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2nd Annual Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurodegeneration

Virtual Conference
November 29th - December 1st, 2023

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About

After a successful first year of bringing together researchers around the world, in an accessible format, we will be hosting a second iteration this year! This free virtual conference will be hosted over Zoom between November 29th and December 1st, 2023. The conference aims to highlight the latest advances in quantitative MRI methodology, how they are being validated, and to present how these novel tools are being used to learn about different neurodegenerative conditions.

Registration and Abstract Submission

Submission deadline for the 2023 conference is October 15th.

 Register for the conference to receive information about the conference (zoom links, final program) or select register for the conference and submit an abstract to receive information and apply to present at the Quantitative MRI in Neurodegeneration Virtual Symposium.

 

Trainees are invited to submit an abstract to present their work on qMRI, with preference given to abstrasts on applications in neurodegeneration and for validation of metrics using simulations, histology, and/or animal models. Selected abstracts will give a 10 min talk during the virtual conference!

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Accepted abstracts will be notified at the end of October.

To register:

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2022 Schedule

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Wednesday, October 26th

Multiparametric Mapping (MPM)

10:00-10:30 am (ET)

Acquisition and artefact correction methods for multi-parameter mapping

Dr. Martina Callaghan

Professor of MRI Physics at The Welcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom.

10:30-11:00 am (ET)

qMRI growing beyond morphometry - challenges & added value

Dr. Bogdan Draganski

Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital and University Lausanne, Switzerland.

11:00 am-12:00 pm (ET)

4x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

12:00 -1:30 pm (ET)

Lunch Break

T2* and QSM

1:30-2:00 pm (ET)

Advanced susceptibility imaging

Dr. Jongho Lee

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea.

2:00-2:30 pm (ET)

Applications of T2*/QSM in Parkinsonism

Dr. Stephane Lehericy

Professor, Head of the Centre for NeuroImaging Research, Paris Brain Institute, Salpetriere hospital, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

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2:30-3:30 pm (ET)

4x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

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Thursday, October 27th

10:00-10:30 am (ET)

In vivo brain microstructure mapping for translational neuroimaging

Dr. Ileana Jelescu

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Diffusion MRI

10:30-11:00 am (ET)

Diffusion MRI from micro- to macro- structure: application to multiple sclerosis

Dr. Simona Schiavi

Post Doc, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Italy.​

11:00 am-12:00 pm (ET)

4x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

12:00-1:30 pm (ET)

Lunch Break

Vascular Imaging (Cerebral vascular reactivity)

1:30-2:00 pm (ET)

Quantitative MRI-based mapping of cerebrovascular reactivity: recent advances

Dr. Jean Chen

Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering at University of Toronto, Canada.

2:00-2:30 pm (ET)

Clinical cerebrovascular reactivity mapping to improve care in patients with cerebrovascular disease

Dr. Manus Donahue

Professor and Assistant Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

2:30-3:30 pm (ET)

4x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

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Friday, October 28th

Myelin Water Imaging

10:00-10:30 am (ET)

Myelin Water Imaging

Dr. Cornelia Laule

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Canada

10:30-11:00 am (ET)

White matter matters in normative aging and dementias: New insights using advanced qMRI

Dr. Mustapha Bouhrara

Stadtman Principal Investigator, MRPAD Unit, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.

11:00 am-12:00 pm (ET)

4x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

12:00 -1:30 pm (ET)

Lunch Break

Reproducibility in qMRI

1:30-2:00 pm (ET)

Reproducibility and the future of qMRI research

Dr. Nikola Stikov

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; École Polytechnique / Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

2:00-2:30 pm (ET)

2x 10min Trainee talks with 5 mins for questions

Organizing committee

Organizing Committee

Dr. Mallar Chakravarty

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Christine Tardif

Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Christopher Rowley

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Aurélie Bussy

PhD, Integrated Program of Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Olivier Parent

PhD student, Integrated Program of Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Sajjad Feizollah

PhD student, Integrated Program of Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Mark Nelson

PhD student, Integrated Program of Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Questions?   Contact qMRIconference@gmail.com

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