CEST conference 2024 - September 16-20, 2024

A Five-Day ISMRM endorsed meeting on CEST MRI

The goal of the CEST Conference 2024 is to provide a forum for all scientists and clinicians interested in the physics,chemistry, mathematics, engineering and (clinical) application of Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging. General info on our website www.cestworkshop.org.

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UPDATES

THE VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

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Hybrid meeting format

Video Recordings

The video recordings of all sessions are finally online. Please find them here.

Online Discussions

For each contribution, we created a post in the Discussions section, where questions and comments can be posted by virtual and in-person attendees before, during and after the meeting. Please add information about your project and/or yourself in the corresponding discussion posts.

Abstracts

All abstracts all available in pdf-format the abstract section in this repository.

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Venue (UPDATED)

• Monday (16.09.): Findelgasse 7-9, 90403 Nürnberg
• Tue-Fri (17.-20.09): Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg

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Scientific Program

The scientific program in pdf-format is available on our website. In addition, you can find the short program below:

time (CET)	duration	topic	hybrid?
16.09.
15:00	90	Registration & Badge Pick-Up	no
16:30	90	Educational Session: The Basics of CEST MRI	yes
18:00	120	Opening Reception	eventually
17.09.
09:00	15	Welcome Remarks	yes
09:15	75	Oral Session: CEST well-prepared	yes
10:30	30	Coffee Break	-
11:00	30	Keynote: Tumor pH CEST (Dario Longo)	yes
11:30	30	Power Pitch Session I	yes
12:00	30	Keynote: How can we determine that CrCEST is a slow-exchanging process in vivo? (Jiadi Xu)	yes
12:30	60	Lunch Break	-
13:30	90	Oral Session: Novel Readouts	yes
15:00	30	Power Pitch Session II	yes
15:30	30	Coffee Break	-
16:00	30	Keynote: Clinical Applications of CEST MRI (Daniel Paech)	yes
16:30	75	Oral Session: CEST in Oncology	yes
17:45	45	Discussion Round: "I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy editor - Tales and Tips from the other side of the review process."	yes
18.09.
09:00	30	Keynote: CEST in Neurology (Robert Bartha)	yes
09:30	60	Oral Session: Neuro-CEST	yes
10:30	30	Coffee Break	-
11:00	30	Power Pitch Session III	yes
11:30	90	Oral Session: Contrast Mechanisms	yes
13:00	150	Lunch Break / Transfer to Poster Session	-
15:30	30	Poster Session I (Groups A+B)	no
16:00	15	Coffee Break	-
16:15	30	Poster Session II (Groups C+D)	no
16:45	15	Coffee Break	-
17:00	30	Poster Session III (Groups A+C)	no
17:30	15	Coffee Break	-
17:45	30	Poster Session IV (Groups B+D)	no
18:15	60	Free Open Museum Visit	no
19:15	15	Transfer to Dinner Location	no
19:30	120	Group Dinner	no
19.09.
09:00	30	Keynote: Dynamic Glucose Enhanced (DGE) MRI in brain tumors (Linda Knutsson)	yes
09:30	75	Oral Session: Extra/Sweet CEST Agents	yes
10:45	15	Coffee Break	-
11:00	60	Oral Session: CEST Standardization	yes
12:00	90	Lunch Break	-
13:30	30	Keynote: Cardio CEST (Moriel Vandsburger)	yes
14:00	60	Oral Session: CEST in the Body	yes
15:00	30	Keynote: CEST in the body imaging and oncology (Elena Vinogradov)	yes
15:30	30	Coffee Break	-
16:00	30	Keynote: APT MRI in the Brain (Shanshan Jiang)	yes
16:30	90	Vendor Session: Talks from our Sponsors	yes
18:00	30	Discussion Round: Millennium Problems of CEST MRI	yes
18:30	30	Transfer to Dinner Location	-
19:00	120	Group Dinner	no
20.09.
09:00	30	Keynote: CEST MR Fingerprinting (Or Perlmann)	yes
09:30	60	Oral Session: Intelligent CEST MRI	yes
10:30	15	Coffee Break	-
11:00	30	Keynote: Next Generation CEST MRI (Moritz Zaiss)	yes
11:30	30	Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks	yes
12:00	180	Optional Get Torgether at Old Town Festival	no

Sponsoring

We are thankful for the support for the CEST conference 2024 by Siemens Healthineers, Olea Medical, Philips Healthcare, Bruker, GE Healthcare and Resonance Research Inc. You can find descriptions of their products and relevant links on our website.