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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:
2023 Schedule - Coming Soon!
2022 Schedule
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
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
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.
