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Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition

09-14 May 2026

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Saturday, 09 May 2026

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Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM

08:00 - 12:30 • Saturday • Morning Sessions

Weekend Course

Weekend Course
Body

Oncology of the Body: The Role of MRI I

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

08:00 - 10:14

Weekend Course
Cardiovascular

Fundamentals in Cardiovascular MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Diffusion and Microstructure Contrast

Room: Ballroom West

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Demystifying MRI Reconstruction: Classical Foundations to AI Frontiers

Room: Auditorium 1

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Musculoskeletal

History of MSK MRI: Past, Present, and Future

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Neuro

Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders

Room: Ballroom East

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Pediatric Intensive

From the Ground Up: Building/Expanding a Pediatric MRI Service

Room: Watsonia/Bluebell | CTICC 2

08:00 - 10:00

Weekend Course
Physics & Engineering

Spin Gymnastics and Image Formation

Room: Auditorium 2

08:00 - 12:00

Weekend Course
Body

Oncology of the Body: The Role of MRI II

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

10:14 - 12:00

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum I: Innovators and Innovations in Africa

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:00 - 10:20

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

President's Lecture and Awards

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

10:20 - 12:30

ISMRT Oral

ISMRT Oral
ISMRT

Winning Clinical Oral Presentations

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

09:55 - 10:25

10:30 - 14:00 • Saturday • Midday Sessions

Weekend Course

Weekend Course
Pediatric Intensive

Feet First: Pediatric MSK and Body MRI Protocols and Pathology

Room: Watsonia/Bluebell | CTICC 2

10:30 - 12:00

ISMRT Poster

ISMRT Poster
ISMRT

Award Winning Poster Presentations

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

11:50 - 12:30

ISMRT Poster
ISMRT

Lunch, Exhibition & Poster Tour

Room: Roof Terrace

12:30 - 14:00

– Break –

12:00 – 13:00 SAST

13:00 - 17:30 • Saturday • Early Afternoon Sessions

Weekend Course

Weekend Course
Body

Women's Health and the Role of MRI I

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

13:00 - 15:36

Weekend Course
Cardiovascular

Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Cross-Organ

MRI in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases in Africa: Challenges, Findings, and Impact

Room: Ballroom West

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Basic MR Acquisition: Learning How To Navigate Through k-Space

Room: Auditorium 1

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Analysis Theory in MRI: Learning and Evaluation Concepts

Room: Ballroom East

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Musculoskeletal

MRI of Immune-Mediated Inflammation in the Musculoskeletal System

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Pediatric Intensive

From the Top: Pediatric Neuro MRI Protocols and Pathology

Room: Watsonia/Bluebell | CTICC 2

13:00 - 15:00

Weekend Course
Physics & Engineering

Developing RF Coils (with Live Demo)

Room: Auditorium 2

13:00 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Body

Women's Health and the Role of MRI II

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

15:36 - 17:00

Weekend Course
Pediatric Intensive

Lift-Off: Putting It into Practice

Room: Watsonia/Bluebell | CTICC 2

15:30 - 17:00

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum II: CMR

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

14:00 - 15:30

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum III: MSK

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

15:50 - 17:30

– Break –

17:00 – 17:15 SAST

17:15 - 19:15 • Saturday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Event

Event
General

Newbie Reception

Room: Hall 5-7 | CTICC 2

17:15 - 19:15

Sunday, 10 May 2026

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Sunrise Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM Evng.

07:45 - 11:45 • Sunday • Sunrise Sessions

Weekend Course

Weekend Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Contrast Optimization for All Field Strengths

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

07:45 - 11:45

Weekend Course
Cross-Organ

Imaging of Hemoglobinopathies

Room: Auditorium 1

07:45 - 11:45

Weekend Course
Physics & Engineering

Anatomy of an MRI System

Room: Auditorium 2

07:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR Contrast Agents | PET/MRI

Room: Ballroom East

07:45 - 09:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Motion Detection & Correction | Placenta & Fetus

Room: Hall 1B

07:45 - 09:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

CEST | Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties (EMTP)

Room: Hall 1A

07:45 - 09:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Low-Field MRI

Room: Ballroom West

07:45 - 09:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR in Drug Research | Renal MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

07:45 - 09:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MRI of Neuromodulation | MR in Psychiatry

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

07:45 - 09:45

08:20 - 12:00 • Sunday • Morning Sessions

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum IV: Ethics and Post-Mortem Imaging

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20 - 10:00

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum V: Neuro

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

10:20 - 12:00

Study Group Business Meeting

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Diffusion

Room: Ballroom West

09:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Body MRI | Pediatric MR

Room: Hall 1B

09:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR Spectroscopy

Room: Hall 1A

09:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

AI & Machine Learning | Reproducible Research

Room: Ballroom East

09:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Musculoskeletal MR (MSK)

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

09:45 - 11:45

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR Flow and Motion Quantitation

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

09:45 - 11:45

– Break –

11:45 – 12:00 SAST

12:00 - 13:00 • Sunday • Midday Sessions

Committee Business Meeting

Committee Business Meeting
ISMRT

ISMRT Business Meeting with Grab-and-Go Lunch

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

12:30 - 13:00

– Break –

13:00 – 13:15 SAST

13:00 - 17:15 • Sunday • Early Afternoon Sessions

ISMRT Oral

ISMRT Oral
ISMRT

Awards

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:00 - 13:50

Weekend Course

Weekend Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Analysis Pipelines: Demos

Room: Auditorium 2

13:15 - 17:15

Weekend Course
Neuro

Fetal/Pediatric Neuroimaging

Room: Auditorium 1

13:15 - 17:15

Weekend Course
Transferable Skills

MRI in Resource-Constrained Settings

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

13:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Interventional MR | MR in Radiation Therapy

Room: Hall 1B

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Quantitative MR

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MRI Coils | MR Engineering

Room: Hall 1A

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Brain Function

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Molecular & Cellular Imaging | X-Nuclei | Metabolomics & Metabolomic Imaging

Room: Ballroom East

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Imaging Neurofluids | Perfusion

Room: Ballroom West

13:15 - 15:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Ultra-High Field MR (UHF)

Room: Hall 1B

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR of Cancer

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR Safety

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Cardiac MR

Room: Ballroom East

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

White Matter

Room: Hall 1A

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

MR Elastography

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

15:15 - 17:15

Study Group Business Meeting
Study Groups

Hyperpolarization | Pulmonary MR

Room: Ballroom West

15:15 - 17:15

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum VI: AI in MRI

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:50 - 15:30

– Break –

17:15 – 17:30 SAST

17:30 - 18:15 • Sunday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
17:30 Imaging the Developing Brain at Scale: MRI Insights into Child Neurodevelopment in Low-Resource Settings Kirsten Donald

– Break –

18:15 – 18:30 SAST

18:30 - 20:00 • Sunday • Evening Sessions

Event

Event
General

Opening Reception

Room: Exhibition Hall

18:30 - 20:00

Monday, 11 May 2026

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Sunrise Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM

07:00 - 08:00 • Monday • Sunrise Sessions

Sunrise Course

Sunrise Course
Body

Artificial Intelligence in Body MRI

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Cardiovascular

Laying the Foundation of Cardiovascular MRI: Acquisition

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Open-Source Tools and Resources in Contrast Quantification with Live Demonstrations I: Relaxation and Diffusion

Room: Ballroom West

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

The Art of Advanced Acquisition

Room: Hall 1B

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Musculoskeletal

Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal MRI: Quantitative MSK MRI: From Acquisition to Analysis

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Neuro

Of Mice and Men: Lost in Translation? Brain Tumors

Room: Ballroom East

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Physics & Engineering

Imaging at Low Field

Room: Hall 1A

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Transferable Skills

Getting Something Out of the ISMRM

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

07:00 - 08:00

– Break –

08:00 – 08:20 SAST

08:20 - 10:20 • Monday • Morning Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Quantifying Iron Using Echoes: The Power of GRE Contrast

Room: Ballroom West

08:20 - 10:10

Weekday Course
Transferable Skills

Demystifying Research: Getting Going in the Field

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

08:20 - 10:10

Oral

Oral
General

Young Investigator Awards

Room: Auditorium 2

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Body

Take a Breath: Chest, Thoracic, and Pulmonary MRI

Room: Hall 1B

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Body

Advances in Rectum and Pelvis MRI

Room: Hall 1A

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Diffusion

Diffusion Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Ballroom East

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Advances in MRI Radiomics for Disease Characterization and Outcome Prediction

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI Methods Beyond Reconstruction

Room: Auditorium 1

08:20 - 10:10

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

New Methods: Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

08:20 - 09:56

PowerPitch
Physics & Engineering

Emerging Devices, Novel Capabilities

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

08:20 - 09:56

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Advanced Quantitative Liver MRI: Radiomics, Elastography, and AI

Room: Digital Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Body

Fuel and Function: Metabolism in the Body

Room: Digital Posters Row H

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Analyses

Room: Digital Posters Row E

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Cardiomyopathies

Room: Digital Posters Row F

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Registration, Atlases, and Motion

Room: Digital Posters Row I

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

MOCO from Head to Toe

Room: Digital Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Neuro Sequences, Applications, and Traveling Phantoms

Room: Digital Posters Row C

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neurological Application of Advanced Diffusion and Quantitative MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row D

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Imaging Biomarkers, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Impact

Room: Digital Posters Row G

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

RF Coils and Safety

Room: Digital Posters Row J

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Body

Prostate: Clinical Applications, AI, and Post-Processing

Room: Digital Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Brain-Body Axis

Room: Digital Posters Row G

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Post-Processing of Cardiovascular MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row F

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Diffusion

All About Diffusion

Room: Digital Posters Row D

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Clinical Diffusion Neuro

Room: Digital Posters Row C

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Machine Learning for Image Reconstruction

Room: Digital Posters Row A

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Segmentation for Musculoskeletal MRI Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row I

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

Imaging Parkinson’s Disease: Multimodal Biomarkers of Progression and Phenotype

Room: Digital Posters Row J

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

Innovations in Brain Tumor Imaging: Quantitative MRI, Radiogenomics, and Deep-Learning Approaches

Room: Digital Posters Row E

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Preclinical

Cancer Detection and Therapies

Room: Digital Posters Row H

09:15 - 10:10

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Cardiovascular

Vascular and Vessel Wall Imaging

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Neuro

All About Neuroinflammation

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Brain Functional Methods

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

Forum VII: Safety

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20 - 10:20

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Preclinical

Neuro Imaging and Metabolism

Room: Roof Terrace

08:20 - 09:56

– Break –

10:10 – 10:40 SAST

10:40 - 13:35 • Monday • Midday Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
MRI in Africa: Current State and Future Opportunities
Organizers: Durgesh Dwivedi & Houchun Hu
10:40 MRI in Kenya: A Radiologist’s Perspective Martin Gathogo
11:00 MRI in South Africa: A Radiographer’s Perspective Mamohlotsane Sekoli
11:20 MRI in Ghana: A Radiologist’s Perspective Yaw Mensah

– Break –

13:35 – 13:50 SAST

13:50 - 15:40 • Monday • Early Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Cross-Organ

MRI Reimagined: Efficient, Accessible, and Clinically Meaningful Scans I

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:50 - 15:40

Weekday Course
Physics & Engineering

Meeting Clinical and Research Needs in Africa

Room: Auditorium 1

13:50 - 15:40

Oral

Oral
Diffusion

From Theory to Clinic: Advances in Diffusion MRI Modeling and Analysis

Room: Auditorium 2

13:50 - 15:40

Oral
Neuro

Precision MRI: Advanced Quantitative Imaging and Biomarkers for Brain Tumors

Room: Ballroom East

13:50 - 15:40

Oral
Pediatrics

Next-Level Pediatric MRI: Technical Advances To Image Children Better

Room: Hall 1B

13:50 - 15:40

Oral
Physics & Engineering

Hybrid and Novel Systems

Room: Ballroom West

13:50 - 15:40

Oral
Preclinical

Neuroimaging and Spectroscopy in Experimental Models

Room: Hall 1A

13:50 - 15:40

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Segmentation: Automated, Scalable, and Clinically Oriented MRI Analysis

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

13:50 - 15:26

PowerPitch
Musculoskeletal

MSK: Everything, Everywhere, and All at Once

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

13:50 - 15:26

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
General

Young Investigator Awards Poster Session

Room: Digital Posters Row A

13:50 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Thermometry and Other Contrast Mechanisms

Room: Digital Posters Row B

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Body Diffusion MRI Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row F

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI Applications in Disease

Room: Digital Posters Row E

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Radiomics: Body

Room: Digital Posters Row G

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Muscle Microstructure and Deformation

Room: Digital Posters Row H

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Neuro

MRI in Clinical Practice: Diagnostic Applications, Quantitative Imaging, and Emerging Techniques

Room: Digital Posters Row D

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Neuro

Multiparametric MRI in Stroke

Room: Digital Posters Row J

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroimaging Signatures Across the Psychiatric Spectrum

Room: Digital Posters Row C

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Low-Field Systems and Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row I

13:50 - 14:45

Digital Poster
Body

Body MR: Potpourri of Techniques in Uterine, Cervical, Liver, and Kidney Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row F

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Multimodality and Unconventional Cardiovascular MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row H

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging: Neuro I

Room: Digital Posters Row C

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Reconstruction Using Generative Models

Room: Digital Posters Row E

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Neuro

Advanced Neuroimaging with MRI: CEST and APT Techniques

Room: Digital Posters Row B

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Neuro

Visualizing Intracranial and Carotid Arteries: MRA, VWI, and Beyond

Room: Digital Posters Row J

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Neuro

From Iron to Intelligence: Quantitative Imaging and AI in Brain Disorders

Room: Digital Posters Row D

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Novel MRI Hardware

Room: Digital Posters Row I

14:45 - 15:40

Digital Poster
Preclinical

Probes and Targets

Room: Digital Posters Row G

14:45 - 15:40

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Cardiovascular

Cardiac Metabolism and Diffusion

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

13:50 - 14:45

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Analysis in Neurodegenerative Disease

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

13:50 - 14:45

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

14:45 - 15:40

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Analysis: Cardiovascular and Body

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

14:45 - 15:40

ISMRT Education Session

ISMRT Education Session
ISMRT

ISMRM-ISMRT Joint Forum

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:50 - 15:30

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI Frontiers in Image Analysis

Room: Roof Terrace

13:50 - 15:06

– Break –

15:40 – 16:10 SAST

16:10 - 18:00 • Monday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Cross-Organ

MRI Reimagined: Efficient, Accessible, and Clinically Meaningful Scans II

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

16:10 - 18:00

Weekday Course
Physics & Engineering

Hardware and Software Requirements in Africa

Room: Auditorium 2

16:10 - 18:00

Oral

Oral
Body

Mapping Liver and Pancreas Health

Room: Hall 1B

16:10 - 18:00

Oral
Brain Function & fMRI

Multimodal and Innovative Design

Room: Ballroom East

16:10 - 18:00

Oral
Cardiovascular

Heart Failure

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

16:10 - 18:00

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Innovations in Contrast Mechanisms for MRI

Room: Hall 1A

16:10 - 18:00

Oral
Musculoskeletal

MRI of Musculoskeletal Kinematics, Biomechanics, and Exercise

Room: Ballroom West

16:10 - 18:00

Oral
Neuro

Advanced Tumor Imaging: Bridging Research and Clinical Practice

Room: Auditorium 1

16:10 - 18:00

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI Methods

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

16:10 - 17:46

PowerPitch
Neuro

Neurofluid Dynamics in Sleep and Disease

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

16:10 - 17:46

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Quantitative Applications in Body MRI: Make the Numbers Count

Room: Digital Posters Row G

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Hyperpolarized Gases

Room: Digital Posters Row J

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Head and Neck I

Room: Digital Posters Row B

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Classification in Diffusion MRI I

Room: Digital Posters Row E

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Classification and Analysis in the Brain

Room: Digital Posters Row D

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Novel Acquisition Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row F

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Mapping: Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Digital Posters Row A

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroinflammation: Myelin and Iron

Room: Digital Posters Row H

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Neuro

Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging: Neuro II

Room: Digital Posters Row C

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

All Things RF

Room: Digital Posters Row I

16:10 - 17:05

Digital Poster
Body

Advanced Methods in Renal MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row H

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Hemodynamics and Flow

Room: Digital Posters Row D

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI Reconstruction Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row F

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Body Diffusion MRI Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row G

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Classification in Diffusion MRI II

Room: Digital Posters Row E

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Acquisition, Reconstruction, and Analysis

Room: Digital Posters Row A

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Head and Neck II

Room: Digital Posters Row B

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Interventional

Advances in Interventional MRI: Guidance, Motion Management, and Precision Treatment Technologies

Room: Digital Posters Row J

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Aging, Vascular Health, and Dementia

Room: Digital Posters Row C

17:05 - 18:00

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Novel Gradients

Room: Digital Posters Row I

17:05 - 18:00

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Physics & Engineering

Low-Field MRI

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

16:10 - 17:05

Traditional Poster
Physics & Engineering

Phantoms and Safety

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

17:05 - 18:00

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Brain Function & fMRI

Clinical Applications in Psychiatry and Neurology

Room: Roof Terrace

16:10 - 17:36

Member-Initiated Session

Member-Initiated Session
General

MRI Physicists at Work: Safeguarding Image Quality and Patient Care

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

16:10 - 18:00

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

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Sunrise Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM Evng.

07:00 - 08:00 • Tuesday • Sunrise Sessions

Sunrise Course

Sunrise Course
Body

Thoracic Oncology: The Role of MRI

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Cardiovascular

Laying the Foundation of Cardiovascular MRI: Reconstruction

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Open-Source Tools and Resources in Contrast Quantification with Live Demonstrations II: Perfusion

Room: Ballroom West

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Advanced Reconstruction: Generative and Foundational AI for Global Access

Room: Hall 1B

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Musculoskeletal

Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal MRI: How Low Can You Go in MSK MRI: New Applications at Field Strengths up to 0.6T

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Neuro

Of Mice and Men: Lost in Translation? Brain Infections

Room: Ballroom East

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Physics & Engineering

Imaging at Mid-Field

Room: Hall 1A

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Transferable Skills

The Full Value of the ISMRM: Learning Across Disciplines

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

07:00 - 08:00

– Break –

08:00 – 08:20 SAST

08:20 - 10:10 • Tuesday • Morning Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular Valve Disease and Infectious Disease

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

08:20 - 10:10

Weekday Course
Musculoskeletal

Perfusion and Ischemia in the Musculoskeletal System

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

08:20 - 10:10

Oral

Oral
Body

Inside the Bean: Advances in Renal MRI

Room: Hall 1B

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Acquisition and Preprocessing

Room: Auditorium 2

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Diffusion

Diffusion Tractography

Room: Auditorium 1

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Novel Acquisition Strategies and Open-Source Sequences

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Foundation Models

Room: Hall 1A

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Neuro

Altered Metabolism Across Healthy Aging and Neurological Disorders

Room: Ballroom East

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Neuro

What's New in Multiple Sclerosis?

Room: Ballroom West

08:20 - 10:10

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Pediatrics

Pediatric Imaging Frontiers

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

08:20 - 09:56

PowerPitch
Physics & Engineering

Parallel Transmission at High Fields

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

08:20 - 09:56

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Rectal Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row G

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Brain Physiology and Pain

Room: Digital Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Cardiac Tissue Characterization

Room: Digital Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Contrast Mechanisms Potpourri Including Registered/Clinical Abstracts

Room: Digital Posters Row C

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Hyperpolarization: Novel Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row F

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI Analysis

Room: Digital Posters Row E

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Data-Driven Reconstruction: From Networks to Clinical Practice

Room: Digital Posters Row D

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging Beyond the CNS

Room: Digital Posters Row H

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Quantitative Neuroimaging of Neurodegeneration, Metabolism, and Brain Microstructure

Room: Digital Posters Row I

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

MRI in Africa: Advancing Neuroimaging Research, Capacity, and Equity in African Populations

Room: Digital Posters Row J

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Body

Quantitative Applications in Body MRI: In Numbers We Trust

Room: Digital Posters Row G

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Novel Developments and Applications in Flow MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row F

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Validating Diffusion MRI: Reproducibility, Simulations, and Phantoms

Room: Digital Posters Row E

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI Neuroscience

Room: Digital Posters Row C

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI To Make Protocols, Plan, QC, and Correct Motion

Room: Digital Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Pelvic, Thorax, and Abdomen

Room: Digital Posters Row H

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

Imaging Stroke Recovery: From Microstructure to Personalized Therapy

Room: Digital Posters Row D

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

From Bench to Bedside: All About the Brain in Health and Alzheimer’s Disease

Room: Digital Posters Row A

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

Type 2 Diabetes

Room: Digital Posters Row I

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Low-Field Applications and Systems

Room: Digital Posters Row J

09:15 - 10:10

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Acquisitions and Reconstructions

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Neuro

Decoding Stroke with Imaging and AI: New Frontiers in Cerebrovascular Research

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Fat-Water Separation and Fat Suppression

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

Traditional Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion: Tractography Methods

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

09:15 - 10:10

Member-Initiated Session

Member-Initiated Session
General

Take SAR into the Picture: Image-Based SAR Assessments

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

08:20 - 10:10

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Neuro

From Microstructure to Metabolism: Next-Generation MRI for Brain Tumors

Room: Roof Terrace

08:20 - 09:56

– Break –

10:10 – 10:40 SAST

10:40 - 13:25 • Tuesday • Midday Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
10:40 Africa Arising: Advancing MRI for Everyone, Everywhere Maruf Adewole
Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
MRI in Infectious Disease
Organizers: Vikas Gulani & Natalia Gudino & Harpreet Hyare & Houchun Hu & Yogesh Rathi & Irvin Teh & Andrew Webb & Wietske van der Zwaag
11:10 MRI in Paediatric Cerebral Malaria Karen Chetcuti
11:30 Cardiac MRI in HIV: Revealing the Hidden Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Ntobeko Ntusi
11:50 MRI in Tuberculosis Chandan Das

– Break –

13:25 – 13:40 SAST

13:40 - 15:30 • Tuesday • Early Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Body

Breast MRI: A Primer for Beginners

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

13:40 - 15:30

Weekday Course
Cross-Organ

What MRI Looks Like in My World: Global Perspectives on Practice, Resources, and Realities

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:40 - 15:30

Oral

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Metabolic Imaging and MR Spectroscopy: Methods and Application

Room: Hall 1B

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI-Enabled Image Synthesis and Translation

Room: Auditorium 1

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

End-to-End Software Innovation

Room: Hall 1A

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Advanced Image Reconstruction

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Applications

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Neuro

Multiscale MRI in Neuroinflammation

Room: Ballroom East

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Neuro

The Dynamic Brain: Flow, Pressure, and Exchange

Room: Auditorium 2

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Physics & Engineering

Ultra-High Field Hardware and Systems

Room: Ballroom West

13:40 - 15:30

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Brain Function & fMRI

Methodology: Acquisition and Analysis

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

13:40 - 15:16

PowerPitch
Contrast Mechanisms

Advances in Contrast Mechanisms

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

13:40 - 15:16

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Heart and Brain Axis

Room: Digital Posters Row C

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Perfusion and Coronary

Room: Digital Posters Row H

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Artifact Correction Strategies in Brain and Body

Room: Digital Posters Row B

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Software and Analysis for MR Spectroscopy and Chemical Shift Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row J

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Classification for Breast Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row A

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Segmentation for Cardiac Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row I

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Pulse Sequences with a Focus on Quantitative Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row G

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Neurography, Pain, and Spine

Room: Digital Posters Row F

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Room: Digital Posters Row E

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Neuro

Metabolic Parameters in Stroke

Room: Digital Posters Row D

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Body

Breast MRI Sequences and Clinical Developments

Room: Digital Posters Row A

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Body

Quantitative MRI Across the Body

Room: Digital Posters Row B

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular Imaging and Motion Correction Strategies

Room: Digital Posters Row H

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI: Registered and Clinical Abstracts

Room: Digital Posters Row E

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Analysis for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Room: Digital Posters Row F

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

MRI and MRS in Muscle in Health and Disease

Room: Digital Posters Row J

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Neuro

Advanced Microstructural Imaging of White Matter and Traumatic Brain Injury

Room: Digital Posters Row D

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Pediatrics

Pediatric Cardiopulmonary MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row I

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Magnets and Shims

Room: Digital Posters Row G

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Preclinical

Body, Cardiovascular, and Musculoskeletal Systems in Small Animals

Room: Digital Posters Row C

14:35 - 15:30

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Diffusion

Advanced Diffusion Modeling for Microstructure Mapping

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

13:40 - 14:35

Traditional Poster
Physics & Engineering

Hardware and Software Tools for System Improvement

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

13:40 - 14:35

Traditional Poster
Musculoskeletal

From Zero to Short TE MSK MRI

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

14:35 - 15:30

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Body

A Clearer View Within: Advances in Body Imaging

Room: Roof Terrace

13:40 - 15:16

– Break –

15:30 – 16:00 SAST

16:00 - 17:50 • Tuesday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Neuro

MRI of Accelerated Brain Aging

Room: Auditorium 1

16:00 - 17:50

Weekday Course
Transferable Skills

Demystifying Research: The Hunt for Funding

Room: Hall 1B

16:00 - 17:50

Oral

Oral
Body

Metabolism

Room: Hall 1A

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Applications in Neurology

Room: Auditorium 2

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Diffusion

From Diffusion Characteristics Toward Clinical Impact

Room: Ballroom West

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: MR Fingerprinting

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Musculoskeletal

New Outcome Measures for Studying the Joint

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Neuro

Applications of QSM and Iron in the Brain

Room: Ballroom East

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Preclinical

Cardiovascular and Body Imaging

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

16:00 - 17:50

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Cardiovascular

Cardiac Structure, Function, and Tissue Characterization

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

16:00 - 17:36

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Next-Generation MRI Image Enhancement

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

16:00 - 17:36

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Malignant Tumor in the Body

Room: Digital Posters Row D

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Non-Proton MRI: Methods and Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row J

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Tractography Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row F

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

MR-Based Quantitative Image and Image Processing

Room: Digital Posters Row E

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Interventional

Interventional MRI: Device, Catheter Tracking, and Image-Guided Therapy

Room: Digital Posters Row C

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Neuro

Advances in Neuroimaging and Biomarkers for Brain Health and Disease

Room: Digital Posters Row B

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Neuro

When Brain Clearance Fails: Glymphatic Dysfunction Across Disorders

Room: Digital Posters Row A

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Pediatrics

Pediatric Low-Field MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row G

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Frontiers of System Design

Room: Digital Posters Row H

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Safety

Room: Digital Posters Row I

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Body

Breast MRI: Technical Developments

Room: Digital Posters Row C

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Body

Novel Diffusion and Motion Correction in Body MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row E

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Multimodal Acquisitions for Brain Function Studies

Room: Digital Posters Row B

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion Acquisition

Room: Digital Posters Row F

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Acquisition and Reconstruction Strategies for Dynamic and Cardiac Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row I

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Radiomics: Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row J

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Analysis for Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row D

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Neuro

Imaging the Brain’s Microenvironment: From Glymphatics to Cognition

Room: Digital Posters Row A

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

RF Arrays and Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row H

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Mid-Field Technology and Sequences

Room: Digital Posters Row G

16:55 - 17:50

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Analysis: Neuro

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

16:00 - 16:55

Traditional Poster
Neuro

MRI in Infectious Diseases

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

16:00 - 16:55

Traditional Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Spectroscopy Traditional Posters

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

16:55 - 17:50

Traditional Poster
Neuro

Integrated MRI-Based Approaches for Preoperative Diagnosis, Grading, and Prognostic Prediction of Brain Tumors

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

16:55 - 17:50

Member-Initiated Session

Member-Initiated Session
General

A Hands-On Tutorial on Ultra-Low-Field MRI Engineering: An Interactive On-Site Assembly of a Halbach MRI Magnet

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

16:00 - 17:50

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Reconstruction

Room: Roof Terrace

16:00 - 17:36

– Break –

17:50 – 18:00 SAST

18:00 - 20:00 • Tuesday • Evening Sessions

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

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Sunrise Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM

07:00 - 08:00 • Wednesday • Sunrise Sessions

Sunrise Course

Sunrise Course
Body

Just Breathe: A Review of Pulmonary MRI

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Cardiovascular

Laying the Foundation of Cardiovascular MRI: Post-Processing

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Open-Source Tools and Resources in Contrast Quantification with Live Demonstrations III: Containerization and QSM

Room: Ballroom West

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Large Data Analysis in the Age of AI

Room: Hall 1B

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Musculoskeletal

Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal MRI: A Researcher's Guide to Clinical MSK MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Neuro

Of Mice and Men: Lost in Translation? Mesoscale fMRI

Room: Ballroom East

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Physics & Engineering

Imaging at Very High Fields

Room: Hall 1A

07:00 - 08:00

Sunrise Course
Transferable Skills

Optimizing at the Scanner

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

07:00 - 08:00

– Break –

08:00 – 08:20 SAST

08:20 - 10:10 • Wednesday • Morning Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Body

Body MRI Techniques: How Do I Do It? A Tour from the Experts

Room: Hall 1A

08:20 - 10:10

Weekday Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Enhancement Techniques

Room: Hall 1B

08:20 - 10:10

Oral

Oral
Diffusion

Probing Brain Microstructure with Water: Applications

Room: Ballroom East

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Novel Reconstruction Techniques for Fast Imaging

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Generative Modeling: A Unifying Lens on MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Registration, Atlases, and Motion

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Neuro

Innovative Methods To Understand Stroke

Room: Auditorium 1

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Neuro

Insights into Psychiatric Disorders and the Human Connectome

Room: Ballroom West

08:20 - 10:10

Oral
Physics & Engineering

Low-Field MRI Hardware

Room: Auditorium 2

08:20 - 10:10

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Cardiovascular

Frontiers in Cardiovascular MR

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

08:20 - 09:56

PowerPitch
Contrast Mechanisms

Novel Approaches to Spectroscopy

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

08:20 - 09:56

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Lung and Thoracic Oncological MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row C

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Acquisitions for fMRI

Room: Digital Posters Row H

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Perfusion and ASL Imaging: Recent Advances

Room: Digital Posters Row E

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

New Developments in QSM I

Room: Digital Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Signal Modeling and Signal Preparation: Novel Approaches

Room: Digital Posters Row J

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Generative Models for Image Synthesis

Room: Digital Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Detectable Changes in Dementia

Room: Digital Posters Row G

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroinflammation: Fluids and Flow

Room: Digital Posters Row F

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Neuro

Novel Neuro Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row D

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

Unconventional Physics and Engineering

Room: Digital Posters Row I

08:20 - 09:15

Digital Poster
Body

Breast MRI and the Role of AI

Room: Digital Posters Row C

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

New Developments in QSM II

Room: Digital Posters Row A

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Novel Pulse Sequences and Reconstruction Strategies

Room: Digital Posters Row J

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Classification and Analysis in the Body

Room: Digital Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Open-Source Software, Sequences, and Reconstruction Algorithms

Room: Digital Posters Row H

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Interventional

Interventional MRI: General

Room: Digital Posters Row E

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Cartilage 2026

Room: Digital Posters Row D

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuro-Oncology and Ear, Nose, and Throat Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row F

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Neuro

MRI Markers of Dementia

Room: Digital Posters Row G

09:15 - 10:10

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

System Imperfections and Field Monitoring

Room: Digital Posters Row I

09:15 - 10:10

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Body

AI Applications in Body MRI

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Physics & Engineering

Physics and Engineering Smorgasbord

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

08:20 - 09:15

Traditional Poster
Body

Quantitative and Diffusion MRI of the Liver

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

09:15 - 10:10

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI Methods

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

09:15 - 10:10

Member-Initiated Session

Member-Initiated Session
General

Imaging Neurodevelopment at Unconventional Field Strengths: Revolutionising Insights into Early Human Brain Development

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

08:20 - 10:10

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Applications

Room: Roof Terrace

08:20 - 09:56

– Break –

10:10 – 10:40 SAST

10:40 - 13:25 • Wednesday • Midday Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
Mesoscale MRI
Organizers: Berkin Bilgic & Christopher Nguyen & Wietske van der Zwaag
10:40 What Does Mesoscale Mean and How Is It Useful in the Clinic? Edson Amaro
11:00 Insights from Preclinical Imaging Manisha Aggarwal
11:20 Hardware Development: State of the Art and What’s on the Horizon Nicolas Boulant
11:40 Acquisition/Reconstruction Tailored To Take Advantage of Cutting-Edge Hardware Dan Wu
Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
Ernst Lecture

– Break –

13:25 – 13:40 SAST

13:40 - 15:30 • Wednesday • Early Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Contrast Mechanisms

MR Contrasts: Fundamentals and Pitfalls I

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:40 - 15:30

Weekday Course
Physics & Engineering

Ultra-Low Field MRI I

Room: Auditorium 2

13:40 - 15:30

Oral

Oral
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Advanced Analysis

Room: Hall 1A

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

New Frontiers in CEST MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Diffusion

Body Diffusion MRI

Room: Auditorium 1

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Interventional

Interventional MRI: Tracking, Temperature Mapping, and Image-Guided Therapy

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Neuro

Teasing Out the Microstructure of the Brain and Nervous System

Room: Ballroom West

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Neuro

Cutting-Edge Techniques for Intracranial Artery Visualization

Room: Ballroom East

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Pediatrics

Defining "Normal" in Pediatric Brain MRI

Room: Hall 1B

13:40 - 15:30

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Body

MRI of Renal Function

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

13:40 - 15:16

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Relaxometry, Multiparametric, MR Fingerprinting, and Synthetic MRI

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

13:40 - 15:16

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

MR Biomarkers of Hepatic Steatosis, Fibrosis, and Liver Disease

Room: Digital Posters Row I

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Development and Aging

Room: Digital Posters Row E

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Mesoscale Functional MRI and Acquisition Strategies

Room: Digital Posters Row F

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Congenital Heart Disease, Valves, and Vessels

Room: Digital Posters Row A

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Fancy Sequences and Encoding Strategies

Room: Digital Posters Row B

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Super-Resolving MRI: Methods and Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row J

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Classification for Brain Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row D

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Standardizing MRI Through Data Formats and Phantoms

Room: Digital Posters Row H

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Radiomics Potpourri

Room: Digital Posters Row G

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Neuro

Machine Learning in Neuroimaging

Room: Digital Posters Row C

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Body

Prostate: Technical Applications, Sequences, and Coil Development

Room: Digital Posters Row I

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Automated Cardiovascular MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row A

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion MRI and Other Modalities

Room: Digital Posters Row D

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Neuroradiomics

Room: Digital Posters Row F

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Deep Learning Meets k-Space: New Frontiers in Reconstruction

Room: Digital Posters Row B

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Spectroscopy: Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Digital Posters Row J

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Neuro

Imaging Depression

Room: Digital Posters Row E

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Neuro

Quantitative and Multimodal MRI Biomarkers Across Neurologic and Systemic Disorders

Room: Digital Posters Row H

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Pediatrics

AI/DL in Pediatrics

Room: Digital Posters Row C

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Pediatrics

Predicting Neurologic Outcomes

Room: Digital Posters Row G

14:35 - 15:30

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Body

MRI of Brown Adipose Tissue: Feel the Heat

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

13:40 - 14:35

Traditional Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Vision and Language Models in MRI

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

14:35 - 15:30

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Neuro

Imaging Neurodegeneration in Motion: Multimodal Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

Room: Roof Terrace

13:40 - 15:16

– Break –

15:30 – 16:00 SAST

16:00 - 17:50 • Wednesday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Contrast Mechanisms

MR Contrasts: Fundamentals and Pitfalls II

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

16:00 - 17:50

Weekday Course
Physics & Engineering

Ultra-Low Field MRI II: Live Demo

Room: Auditorium 2

16:00 - 17:50

Oral

Oral
Body

Applications of Quantitative MRI in the Body

Room: Hall 1A

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Body

New Developments in Breast MRI

Room: Hall 1B

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Brain Function & fMRI

Mesoscale Functional MRI

Room: Ballroom West

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Cardiovascular

Perfusion and Coronary Assessment

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI: Emerging Techniques and Clinical Applications

Room: Auditorium 1

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Advanced Segmentation in MRI Across Scales and Domains

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Preclinical

Cancer Imaging and Spectroscopy

Room: Ballroom East

16:00 - 17:50

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Diffusion

Diffusion Methodologies and Clinical Applications

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

16:00 - 17:36

PowerPitch
Neuro

Advanced MRI Biomarkers of Brain Aging, Vascular Health, and Alzheimer’s Disease

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

16:00 - 17:36

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

Advanced MR Techniques in Cervical, Genital, Placental, and Fetal Disorders

Room: Digital Posters Row B

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Task-Based and Stimulation

Room: Digital Posters Row D

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Novel Contrast Mechanisms I

Room: Digital Posters Row H

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging: Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row J

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Acquisition Strategies Across Organs and Field Strengths

Room: Digital Posters Row A

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

The qMRI Variety Show: A Little Bit of Everything

Room: Digital Posters Row E

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Reconstruction I

Room: Digital Posters Row I

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Segmentation for Body Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row F

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

MSK: Clinical and Cutting-Edge

Room: Digital Posters Row G

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Pediatrics

Fetal and Neonatal Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row C

16:00 - 16:55

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Preclinical

Room: Digital Posters Row C

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Magnetization Transfer and Relaxometry

Room: Digital Posters Row J

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Novel Contrast Mechanisms II

Room: Digital Posters Row H

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Reconstruction II

Room: Digital Posters Row I

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

New and Novel Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Digital Posters Row B

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI Image Processing

Room: Digital Posters Row A

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Segmentation for Neuro Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row E

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Quantitative Outcome Measures in MSK MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row G

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Diagnostic Utility of Advanced Techniques in MSK Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row F

16:55 - 17:50

Digital Poster
Neuro

From Molecular Signatures to Surgical Guidance: Cutting-Edge MRI in Brain Tumor Care

Room: Digital Posters Row D

16:55 - 17:50

Traditional Poster

Traditional Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Quantitative Imaging

16:00 - 16:55

Traditional Poster
Neuro

Imaging Cerebrovascular Physiology in Stroke and Cerebral Arteriopathies

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

16:00 - 16:55

Traditional Poster
Preclinical

Preclinical

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

16:00 - 16:55

Traditional Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Brain Function Application on Paper

Room: Traditional Posters Row A

16:55 - 17:50

Traditional Poster
Pediatrics

Pediatric MR Imaging in Practice

Room: Traditional Posters Row B

16:55 - 17:50

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Neuro

Exploring Brain Microstructure Across White Matter, Gray Matter, and in TBI

Room: Roof Terrace

16:00 - 17:36

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Top Prev
Morn. Midday Early PM Late PM Evng.

08:30 - 10:20 • Thursday • Morning Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Body

Cutting-Edge Advanced Breast MRI

Room: Hall 1A

08:30 - 10:20

Weekday Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Bridging the Gap: Pitfalls and Progress in Translating Advanced MRI Acquisition and Reconstruction Techniques

Room: Hall 1B

08:30 - 10:20

Oral

Oral
Cardiovascular

Vessel Wall Imaging

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: From Phase to Tissue Properties

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Advanced Cardiac Quantification Methods

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Motion Correction Across the Lifespan

Room: Ballroom West

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Neuro

Dementia Not Related to Alzheimer's Disease

Room: Auditorium 1

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Neuro

Advanced MRI Techniques for Spinal Cord Structure, Function, and Physiology

Room: Ballroom East

08:30 - 10:20

Oral
Physics & Engineering

Ultra-High Field Applications

Room: Auditorium 2

08:30 - 10:20

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Body

Pelvic MRI: Bladder, Endometrium, and Rectum

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

08:30 - 10:06

PowerPitch
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Prognostication and Predictive Value of MR Biomarkers

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

08:30 - 10:06

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Body

A Tour of Body Oncology

Room: Digital Posters Row A

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Body

Diffusion MRI, Iron Quantification, and Steatosis in Human and Preclinical Studies

Room: Digital Posters Row D

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

Cerebellar Function

Room: Digital Posters Row E

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Applications in Neurology and Psychiatry I

Room: Digital Posters Row F

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Advances in ASL

Room: Digital Posters Row B

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Hyperpolarization: Novel Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row G

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Molecular Imaging and Ultra High Field Acquisition

Room: Digital Posters Row I

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Innovations in Diffusion MRI: Systems, Sequences, and Protocol Design

Room: Digital Posters Row H

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroinflammation: Metabolites, Function, and AI

Room: Digital Posters Row J

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Neuro

Advanced Quantitative and Diffusion MRI for Epilepsy: From Lesion Detection to Clinical Translation

Room: Digital Posters Row C

08:30 - 09:25

Digital Poster
Body

Water-Fat MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row A

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Applications in Neurology and Psychiatry II

Room: Digital Posters Row F

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Cardiovascular

Cardiac Structure and Function

Room: Digital Posters Row B

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging: Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row I

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Advances in Chemical Exchange MRI: CEST, APT, and NOE II

Room: Digital Posters Row C

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion Microstructure and Beyond

Room: Digital Posters Row H

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Diffusion

Diffusion: DWI/DTI/DKI

Room: Digital Posters Row D

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Multiparametric Quantitative MR Methods

Room: Digital Posters Row G

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroimaging Biomarkers Across the Spectrum of Brain Disorders

Room: Digital Posters Row J

09:25 - 10:20

Digital Poster
Preclinical

Large Animals

Room: Digital Posters Row E

09:25 - 10:20

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Physics & Engineering

RF Coils

Room: Roof Terrace

08:30 - 10:06

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10:20 – 10:50 SAST

10:50 - 13:25 • Thursday • Midday Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
Thinking Outside the Scanner Bore: What Are We Missing in the Usual Scanner Environment?
Organizers: Kevin Chan & Jana Delfino & Shella Keilholz
10:50 MSK Need To See Weight-Bearing Joints in Action Emily McWalter
11:10 Effects of Gravity and Posture on Functional and Morphological Changes in MRI Tosiaki Miyati
11:30 Unconventional Approaches Toward More Compact and Transportable MRI Scanners MICHAEL GARWOOD

– Break –

13:25 – 13:40 SAST

13:40 - 15:30 • Thursday • Early Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Cardiovascular

Bench to Bedside: How To Bring Your Technical Innovation to the Clinic

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:40 - 15:30

Weekday Course
Neuro

The Consuming Brain

Room: Auditorium 1

13:40 - 15:30

Oral

Oral
Body

Prostate MRI: Methodological Developments

Room: Hall 1B

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Beyond Protons: Advances in Multinuclear and Hyperpolarized MRI

Room: Auditorium 2

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Perfusion, Flow, and Hemodynamics Across Scales

Room: Ballroom East

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Contrast Mechanisms

Quantitative and Multi-Contrast MRI: Methods and Applications

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Artifacts and Correction Strategies

Room: Ballroom West

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Towards Multimodal Intelligence in MRI: Vision-Language Integration

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

13:40 - 15:30

Oral
Musculoskeletal

Muscle MRI in Health and Disease: From Standardization to Application

Room: Hall 1A

13:40 - 15:30

PowerPitch

PowerPitch
Diffusion

Diffusion Modeling To Map Tissue Microstructure

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 1

13:40 - 15:16

PowerPitch
Neuro

Heart and Brain Interactions

Room: Power Pitch Theatre 2

13:40 - 15:16

Digital Poster

Digital Poster
Brain Function & fMRI

fMRI: Applications in Neurology and Psychiatry III

Room: Digital Posters Row F

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Contrast Mechanisms

Advances in Chemical Exchange MRI: CEST, APT, and NOE I

Room: Digital Posters Row A

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Noise and Artifact Mitigation in MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row B

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

MR Acquisition Gems

Room: Digital Posters Row H

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Classification: Other Cancer

Room: Digital Posters Row C

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative MRI Software: Tools and Applications

Room: Digital Posters Row I

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Neuro

Glymphatic System Imaging: From Neurofluid Transport to Neurodegeneration

Room: Digital Posters Row D

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Neuro

Innovations in Head and Neck Imaging: From Coil Design to Clinical Impact

Room: Digital Posters Row E

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Physics & Engineering

RF Arrays and Systems

Room: Digital Posters Row J

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Preclinical

Neuro-Biomarkers

Room: Digital Posters Row G

13:40 - 14:35

Digital Poster
Body

Twists and Turns: Pancreas, Cholangio, and Bowel MRI

Room: Digital Posters Row J

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Body

Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Reconstruction in the Body

Room: Digital Posters Row C

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Pulse Sequences: Design and Optimization

Room: Digital Posters Row I

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI: Anything Synthetic or Correcting Artifacts

Room: Digital Posters Row A

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Image Reconstruction: Self-Supervised and Implicit

Room: Digital Posters Row E

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI-Based Analysis in MR Imaging

Room: Digital Posters Row B

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Musculoskeletal

Novel Visualization and Assessment of Osseous Tissues

Room: Digital Posters Row H

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Neuro

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Network, Glymphatic, and Blood Flow

Room: Digital Posters Row D

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Neuro

Neuroimaging of Brain Development from Fetal Life Through Adolescence: Structure, Function, and Prediction

Room: Digital Posters Row G

14:35 - 15:30

Digital Poster
Preclinical

MR in Organoid/Phantom/Plant/Serum

Room: Digital Posters Row F

14:35 - 15:30

Member-Initiated Session

Member-Initiated Session
General

MR Spectroscopy in Clinical Practice: Where We Are and What Is Missing

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

13:40 - 15:30

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Contrast Mechanisms

Everything About Contrast Mechanism

Room: Roof Terrace

13:40 - 15:16

– Break –

15:30 – 16:00 SAST

16:00 - 17:50 • Thursday • Late Afternoon Sessions

Weekday Course

Weekday Course
Contrast Mechanisms

Emergent Topics in Contrast Mechanisms

Room: Meeting Room 2.40

16:00 - 17:50

Weekday Course
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! (The MR Artifacts Game Show)

Room: Hall 1B

16:00 - 17:50

Weekday Course
Neuro

From Neuronal Activation to BOLD Fluctuations

Room: Ballroom East

16:00 - 17:50

Oral

Oral
Cardiovascular

Hemodynamics and Flow

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging

Room: Hall 1A

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

AI for Diagnostic and Prognostic Applications

Room: Auditorium 1

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

Quantitative Imaging: Multiparametric and Synthetic MRI

Room: Meeting Room 1.60

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Image Acquisition & Analysis

New Pulse Sequences and Signal Modeling Designs

Room: Meeting Room 1.40

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Neuro

Next-Generation Neuroimaging for Alzheimer’s Disease: From Molecules to Networks

Room: Ballroom West

16:00 - 17:50

Oral
Physics & Engineering

Low-Field MRI Applications

Room: Auditorium 2

16:00 - 17:50

Flash Presentation

Flash Presentation
Diffusion

Diffusion Acquisition and Reconstruction

Room: Roof Terrace

16:00 - 17:36

– Break –

17:50 – 18:20 SAST

18:20 - 18:50 • Thursday • Evening Sessions

Plenary Session Room: Plenary Hall | CTICC 2 | (No CME Available)
18:20 Playing Around with Magnetic Fields with Some Unsung Heroes of MR Richard Bowtell

Saturday, 09 May 2026

Top

Forum I: Innovators and Innovations in Africa

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:00

Welcome: ISMRT President and AMPC Chair

Adam Scotson

08:15

A Legacy of Innovation: From Heart Transplantation to Advanced Cardiovascular MRI

Ntobeko Ntusi

08:35

Reimagining MRI: Engineering Innovation from Africa to Improve Accessibility

Johnes Obungoloch

08:55

From CT to MRI: Future Directions for Paleoradiology

Sahar Saleem

09:15

Clinical Innovation in MRI Across Africa: From Constraint to Capability

Godwin Ogbole

09:35

Forum I Q and A

09:45

Diamond Sponsor: Guerbet

Winning Clinical Oral Presentations

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

09:55

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10:05

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10:15

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President's Lecture and Awards

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

10:20

Current Applications and Future of AI in MRI, Healthcare, Spaceflight, and Humanity

Meng Law

Award Winning Poster Presentations

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Forum II: CMR

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

14:00

Adenosine Stress Perfusion

Anna Herrey

14:30

Quantitative Cardiac MRI

Nicole Seiberlich

15:00

Troubleshooting CMR: Scanning Implants, Arrhythmia, and LGE

Kevin Strachan

Forum III: MSK

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

15:50

Diamond Sponsor: Philips

16:00

Advanced MRI Technologies Enhancing Musculoskeletal Imaging Performance and Workflow

Celeste Pretorius

16:30

Radiographer's Role in High Stakes Musculoskeletal MRI

Cliff Mokua

17:00

Advanced Bone and Soft-Tissue Tumour Imaging

Raul Valenzuela

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Top

Forum IV: Ethics and Post-Mortem Imaging

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20

Welcome: ISMRT President and AMPC Chair

Adam Scotson

08:30

On the Front Lines of Ethics: An Editor's Perspective

Peter Jezzard

08:50

Ethical Considerations in Radiographer-Led Research Projects

Sekinat Aderibigbe

09:10

Ethics of MR Research with Vulnerable Populations

Candace Fleischer

09:30

Post Delivery MRI in Stillbirths and Terminations

Samuel Manikkam

09:50

Forum IV Q and A

Forum V: Neuro

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

10:20

Diamond Sponsor: Siemens

10:30

MRI and the Evolution of HIV

Sally Candy

11:00

MRS in TB Meningitis

James Barnacle

11:30

Cerebral Malaria: Current Knowledge and Novel Interdisciplinary Approaches from a Neuroimaging Perspective

Cesc Bertran Cobo

Awards

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:00

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13:15

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13:30

ISMRT Awards and Prizes (Art of MRI; Exhibitor Quiz)

Forum VI: AI in MRI

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:50

Diamond Sponsor: GE HealthCare

14:00

AI in Abdominal Radiology: The Signal and the Noise

Arjuna Somasundaram

14:30

Global Translation of Autonomous AI-Guided Fetal MRI

Sara Neves Silva

15:00

Neuro AI in MRI: Hope, Hype, and Harm

Tchoyoson Lim

Monday, 11 May 2026

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Forum VII: Safety

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

08:20

Boundaries and Breakpoints: MRI Safety Zoning and Magnet Quenching

Martin Graves

08:50

Risk vs Benefit: How MRI Safety is Managed in the Real World

Scott Reeder

09:20

Gd: Past, Present, and Future

Harriet Theony

09:50

Inside the Field: Near Misses and Lessons from MRI Incidents

Yolanda Le Roux Arries

ISMRM-ISMRT Joint Forum

Room: Meeting Room 2.60

13:50

Hyperfine Research in Boston, Translated to Ethiopia: Neurodevelopment in Children in LMICs

Patricia Grant

14:15

Advancing MRI Education in LMICs

Udunna Anazodo

14:40

From Access to Expertise: How the Scan With Me Program Trains Radiographers in LMICs

Cristian Montalba

15:05

Ultra-Low Field MRI Technologies: Advances and Challenges

Alex T. L. Leong

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