Please note: this a draft programme and as such may be subject to change
Sunday – 7th November 2021
12:00-13:30 Conference Registration opens. Setting up of posters
13:30-13:45 Opening address
Pierre Carlier and Hermien Kan
Educational sessions (in parallel: auditorium and Bernhard von Langenbeck room)
13:45-15:30 Basic muscle MRI: The Dixon technique – TBD
Basic muscle MRI: T2 mapping – TBD
Basic muscle biology – TBD
Basic muscle pathology in NMD – TBD
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 All you ever wanted to know about MRI – Q&A between pharma and MR experts –
teachers: Andrew Blamire & Gustav Strijkers
All you ever wanted to know about neuromuscular disease – Q&A between MR experts and clinicians-
teachers: Anna Pichiecchio & Volker Straub
Reconvene for keynote lecture (auditorium)
17:00-18:00 The past and future of MR development (in muscle imaging) – Peter Börnert
18:00-19:00 Welcome Reception
Monday – 8th November 2021
07:45 Conference desk opens
Session 1 – Emerging imaging approaches
8:30 – 9:00 MR measurements to assess glycogen – Pete Thelwal
9:00 – 9:30 MR fingerprinting – Fabian Balsinger
9:30 – 10:30 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Poster session
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch and exhibition
Session 2 – Other imaging modalities
13:30 – 13:50 Optoacoustic imaging of fibrosis – Vasilis Ntziachristos
13:50 – 14:10 Utrasound of nerve and muscle – Nens van Alfen
14:10 – 14:30 Advanced bioimpedance and ultrasound elastography – Damien Bachasson
14:30 – 15:30 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Muscle imaging in clinical practice: pros and cons
John Vissing (Copenhagen); Robert Carlier (Paris); Chiara Marini Bettolo (Newcastle);
Jodi Warman-Chardon (Ottawa); Eugenio Mercuri (Rome); Jana Haberlova (Prague)
17:00 – 18:00 Advances in neuromuscular therapy and what to expect from future developments – Kay Davies
19:00 – 22:00 Conference Dinner Restaurant TBD
Tuesday – 9th November 2021
07:45 Conference desk opens
Session 3 – Dynamic imaging
8:30 – 9:00 Strain imaging and its applications – Usha Sinha
9:00 – 9:30 Motor unit MRI – Linda Heskamp
9:30 – 10:30 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Poster session
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch and exhibition
Session 4 – Imaging therapeutic approaches and ongoing clinical trials in NMD
13:30 – 14:00 MRI and ultrasound in therapy development in NMD –
Nicol Voermans
14:00 – 14:30 MRI and muscle mechanics – Silvia Blemker
14:30 – 15:00 Update on Imaging DMD – Erica Finanger
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
16:30 – 17:00 Prize giving and closing of conference
Endorsed by the International Society
