Program of International Sessions                            shows invited talks
I1. Diagnostic value of neurotractography,  Moderator: Akira Matsumura (Tsukuba)   
9/14Thur) 9:00~11:20 at room1 (2F Main Hall)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I11-11AM Seung-Koo Lee (Korea) Clinical Neurotractography: From Fine Art to Practice
I12-11AM Susumu Mori (USA) Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography: Usefulness for Clinical Studies
I13-11AM Kei Yamada (Japan) Multitensor tractography in depicting the pyramidal tract; Its advantage over tensor-based technique
I14-11AM Ayumi Okumura (Japan) Diffusion tensor imaging to evaluate patients in traumatic brain injury without macroscopic lesions
I15-11AM Takash Inoue (Japan) Imaging the cortico-spinal tract using PROPELLER DW imaging in patients with intracranial hemorrhage
I16-11AM Kyousuke Kamada (Japan) Combined utilization of tractography-integrated neuronavigation and direct fiber stimulation
I17-11AM Satoru Osuka (Japan) Diffusion tensor imaging to evaluate of functional recovery after the operation of hydrocephalus
I18-11AM Mika Kitajima (Japan) DTI of the cervical spinal cord at 3.0 T: Initial experience in comparison with 1.5 T
I2. Coronary artery imaging - MR vs. MDCT,  Moderator: Hajime Sakuma (Mie)
9/14Thur) 13:10~15:10 at room3 (3F Hall300)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I21-13PM Christian Stehning (Germany) Advances in coronary MRI - from vessel wall to whole heart imaging
I22-13PM Liuquan Cheng (China) Comparative Study of Coronary MRA, CTA and X-ray Angiography
I23-13PM Misako Iino (Japan) Non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease using 64-slice coronary CT angiography. 
I24-13PM Kakuya Kitagawa (USA) Functional assessment of the heart with 64-slice MDCT
I25-13PM Shigeo Okuda (Japan) Whole-heart coronary MRA using "paddle-wheel" balanced SSFP
I26-13PM Yasutaka Ichikawa (Japan) Detection of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque with Free Breathing Whole Heart Coronary MR Angiography
I3. Molecular imaging - progress and perspective,  Moderator: Toshiro Inubushi (Otsu)
9/14Thur) 15:40~17:40 at room4 (2F Hall200)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I31-14PM Chen Chang (Taiwan) Assessing Angiogenesis Using Multiparametric Functional and Molecular MR Imaging
I32-14PM Erik M Shapiro (USA) Sizing up Cellular MRI
I33-14PM Toshiro Inubushi (Japan) Tracking of Magnetically Labeled Microglia by MRI in Model Rat Brain for Alzheimer Diseases
I34-14PM Ichio Aoki (Japan) Applications of Manganese-enhanced MRI for Molecular/Cellular Imaging
I35-14PM Yuko Kawai (Japan) Gliosis Detection using Manganese-enhanced MRI
I36-14PM Fumiyuki Mitsumori (Japan) A quantification method of ferritin in the human brain
I4. Enhanced MR imaging of liver tumors,  Moderator: Manabu Minami (Tsukuba)
9/15Fri) 9:00~11:00 at room1 (2F Main Hall)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I41-21AM Jeong Min Lee (Korea) Contrast-enhanced liver MR imaging for evaluation of HCC
I42-21AM Christoph J Zech (Germany) MR imaging in patients with suspected liver metastases - value ofliver-specific contrast agents
I43-21AM Kengo Yoshimitsu (Japan) Optimization of 3D pulse sequence for the dynamic study of the whole liver
I44-21AM Masayuki Kanematsu (Japan) Gadolinium-enhanced Time-resolved 3D MRI of the Liver with Prospective Adaptive Navigator Correction
I45-21AM Masahiro Tanabe (Japan) Hepatocellular lesions with increased iron uptake at SPIO-enhanced MRI: Comparison of Five sequences
I46-21AM Tonsok Kim (Japan) SPIO-enhanced MR imaging of the liver at 3T: comparison with 1.5T
I5. Body diffusion imaging,  Moderator: Yutaka Imai (Isehara)
9/15Fri) 13:10~15:10 at room2 (1F Multi-Purpose Hall)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I51-22PM Dow-Mu Koh (UK) Body Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging: Applications and Challenges in Oncology
I52-22PM Reiji Ochiai (Japan) Comparison of body diffusion-weighted MR imaging and 18FDG-PET in the evaluation of lymphoma
I53-22PM Kenji Shimizu (Japan) Diffusion imaging with simultaneous application of three-axes diffusion-sensitizing gradients.
I54-22PM Satoshi Goshima (Japan) Evaluating Local HCC Recurrence post TACE on Diffusion-weighted MRI
I55-22PM Katsuyuki Nakanishi (Japan) Whole body MRI for detecting metastatic bone tumor.-Evaluating DWIBS-
I56-22PM Shuji Nagata (Japan) The Usefulness of the ADC for Differential Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors
I57-22PM Aine Sakurada (Japan) Selective visualization of hypokinetic small bowel loop usind low b value EPI.
I6. Quantitative MRS,  Moderator: Fumiyuki Mitsumori (Tsukuba)
9/15Fri) 13:10~15:10 at room4 (2F Hall200)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I61-24PM Daniel B Vigneron (USA) Advanced 3T MRI/MRSI and Preclinical Hyperpolarized C-13 MRSI studies of Prostate Cancer
I62-24PM Yoko Kanazawa (Japan) High Speed, Frequency Selective NMR Imaging: 19F Images of 5-FU in Mice
I63-24PM Ivan Tkac (USA) In vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy at ultra-high magnetic fields
I64-24PM Ivan Vorisek (Czech) Proton spectra in aged rats: correlation with learning abilities
I65-24PM Yasushi Shibata (Japan) Quantitative Proton-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to evaluate therapy effect for Glioma
I66-24PM Masafumi Harada (Japan) Quantitation of GABA concentration in the brain using MEGA-PRESS on 3Tesla MRI
I67-24PM Hidehiro Watanabe (Japan) Quantitation of glutamate and GABA in the human brain using a localized 2D constant time COSY
I7. Functional MRI update,  Moderator: Norihiko Fujita (Osaka)
9/15Fri) 15:40~18:00 at room3 (3F Hall300)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I71-23PM Peter G Morris (UK) Functional magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy at high and ultra-high fields
I72-23PM Xavier Golay (Singapore) Measurements of hemodynamic characteristics (BOLD, CBF and CBV) upon physiological alterations
I73-23PM Shin-ichi Urayama (Japan) Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Diffusion fMRI (DfMRI) Signal
I74-23PM Shigeyuki Kan (Japan) Simultaneous EEG recording with fMRI: an application to rapid eye movements during REM sleep
I75-23PM Masaki Yoshida (Japan) Functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging for disturbed optic radiation 
I76-23PM Epifanio Bagarinao (Japan) The Application of Consistency Maps in Real-Time Functional MRI
I77-23PM Mauro Costagli (Japan) 3D Rigid Body Motion Correction in the Fourier Domain for Whole-Brain Coverage EPI Time Series
I78-23PM R Allen Waggoner (Japan) SENSE or TSENSE, Which Makes Sense for fMRI?
I79-23PM Norihiko Fujita (Japan) The Selection of Optimal Voxel Size in Functional MRI: A Theoretical and Experimental Study
I8. New horizon in MR technology,  Moderator: Katsumi Kose (Tsukuba)
9/16Sat) 9:00~11:40 at room4 (2F Hall200)
Program No. First Author Talk Title
I81-34PM Hiroyuki Fujita (USA) New Horizons in MR Technology: From a Perspective of RF Coil Designs and Trends
I82-34PM Hubertus Fischer (Germany) Challenges and Technical Solutions of a Combined MR PET Scanner
I83-34PM Kazuhiro Ichikawa (Japan) Development of Overhauser enhanced MRI for redox imaging with sample transport technique 
I84-34PM Bilgin Keserci (Japan) Feasibility Study of Oxygen-17 water as a cerebrospinal disease diagnosis agent: Phantom Study
I85-34PM Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) Peak ratio difference in the human brain chemical shift image of hyperpolarized <SUP>129</SUP>Xe
I86-34PM Hisamoto Moriguchi (USA) A single scan two - point Dixon technique for projection reconstruction using Bunched Phase Encoding
I87-34PM Yung-Ya Lin (USA) Detection and amplification of MRI tumor contrast by nonlinear feedback fields
I88-34PM Jon Furuyama (USA) Fixed point imaging: a new contrast enhancement mechanism
I89-34PM Shinya Handa (Japan) Development of a compact MRI for measurements of trabecular architecture of the human radius
I810-34PM Sadanori Tomiha (Japan) 3D heterogeneity measurements of the calcaneus using Micro-MRI