iMRI 2028: 16th Interventional MRI Symposium Congress Hall at Zoo Leipzig, Germany, October 26-27, 2028

Dear colleagues and friends,

building on the tradition of the biannual Interventional MRI Symposia and the last meeting in Boston 2026, we would like to cordially invite you to the 16th edition, iMRI 2028, to be held in Leipzig, Germany on October 26-27, 2028. This event is jointly organized by the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Leipzig University Hospital, the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, and the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore - in close cooperation with Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, and Hannover Medical School.

The iMRI Symposium provides an ideal platform for researchers, clinicians and healthcare professionals alike to present their latest results and interact with opinion leaders and innovators in the field. Sessions with technical and clinical topics will be composed of lectures by invited speakers and proffered scientific papers. We therefore encourage everybody involved in or dedicated to interventional MRI to submit a short abstract of their work.

We invite submissions in (but not limited to) the following research areas:

MR-compatible devices and instruments

Novel interventional MRI hardware

MR sequence developments for interventions

Real-time imaging and visualization methods

MR Thermometry and temperature monitoring

AI and machine learning applications in interventional MRI

Clinical applications and case studies

MRI-guided focused ultrasound

Workflow solutions for interventional MRI

Meeting Chairs

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

Venue

The Congress Hall at Zoo is a modern conference and congress center in a historic setting. The extensively renovated Gründerzeit building dates back to 1900 and houses a total 15 halls and rooms, as well as foyers and lounges in different architectural styles and sizes. Address: Pfaffendorferstrasse 31, 04105 Leipzig

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to kahn@medizin.uni-leipzig.de