This year’s meeting will host a Clinical Unmet Needs challenge. Already in Stage 1, we have collected a delightful menu of five unmet needs in MRI from clinicians all over the Benelux: See The Challenging Menu below!
Now, we are looking for groups and individuals that are willing to take on one of our challenges. On the menu are MRI-related problems encountered in daily clinical practice.
If you engage, you are free to choose your own approach and solution. This may include post-processing steps, novel aquicistion techniques or applications, a conceptual roadmap outlining future steps to solve the challenge, or something else. We invite pariticipants to be creative. All types of contributions are welcome.
The three most promising solutions will be selected for presentation at the ISMRM Benelux Meeting including:
- A 10-minute presentation of your roadmap to a solution
- An interactive panel discussion with clinicians and technical experts
- A €750 prize for the best solution voted live by the audience during the meeting! Also the 2nd & 3rd place will get some prizes: One ISMRM Benelux 2027 entrance ticket each
Here is the timeline:
- September 2025: Send us which Challenge you want to take on
- October 2025 – January 2026: Develop a solution for your Challenge
- ISMRM Benelux Meeting in Antwerp 30 January 2026: Present your work!
You can sign up until October 15.
If you have a question about the Clinical Unmet Needs Challenge, please contact clinical-representative@ismrm-benelux.org.
| The Challenging Menu Carnivore: Enhanced 3D imaging on 1.5T MRI for smaller musculoskeletal (MSK) structures The current 3D sequences on a new 1.5T scanner show lower image quality than improved 2D sequences, as they do not yet benefit from AI-based reconstruction. This is particularly problematic in small structures such as the wrist. * Livery: Contrast-free liver MRI for hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) and adenomas (HCA) Hypervascular liver tumors are often not visible on non-contrast sequences, making rapid, contrast-free MRI protocols difficult to implement despite clinical interest and efficiency benefits. * Rootlike: Reliable co-registration of small brainstem structures Accurate normalization of structures like the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus to standard space remains challenging, yet is essential for research and clinical applications in movement disorders and deep brain stimulation. * Cancerous: Automated application of Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria in brain tumors Automating tumor response assessment using RANO remains unreliable due to scanner differences, artefacts, pseudo progression, and variation among radiologists. * Swan Lake: Automatic volumetry of vestibular schwannomas Manual segmentation is still common but time-consuming and subject to inter-rater variability. A validated and clinically usable automatic tool for reliable long-term follow-up is currently lacking. (Please ask the sommelier for our accompanying wine menu). |