Speaker: Dr. Ricardo Otazo – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Time: March 5, 2026,16:30
Place: Zoom
Abstract: The application of AI to increase acquisition speed and improve image quality has revolutionized the development of high-performance MRI technology. Among recent AI techniques, generative diffusion networks have changed the paradigm, enabling to transform between image distributions rather than between image pixels, which opens the door to further increase performance. This talk will present the application of generative diffusion models to simultaneously accelerate multiple sequences in brain imaging and to highly-accelerate and compensate for motion in free-breathing abdominal MRI.
Bio: Dr. Otazo works on the development of rapid, motion-tolerant, and quantitative MRI methods for cancer care. Dr. Otazo is one of the pioneers in the use of compressed sensing to accelerate MRI acquisition and a world-leader in the development of motion-tolerant MRI techniques using auto-navigated acquisitions. He is currently working on the application of artificial intelligence techniques to accelerate and enable motion-tolerant MRI scans. He is also developing MRI techniques to guide radiotherapy procedures on an MR-Linac. Dr. Otazo received his PhD in Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2007 and was a faculty member in the Department of Radiology at NYU during 2010-2018 before moving to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2018 to direct the MRI Physics group. Dr. Otazo is a Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and a Distinguished Investigator of the Academy of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research.