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2nd Quantitative Cardiovascular Imaging Meeting:
Coronary Artery Stenosis, Atherosclerosis, and Flow

About

What the 2nd QCI Meeting on 9. September 2022 is about:

Our Concept

A meeting of clinical and other scientific researchers from the field of quantitative cardiac imaging. Clinical and pioneer research perspectives will be presented side by side.

Our Topics

Coronary artery plaque and flow imaging will be covered by clinicians, scientists and technology developers.

Our Technologies

The following technologies will be discussed during the meeting: CT, MR, SPECT, PET, Echo, OCT, FFR.

2nd QCI Meeting Program

Consensus Meeting 
September 9th, 2022
9:00-9:05

Opening Lecture

 

Session 1
First Highlight Lecture

Moderator: Marc Dewey, Charité
Co-Moderator: Anja Hennemuth, Charité
Welcome – Marc Dewey, Hörsaal Innere Medizin Südflügel Lecture Hall, Sauerbruchweg 2, 10115 Berlin* 

Why do we Need Coronary Imaging?
Moderation: Marc Dewey 
9:05-9:15 Volkmar Falk
9:15-9:30 Discussion

Coronary Stenosis – Ruling out Coronary Obstructions

From PROMISE over SCOT-HEART
to DISCHARGE – Moderation: Marc Dewey
09:30-09:40 Udo Hoffmann
09:40-09:50 Discussion

CT Coronary Artery
Stenosis Imaging

MR Coronary Artery 
Stenosis Imaging

 

Coffee Break

Session 2
Second Highlight Lecture

CT Coronary Artery
Plaque Imaging- CACS

CT Coronary Artery
Plaque Imaging- Non-
calcified plaques

MRI Coronary Artery
Plaque Imaging

MRI Coronary Artery

Plaque Imaging

MRI Coronary Artery Plaque Imaging

Delphi Voting
















Lunch Break
Three AI Keynote Lectures
Coffee Break

Session 3
Third Highlight Lecture
16:20 -16:30

16:30 -16:50

Snacks and Coffee to go

Clinical Imaging Perspective
9:50-9:54
Coronary stenosis imaging with CT
Hatem Alkadhi
10:00-10:04
Clinical coronary artery stenosis 
Reza Hajhosseiny
10:10 -10:20 Joint discussion
10:20 -10:40 

Coronary Plaques – Characterizing and
quantifying Coronary Atherosclerosis Coronary plaque Imaging 
Moderation: Marc Dewey

10:40-10:50 David Newby
10:50-11:00 Discussion

Clinical Imaging Perspective
11:00-11:04
Calcium score for prediction of clinical events – insights from SCAPIS
Ola Hjelmgren
11:10-11:14
Clinical identification of vulnerable plaque
Pál Maurovich-Horvat
11:20-11:24
Clinical identification of vulnerable 
Robert Manka
11:30-11:34
Clinical identification of inflammatory plaque
Marc R. Dweck
11:40-11:44
Clinical role in coronary artery plaque imaging
Ulf Landmesser 
11:50-11:54
Clinical role of perivascular inflammation markers
Armin Arbab-Zadeh
12:00-12:30 Joint discussion
12:30-13:00 Second Delphi Voting on Coronary Stenosis and Plaque for the 2nd QCI Technical and Clinical Consensus Statement, Moderation: Aldo Vázquez and Federico Biavati

13:00-14:00
Which Benefits Could AI Offer for Coronary Imaging?
14:00-14:10 Ivana Isgum
How to Avoid Biases in AI for Medical Imaging?
14:10-14:20 Daniel Rueckert
Why is Generalizability of AI for Cardiac Imaging Important?
14:20-14:30 Julia Schnabel
14:30-14:40 Joint discussion moderated by all three speakers
14:40-14:50
Coronary Flow – Understanding the Functional Implications
Coronary Flow Imaging
Moderation: Anja Hennemuth
14:50-15:00
15:00-15:10 Discussion

Clinical Imaging Perspective
15:10-15:14
Clinical role of coronary flow imaging
Aldo Vázquez
15:20-15:24
Implementing computed tomography fractional flow reserve into clinical practice
Jonathan Weir McCall
15:30-15:34
Clinical use of 4D coronary flow MRI
Matthias Stuber
15:40-15:44
Stress echocardiography for coronary flow reserve
Roxy Senior
15:50-15:54
Clinical relevance of coronary FFR
Jan Piek
16:00-16:20 Joint discussion
Definition of Possible Topics for the Coronary Flow Delphi Consensus in the Upcoming 3rd QCI Consensus Statement, Moderation: Marc Dewey

Second Voting Results on Coronary Stenosis and Atherosclerosis and Preparation of Third Voting, Moderation: Aldo Vázquez and Federico Biavati
Farewell Marc Dewey
17:00 -17:20

Frontier Research Perspective
09:55-09:59
Improving the efficiency of coronary CT for stenosis imaging
Damini Dey
10:05-10:09
Advanced coronary artery stenosis imaging and
future technical directions
Matthias Stuber (TBC)

 








Frontier Research Perspective
11:05-11:09
Automated coronary artery calcium scoring – insights from DISCHARGE
Bernhard Föllmer
11:15-11:19
Deep learning for high risk plaque features
Michelle Williams
11:25-11:29
3D imaging for coronary plaque
Sebastian Kozerke
11:35-11:39
Inflammation detection in coronary plaque
Thomas Derlin
11:45-11:49
What have we learned from optical coherence tomography?Giulio Guagliumi
11:55-11:59
Pericoronary fat attenuation index (FAI)
Keith Channon
Moderation: Anja Hennemuth


Frontier Research Perspective
15:15-15:19
The use of machine learning in FFR
Aadrian Coenen
15:25-15:29
Overcoming technical barriers to clinical implementation
Steffen Lukas
15:35-15:39
Technical improvements of 4D flow MRI:
Anja Hennemuth
15:35-15:49
Advancements to measure coronary flow reserve using ultrasound
Mengxing Tang
15:55-15:59
The advantages and disadvantages of FFR –
Tim van de Hoef

Registration

To register in order to attend the meeting, please send an email to qci-meeting@charite.de.

There is a fee to attend the meeting: €30 for students, €60 for residents and €90 for postgraduates.

The fee will be refunded to participants after attending the meeting.

Location & Contact

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Institut für Radiologie, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin

Lecture Hall: Hörsaal Innere Medizin Südflügel - Sauerbruchweg 2

Speakers

We are grateful to have some of the most influential and talented scientists in the field of quantitative cardiac imaging join us for our meetingsSpeakers of our 1. QCI meeting included:

Join us!

2nd QCI Meeting, 9. September 2022. Clinical vs. Pioneer Researchers on Quantitative Cardiac Imaging. At Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

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