14:15     Sponsors Highlights – Chair: Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM
  • Siemens
  • Skope
14:15 – 15:00     Keynote Lecture – 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
15:00 – 15:15     Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00     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
16:00 – 16:30     Panel Discussion on Clinical Talks – Chair: Bernd Jung, Bern University Hospital
16:30 – 17:30     Conclusion Next Step, Wrapping up
  • Maryam Seif, University of Zurich
  • Dimitri Van De Ville, EPFL, University of Geneva, CIBM
17:30    Apéro & Networking