From June 12-15, 2024, the TNI research group took part in the conference of the DGfE (German Society for Epilepsy) in Offenburg.
The group around Theodor Rüber showed a strong presence with 7 lectures and two poster presentations, shaping the discourse on epilepsy imaging.
Our junior scientist and medical student Nina Held spoke about the latest discovery, which indicates cortical and subcortical iron accumulations in focal epilepsy using susceptibility-weighted ultra-high-field imaging (paper in review). Tobias Bauer presented his research on neuroimaging correlates of autoimmune encephalitis as a network disease to a large audience and presented a new way of subtyping Rasmussen's encephalitis using an innovative MRI back-modeling approach. Lennart Walger reported practice-oriented results of an evaluation framework for humans and machines from the research field of AI models in everyday clinical practice. Two sessions on “Cross-scale imaging of autoimmune encephalitides” and “New possibilities through ultra-high-field MRI in epileptologic diagnostics and research” were planned and conducted under the chairmanship of Theodor; the experienced scientist also spoke on the major topics of “Innovative approaches and artificial intelligence in imaging in epileptology” and “Possibilities of ultra-high-field MRI in epilepsy research”. We even learned that the smallest MRI in the world can honk.
In addition, posters on functional disorders of the olfactory network in temporal lobe epilepsy by Markus Schmidt and on blood-brain barrier disorders in the hippocampus in people with epilepsy by Theda v. der Recke were successfully presented.
With 4/5 epilepsy patients from low- and middle-income countries and a worldwide lack of care in rural regions associated with a lack of resources, low socio-economic status and prevailing stigmatization, epilepsy research is a globally explosive topic. The young medical student Sarah Fegeler from the Global Epilepsy Working Group headed by Theodor Rüber presented results of her research “Therapy outcome of a telemedical pilot program in Chile”.
Our lab was invited to the social evening by Rainer Surges, Director of the Clinic for Epileptology, who over food, dance and drinks brought the community of epilepsy researchers closer together.
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