Physician's Preconference Session 1: Physics of MRI and Cardiac Function

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Location: Asia II & III and Halls 2-5 (3rd Floor)

Moderator(s)

Stefan Piechnik, PhD, FSCMR

Professor of Biomedical Imaging
Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Research
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Michael Salerno, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
UCSF
Belmont, California, United States

9:00 AM - 9:04 AM

Introduction of the Day
Speaker: Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD – Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Speaker: Amit R. Patel, MD, FSCMR – Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
9:04 AM - 9:19 AM

Spins and Hardware/safety
Speaker: Michael Salerno, MD, PhD – UCSF
9:19 AM - 9:34 AM

Acquisition Basic Pulse Sequences for MR Images (Core Sequences)
Speaker: John T. Echols, PhD – University of Virginia
9:34 AM - 9:49 AM

Reconstruction (Fast Imaging: Parallel Imaging, Acceleration)
Speaker: Orlando P. Simonetti, PhD, FSCMR – The Ohio State University
9:49 AM - 10:04 AM

Cine Imaging Acquisition and Recognizing Artifacts/Sequences
Speaker: Juliet Varghese, PhD – The Ohio State University
10:04 AM - 10:16 AM

Cine MRI: Assessment of LV Function/Strain
Speaker: Jonathan A. Pan, MD, MSc, MBA – University of Virginia Health System
10:16 AM - 10:28 AM

RV Function
Speaker: Ellen Ostenfeld, MD, PhD – Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
10:28 AM - 10:40 AM

Atrial and Diastolic Function
Speaker: Mariana Garcia, MD, MSc – Emory University
10:40 AM - 10:45 AM

Case Presentation: Amazing Artifacts
Moderator: Michael Salerno, MD, PhD – UCSF