Best of SCMR 2022 Webinar-Best of SCMR 2022 Webinar

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The webinar reviewed highlights from SCMR 2022, which drew 1,524 attendees from over 50 countries. Speakers emphasized the meeting’s strong attendance, especially for plenaries, workshops, and educational sessions, and expressed enthusiasm for returning to in-person and hybrid formats in future years.<br /><br />Technical highlights focused on advances in quantitative cardiac MRI, AI-enabled reconstruction and analysis, motion compensation, mapping/fingerprinting, perfusion, and lower-field MRI. Presenters highlighted promising work in faster, more comprehensive scans, better reproducibility, and clinical translation of AI and multi-parametric imaging.<br /><br />Clinical highlights covered efforts to simplify cardiac MRI, expand access, and improve adoption in practice. Topics included 3D all-in-one imaging, SMART acquisition methods, access barriers worldwide, non-contrast approaches, valvular disease, stress perfusion, myocarditis, arrhythmias, congenital disease, and cardio-oncology. Many talks stressed the importance of multicenter studies, standardization, and outcome data.<br /><br />Pediatric and congenital heart disease sessions featured lesion-specific imaging, 4D flow, lymphatic imaging, pulmonary hypertension, virtual surgical planning, and advanced visualization tools such as 3D printing and virtual reality.<br /><br />Early career sessions emphasized mentorship, career development, research support, leadership, work-life balance, and global networking. Across all sections, the recurring themes were collaboration, discussion, hands-on learning, AI, faster protocols, and making cardiac MRI more accessible and clinically impactful.

Keywords

SCMR 2022

cardiac MRI

artificial intelligence

quantitative imaging

motion compensation

mapping and fingerprinting

clinical translation

pediatric congenital heart disease

3D printing and virtual reality