Workshop on Applications of Human Ultra-High Field MRI, May 2010

The workshop on applications of MRI at ultra-high magnetic fields described below was succesfully held. We thank the 85 attendants for an excellent and lively meeting. The speakers in particular gave remarkable presentations on this field in rapid development. Follow link for a brief review.

In spring 2010 many MR scientists and clinicians will be in Stockholm for the ISMRM/ESMRMB meeting taking place May 1^st-7^th. While being in Scandinavia, we encourage those with special interest in ultra-high field MRI studies to take the opportunity to stop in Copenhagen on the way home for a 1½ day symposium. The focus will be on scientific and clinical applications of MR in humans at magnetic fields of 7 tesla and above (download flyer).

The meeting in Stockholm ends at noon May 7^th and the meeting in Copenhagen starts the following day, also at noon. This gives you the possibility to enjoy the Scandinavian atmosphere in Stockholm and/or Copenhagen between the two meetings. The Stockholm-Copenhagen flight takes one hour only. There are several departures every day.

May 8th, 12 noon - 1pm: Registration and lunch (remember to sign up).
May 8th, 1pm - 5pm: Scientific sessions, followed by conference dinner in the evening.
May 9th, 9am -3pm: Scientific sessions (lunch from 12.30 to 1.30)

Further updates will be published on this page: http://www.drcmr.dk/UHF2010. Questions are addressed by the conference secretary Dorte Frejwald.

Program
We are proud to present some of the most outstanding experts in the field of ultra-high field imaging applications. Preliminary list of confirmed speakers and session overview:

Saturday, early afternoon session:

Siegfried Trattnig, Medical University of Vienna, Austria: High resolution morphological, compositional and metabolic imaging in the musculoskeletal system by ultra-high field

Mark Ladd, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Advances in Ultra-High Field Body Imaging
Sarah J. Nelson, University of California, San Francisco, USA: Clinical applications at ultra-high field.

Saturday, late afternoon session:

Marta Bianciardi, NIH, USA: Spontaneous signal fluctuations in human fMRI at high magnetic fields.

Robert Turner, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany: Multimodal imaging

Sunday, early morning session:

Jeff Duyn, NIH, USA: Anatomical MRI based on magnetic susceptibility contrast.

Fernando E. Boada, University of Pittsburg, USA: Monitoring Ion Homeostasis with Sodium MRI (sMRI).

Sunday, late morning session:

Rolf Gruetter, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. In vivo metabolism studies at ultra-high field.

Oliver Speck, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany: Towards fMRI of subcortical structures at high field.

Sunday, afternoon session:

Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, USA: fMRI of the visual system at ultra-high field

Lawrence Wald, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA: Control of CBF at the laminar level.

Confirmed chairpersons:

Ewald Moser, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Stefan Posse, University of New Mexico, USA.
Peter Bandettini, NIH, Maryland, USA

Venue
The meeting is held at the remarkably pleasant Helene Elsass Centre situated beautifully just north of the Danish Capital Copenhagen (map). Connections from central Copenhagen to Ordrup station are good (trains every 10 minutes, duration 20 minutes, 5 minutes walk to the venue).

See "Accommodation" below for travel from airport to recommended hotel close to venue.

Meals
The sponsored conference dinner on Saturday and the lunches on Saturday and Sunday are included in the registration fee. Please indicate at registration whether you plan to attend. Please send a mail in advance if you have special dietary requests.

Accommodation
The attendants are asked to arrange and pay for accommodation themselves (except for invited speakers and chairmen). Accommodation and transport expenses are not included in the attendance fee. The Hellerup Park Hotel is recommended. Rooms are offerered ranging from approximately $200 to $280 per night. Please book before March 1st, if possible via mail to . Please specify reference number 63245 when booking.

The easiest travel from the Airport to Hellerup Park Hotel is via train to Hellerup station (30 minutes, leaving every 10 minutes), and via taxi from there (app. 8 EUR).

The Wonderful Copenhagen Agency can provide further options and advice regarding booking and stay.

Currency
The currency in Denmark is "kroner", DKK (approximately 1/7.5 EUR or 1/5 USD). Visa and MasterCards are widely accepted, also in most taxis.

Sponsors
Due to the generosity of the sponsors, the registration fee is kept modest:

GE Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Siemens Healthcare
Ludvig and Sara Elsass Foundation

Registration
Registration is performed by filling in the form below, and by paying the attendance fee in full via PayPal. Registration is only considered complete when payment is received. The deadline is April 15th (noon, central European time). Questions are addressed by the conference secretary Dorte Frejwald.

Attendance fee and payment
The attendance fee is EUR 150. Credit card payments and bank transfers can be performed via PayPal, which is the only supported payment option. Payment charges are included in the attendance fee, so please assign these to "seller" in the registration process (there is no refund, if you choose not to).

The mentioned meals are included in the conference fee. Guests and spouses are welcome at the conference dinner (DKR 500 per extra person paid on site).

Cancellation and refund policy
The paid amount is refunded in total, if written cancellation is received within two weeks after registration. Fifty percent of the registration fee is returned if cancellation is received before the registration deadline. After that, no refund is provided.

Local organising committee

Lars G. Hanson (program chair), Danish Research Centre for MR and DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Olaf B. Paulson (chairman), Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hartwig R. Siebner, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Freddy Ståhlberg, Lund University, Sweden.
Carsten Thomsen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Leif Østergaard, Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Århus, Denmark.
Per Åkeson, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Practical issues and registration: Form is no longer available

The workshop on applications of MRI at ultra-high magnetic fields described below was succesfully held. We thank the 85 attendants for an excellent and lively meeting. The speakers in particular gave remarkable presentations on this field in rapid development. Follow link for a brief review.

May 8th, 12 noon - 1pm: Registration and lunch (remember to sign up).
May 8th, 1pm - 5pm: Scientific sessions, followed by conference dinner in the evening.
May 9th, 9am -3pm: Scientific sessions (lunch from 12.30 to 1.30)

Further updates will be published on this page: http://www.drcmr.dk/UHF2010. Questions are addressed by the conference secretary Dorte Frejwald.

Program
We are proud to present some of the most outstanding experts in the field of ultra-high field imaging applications. Preliminary list of confirmed speakers and session overview:

Saturday, early afternoon session:

Siegfried Trattnig, Medical University of Vienna, Austria: High resolution morphological, compositional and metabolic imaging in the musculoskeletal system by ultra-high field

Mark Ladd, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Advances in Ultra-High Field Body Imaging
Sarah J. Nelson, University of California, San Francisco, USA: Clinical applications at ultra-high field.

Saturday, late afternoon session:

Marta Bianciardi, NIH, USA: Spontaneous signal fluctuations in human fMRI at high magnetic fields.

Robert Turner, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany: Multimodal imaging

Sunday, early morning session:

Jeff Duyn, NIH, USA: Anatomical MRI based on magnetic susceptibility contrast.

Fernando E. Boada, University of Pittsburg, USA: Monitoring Ion Homeostasis with Sodium MRI (sMRI).

Sunday, late morning session:

Rolf Gruetter, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. In vivo metabolism studies at ultra-high field.

Oliver Speck, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany: Towards fMRI of subcortical structures at high field.

Sunday, afternoon session:

Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota, USA: fMRI of the visual system at ultra-high field

Lawrence Wald, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA: Control of CBF at the laminar level.

Confirmed chairpersons:

Ewald Moser, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Stefan Posse, University of New Mexico, USA.
Peter Bandettini, NIH, Maryland, USA

See "Accommodation" below for travel from airport to recommended hotel close to venue.

The easiest travel from the Airport to Hellerup Park Hotel is via train to Hellerup station (30 minutes, leaving every 10 minutes), and via taxi from there (app. 8 EUR).

The Wonderful Copenhagen Agency can provide further options and advice regarding booking and stay.

Currency
The currency in Denmark is "kroner", DKK (approximately 1/7.5 EUR or 1/5 USD). Visa and MasterCards are widely accepted, also in most taxis.

Sponsors
Due to the generosity of the sponsors, the registration fee is kept modest:

GE Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Siemens Healthcare
Ludvig and Sara Elsass Foundation

The mentioned meals are included in the conference fee. Guests and spouses are welcome at the conference dinner (DKR 500 per extra person paid on site).

Local organising committee

Lars G. Hanson (program chair), Danish Research Centre for MR and DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Olaf B. Paulson (chairman), Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hartwig R. Siebner, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Freddy Ståhlberg, Lund University, Sweden.
Carsten Thomsen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Leif Østergaard, Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Århus, Denmark.
Per Åkeson, Danish Research Centre for MR, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Practical issues and registration: Form is no longer available

Recent Publications

Beha GH, Stemmerik MG, Boer VO, van der Ploeg AT, van der Beek NAME, Andersen H, Marsman A, Jacobsen LN, Theunissen MTM, Petersen ET, Vissing J. 2025. Quantification of muscle glycogen distribution in Pompe disease using 7 Tesla 13C NMR spectroscopy. JNNP. Accepted.

Güler S, Zivkovic I, Boer VO, Zhurbenko V, Petersen ET. 2025. The mode of operation of high-impedance coils and shielded coaxial cable coils: A comparative study. NMR Biomed. 38(8): e70071. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.70071

London A, Schaufuss A, Povazan M, Dichman M-L, Merhout J, Dirksen C, Madsbad S, Siebner HR, Lundsgaard A, Fritzen AM, Kiens B, Bojsen-Møller KN. 2025. Effects of acute iso- and hypocaloric carbohydrate restriction on liver fat and glucose and lipid metabolism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. dgaf382, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaf382

Güler S, Povazan M, Zhurbenko V, Zivkovic I. 2025. An 8Tx/32Rx head-neck coil at 7T by combining 2Tx/32Rx Noval coil with 6TRx shielded coaxial cable elements. Magn Reson Med. 93(2): 864-872. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30297

Madelung CF, Løkkegaard A, Fuglsang SA, Marques MM, Boer VO, Madsen KH, Hejl A-M, Meder D, Siebner HR. 2025. High-resolution mapping of substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease using 7 tesla magnetic resonance imaging. Npj Parkinsons Dis. 11(113). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-025-00972-7

London A, Richter MM, Sjøberg KA, Wewer Albrechtsen NJ, Povazan M, Drici L, Schaufuss A, Madsen L, Øyen J, Madsbad S, Juul Holst J, van Hall G, Siebner HR, Richter EA, Kiens B, Lundsgaard A, Bojsen-Møller KN. 2024. The impact of short-term eucaloric low- and high-carbohydrate diets on liver triacylglycersol content in males with overweight and obesity: a randomized crossover study. Am J Clin Nutrition. 120(2): 283-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.06.006

Madsen MAJ, Povazan M, Wiggermann V, Lundell H, Blinkenberg M, Romme Christensen J, Sellebjerg F, Siebner HR. 2024. Association of cortical lesions with regional glutamate, GABA, N-Acetylaspartate, and Myoinositol levels in patients with multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 103(1): e209543. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209543

Stærkind H, Jensen K, Müller JH, Boer VO, Polzik ES, Petersen ET. 2024. High-field optical cesium magnetometer for magnetic resonance imaging. PRX Quantum. 5(2): 020320. https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.5.020320

Stærkind H, Jensen K, Müller JH, Boer VO, Petersen ET, Polzik ES. 2023. Precision measurement of the excited state Landé g-factor and diamagnetic shift of the Cesium D2 line. Phys Rev X. 13(2): 021036. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.021036

Boer VO, Pedersen JO, Arango N, Kuang I, Stockmann J, Petersen ET. 2022. Improving brain B0 shimming using an easy and accessible multi-coil shim array at ultra-high field. MAGMA. 35(6): 943-951. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-022-01014-6

Andersen M, Laustsen M, Boer V. Accuracy investigations for volumetric head-motion navigators with and without EPI at 7 T. 2022. Magn Reson Med. 88(3): 1198-1211. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29296

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Marques MFM, Lundell H, Cerri S, Puonti O, Blinkenberg M, Romme Christensen J, Sellebjerg F, Siebner HR. 2022. Linking lesions in sensorimotor cortex to contralateral hand function in multiple sclerosis: a 7 T MRI study. Brain. 145(10): 3522-3535. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac203

Sandström KO, Baltzersen OB, Marsman A, Lemvigh CK, Boer VO, Bojesen KB, Nielsen MØ, Lundell H, Sulaiman DK, Sørensen ME, Fagerlund B, Lahti AC, Syeda WT, Pantelis C, Petersen ET, Glenthøj BY, Siebner HR, Ebdrup BH. 2022. Add-on memantine to dopamine antagonism to improve negative symptoms at first psychosis – the AMEND trial protocol. Front Psychiatry. 13: 889572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.889572

Madelung CF, Meder D, Fuglsang SA, Marques MM, Boer VO, Madsen KH, Petersen ET, Hejl A-M, Løkkegaard A, Siebner HR. 2022. Locus coeruleus shows a spatial pattern of structural disintegration in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disord. 37(3): 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.28945

Selected Recent Conference Abstracts

Engel K, Wiggermann V, Ronen I, Lundell H. Correction of phase fluctuations in diffusion-weighted MRS at high b-values with external phantom reference. ISMRM annual meeting. 05/2025,

Madsen MAJ, Christiansen L, Povazan M, Wiggermann V, Siebner HR. Regional glutamate but not GABA concentration scales with TMS-based measures of cortical excitability – a combined 7T MR spectroscopy and TMS study of the human primary motor hand area. Brain Stimulation, Kyoto, Japan, 02/2025 [Brain Stimulation 18(1) 576, 2025]

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Lundell H, Christiansen L, Romme Christensen J, Blinkenberg M, Sellebjerg F, Siebner HR. The impact of pathway-specific cortical and white matter pathology on trans-callosal conduction and inhibition in multiple sclerosis, ECTRIMS, Copemhagen, Denmark, 09/2024

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Christiansen L, Povazan M, Lundell H, Puonti O, Romme Christensen J, Sellebjerg F, Siebner HR. The ipsilateral silent period and its link to cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis, Brain Stimulation, Lisbon, Portugal, 02/2023, [Brain Stimulation 14(6) 1628, 2023]

Stemmerik M, Beha G, Boer V, Marsman A, Jacobsen L, Petersen E, Vissing J. 2022. Using high-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure muscle glycogen in patients with McArdle disease. Neuromuscular Disorders. 32. S73-S74.

Beha G, Stemmerik M, Boer V, Marsman A, Jacobsen L, Petersen E, Vissing J. 2022. Quantification of glycogen distribution in late-onset Pompe patients using 7 Tesla C13 NMR spectroscopy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 32. S73.

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Povazan M, Lundell H, Boer VO, Marsman A, Blinkenberg MB, Romme Christensen J, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR. 2022. Linking cortical demyelination to changes in brain metabolism in multiple sclerosis: a 7T MR spectroscopy study. ECTRIMS annual (virtual) meeting.

Güler S, Costa G, Boer V, Paulides M, Baltus P, Petersen E, Zivkovic I. 2022. Shielded coaxial cable coils: the array configuration for maximized central SNR at 7T MRI. Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, 31^st annual ISMRM meeting.

Güler S, Zhurbenko V, Zivkovic I, Boer V, Petersen ET. 2022. Second resonance mode ensure intrinsic low coupling between elements on shielded-coaxial-cable coil designs. Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, 31^st annual ISMRM meeting.