Working Group 2
Brainstem imaging (Best practices & methods development Brainstem MRI)
Key objectives of the Working Group
a) establish current best practices and reliabilities in brainstem MRI protocols through multi-site evaluations,
b) facilitate the translation of advanced neuroimaging protocols from ultrahigh-field imaging to clinical settings and from development to clinical application,
c) establish a platform for identifying, jointly developing, and promoting new brainstem characterization tools that integrate pulse sequence development with anatomical priors and image segmentation tools,
d) establish a research infrastructure which will allow to increase the specificity of brainstem neuroimaging by bridging histology and neuroimaging.
WG Meetings:
TBA
Members of the Working Group
Anita Arsovska
MC Member
Institution affiliation:
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Country of affiliation:
North Macedonia (MK)
Anja Beqaj
Member
Institution affiliation:
University of Medicine Tirana
Country of affiliation:
Albania (AL)
César Caballero-Gaudes
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bcbl Basque Center On Cognition Brain And Language
Country of affiliation:
Spain (ES)
Herberto Dhanis
Member
Institution affiliation:
University College London
Country of affiliation:
United Kingdom (UK)
Abdulsamet Efdal
Member
Institution affiliation:
Hitit University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Eşref Erdoğan
Member
Institution affiliation:
Selcuk Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Dorothea Hämmerer
Action Chair
Institution affiliation:
Universitaet Innsbruck
Country of affiliation:
Austria (AT)
Heidi Jacobs
Member
Institution affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Country of affiliation:
United States (US)
Evgeniya Kirilina
WG2 Lead, MC Core Member
Institution affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Anna Letournel
Member
Institution affiliation:
Instituto Politecnico De Setubal
Country of affiliation:
Portugal (PT)
Hendrik Mattern
Member
Institution affiliation:
OTTO-VON-GUERICKE UNIVERSITAET MAGDEBURG
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Huden Nese
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Claire O'Callaghan
Member
Institution affiliation:
The University Of Sydney
Country of affiliation:
Australia (AU)
Esin Ozturk Isik
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Ali Faruk Ozyasar
Member
Institution affiliation:
Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Gábor Perlaki
Junior Research Coordinator, MC Core Member
Institution affiliation:
HUN-REN-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group
Country of affiliation:
Hungary (HU)
Hristina Popovska
Member
Institution affiliation:
University Clinic of Neurology, UKIM,Skopje
Country of affiliation:
North Macedonia (MK)
Abdurrahman Sonmezler
Member
Institution affiliation:
Gaziantep Sehir Hastanesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Burak TASCI
Member
Institution affiliation:
Fırat Üniversitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Gilles Vandewalle
Member
Institution affiliation:
Université de Liège
Country of affiliation:
Belgium (BE)
Alpay ÖZCAN
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University, Electrical and Electronics Eng.
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Sirin Yagmur Abaci
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Tuncer Acar
Member
Institution affiliation:
Selcuk Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
neşe Ayşit
Member
Institution affiliation:
Istanbul Medipol University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Joana B. Pereira
Member
Institution affiliation:
Karolinska Institutet
Country of affiliation:
Sweden (SE)
Tomi Boshkovski
Member
Institution affiliation:
Brainster Next College
Country of affiliation:
North Macedonia (MK)
Martin J. Dahl
Member
Institution affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Maria Guidi
Member
Institution affiliation:
Museo Storico Della Fisica E Centro Studi E Ricerche Enrico Fermi
Country of affiliation:
Italy (IT)
Remy Guillevin
Member
Institution affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
Country of affiliation:
France (FR)
Ömer Kartal
Member
Institution affiliation:
University of Health Sciences, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Timothy Lawn
Member
Institution affiliation:
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Country of affiliation:
United States (US)
Sabrina Lenzoni
Member
Institution affiliation:
Universitaet Innsbruck
Country of affiliation:
Austria (AT)
Mareike Ludwig
Member
Institution affiliation:
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Mara Mather
Member
Institution affiliation:
University Of Southern California
Country of affiliation:
United States (US)
Laura McLaughlin
Member
Institution affiliation:
University College Cork
Country of affiliation:
Ireland (IE)
Valeria Oliva
Member
Institution affiliation:
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health)
Country of affiliation:
Italy (IT)
Igor Petrusic
MC Member
Institution affiliation:
Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Country of affiliation:
Serbia (RS)
NIKOS PRIOVOULOS
Member
Institution affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht
Country of affiliation:
Netherlands (NL)
Metin Turgay
Member
Institution affiliation:
Selcuk Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Yeo-Jin Yi
Member
Institution affiliation:
OTTO-VON-GUERICKE UNIVERSITAET MAGDEBURG
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Büşra Zencirci
Member
Institution affiliation:
Adiyaman University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
sinem özdemir
Member
Institution affiliation:
Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
GULNİHAL DENIZ
Member
Institution affiliation:
Erzurum Technical University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Funda Dinc
Member
Institution affiliation:
Mugla Sitki Kocman University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
CANAN ERTEMOGLU OKSUZ
Member
Institution affiliation:
Karadeniz Technical University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Mansoureh Fahimi
Member
Institution affiliation:
Boston Scientific Limited
Country of affiliation:
Ireland (IE)
Patrícia Figueiredo
MC Member
Institution affiliation:
Instituto Superior Técnico
Country of affiliation:
Portugal (PT)
Aykut Fatih Güven
Member
Institution affiliation:
Yalova Unviersity
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Leen HAKKI
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
pelin ismailoglu
Member
Institution affiliation:
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Paul Mullins
Member
Institution affiliation:
Bangor University
Country of affiliation:
United Kingdom (UK)
Ruben Nechifor
MC Member
Institution affiliation:
Babes-Bolyai University
Country of affiliation:
Romania (RO)
Mert Ocak
Member
Institution affiliation:
Ankara Universitesi
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Pinar Ozbay
WG2 Lead, MC Core Member
Institution affiliation:
Bogazici University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Hanna Palahuta
Member
Institution affiliation:
Uzhhorod National University
Country of affiliation:
Ukraine (UA)
Özgür PALANCI
Member
Institution affiliation:
Gumushane University
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Joana Pinto
Member
Institution affiliation:
Siemens Healthineers AG
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
Seyed Ali Sadegh Zadeh
Member
Institution affiliation:
Staffordshire University
Country of affiliation:
United Kingdom (UK)
Alzbeta Sejnoha Minsterova
Member
Institution affiliation:
Masaryk University - CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology
Country of affiliation:
Czech Republic (CZ)
Michael Sommerauer
Member
Institution affiliation:
University Hospital Bonn
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)
RUKİYE ÇİFTÇİ
Member
Institution affiliation:
GAZİANTEP İSLAM BİLİM VE TEKNOLOJİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Country of affiliation:
Türkiye (TR)
Evgeniya Kirilina
WG2 Lead, MC Core Member
Institution affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Country of affiliation:
Germany (DE)