Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition • 09-14 May 2026

Weekend Course

History of MSK MRI: Past, Present, and Future

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History of MSK MRI: Past, Present, and Future
Weekend Course
Musculoskeletal
Saturday, 09 May 2026
Meeting Room 1.40
08:00 - 12:00
Moderators: Susanne Rauh & Rupsa Bhattacharjee
CME/CE Credit Available
The course will provide an overview of the history, current practice, and future directions in MSK MRI, with a mixture of presenters from the clinical and technical side.
Skill Level: Basic,Intermediate

08:00 History: How MRI Became a Dominant Modality in MSK
Siegfried Trattnig
Christian Doppler Laboratory for MR Imaging Biomarkers, Vienna, Austria
08:25 History: How Quantitative MRI Evolved
Bruce Damon
Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute, Urbana, United States of America
08:50   Present: MSK Radiology in South Africa
Jennifer Hauptfleisch
09:15   Present: MRI of Biomechanics of Muscle
David Reiter
Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America
09:40 - 09:55 — Break & Meet the Teachers
09:55   Present: State of the Art with UTE
Florian Wiesinger
GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany
10:20 Present: MSK MRI in Elite Athletes
Speaker TBA
10:45   Future: AI in MSK: How Do We Accelerate Our Protocols?
Alexander Merkle
University of Colorado, Aurora, United States of America
11:10 Future: Role of MSK MR in Population Health
Per Widholm
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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