"Emerging Concepts in Advanced Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases" Workshop at İstanbul, Turkey, October 18-20, 2015

8 September 2016

“Emerging Concepts in Advanced Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases" Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, October 18-20, 2015

Participants:

NAME	INSTITUTION	DEPARTMENT
Peter Barker	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA	Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology
Gülin Öz	University of Minnesota, USA	Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
Aziz Müfit Uluğ	Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, NY, USA	Center for Neurosciences
Chunlei Liu	Duke University, USA	Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Güven Güzeldere	Harvard University, USA	Department of Psychology
L.Tugan Müftüler	Medical College of Wisconsin	Department of Neurosurgery
Yekta Ülgen	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Cengizhan Öztürk	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Esin Öztürk Işık	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Tamer Demiralp	Istanbul University, TR	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology
Hakan Gürvit	Istanbul University, TR	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Başar Bilgiç	Istanbul University, TR	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Burak Acar	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Evren Özarslan	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Physics
Haşmet Hanağası	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Instıtute for Experimental Medicine, Department of Neuroscience
Erdem Tüzün	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Ahmet Ademoğlu	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Mehmed Özkan	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Özgür Kocatürk	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Albert Güveniş	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Hale Saybaşılı	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Ergin Atalar	Bilkent University, Ankara, TR	UMRAM
Alp Dinçer	Acıbadem University, Istanbul, TR	Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Kader Karlı Oğuz	Hacettepe University, Ankara, TR	Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Aslı Demirtaş Tatlıdede	Istanbul University	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Çukur	Bilkent University, Ankara, TR	UMRAM
Tolga Çukur	Bilkent University, Ankara, TR	UMRAM
Can Ölçek	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR	Institute of Informatics
Didem Gökçay	Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TR	Informatics Institute
Ali Bayram	Üsküdar University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
Adil Deniz Duru	Marmara University, Istanbul, TR	Sports Health Sciences
Zeynep Fırat	Yeditepe University, İstanbul, TR	Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology
Gözde Ünal	Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR	Faculty of Computer Engineering and Informatics
Mehmet Ergen	Acıbadem University, İstanbul, TR	Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology
Yasemin Keskin Ergen	Bahcesehir University, İstanbul, TR	Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology
Mehmet Aygüneş	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Faculty of Letters, Department of Linguistics
Uğur Özbek	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Experimental Medicine &Hulusi Behçet Life Sciences Research Laboratory
Muhteşem Ağıldere	Başkent University	Department of Radiology
Azim Çelik	GE
Nihal Apaydın	Ankara University	Brain Research Center
Dilek Duru	Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cumhur Taş	Üsküdar University	Department of Psychology
Barış Metin	Üsküdar University	Department of Psychology
Raşit Tükel	Istanbul University	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Andaç Hamamcı	Yeditepe University	Department of Biomedical Engineering
Bahattin Hakyemez	Uludağ University, Bursa, TR	Department of Radiology
Esin Karahan	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Elif Kurt	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Hulusi Behçet Life Sciences Research Laboratory
Çiğdem Ulaşoğlu	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Hulusi Behçet Life Sciences Research Laboratory
Uğur Halıcı	Middle-East Technical University, Ankara, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
Neslihan Şengör	Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ali Albert Salah	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Cognitive Sciences
Haluk Bingöl	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
İlke Ali Gürses	Istanbul University, Istanbul, TR	Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy
Efsun Ürger Zagra	Istanbul Cerrahi Hospital, Istanbul, TR	Department of Radiology
Cem Ersoy	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
Ufuk Çağlayan	Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
Demet Belgin Özbabalık	Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TR	Medical School, Department of Neurology
Derya Durusu Emek Savaş	Dokuz Eylül University,Izmir, TR	Department of Computer Engineering
Hasan Fahrettin Keleştemur	The Turkish Institutes of Health Sciences, President, Kayseri, TR	Faculty of Medicine
Lütfü Hanoğlu	İstanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, TR	Department of Neurology
Seda Nilgün Dumlu	İstanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, TR
Ali Demir	İstanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, TR
Kaya Oğuz	Ege University, Izmir, TR
Gökhan Savaroğlu	Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TR
Suzan Sanlısoy	Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TR

Workshop Programme:

October 18, Sunday
09:00 —10:00	Workshop Registration and Coffee
10:00 —10:30	Opening Remarks for the Workshop (Representatives of supporting universities and societies) Overview of TÜBİTAK/NIH Bilateral Projects and Objectives of the Workshop Esin Öztürk Işık - Cengizhan Öztürk - Tamer Demiralp
10:30 — 12:00	Plenary Session 1 Moderators: Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş, Hakan Gürvit Novel Imaging Protocols & Hardware - Ergin Atalar (Bilkent U, UMRAM) Imaging the Brain, Understanding the Mind: A Historical & Philosophical Perspective - Güven Güzeldere (Harvard U)
12:00—13:00 Lunch
13:00 — 14:30	Panel Session 1 - Clinical and Research Priorities on Structural and Functional Connectivity in Neurodegenerative Diseases Moderators: Chunlei Liu, Başar Bilgiç Intrinsic Connectivity Networks in Neurodegenerative Diseases - Hakan Gürvit (Istanbul U) Imaging in Neurodegenerative Diseases - Kader Karlı Oğuz (Hacettepe U, UMRAM) Computational Models of Neural Representation during Natural Behavior: A Potential Biomarker for Cognitive Deficits - Tolga Çukur (Bilkent U, UMRAM) Use of Connectivity Analysis in Disease Signature Extraction for Neurodegenerative Mental Disorders - Uğur Halıcı (METU)
14:30 — 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 —16:30	Plenary Session 2 - MR Spectroscopic Techniques in Neurodegenerative Diseases Moderators: Muhteşem Ağıldere, Esin Öztürk Işık Recent Developments in High Field MRS and Applications in Neurodegeneration and Psychiatric Diseases - Peter Barker (Johns Hopkins U) MRS Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration: Consideration for Multisite Trials - Gülin Öz (U Minnesota)
16:30 — 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 —18:30	Panel Session 2 - MR Spectroscopic Techniques in Brain Disorders Moderators: Peter Barker, Gülin Öz Fast Mutil Nuclei MR Spectroscopic Imaging of Brain Lesions - Esin Öztürk Işık (Boğaziçi U) The Reassessment of MRS as a Clinical Tool: The Impact of 32 Channel Head Coil and 3T - Alp Dinçer (Acıbadem U) 1H-MR Spectroscopy of Focal Brain Lesions - Muhteşem Ağıldere (Başkent U)
18:30 — 21:00 Welcome Dinner

October 19, Monday
09:00 — 10:30	Plenary Session 3 - Novel MR Techniques for Imaging of Neurodegenerative ve Diseases Moderators: Cengizhan Öztürk, Aslı Demirtaş-Tatlıdede Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) in Neurodegeneration - Chunlei Liu (Duke U) MRI Acquisition & Processing Techniques to Study Neurodegeneration - Tugan Müftüler(Medical College of Wisconsin) Integrated PET-MR Scanners and Their Applications - Azim Çelik (GE Healthcare)
10:30 — 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 —12:30	Plenary Session 4 - Novel Imaging Protocols & Hardware Development Moderators: Yekta Ülgen, Tugan Müftüler High-Resolution Diffusion MRI / Magnetic Particle Imaging - Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş (Bilkent U, UMRAM) Medical Device Advances in Interventional MRI - Özgür Kocatürk (Boğaziçi U)
12:30 — 13:30 Lunch
13:30 — 15:00	Panel Session 3 - Diffusion MRI Techniques in Neurodegenerative Diseases Moderators: Gözde Ünal, Burak Acar An Early Registration Method for Group Tractography - Aziz Uluğ (Feinstein Med. Cent.) Characterizing Diffusion Anisotropy with a Stiffness Tensor - Evren Özarslan (Boğaziçi U) Post-Analysis Techniques for Diffusion MRI in Neuroimaging - Gözde Ünal (ITU)
15:00 — 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 — 17:00	Panel Session 4 - Computational Approaches for the Imaging and Monitoring of Neurodegenerative Diseases Moderators: Haluk Bingöl, Ali Albert-Salah Brain Network Analysis - Burak Acar (Boğaziçi U) Continuous Monitoring of PD patients in Daily Living Environments Using Wearable Sensors -Cem Ersoy (Boğaziçi U) Fusion of Facial Expression Images with EMG Recordings to Determine the Level of Bradykinesia in Parkinson’s Disease - Didem Gökçay (METU)
17:00 — 19:00	Round Table Discussion 1 Open Questions in Functional and Structural Connectivity and MRS-Based Approaches to Neurodegenerative Diseases & Possibilities for Joint Projects Moderators: Güven Güzeldere, Tamer Demiralp (Short presentation of Turkish research groups)

October 20, Tuesday
09:00 — 09:30	Plenary Session 5 Moderators: Cengizhan Öztürk Traumatic Brain Injury Induced Neuroendocrine Changes - Fahrettin Keleştemur (The Turkish Institutes of Health Sciences, President)
09:30 — 11:30	Round Table Discussion 2 Novel MR Techniques and Computational Methods for Analysis of Neuroimaging Data in Neurodegenerative Diseases & Possibilities for Joint Projects Moderators: Aziz Uluğ, Tolga Çukur (Short presentation of Turkish research groups)
11:30 — 12:00	Bilateral TÜBİTAK/NIH Funding Opportunities - Zeynep Arzıman Büyükboduk (TÜBİTAK, UİDB)
12:00 — 12:30	Summary of Roundtable Discussions and Closing Remarks (15 min summary of each Round Table Session) Esin Öztürk Işık - Cengizhan Öztürk - Tamer Demiralp
12:30 — 13:30 Lunch

TÜBİTAK, GE, Boğaziçi University, and Istanbul University were the sponsors for this workshop.

Other Announcements

Ayşe İrem Çetin has recieved an award at ISMRM 2024 Annual Meeting.

Melisa Özakçakaya has recieved a grant award.

Arda Canbas was awarded the E. K. Zavoisky Stipend.

Muhammed Yıldırım successfully defended his PhD thesis

Sena Azamat successfully defended her PhD thesis

Esra Sümer Arpak successfully defended her PhD thesis

Five abstracts were accepted to ESMRMB'25 Conference