1st international Conference on Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease

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Abstracts will be selected by the Programme Committee for oral and poster presentations.

Key dates:

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 5th June 2017
Start abstract evaluation by Programme Committee: Monday 5th June 2017
Notification of selection for an oral or a poster presentation: Friday 23rd June 2017

COST Action MYO-MRI's final conference is also the first international one in the field, gathering clinical neuromuscular experts, radiologists, physicists and computer vision specialists discussing muscular magnetic resonance as a tool for diagnosing neuromuscular diseases.

Young researchers and trainees are encouraged to attend and participate by submitting abstracts (to be presented during the sessions) and posters (eligible for poster awards).

The conference programme will feature internationally-recognised speakers including Andrew Blamire, Carsten Bonnemann, Pierre Carlier, Bruce Damon, Kieren Hollingsworth, Hermien Kan, Richard Lerski, Martin Meyerspeer, George Radda, Fritz Schick, Volker Straub, Gustav Strijkers, Giorgio Tasca, Krista Vandenborne and Felix Wehrli. The event will highlight developments and advances in all aspects of muscle imaging with sessions on diagnostic muscle imaging, new imaging techniques and quantitative muscle imaging.

Registration for the Imaging Conference in Berlin (19 – 21 November 2017) will be charged on a per person basis.

Early Registration (ends 5th June 2017)

MYO-MRI participant*: €0
Non-MYO-MRI participant: €200
Industry delegate: €350

Standard registration (6th June 2017 – 1st September 2017)

MYO-MRI participant*: €0
Non-MYO-MRI participant: €250
Industry delegate: €450

The cost per person registered will cover all costs associated with the meeting including, but not limited to, the provision of conference material, room hire, coffee breaks, lunches, poster sessions, the welcome reception and dinner.

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Draft programme


Sunday 19th November 2017

12:00 – 13:00	Registration opens, poster hanging & light lunch will be available
13:00 – 14:00	Opening address
Session 1 – Diagnostic Muscle Imaging
14:00 – 14:30	Ultrasound	Carsten Bonnemann
14:30 – 15:00	Imaging-DMD	Krista Vandenborne
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00	Muscle MRI as a diagnostic tool for neuromuscular diseases – Lesson learned and future prospects	Giorgio Tasca
16:00 – 16:15	Selected from Abstracts
16:15 – 16:30	Selected from Abstracts
16:30 – 16:45	Selected from Abstracts
16:45 – 17:00	Selected from Abstracts
18:00 – 19:30	Welcome Reception

Monday 20th November 2017
09:00 – 10:00	“Muscle MRS, Metabolism and Energetics, a Window into Human Disease”	George Radda

Session 2 – New Imaging Techniques

10:00 – 10:30	DTI of Skeletal Muscle	Andrew Blamire
10:30 – 11:00	Quantitative magnetization transfer of skeletal muscle	Bruce Damon
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00	Modern MRI techniques for assessment of fibrosis	Fritz Schick
12:00 – 12:15	Selected from Abstracts
12:15 – 12:30	Selected from Abstracts
12:30 – 12:45	Selected from Abstracts
12:45 -13:00	Selected from Abstracts
13:00 – 15:00	Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

Session 3 – Quantitative Muscle Imaging

15:00 – 15:30	Quantitative NMR imaging in clinical trials	Pierre Carlier
15:30 – 16:00	Dynamic interleaved 31P and 1H MRS and MRI of exercising muscle	Martin Meyerspeer
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 17:00	Speeding up MRI acquisition in neuromuscular disease	Kieren Hollingsworth
17:00 – 17:15	Selected from Abstracts
17:15 – 17:30	Selected from Abstracts
17:30 – 17:45	Selected from Abstracts
17:45 – 18:00	Selected from Abstracts
19:30 – 22:00	Conference Dinner


Tuesday 21st November 2017

09:00 – 10:00	New MRI Methods for Evaluation of Structure and Physiology of Skeletal Tissues in Humans	Felix Wehrli

Session 4 – New Imaging Techniques II & Texture Analysis

10:00 – 10:30	MRS in neuromuscular disease	Hermien Kan
10:30 – 11:00	Multi-parametric MRI of mechanically induced muscle injury	Gustav Strijkers
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00	Texture Analysis of MRI in Muscle Disease – Current Status	Richard Lerski
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch, exhibition and posters
14:00 – 14:15	Selected from abstracts
14:15 – 14:30	Selected from abstracts
14:30 – 14:45	Selected from abstracts
14:45 – 15:00	Selected from abstracts
Closing Lecture & Poster Prize Giving – Volker Straub