Special Highlight: “On modeling”

This month, we’re presenting a special MRM Highlight feature that was a roundtable discussion between MRM Highlights contributor Agah Karakuzu and the authors of an MRM review paper entitled “On modeling”, by Dmitry Novikov from the New York University School of Medicine, Valerij Kiselev from the University Medical Center Freiburg in Germany, and Sune Jespersen from Aarhus University in Denmark.

To discuss this feature, please visit our Discourse forum.

For those who would like to get a quick overview of our discussion, below is an annotation of the interview. Clicking on the timestamp will take you to the exact video location where the topic is discussed.

19:45 How has the ‘On modeling’ article contributed to the model(s) debate?

25:50 Going from a successful model implementation to a clinical application

32:07 Getting the community and the vendors to properly calibrate the MR measurements

36:00 Are representations (as opposed to models) ever useful?

39:46 How can early career researchers position themselves for the future?

43:53 Fitting vs physics — are we ready for the jump?

49:19 The role of transparency and reproducibility in advancing the field

56:30 The unbearable lightness of correlations

1:02:28 What to do once low-hanging fruits are picked up

1:04:57 Closing remarks: MRI is a prisoner of its own success, it is time for a jailbreak