Co-organized biennially by Dr. Thomas Kahn of the University of Leipzig, Dr. Jonathan S. Lewin of Emory University, and Dr. Clare Tempany of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the Interventional MRI (iMRI) Symposium has brought together experts since 1994 to discuss the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for planning, guiding, and monitoring interventions and surgeries.

The 15th installment of this symposium will be held at The Liberty Hotel in Boston, MA, and will bring together participants who are actively advancing the field of interventional MRI. The meeting offers the interventional MRI community an opportunity to engage with opinion leaders and innovators, reconnect with colleagues, and build new collaborations that will help expand the field. The iMRI Symposium serves as an ideal platform for researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals, and students to present their latest findings. Sessions covering both technical and clinical topics feature lectures by invited speakers as well as scientific presentations.

Research Areas

  • MRI-Guided Biopsy and Ablation
  • Interventional MRI Hardware and Devices
  • Software for MRI-Guided Procedures
  • Real-Time Imaging Techniques
  • MR Thermometry and Temperature Monitoring
  • AI Applications in Interventional MRI
  • Clinical Applications and Case Studies

Meeting Chairs

  • Thomas Kahn, MD, Professor of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  • Jonathan Lewin, MD, FACR, Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery, Emory School of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Clare Tempany, MD, Ferenc Jolesz MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Center Director, National Center for Advanced Technologies Image Guided Therapy, Vice-Chair of Radiology Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Local Organizing Committee

  • Junichi Tokuda, PhD (Chair), Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Clare Tempany, MD, Ferenc Jolesz MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Center Director, National Center for Advanced Technologies Image Guided Therapy, Vice-Chair of Radiology Research, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Mariana Bernardes, PhD, Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Pedro Moreira, PhD, Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Organizing Committee

  • Clifford R. Weiss, MD,Professor of Radiology, Radiological Science and Biomedical Engineering, Division of Interventional Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Dara Kraitchman, VMD, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Radiological Science and Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Division of MR Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Jan Fritz, MD, Professor of Radiology, Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
  • Frank Wacker, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, Imaging Unit, Clinical Research Center Hannover, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
  • David A. Woodrum, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
  • Georg Rose, PhD, Professor of Medical Engineering, Chair of Medical Imaging, Director of the Research Campus STIMULATE, Otto-Von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany

Faculty

  • TBD

Hosting Institution

The 15th Interventional MRI Symposium is hotested by the NIH-funded National Center for Image Guided Therapy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Teaching Affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Past Symposia

The Interventional MRI Symposium has a rich history of bringing together the interventional MRI community:

  • 14th Symposium (2024): Annapolis, Maryland, USA
  • 13th Symposium (2022): Leipzig, Germany
  • 12th Symposium (2018): Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • 11th Symposium (2016): Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • 10th Symposium (2014): Leipzig, Germany

Contact

For any inquiries about the symposium, please contact us at info@imri2026.org.