31.5.-2.6.2022: The 19th Kuopio bio-MRI workshop and post-graduate course:
Advanced MRI methods for assessment of microstructure, metabolism and function.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is still the most rapidly evolving in vivo imaging modality. This 3-day workshop/course introduced cutting-edge techniques in microstructural, metabolic and functional imaging, with each of the three days dedicated to one of these focus areas. The course was organized in hybrid format and consisted of
1. Educational lectures in the mornings (Biomedical Imaging Unit staff + invited international speakers)
2. Hands-on demonstrations in the early afternoons (BIU staff). For those not able to attend hands-on demonstrations, video material was provided with similar content.
3. Scientific sessions with talks from invited international speakers and from participants were selected based on submitted abstracts.
The free workshop/course was a part of the educational and scientific program provided by Finnish Bioimaging/EuroBioImaging infrastructure networks and had larger national and international target group.
Workshop program
9:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:45 Fundamentals of Diffusion MRI (Sune Jespersen, CFIN/MINDLab and Department of Physics, Aarhus University)
10:45-11:30 How to validate diffusion MRI (Alejandra Sierra, UEF)
11:30-12:00 Microstructural MRI – hands-on demo on sample preparation (Omar Narvaez Delgado, UEF)
12:00-12:45 Lunch break
12:45-14:30 Microstructural MRI – hands-on demo on data acquisition and analysis (Omar Narvaez Delgado, UEF, Raimo Salo UEF)
14:30-15:00 Registration and Poster setup with coffee
15:00-15:10 Opening words (Olli Gröhn, UEF)
15:10-15:55 Modeling of gray and white matter brain microstructure from diffusion MRI (Sune Jespersen, CFIN/MINDLab and Department of Physics, Aarhus University)
15:55-16:40 Three 15-minute talks selected from the submitted abstracts (Nina Hänninen, Univ. Oulu / Ali Abdollahzadeh, UEF / Mohammad Khateri, UEF)
16:40-16:55 Break
16:55-17:40 Advanced mapping of tissue microstructure through MR imaging and spectroscopy (Marco Palombo, CUBRIC, Cardiff, UK)
17:40-18:25 Quantifying White Matter Microstructure using Diffusion MRI: validation and clinical translation (Els Fieremans, Department of Radiology at NYU Langone Health, USA)
09:00-09:30 Lecture: Basics of fMRI to help to follow demos (Olli Gröhn, UEF)
09:30-12:15 Hands on demo: fMRI experiment (max. 10 participants) – or video presentation with similar content (Lenka Dvořáková, Petteri Stenroos, Jaakko Paasonen, Hanne Laakso)
12:15-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:30 Hands-on demo on data analysis (Ekaterina Paasonen, Raimo Salo)
14:30-15:00 Poster session with coffee
15:00-15:45 Apply multi-modal fMRI to study neuro-glio-vascular network function in different brain states (Xin Yu, Harvard University, USA)
15:45-16:30 Three 15-minute talks selected from the submitted abstracts (Jaakko Paasonen, UEF / Hanne Laakso, UEF / Lenka Dvořáková, UEF)
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-17:30 Functional magnetic resonance imaging using the ZTE sequence – Applications to opto- and chemogenetics (Ian Shih, University of North Carolina, USA)
17:30-18:15 In vivo direct imaging of neuronal activity at high temporo-spatial resolution: DIANA-fMRI (Jang Yeon Park, Sungkyunkwan University, South-Korea)
19:00-21:00 Social program (Dinner at Puijon Maja)
09:00-09:45 Fundamentals of PET/MRI (Kimmo Jokivarsi, UEF)
09:45-10.30 Fundamentals of hyperpolarized dDNP MRI (Mikko Kettunen, UEF)
10:30-10:35 Break
10:35-12:00 Hands-on demo on data acquisition and analysis – or video presentation with similar content (Kimmo Jokivarsi, Petteri Stenroos, UEF)
12:00-12:45 Lunch break
12:45-13:00 Sponsor presentation : MR Solutions (Fabrice Chaumard)
13:00-13:15 Sponsor presentation : Siemens Healthcare (Juha Nivala)
13:15-14:00 Simultaneous, preclinical PET/ MRI: Is it worth the investment? (Uwe Himmelreich, KU Leuven, Belgium)
14:00- 14:30 Coffee break
14:30-15:15 What can hyperpolarized 13C MRS tell us about kidney disease? (Christoffer Laustsen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark)
15:15-15:30 15-minute talk selected from the submitted abstracts (Viivi Hyppönen, UEF)
15:30-16:15 Switching electron spins ON and OFF. D-DNP using non-persistent radicals: from photo-chemistry to hyperpolarization storage (Andrea Capozzi, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland / Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
16:15 Adjournment (Olli Gröhn, UEF)
