Frederick H. Epstein, PhD

Professor
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Frederick H. Epstein, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia. Professor Epstein is recognized for research contributions to the field of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), including for the development of highly accurate strain CMR methods and for using CMR to discover fundamental biological mechanisms underlying heart disease. He is a fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the American Heart Assocation.

Presentation(s):

• Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: Clinical Significance of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Quantity (Volume) and Quality (T1)

  Thursday, February 5, 2026
  10:50 AM - 10:57 AM  

• CMR Radiomics and AI-ECG Predict Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Ischemic Heart Disease

  Thursday, February 5, 2026
  4:13 PM - 4:20 PM  

• Innovations Track Session 4: Innovations in AI to Automate CMR

  Thursday, February 5, 2026
  4:40 PM - 5:40 PM  

• Semaglutide Reverses CMR Features of Obesity-Induced Metabolic Heart Disease Independent of Reduced Food Intake in Mice

  Friday, February 6, 2026
  8:00 AM - 8:10 AM  

• Generative Models to Synthesize High-quality Displacement and Strain from Routine Cine Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images

  Friday, February 6, 2026
  4:20 PM - 4:27 PM  

• Review of AI for CMR in 2024: AI methods, CMR applications, and clinical translational outlook

  Friday, February 6, 2026
  3:45 PM - 3:52 PM  

• Evaluation of AI-based GenStrain in Acute Myocardial Infarction

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  8:30 AM - 8:40 AM  

• Epicardial Adipose Tissue Composition is More Strongly Associated than Quantity with the diagnosis of HFpEF and HFpEF-related Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  10:22 AM - 10:29 AM  

• Evaluation of inline strain CMR: initial results using fully-automated DENSE and StrainNET analysis of cine images

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  10:29 AM - 10:36 AM  

• Comparison of Strain using Feature Tracking CMR and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Against a Reference Standard of cine DENSE in Breast Cancer Patients Exposed to Cardiotoxic Therapy.

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  10:29 AM - 10:36 AM  

• Industry Pathway: How CMR is Driving Innovation

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  11:55 AM - 12:10 PM  

• Correlation of Quantitative Stress Myocardial Blood Flow and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Characterization with Quality of life in Women with Angina and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

  Saturday, February 7, 2026
  11:40 AM - 11:50 AM