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  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Science Session 1: Novel Contrasts and Novel Field Strengths
    Location: Blue Room
    Moderator: Frederick H. Epstein, PhD – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Christopher W. Roy, PhD – Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL)
    Science Sessions
  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Emerging Contrasts for Cardiac MRI
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Walter R. Witschey, PhD – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Science Sessions
  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Opportunities for improved contrast at low-field
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Juliet Varghese, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Science Sessions
  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    2:00 PM – 2:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Dynamic myocardial T2* relaxometry in a mouse model of HCM at 9.4T
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Shahriar Shalikar, MSc – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.
    Primary Author: Shahriar Shalikar, MSc – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.
    Co-Author: Oumaima Laghzali, MSc – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany. Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Co-Author: Siqin Liu, MD – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
    Co-Author: Sandra Lehmann, MSc – abc
    Co-Author: Sonia Waiczies, PhD – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.
    Co-Author: Lucie Carrier, PhD – Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.
    Co-Author: Hsin-Jung Randy Yang, PhD – Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Co-Author: Thoralf Niendorf, PhD – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany. Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charite Medical Faculty and the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
    Co-Author: Min-Chi Ku, PhD – Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Science Sessions
  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    2:10 PM – 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Novel iNAV-based 3D Whole Heart Late Gadolinium Enhancement Low-Field (0.55T) CMR – An Investigation in a Pig Model
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Simon J. Littlewood, MBChB – King's College London
    Primary Author: Simon J. Littlewood, MBChB – King's College London
    Co-Author: Juliet Varghese, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Dongyue Si, PhD – King's College London
    Co-Author: Katherine Binzel, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Salman Pervaiz, MD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Muhamad Mergaye, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Michael G. Crabb, PhD – King's College London
    Co-Author: Karl P. Kunze, PhD – Siemens Healthineers
    Co-Author: Mahmood Khan, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Yuchi Han, MD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Orlando P. Simonetti, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Claudia Prieto, PhD – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / King's College London
    Co-Author: Rene Michael M Botnar, PhD – Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
    Science Sessions
  • Thursday, Jan 30th
    2:20 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Ferumoxytol-enhanced free-running 5D whole-heart CMR at 0.55T
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Xavier Sieber, MSc – University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL)
    Primary Author: Xavier Sieber, MSc – University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL)
    Co-Author: Preethi S. Chandrasekaran, MSc – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Juliet Varghese, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Yingmin Liu, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Christopher W. Roy, PhD – Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL)
    Co-Author: Jérôme Yerly, PhD – Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL)
    Co-Author: Syed Murtaza Arshad, MS – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Rizwan Ahmad, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Ruud B. Van Heeswijk, PhD – Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
    Co-Author: Mathias Stuber, PhD – CIBM-CHUV-UNIL
    Co-Author: Orlando P. Simonetti, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Science Session 3: Artificial Intelligence in CMR
    Location: Blue Room
    Moderator: Anja Hennemuth, Dr.-Ing. – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Moderator: Declan O'Regan, PhD,FRCR – Imperial College London
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:00 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    AI in CMR: What is already in use and what is on the horizon?
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Rizwan Ahmad, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    What does it take for a clinician to use AI in CMR?
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Albert Hsiao, MD, PhD – UC San Diego
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:30 AM – 8:40 AM East Coast USA Time
    Image quality evaluation of synthetic inversion recovery LGE obtained from T1map aligned with LGE imaging time using pharmacokinetic analysis.
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Ohta Yasutoshi, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Primary Author: Ohta Yasutoshi, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Tomoro Morikawa, MD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Tatsuya Nishii, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Morita Yoshiaki, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Hiroki Horinouchi, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Akiyuki Kotoku, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cariovascular Center
    Co-Author: Midori Fukuyama, MD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Co-Author: Emi Tateishi, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Caridovascular Center
    Co-Author: Tetsuya Fukuda, MD, PhD – National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:40 AM – 8:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Phenotypic clustering of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using 3D cardiac shape models and associations with future adverse outcomes
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Dina Labib, MD, PhD, FSCMR – University of Calgary
    Primary Author: Ayush Chalishajar – Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School; Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Rylan Marianchuk, BSc – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Justin J. Tse, PhD, MSc, BSc – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Fereshteh Hasanzadeh, MSc – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Steven Dykstra, PhD – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Connor J. White, N/A – Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Andrew Loe, BSc – Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Canada
    Co-Author: Kate Aspinall – Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Jacqueline Flewitt, MSc – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Sandra Rivest, RN – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Talia A. Beckie, BEng – Libin cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Stephanie Corriveau, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Co-Author: Yuanchao Feng, PhD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Grant Peters, MD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Andrew G. Howarth, MD, PhD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Carmen P. Lydell, MD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Robert J.H. Miller, MD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Louis Kolman, MD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: James A. White, MD – Libin Cardiovascular Institute; University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Dina Labib, MD, PhD, FSCMR – University of Calgary
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    8:50 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Predicting Hemorrhagic Myocardial Infarction in Patients Prior to Reperfusion with Explainable AI
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Khalid Youssef, PhD – Indiana University, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Primary Author: Khalid Youssef, PhD – Indiana University, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Co-Author: Keyur P. Vora, MD, MS, FACC – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Rajesh Gupta, MD – University of Toledo
    Co-Author: Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Science Session 5: Oxygenation and Metabolic Imaging with CMR
    Location: Blue Room
    Moderator: Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Pascal Spincemaille, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Imaging Oxygenation: Breathing air into the heart
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Elizabeth Hillier, MD, PhD – McGill University Health Centre
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Metabolic Imaging: Feeding the beast
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Peder E. Z Larson, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:00 PM – 2:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Sex-Specific Differences in Cardiac Oxygenation Response to Stress: Insights from Oxygenation-Sensitive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Location: Blue Room
    Primary Author: Mayssa Moukarzel, MSc – McGill University Health Center
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Hillier, MD, PhD – McGill University Health Centre
    Co-Author: Judy Luu, MD, PhD – McGill
    Co-Author: Matthias G. Friedrich, MD – McGill University Health Centre
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:10 PM – 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Free-breathing Ungated Cardiac Creatine Steady-State CEST Imaging at 3T
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Karandeep S. Cheema, MSc – University of California, Los Angeles
    Primary Author: Karandeep S. Cheema, MSc – University of California, Los Angeles
    Co-Author: Dante RigoDeRighi, BSc – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Author: Chushu Shen, BSc – University of California, Los Angeles
    Co-Author: Hsu-Lei Lee, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Author: Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
    Co-Author: Anthony G. Christodoulou, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Co-Author: Yibin Xie, PhD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Author: Ivan Cokic, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Author: Debiao Li, PhD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:20 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Cardiac MRI Quantitative Susceptibility Oxygen Mapping Predicts Invasively Derived Cardiac Index
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Robert S. Zhang, MD – Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Primary Author: Robert S. Zhang, MD – Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Lily Jin, BSc – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Jiahao Li, MSc – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Mahniz Reza, BA – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Rachel Axman, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Pablo Villar-Calle, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Giorgia Falco, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York
    Co-Author: Nil Rawal, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Udhay Krishnan, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Nupoor Narula, MD, MSc – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Annie Tsay, MD – NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Co-Author: Andre T. Cheng, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Pascal Spincemaille, PhD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Jonathan W. Weinsaft, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Co-Author: Jiwon Kim, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:40 PM – 3:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Science Session 4: Unmet needs in MR Flow Imaging (joint with SMRA)
    Location: Blue Room
    Moderator: Cynthia K. Rigsby, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Moderator: Liang Zhong, PhD – National Heart Centre Singapore, Duke-National University of Singapore
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:40 PM – 2:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Unmet needs in MR Flow - emerging solutions
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Nadjia Kachenoura, PhD – Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Université
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    2:55 PM – 3:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Unmet needs in MR Flow - a clinician's wish-list
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Nils Planken, MD, PhD, EBCR – Mayo Clinics Rochester
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    3:10 PM – 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Age and gender influence left ventricular diastolic filling flow assessed by 4D flow MRI
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Jeesoo Lee, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Primary Author: Jeesoo Lee, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Junghwa Choi, MD – Severance Hospital
    Co-Author: Roberto Sarnari, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: James Thomas, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Michael Markl, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    3:20 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Left ventricular flow dynamics and energetics as hemodynamic markers for the assessment of myocardial response to bicuspid aortic stenosis
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Yongshi Wang, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Primary Author: Yongshi Wang, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Yan Shan, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Jun Li, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Boting Wu, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Feiwei Lu, BMSc – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Yijun Pan, MSc – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Alex J. Barker, PhD – Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Co-Author: Michael Markl, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Jiang Lin, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Co-Author: Xianhong Shu, MD, PhD – Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
    Science Sessions
  • Friday, Jan 31st
    3:30 PM – 3:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Assessing Reliability and Comparability of 4D Flow CMR Whole Heart Measurements with Valve Tracking – A Multicenter Study with Healthy Travelling Volunteers Across the Berlin Research Network for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Elias Daud, MD – Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Primary Author: Elias Daud, MD – Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Co-Author: Ralf Felix Trauzeddel, MD – Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Co-Author: Maximilian Müller, MD – Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Co-Author: Luc T.W. Vestjens, MD – Radboud University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jan Gröschel, MD – Charite
    Co-Author: Darian Steven Viezzer, MSc – Charite
    Co-Author: Thomas C. R Hadler, PhD – Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Co-Author: Edyta Blaszczyk, MD – Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Co-Author: Ning Jin, PhD – Siemens Healthineers
    Co-Author: Daniel Giese, PhD – Siemens Healthineers
    Co-Author: Sebastian Schmitter, PhD – Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
    Co-Author: Jeanette Schulz-Menger, MD – Charité/ University Medicine Berlin and Helios
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    9:10 AM – 10:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Science Session 2: Quantitative CMR: The Value of a Number
    Location: Blue Room
    Moderator: Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, PhD, MSc, BSc – Imperial College London
    Moderator: Rita G. Nunes, PhD – Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    9:10 AM – 9:25 AM East Coast USA Time
    Possibilities and potential: The spectrum of quantitative CMR techniques
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Jesse I. Hamilton, PhD – University of Michigan
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    9:25 AM – 9:40 AM East Coast USA Time
    Consistent care: Status and strategies for reliable and repeatable quantitative CMR
    Location: Blue Room
    Speaker: Jeanette Schulz-Menger, MD – Charité/ University Medicine Berlin and Helios
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    9:40 AM – 9:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Validation of quantitative perfusion CMR employing deconvolution techniques with Tofts, Modified Tofts and Fermi function models against 15O-water PET
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Masafumi Takafuji, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Primary Author: Masafumi Takafuji, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Masaki Ishida, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Yasutaka Ichikawa, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Satoshi Nakamura, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Haruno Ito, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Takanori Kokawa, MD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Suguru Araki, MD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Shiro Nakamori, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Tairo Kurita, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Kaoru Dohi, MD, PhD – Mie University Hospital
    Co-Author: Hajime Sakuma, MD – Mie University
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    9:50 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coronary microvascular dysfunction by quantitative stress myocardial perfusion CMR in systemic lupus erythematosus patients compared to healthy controls
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Simon Thalén, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Primary Author: Simon Thalén, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Isak Samuelsson, MD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Jannike Nickander, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Raquel Themudo, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Rebecka Steffen Johansson, MD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Giorgia Grosso, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Magnus Lundin, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Peder Sörensson, MD, PhD – Department of Medicine, Solna
    Co-Author: Henrik Engblom, MD, PhD – Clinical Physiology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Co-Author: Elisabet Svenungsson, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institutet
    Co-Author: Martin Ugander, MD, PhD – Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney/ Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet
    Science Sessions
  • Saturday, Feb 1st
    10:00 AM – 10:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Early quantitative perfusion stress-CMR identifies microvascular dysfunction as a potential mechanism of myocardial injury in patients with working diagnosis MINOCA and otherwise normal scan.
    Location: Blue Room
    Presenting Author: Tomasz Baron, MD, PhD – Uppsala University
    Primary Author: Tomasz Baron, MD, PhD – Uppsala University
    Co-Author: Ramin Sahar, MD – Uppsala University Hospital
    Co-Author: Joel Lenell, MD – Uppsala University
    Co-Author: Anne-Marie Montelius, MSc – Uppsala University
    Co-Author: Johan Berglund, BMSc – Uppsala University
    Co-Author: Bertil Lindahl, MD, PhD – Uppsala University
    Science Sessions