Inaugural lecture: Towards robust quantitative magnetic resonance imaging
Event details
| Date | 10.09.2025 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 18:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Dimitrios Karampinos |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture |
| Event Language | English |
Abstract
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most widely used modalities in modern diagnostic imaging. MRI operates without ionizing radiation and provides high intrinsic soft tissue contrast. However, MRI scanners currently used in clinical settings primarily generate qualitative images. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) enables the extraction of quantitative information to optimize diagnostic decisions, to monitor therapy response and to answer novel biological questions. The present presentation will overview recent technological advancements to improve the robustness of qMRI with an emphasis on imaging the human trunk. The importance of addressing confounding effects will be highlighted in the context of recent successful qMRI biomarkers, clinical translation examples will be provided and an outlook for addressing remaining challenges will be discussed.
Biography
Dimitrios Karampinos studied engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. In 2008, he earned his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and he was then a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2012, he joined the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as a Junior Group Leader and he obtained his Habilitation in Medical Physics in 2016. He started in 2019 as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for Experimental Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the TUM School of Medicine and Health. He was granted tenure at TUM in June 2024. He is a recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (2016) and an ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant (2020). He joined EPFL as an Associate Professor in winter 2025.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most widely used modalities in modern diagnostic imaging. MRI operates without ionizing radiation and provides high intrinsic soft tissue contrast. However, MRI scanners currently used in clinical settings primarily generate qualitative images. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) enables the extraction of quantitative information to optimize diagnostic decisions, to monitor therapy response and to answer novel biological questions. The present presentation will overview recent technological advancements to improve the robustness of qMRI with an emphasis on imaging the human trunk. The importance of addressing confounding effects will be highlighted in the context of recent successful qMRI biomarkers, clinical translation examples will be provided and an outlook for addressing remaining challenges will be discussed.
Biography
Dimitrios Karampinos studied engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. In 2008, he earned his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and he was then a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2012, he joined the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as a Junior Group Leader and he obtained his Habilitation in Medical Physics in 2016. He started in 2019 as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor for Experimental Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the TUM School of Medicine and Health. He was granted tenure at TUM in June 2024. He is a recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (2016) and an ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant (2020). He joined EPFL as an Associate Professor in winter 2025.
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- General public
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Organizer
- Faculté STI – Décanat & Institut IEM
Faculté SB – Décanat & Institut IPHYS
Contact
- Isabelle Schafer et Valérie Schaerer Businger