2025 Annual Meeting Research and Educational Poster Awards
NAMED RESEARCH AWARDS
Maneker-Herts Foundation Award: AI-Derived CT Muscle Attenuation is a Stronger Predictor of Mortality Risk Than Muscle Area in a Large Adult Population, Matthew Lee
Hounsfield Award: Threshold-Based CT Osteoporosis Screening: Which Strategy Works Best?, Siddhant Dogra
Lauterbur Award (presented by Bracco): Imaging Surveillance Outcomes of Hepatocellular Adenomas: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis, Luyao Shen
Resoundant Innovation Award: Ensemble Multi-Task Neural Network for Differential Detection of Pneumonia and Pulmonary Edema on Chest Radiographs Using Clinically Verified Ground Truth, Melina Hosseiny
Moncada Award (presented by Bracco): Pulmonary MR Angiography With Gadopiclenol Can Reduce Gadolinium Exposure While Maintaining Signal Enhancement, Julius Heidenreich
Young Investigator Award: Evaluating the Role of the Main Pancreatic Duct in IPMN Grading: A Multi-Structure Radiomics and Machine Learning Approach, Emir Syailendra
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC AWARD (Workshop Oral Scientific Presentation)
Francisco Resptrepo, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prediction of HCC Response to Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy With and Without Radiotherapy
Samantha Platt, Renal Lesion Assessment at Portal Venous Phase Photon Counting CT: Iodine Density and Attenuation Analysis
Gage Tanzman, Reliability and Agreement of Liver Stiffness Derived from 3T 2D Spin-echo Echo-planar and Gradient-recalled echo MRE in a Large Cohort of Adults with Liver Disease
CUM LAUDE POSTER AWARDS
Soumyadeep Ghosh: Endometrioma: A Comprehensive Review Of Presentations, Complications And Impact On Patient Management
Garvit Khatri: US In Pelvic Sling Evaluation
Yashant Aswaniy: Role Of Radiology In Pancreatic Transplantation
Matthew Lee: AI-Derived Visceral Fat Attenuation Is A Better Predictor Of All-Cause Mortality Than Visceral Fat Area And BMI
Ava Mirtsching: Pearls And Pitfalls Of The Li-Rads V2024 Ct/Mri Radiation Treatment Response Algorithm
Billy Chien: Radiologic Assessment Of Male Infertility: Modalities And Findings
Ayusha Gupta: Hereditary Genitourinary Cancer Syndromes: Role Of Imaging In Screening And Surveillance
Neud Kiros: Renal Revelations: Best GU Cases From Peer-Learning Conference
Mahsa Taherzadeh: Unmasking Female Urethral And Periurethral Disorders With MRI
Sara Hassanzadeh: Prostate MRI With Modified T2-Weighted Spin-Echo Sequence: Reduced Scan Time And Sar Advantages In Patients With Implants
Diana Kadi: Are Hypervascular Li-Rads 3 Observations At High Risk Of Hcc? A Retrospective Study Using A Composite Reference Standard
Mary Arndt: Implementing An Advanced Reality Imaging Lab: Augmented And Virtual Reality, Along With Radiology 3D Printing Services
Benjamin Srivastava: Imaging Of Cushing's Syndrome
Kareem Elfatairy: In-Bore MRI-guided Prostate Biopsies: How We Do it. Experience From A High-Volume Academic Center
Nanjiba Nawaz: Post-Cholecystectomy Complications Involving The Cystic Duct
MAGNA CUM LAUDE (Three-Pearls)
Felipe Lopez-Ramierez:
Ritu Shah:
Sedighe Hosseini:
2024 Annual Meeting Research and Educational Poster Awards
NAMED RESEARCH AWARDS
Hounsfield Award: Longitudinal review of CT and MR Imaging Findings After Histotripsy to Liver Tumors, Nathan Loudon
Lauterbur Award (presented by Bracco): The Impact of Ancillary Features on CT/MRI LI-RADS Categorization and Diagnostic Performance: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, Nicole Abedrabbo
Resoundant Innovation Award: Preliminary Experience Using Artificial-Intelligence for Auto-Protocoling CT and MRI Exams in a Large University Hospital Setting, Giuseppe Toia
Moncada Award (presented by Bracco): Management of Small Renal Masses Using the MRI Clear Cell Likelihood (ccLS) Score: A 7-year Real-World Clinical Experience, Clive Musonza
Young Investigator Award: Impact Of Histotripsy Dose Selection On Immune Response And Tumor-free Survival In An Orthotopic Liver Tumor Model, Tejaswi Worlikar
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC AWARD (Workshop Oral Scientific Presentation)
Pedram Keshavarz, Correlation of Pre Locoregional Therapy Biopsy Histopathologic Grade in LI-RADS 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Complete Pathologic Necrosis with Post-Liver Transplant HCC Recurrence and Survival
Lutfullah Sari, Radiology-Pathology Correlation: A Safeguard Against Missed Cancer Diagnosis in CT-Guided Omental and Mesenteric Biopsies
Matthew Smith, Lung Perfusion Imaging Without Contrast: Clinical Feasibility Following Acute Blood Flow Occlusion
CUM LAUDE POSTER AWARDS
Michael Bass, MD; UT Southwestern: Raising the Bar - Quality Considerations in Multiparametric MR Imaging and Targeted Biopsies of the Prostate
Aymen Bahsoun, MD; University of Michigan: Quantifying Structural Changes of the Diabetic Bladder Wall with MR Fingerprinting
Jonathan Gan, MD; Northwestern University: Demystifying and simplifying MRI artifacts for radiologists
Soumyadeep Ghosh, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital: Performance of routine pelvic US in detecting deep pelvic endometriosis using observations proposed by the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) consensus guidelines
Naveen Rajamohan, MD; UT Southwestern: Multimodality Imaging of Salivary Glands
Noor Fatima Majeed, MD; Emory University: Penile trauma and tumors: the role of MRI
Elhamy Heba, MD; University of Kentucky: Saving the Gut: Utilizing CT Evaluation for Bowel Ischemia in Small Bowel Obstruction
Matthew Lee, MD; University of Wisconsin: AI-driven CT-based biomarkers predict mortality risk in a large heterogeneous cohort of over 130,000 adult patients
Rashmi Nair, MD; University of Kentucky: Reducing the use of electricity for MR imaging
Andrew Navarro, MD; University of Michigan: Abscopal Response after Histotripsy: Review of pre-clinical data and early clinical trials
Francisco Restrepo, MD; Mount Sinai: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy or radio-immunotherapy in patients with resectable HCC: prediction of response
Sara Siddiqui; Northwestern University: Acute Peripartum Presentations to the Emergency Room
Kethan Lala & Aleah Gallardo: LI-RADS Treatment Response Algorithm v2024: Update on Combination therapy and other Frequently Asked Questions
Jake Weeks; University of California, San Diego: Accuracy and Repeatability of Novel Free-Breathing MRI-PDFF in Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Katelyn Zhao; University of California, San Diego: LiverQuant-i 1.0: Introducing the World's First AI Driven Liver Software for Fatty Liver Disease Diagnosis
MAGNA CUM LAUDE (Three-Pearls)
Aria Salyapongse; Explanation of non-physical values on spectral material density maps in CT
Melina Hosseiny; Four-Dimensional (4D) Flow MR in Vascular Disease
Karisma Gupta; Development of a Deep Pelvic Endometriosis Reporting and Data System (Endo-RADS) Using MRI
2023 Annual Meeting Research and Educational Poster Awards
NAMED RESEARCH AWARDS
Hounsfield Award: A Fully Automated AI Algorithm for Opportunistic Screening of Cardiomegaly on Chest or Abdominal CT; Dr. Rafah Mresh
Lauterbur Award (presented by Bracco): LI-RADS Treatment Response Algorithm v2023 versus v2018: Assessing Diagnostic Performance and Inter-reader Agreement in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy; Dr. Josh Breeden
Resoundant Innovation Award: International Comparative Study of Artificial Intelligence and Radiologists in Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Detection: Results From The PI-CAI Consortium; Dr. Jurgen Futterer
Moncada Award (presented by Bracco): Performance of 2018 LI-RADS versus rLI-RADS: An Individual Patient Data Meta; Dr. Stacy Goins
Young Investigator Award: The High Unreimbursed Costs of Multidisciplinary Conferences to a Radiology Department: A Prospective Analysis at a Single Academic Medical Center; Dr. Meridith Kisting
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC AWARD (Workshop Oral Scientific Presentation)
Debora Recchimuzzi: Detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in men with a negative initial round of targeted biopsies and suspicious multiparametric magnetic resonance findings
Bari Dane: Crohns Disease Inflammation Severity Assessment with Photon Counting CT Enterography: Comparison with Endoscopic Histopathology
Omid Shafaat: Abdominal CT Measurements of Body Composition and Waitlist Mortality in Kidney Transplant Candidates
CUM LAUDE POSTER AWARDS
Yashant Aswani, MD; University of Iowa: Imaging in penile prosthesis
Matthew Smith, MD; Vanderbilt: Spectral Analysis of Non-contrast Fluoroscopy for Evaluation of Pulmonary Perfusion: Sensitivity Testing and Validation with a Lung Perfusion Phantom and Clinical Comparison to Pulmonary Angiography
Sonia Gaur, MD; University of Michigan: Radiologist Variation Predicts Differential Resource Utilization but Not Clinical Outcome in Emergency Department Patients Imaged for Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Valerie Khaykin; University of Michigan: Sneak Peek: Longitudinal Review of CT and MR Imaging Findings After Histotripsy to Liver Tumors
Naveen Rajamohan, MD; UT Southwestern: Bringing PET/MRI into Practice: Challenges and Considerations
Octavia Bane, MD; Mount Sinai: Splanchnic vasculature flow quantified by 4D flow MRI diagnoses severe portal hypertension
Alexander Moeller, MD; University of Wisconsin: Comparing Automated Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Agatston Measurements Derived from a Deep Learning-Based Model
Amar Shah, MD; Mayo Arizona: Short Segment Linear Flaps of the Abdominal Aorta are Not Dissections: Discovery of their Origin via Retrospective Imaging Review
Tayson Lin, MD; University of Michigan: Clinical Utility of a Commercial 0.55 Tesla MRI System for Evaluating of Renal Lesions
Jason Chandrapal, MD; Diagnostic Radiology Resident at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, TX.: Periprostatic Anatomy: An Illustrated Review And Implications for Treatment Planning
Lillian Chiu Kennedy, MD; NYU: Comparison of Deep Learning-Based Two Fold Accelerated Diffusion Weighted Imaging with Conventional Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Female Pelvic Imaging
Syed Jamal Safdar Gardezi, MD; University of Wisconsin: An AI Approach to Radiation Dose Reduction in CT Urography: Synthesizing Nephrographic Phase Images from the Non-Contrast and Excretory Phases
Melina Hosseiny, MD; UC San Diego: Deep Learning ECG Waveform Detection and Prediction for Cardiac MRI
Giuseppe Toia, MD; University of Wisconsin: Consumable Material Waste Comparison between Multi-use Syringeless and Single-use Syringe-based Injectors in Computed Tomography
Andrew Ruff, MD; NYU: Determining the Optimal Virtual Monoenergetic Reconstruction Energy for the Detection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma during Pancreatic Parenchymal Phase using Photon Counting CT
MAGNA CUM LAUDE (Three-Pearls)
Sarah LaPierre; MRI Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis with Operative Correlation
Kayli Lala; MR Imaging Biomarkers: Can aggressive imaging features of hepatocellular carcinoma predict early post-treatment recurrence?
Jordan Chamberlin; Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the Liver: A New Paradigm in Diagnosis
2022 Annual Meeting Research and Educational Poster Awards
NAMED RESEARCH AWARDS
Hounsfield award: Prospective comparative effectiveness study of AI assisted versus unassisted radiologists in the detection of incidental pulmonary emboli; Steven Rothenberg: srothenb@uab.edu (University of Alabama Birmingham)
Lauterbur award: Anatomic tropism in molecular clusters of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma: Analysis of the total tumor burden in the Immotion 150 cohort; Gaelle Haddad: gaelleh7@gmail.com (University of Texas Southwestern)
Resoundant Innovation award: Non-invasive histotripsy ablation of liver tumor in a rat hepatocellular carcinoma model; Maggie Zhang: maggiez@med.umich.edu (University of Michigan)
Moncada award: Gadoxeate-enhanced 18FDG-PET/MRI versus CT for detection of liver and peritoneal metastases form pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Naveen Rajamohan: naveenrajamohan@gmail.com (Mayo Clinic)
Young Investigator award: Impact of online MRI safety screening questionnaires on patient workflow; Sheena Chu: sheena.chu@wisc.edu (University of Wisconsin)
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC AWARD (Workshop Oral Scientific Presentation)
Aditi Chaurasia: The Kidney Imaging Surveillance Scoring System (KISSS): A Qualitative MRI-Based Approach to Characterize Growth Rates of Clear Cell Carcinomas in Patients with von Hippel Lindau (VHL) Syndrome; adi5974@gmail.com (NIH)
Joo Yeon Shin: Noninvasive Diagnosis of Esophageal Varices and Prediction of Liver Disease Outcome Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography; bachir.taouli@mountsinai.org (BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) vs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Pooyan Khalighinejad: Early Efficacy and Safety of MRI-guided Transurethral Ablation of the Prostate and the Role of Susceptibility-weighted MRI; pooyan.khalighinejad@utsouthwestern.edu (University of Texas Southwestern)
CUM LAUDE POSTER AWARDS
JinJin Cao: Response assessment in HCC: A primer for radiologists; jcao11@mgh.harvard.edu (Massachusetts General Hospital)
JinJin Cao: Impact of Deep Learning Imaging Reconstruction on Hypodense Liver Lesion Detection on Dual-Energy CT Data Sets; jcao11@mgh.harvard.edu (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Fides Regina Schwartz: Liver Fat Quantification in Photon Counting CT in Comparison to Clinical MRI - First Experience in an Obese Population; fides.schwartz@duke.edu (Duke University Medical Center) Erik Paulson
Francesca Rigiroli: Causes and outcomes of CT-guided biopsies with pathology results discordant with imaging findings; f.rigiroli@gmail.com (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Jonny Kruskal
Giuseppe Toia: Performance and Radiation Saving Potential of a Deep Learning CT Image Reconstruction Algorithm for Detectability of Small Hypoattenuating Lesions: 24-Reader Multi-Case Image Evaluation and Task-based Observer Modeling; gtoia@uwhealth.org (University of Wisconsin)
Thekla Oechtering: Quality improvement of radial 4D flow MRI of the abdomen in obese subjects through mitigation of fat signal; oechtering@wisc.edu (University of Wisconsin)
Vikrant Khare: 2022 Update of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Recommendations: What the Radiologist Needs to Know; vkhare@med.umich.edu (University of Michigan) Vikas Gulani
Giridhar Dasegowda: Are we choosing quantity over quality? Incidence and distribution of poor-quality chest radiographs in a multinational imaging practice study; giridhar.dasegowda@gmail.com (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Colm Kelleher: A faster prostate MRI: Comparing a novel denoised, single-average T2 sequence to the conventional multi-average T2 sequence regarding lesion detection and PI-RADS score assessment; cbk8@duke.edu (Duke) Erik Paulson
Juan Manuel Zambrano Chaves: Opportunistic Analysis of Skeletal Muscle at Abdominal CT in 17,000 Patients Reveals Associations with Disease Phenotypes; jmz@stanford.edu (Stanford)
Octavia Bane: Multiparametric MRI predicts HCC immunophenotype; bachir.taouli@mountsinai.org (BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) vs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Sindhura Tadisetty: Where do they come from and where do they go? - Abdominal spaces as anatomical highways for disease traffic; sindhura.tadisetty@gmail.com (University of Kentucky)
Adish Parikh: MR Imaging biomarkers: prognostic predictors of Aggressive HCC; adparikh@umich.edu (University of Michigan) Vikas Gulani
Bari Dane: Preoperative cross-sectional imaging findings in patients with surgically complex ileocolic Crohn's disease; bari.dane@nyulangone.org (NYU Langone Medical Center)
Abhay Dhaliwal: Spectrum of Cavitary Pulmonary Nodules; abhaydhaliwal@gmail.com (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
MAGNA CUM LAUDE (Three-Pearls)
Valerie Khyakin: Hot Tips and Cold Facts: Comparing Minimally and Non-invasive Locoregional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma; vkh@med.umich.edu (University of Michigan)
Lucas Aronson: Leveraging virtual containers for high-powered, collaborative AI research in radiology; lcaronson@wisc.edu (University of Wisconsin)
Allan Brazier: Unexpected imaging findings following uterine interventions; adela.pouzar@beaumont.org allan.brazier@beaumont.org (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)