Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Contrast Optimization for All Field Strengths

Contrast Optimization for All Field Strengths

Weekend Course

Contrast Mechanisms

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Meeting Room 2.40

07:45 - 11:45

Moderators: Aart van der Molen & Hanzhang Lu

Session Number: 209-01

No CME/CE Credit

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This session will explore strategies for optimizing MRI contrast across field strengths, covering fundamental relaxation-based sequences, advanced quantitative and synthetic imaging, and tailored protocols for diverse clinical and research needs. Speakers will address acquisition parameter selection, contrast enhancement, and emerging AI methods, with applications spanning neuro-oncology, neuroinflammation, infectious disease, and whole-body imaging.

Skill Level: Basic,Intermediate

07:45		209-01-001. Basic Contrast-Weighted Sequences (T1w, T2w, FLAIR) Franck Mauconduit Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
08:10		209-01-002. Basic Contrast-Weighted Sequences (T2*w, Susceptibility) Jongho Lee Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
08:35		209-01-003. Quantitative Mapping and MRF Across Field Strengths Yun Jiang Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, United States of America
09:00		209-01-004. Synthetic Contrast Imaging from Parametric Maps Siawoosh Mohammadi University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
09:25 - 09:45 — Break
09:45		209-01-005. Selecting and Optimizing Imaging of Brain Cancer Christian Federau AI Medical AG, Zollikon, Switzerland
10:10		209-01-006. Selecting and Optimizing Imaging for Infectious Diseases and Inflammation Sonal Krishan Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon, India
10:35		209-01-007. Contrast-Enhanced MRI: Timing and Relaxivity Considerations Jenny Yang The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
11:00		209-01-008. Diffusion-Weighted Imaging: Hardware and SNR Considerations Flavio Dell'Acqua King's College London, London, United Kingdom
11:25 - 11:45 — Meet the teachers