| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Registration, Tea & Coffee |
| 10:00-10:15 | Introduction |
| 10:15-12:00 | Proffered Talks Part 1: ·David Porter, University of Glasgow ·Minghao Zhang, University of Cambridge ·Markus May, Erwin L. Hahn Institute ·James Kent, University of Oxford ·Thomas Roos, UMC Utrecht ·Christoph Aigner, PTB ·Chris Rodgers, University of Cambridge |
| 12:00-12:30 | Talk from Sponsor: Siemens Healthineers (Iulius Dragonu, Sarah McElroy, & Jürgen Herrler) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:30 | Proffered Talks Part 2: ·Chris Boesch, University of Bern (Virtual) ·Belinda Ding, Siemens Healthineers ·Maxim Terekhov, University Hospital Würzburg ·Jörg Felder, Forschungszentrum Jülich ·Aaron Hess, University of Oxford ·Richard Bowtell, University of Nottingham |
| 15:30-16:00 | Tea & Coffee Sponsored by MR CoilTech, Ltd |
| 16:00-17:00 | Keynote Speaker: Franz Schmitt, “Developing the Siemens TX Array and What Came of It” |
| 18:00-LATE | Social Dinner & Ceilidh, Sloan’s (Glasgow City Centre) |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Tea & Coffee |
| 10:00-11:45 | RF Pulse Design & pTx Sequences: ·Emre Kopanoglu, Cardiff University, “Designing Parallel Transmit Pulses for Ultrahigh-field MRI: Considerations around Excitation Homogeneity, Safety, and Computation Time” ·Tony Stoecker, DZNE Bonn,”Universal Pulses for Structural and Quantitative MRI” ·Caroline Le Ster, CEA NeuroSpin Paris, “Towards fMRI at 11.7T” ·Adam Berrington, University of Nottingham, “Regional MR spectroscopy Using a Calibration-Free Approach” ·David Leitão, King’s College London, “pTx Pulse Design When it’s Not Just Water” |
| 11:45-12:00 | Talk from Sponsor: Skope Magnetic Resonance Technologies (Vencel Somai) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:30 | 7T User Needs for pTx: ·Thomas Cope, University of Cambridge, “pTx 7T for Epilepsy - What Neurologists and Neuroradiologists Need” ·David Carmichael, King’s College London, “Thoughts on the Current Status and Next Steps for PTx Applications in Clinical Neuroscience and Paediatrics” ·Yulia Lazarova, University of Glasgow, “Current Challenges in High-Resolution Cognitive Neuroimaging: Potential Applications for pTx” ·Natasha Fullerton, University of Glasgow, “Clinical 7T Neuroimaging Applications for pTx” |
| 14:30-15:00 | Tea & Coffee Sponsored by MR CoilTech, Ltd |
| 15:00-16:30 | pTx Safety: ·Ozlem Ipek, King’s College London, “Safe Imaging Methods with In-House Built Parallel Transmit RF Coil Arrays” ·John Evans, Cardiff University, “The High-Field Implant Problem” ·Paul McElhinney, University of Glasgow/MR CoilTech, Ltd “pTx Coil Simulations and VOPs” ·Sarah Allwood-Spiers, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, “7T MRI Coil Safety Validation and Approval for pTx Coils” |
| 16:30-17:00 | Final Wrap-up & Adjourn |