Scientific Programme

as of April 2023  

Sunday November 5th

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)

13:45-15:30	Basic muscle MRI: fat fraction and T2 relaxation – Melissa Hooijmans
	Basic muscle MRI: DTI – Bruce Damon
	Basic muscle biology – Werner Stenzel
	Clinical neuromuscular basics – Andoni Urtizberea
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 (Streamed)
	All you ever wanted to know about neuromuscular disease – Q&A between MR experts and clinicians – teachers: Anna Pichiecchio & Volker Straub (Recorded)

Reconvene for keynote lecture

17:00-18:00	The past and future of MR development (in muscle imaging) – Peter Börnert
18:00-19:00	Welcome Reception (Foyer ground floor)

Monday November 6th

07:45

Conference desk opens

Session 1 – Special focus session: AI in MRI

09:00-09:30	AI in neuromuscular imaging – Fabian Balsiger
09:30-09:55	Machine learning in the analysis of FSHD data – Silvia Blemker
09:55-10:55	Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
10:55-11:25	Coffee break
11:25-12:30	Poster session
12:30-13:30	Lunch and exhibition

Session 2 – Emerging methodologies and dynamic imaging

13:30-13:55	Strain imaging and its applications – Usha Sinha
13:55-14:20	Motor unit MRI – Linda Heskamp
14:20-14:45	MR measurements to assess glycogen – Pete Thelwal
14:45-15:45	Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
15:45-16:15	Coffee break
16:15-17:15	Muscle imaging in clinical practice: pro’s and con’s John Vissing (Copenhagen); Robert Carlier (Paris); Chiara Marini-Bettolo (Newcastle); Jodi Warman-Chardon (Ottawa); Eugenio Mercuri (Rome); Jana Haberlova (Prague); Lorenzo Cavagna (Italy)
17:15-18:15	Advances in neuromuscular therapy and what to expect from future developments – Kay Davies
19:00-22:00	Conference Dinner – Restaurant Nolle

Tuesday November 7th

07:45

Conference desk opens

Session 3 – Other imaging modalities

08:30-08:55	Optoacoustic imaging of muscle – Vasilis Ntziachristos
08:55-09:20	Ultrasound of nerve and muscle – Carlo Martinoli
09:20-09:45	Advanced bioimpedance and ultrasound elastography – Damien Bachasson
09:45-10:45	Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
10:45-11:15	Coffee break
11:15-12:15	Poster session
12:15-13:30	Lunch and exhibition

Session 4 – Clinical research

13:30-13:55	Updates on imaging in LGMDs – Jordi Diaz Manera
13:55-14:20	Updates on imaging in FSHD – Nicol Voermans
14:20-14:45	Updates on imaging in Myotonic Dystrophy – Matteo Garibaldi
14:45-15:45	Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)
15:45-16:15	Prize giving and closing of conference