INDICATIVE SESSION THEMES

The scientific program topics include quantitative musculoskeletal imaging from the nanoscale to the whole body, from mouse to humans, from cells and tissue matrix to whole organs, multimodal imaging and advanced modeling, analysis techniques in musculoskeletal research and clinical routine to improve diagnosis, therapy control and therapeutic endpoint decisions. Particularly, the following research focus topics will be covered:

IMAGING FOR:

• Osteoarthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Osteoporosis

• Rare bone diseases

• Muscle & adipose

• Exercise, frailty and sarcopenia

• Preclinical in vivo studies

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES:

• Opportunistic screening

• Finite element and mathematical modelling

• Artificial Intelligence and machine learning

• Emerging topics in Prediction & Assessment

• Lessons learned from evaluating therapeutics

QUANTITATIVE IMAGING WITH:

• Spectral and photon-counting CT

• Clinical/micro/nano CT

• DEXA

• Optical imaging

• Ultrasound

• Dynamic Imaging

• MRI