The growth and evolution of cardiovascular magnetic resonance: a 20-year history of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) annual scientific sessions
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Daniel C. Lee, Michael Markl, Erica Dall’Armellina, Yuchi Han, Sebastian Kozerke, Titus Kuehne, Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, Daniel Messroghli, Amit Patel, Tobias Schaeffter, Orlando Simonetti, Anne Marie Valente, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Graham Wright, Stefan Zimmerman, Jeanette Schulz-Menger
The purpose of this work is to summarize cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) research trends and highlights presented at the annual Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) scientific sessions over the past 20 years.
Methods
Scientific programs from all SCMR Annual Scientific Sessions from 1998 to 2017 were obtained. SCMR Headquarters also provided data for the number and the country of origin of attendees and the number of accepted abstracts according to type. Data analysis included text analysis (key word extraction) and visualization by ‘word clouds’ representing the most frequently used words in session titles for 5-year intervals. In addition, session titles were sorted into 17 major subject categories to further evaluate research and clinical CMR trends over time.
Results
Analysis of SCMR annual scientific sessions locations, attendance, and number of accepted abstracts demonstrated substantial growth of CMR research and clinical applications. As an international field of study, significant growth of CMR was documented by a strong increase in SCMR scientific session attendance (> 500%, 270 to 1406 from 1998 to 2017, number of accepted abstracts (> 700%, 98 to 701 from 1998 to 2018) and number of international participants (42–415% increase for participants from Asia, Central and South America, Middle East and Africa in 2004–2017). ‘Word clouds’ based evaluation of research trends illustrated a shift from early focus on ‘MRI technique feasibility’ to new established techniques (e.g. late gadolinium enhancement) and their clinical applications and translation (key words ‘patient’, ‘disease’) and more recently novel techniques and quantitative CMR imaging (key words ‘mapping’, ‘T1’, ‘flow’, ‘function’). Nearly every topic category demonstrated an increase in the number of sessions over the 20-year period with ‘Clinical Practice’ leading all categories. Our analysis identified three growth areas ‘Congenital’, ‘Clinical Practice’, and ‘Structure/function/flow’.
Conclusion
The analysis of the SCMR historical archives demonstrates a healthy and internationally active field of study which continues to undergo substantial growth and expansion into new and emerging CMR topics and clinical application areas.
Abkürzungen
CMR
cardiovascular magnetic resonance
SCMR
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Background
On February 3, 2017, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) celebrated its 20th Annual Scientific Sessions in Washington D.C. Over the past 20 years, the field of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has witnessed major advancements in data acquisition speed, image quality and development of novel imaging techniques [1‐11], application of CMR to a broader range of cardiovascular diseases [12‐25], and the incorporation into consensus statements [26‐34] and clinical practice guidelines [26, 35‐39].
On the direction of the SCMR Executive Committee, the SCMR Science Committee sought to evaluate research trends in CMR by evaluating session titles from SCMR Annual Scientific Sessions Programs over the past 20 years. Our goal was to track the number of abstracts and scientific contributions, analyze the evolution of research trends and hot topics, and identify the changes in main clinical focus areas and application areas over the past 20 years.
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Methods
Data acquisition
Scientific programs from all SCMR Annual Scientific Sessions from 1998 to 2017 were obtained from the SCMR Headquarters Office and SCMR members. Digital program files were available for 2000–2017, while programs of the 1998 and 1999 annual scientific sessions were only available in paper form. SCMR Headquarters also provided data for number of attendees, country of origin of attendees (only available for 2004–2017) and number of accepted abstracts according to type (available for 1998–2018): oral, poster, walking poster, e-poster, moderated poster, and pre-conference workshop. In addition, the ratio of attendance / (number of accepted abstracts) was calculated.
Data analysis
Session titles were abstracted from all programs and collated by year. Digital text analysis and visualization was performed using voyant-tools.org. The tool was used to visualize research and clinical trends by creating ‘word clouds’ representing the most frequently used key words in session titles in 5-year intervals. Common key words found in many session titles such as ‘MRI’, ‘CMR’, ‘cardiac’, and ‘MR’ were excluded from the analysis. To further evaluate research and clinical CMR trends over time, session titles were analyzed and subsequently manually sorted into 17 major subject categories. Title counts were grouped into four-year time periods: 1998–2001, 2002–2005, 2006–2009, 2010–2013, 2014–2017. The evolution of these major subject categories was sub-divided into “super growth” (an absolute increase of ≥ 8 sessions from the first time period to the last), and “strong growth” (an absolute increase of ≥ 4 sessions from the first time period to the last). In addition, new categories were defined as those that did not have any sessions in the first time period.
The dynamics and substantial growth of CMR research and applications are reflected in the evolution of SCMR annual scientific sessions locations and duration (Table 1), scientific session title pages from 1998 to 2017 (Fig. 1), and by the overall annual scientific sessions attendees, number of accepted abstracts over the past 20 years, and attendee / accepted abstracts ratio (Table 2 and Figs. 2 and 3). Figure 1 shows side-by-side comparisons of selected title pages of all 20 past SCMR annual scientific sessions. Style and illustrations reflect choices and preferences by the local organizers, scientific program committee, and SCMR board at the time of the annual scientific sessions. Nevertheless, tracking the temporal evolution of CMR images used for each title page provide an illustration of a trend from basic to advanced CMR methods.
Table 1
SCMR scientific session duration, annual scientific sessions location, and number of annual scientific sessions attendees 1998–2018
SCMR annual scientific sessions
Year
Duration [Days]
Location - City
Location - Country
Attendance
1998
3
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
N/A
1999
3
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
270
2000
3
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
291
2001
3
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
515
2002
3
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
USA
704
2003
3
Orlando, Florida
USA
850
2004
3
Barcelona
Spain
678
2005
3
San Francisco, California
USA
940
2006
3
Miami, Florida
USA
824
2007
3
Rome
Italy
879
2008
4
Los Angeles, California
USA
1107
2009
4
Orlando, Florida
USA
1074
2010
4
Phoenix, Arizona
USA
1150
2011
4
Nice
France
1117
2012
4
Orlando, Florida
USA
1258
2013
5
San Francisco, California
USA
1183
2014
4
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA
1226
2015
4
Nice
France
1451
2016
4
Los Angeles, California
USA
1305
2017
4
Washington DC
USA
1406
2018
4
Barcelona
Spain
N/A
DC District of Columbia, USA United States of America
Fig. 1
SCMR scientific sessions title pages from 1998 to 2017 illustrating a trend from basic to advanced CMR methods
Table 2
Number of attendees of SCMR scientific session by country of origin
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Average
Average I
Average II
Change [%]
Barcelona
SF
Miami
Rome
LA
Orlando
Phoenix
Nice
Orlando
SF
New Orl.
Nice
LA
Wash DC
2004–2017
2004–2010
2011–2017
II vs. I
Country
United States
371
653
509
314
690
635
513
297
575
606
634
344
806
720
547.6
526.4
568.9
8
United Kingdom
72
49
49
100
86
83
84
170
114
164
124
299
105
143
117.3
74.7
159.9
114
Germany
82
81
50
129
103
67
58
122
59
77
58
151
74
64
83.9
81.4
86.4
6
Canada
9
24
34
38
82
69
52
45
75
93
77
50
75
90
58.1
44.0
72.1
64
Netherlands
57
29
15
71
50
55
36
102
38
40
44
108
30
45
51.4
44.7
58.1
30
Sweden
23
18
14
32
26
13
23
33
32
31
26
42
30
39
27.3
21.3
33.3
56
Switzerland
28
8
13
27
22
15
10
42
24
21
23
55
19
16
23.1
17.6
28.6
63
France
22
10
6
13
4
8
8
48
14
12
18
57
15
27
18.7
10.1
27.3
169
Japan
7
14
10
18
22
29
21
15
15
20
12
20
21
16
17.1
17.3
17.0
−2
Italy
14
9
8
47
10
12
7
38
7
9
0
31
15
12
15.6
15.3
16.0
5
Australia/NZ
14
5
4
13
12
5
10
24
15
21
8
28
12
11
13.0
9.0
17.0
89
Brazil/Colombia/Chile/Argentina
11
5
11
8
8
14
5
14
21
14
8
19
16
22
12.6
8.9
16.3
84
Spain
75
4
6
17
3
1
2
8
2
2
3
16
3
1
10.2
15.4
5.0
− 68
Belgium
17
7
5
20
4
4
3
15
1
4
2
18
1
3
7.4
8.6
6.3
−27
China/Hong Kong
4
5
0
1
6
3
2
11
2
11
1
10
18
13
6.2
3.0
9.4
214
South Korea
2
2
5
2
4
9
10
7
3
7
6
15
10
4
6.1
4.9
7.4
53
Austria
6
0
4
16
3
3
2
14
0
3
0
12
0
0
4.5
4.9
4.1
−15
UAE
3
0
0
2
5
0
0
15
2
0
4
24
3
2
4.3
1.4
7.1
400
Norway
12
3
1
7
6
1
2
4
4
2
2
8
3
2
4.1
4.6
3.6
−22
Greece
6
0
4
8
4
4
2
8
3
2
3
8
2
2
4.0
4.0
4.0
0
Portugal
6
0
0
15
2
0
0
14
1
1
2
14
0
0
3.9
3.3
4.6
39
Mexico
4
3
5
3
10
4
3
2
5
3
3
4
2
3
3.9
4.6
3.1
−31
Denmark
10
2
0
4
1
1
3
8
2
2
4
6
1
3
3.4
3.0
3.7
24
Poland
0
1
0
8
0
10
2
15
0
1
0
5
0
0
3.0
3.0
3.0
0
Singapore/Malaysia
3
1
1
5
0
1
1
5
1
1
0
10
0
1
2.1
1.7
2.6
50
Taiwan/Thailand
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
4
2
3
2
1
1.9
1.3
2.4
89
Israel
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
6
1
0
0
6
2
6
1.7
0.4
3.0
600
Hungary
5
0
0
4
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
2
1.4
1.6
1.3
−18
Finland
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
5
0
0
0
9
0
0
1.4
0.9
2.0
133
South Africa
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
4
2
7
1.4
0.1
2.6
1700
India
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
2
2
1
4
3
2
1.4
0.7
2.0
180
Ireland
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
4
0
0
3
0
2
1.1
0.6
1.6
175
Turkey
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0.8
0.9
0.8
−3
Egypt
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
1
3
0.6
0.0
1.3
100
Czech Repulic
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0.2
0.0
0.4
40
Russia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0.2
0.0
0.4
40
Iceland
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0
Indonesia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.1
0.0
0.1
10
Armenia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.1
0.0
0.1
10
Bulgaria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0.1
0.0
0.1
10
Region
United States & Canada
380
677
543
352
772
704
565
342
650
699
711
394
881
810
605.7
570.4
641.0
12
Europe
437
221
175
521
326
282
243
652
306
371
309
850
298
361
382.3
315.0
449.6
43
Asia
17
23
16
28
36
45
37
41
25
45
22
62
54
38
34.9
28.9
41.0
42
Central & South America
15
8
16
11
18
18
8
16
26
17
11
23
18
25
16.4
13.4
19.4
45
Australia/NZ
14
5
4
13
12
5
10
24
15
21
8
28
12
11
13.0
9.0
17.0
89
Middle East & Africa
3
3
3
3
7
1
0
22
3
4
6
40
10
18
8.8
2.9
14.7
415
LA Los Angeles, NZ New Zealand, SF San Francisco, UAE United Arab Emirates
Fig. 2
20-year evolution of SCMR annual scientific session attendance and number of accepted abstracts to be presented at the SCMR scientific sessions. Sustained growths of both annual scientific sessions attendance and scientific contributions are clearly evident. The attendance number of the 2018 meeting were not available at the time of this analysis
Fig. 3
a Changes in number of accepted abstracts by type over the past 20 years. b Relationship between number of SCMR annual scientific session attendees and number of accepted abstracts. c Development of ratio of attendance vs. accepted abstract over the past 20 years
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Significant growth of CMR research and clinical applications is corroborated by the consistent and strong increase of SCMR scientific session attendance and abstracts which document a > 500% growth in attendance (270 attendees in 1999 to 1406 in 2017) and a > 700% increase in the number of accepted abstracts (98 in 1998 to 701 in 2018). A more detailed breakdown of annual scientific sessions abstracts (oral and poster presentations) according to type is shown in Fig. 3 and illustrates that the growing number of contributions led to the creation of new categories (walking poster, e-poster, moderated poster) in recent years. As expected, a strong and significant relationship exists between the number SCMR annual scientific sessions attendees and abstract submissions (Fig. 3b). Interestingly, the attendance / accepted abstracts ratio varied considerably during early years (range from 1.1 to 4.5) but has stabilized over the past 7 years, ranging between 2.0 and 2.5.
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Table 2 shows a detailed breakdown of SCMR annual scientific sessions attendees by country of origin over the past 14 years (2004–2017). There was a steady overall increase in international participation at the SCMR annual scientific sessions if average attendance in early (2004–2010) and more recent (2010–2017) time periods for the available data are compared; 570 to 641 (12% increase) for attendees from the United States and Canada, 315 to 450 for Europe (43% increase), 29 to 41 for Asia (42% increase), 13 to 19 for Central and South America (45% increase), 9 to 17 for Australia and New Zealand (89% increase), and 3 to 15 for Africa and Middle East (415% increase). As expected, SCMR annual scientific sessions held in Europe (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015) were characterized by an increase of European attendees compared to SCMR scientific sessions in the United States (see Table 2).
Research and clinical trends: Key Word Extraction & Word Clouds
Word clouds summarizing the results of key word extraction from SCMR annual scientific sessions titles are shown in Fig. 4. Results represent the most frequently used words in session titles (increase size indicated more frequent use) for four 5-year periods. Comparison of the temporal evolution of the word clouds over the past 20 years illustrates a topical shift from ‘CMR centric’ to ‘disease centric’. Initially, in years 1–5 (Fig. 4a) CMR techniques and their feasibility, the exploration of different application areas, and questions related to reimbursement were at the center of the SCMR annual scientific sessions. Subsequently, prominent key words such as ‘ischemic’ and ‘enhancement’ document the increasing importance of late gadolinium enhancement (Fig. 4b and c). In the past 10 years (Fig. 4c and d), the focus has shifted to clinical applications and translation (key words ‘patient’, ‘disease’, ‘congenital’, are more central). Finally, during the last 5 years (Fig. 4d), the corresponding word cloud reveals a renewed interest in novel techniques and quantitative CMR imaging techniques (more apparent role of key words ‘mapping’, ‘T1’, ‘flow’, ‘function’).
Fig. 4
Word clouds visualizing the frequency of words used in SCMR scientific session titles over the past 20 years. Session titles were grouped in 5-year intervals and represent most frequently used words in SCMR session titles from 1998 to 2002 (a), 2003–2007 (b), 2008–2012 (c), and 2013–2017 (d). Word clouds were created using Voyant Tools (http://voyant-tools.org/)
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CMR research trends and highlights at SCMR scientific sessions over the past 20 Years
The number of sessions within all major subject categories over the past 20 years are depicted in Fig. 5a. Between the first time period (1998–2001) and the last (2014–2017), there was an increase in the number of sessions for every category except metabolism. The subject categories Clinical Practice, Congenital, Imaging Techniques, Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy, and Structure/Function/Flow demonstrated “super growth” (Fig. 5b). The largest increase was seen in Congenital. Clinical practice had the most sessions in four of the five time periods. This category included sessions focusing on clinical cases, career development, global CMR, efficiency, safety, and cost. The category Structure/Function/Flow which has traditionally few sessions experienced “super growth” in the last time period due to sessions on strain, diastolic function, the right ventricle, and 4D flow. The subject categories Ischemic Heart Disease, Clinical Trials/Outcomes, Coronary/Vascular, and Basic/Translational demonstrated “strong growth” (Fig. 5c).
Fig. 5
a Number of SCMR scientific session titles within major subject categories - trends over 20 years. b SCMR scientific session subject categories demonstrating “Super Growth” – defined as absolute growth ≥ 8 session titles over a 20-year time span. c SCMR scientific session subject categories demonstrating “Growth” – defined as absolute growth ≥ 4 session titles over a 20-year time span. d Several SCMR scientific session subject categories did not exist in the first time period, but exhibited significant growth in recent years
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New categories (those that did not have any sessions in the first time period) include Electrophysiology, Tissue Characterization, Analysis/Post-processing, Interventional, and Clinical Application to Special Groups (Fig. 5d). This last category includes titles such as “Phenotyping and Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”, “Assessing the Hematology/Oncology Patient”, and “Cardiovascular Disease in Women – CMR’s Essential Role”.
Case sessions also saw significant growth in number and sophistication. From 1998 to 2001 there was a single case session offered, “Clinical Case Review Session: Bring Your Own”. From 2014 to 2017, there were 39 case sessions offered, including a live interventional CMR heart catheterization case presented by Children’s National Medical Center at the most recent SCMR annual scientific sessions in 2017. The first SCMR live case (real-time CMR-guided cardiac catheterization in an atrial septal defect patient) was a unique experience for the SCMR audience and a milestone in the history of the SCMR annual scientific sessions. SCMR attendees were provided with the opportunity to watch a clinical CMR catheterization program live in operation and recognize potential benefits of interventional CMR for pediatric and adult patients.
Discussion
The results of our analysis of SCMR annual scientific sessions attendance, number and type of abstracts, as well as CMR research and application trends clearly demonstrated a healthy and internationally active field of study which continues to undergo substantial growth and expansion utilizing new and emerging CMR techniques to answer a broadening array of clinical questions. Changes in annual scientific sessions location and annual scientific sessions duration summarized in Table 1 are clear indications of CMR as a growing and international field of study. Initially varying attendees to accepted abstract ratio has stabilized in recent years above 2 indicating a strong and consistent interest in the SCMR annual scientific sessions also for clinicians and scientists who did not submit an abstract. These findings are supported by our key word extraction analysis which illustrated a shift from early focus on ‘MRI techniques and ‘feasibility’ to patient centered clinical translation and more recently novel techniques and quantitative CMR imaging. These changes were accompanied by a dramatic increase in the number of sessions from 46 in 1998–2001 to 168 in 2014–2017.
Nearly every topic category demonstrated an increase in the number of sessions from the first time period to the last. Clinical Practice led all categories in four of the five time periods. The top three growth areas were Congenital, Clinical Practice, and Structure/function/flow. In many sessions, growth mirrored the development of new imaging techniques or therapies. Tissue characterization has seen substantial growth since mapping techniques have become widely available. The advent of percutaneous valve techniques has coincided with the emergence of sessions dedicated to valve disease. Arrhythmias and CMR used to be mutually exclusive terms, but with real time techniques and recognition of the utility of CMR for defining the substrate for arrhythmias this area has blossomed. The “super growth” in the congenital category is not surprising, given the increasing role of CMR in this growing patient population. The category “Clinical Application to Special Groups” illustrates the growing application of CMR beyond traditional atherosclerotic coronary and vascular disease.
Conclusion
We’ve seen the programs evolve from very broad sessions with a focus on development and validation, to a wide breadth of sessions that build upon the past and focus increasingly on specific applications to patient scenarios and groups where CMR might impact clinical care and practice guidelines. In this context, a continued collaboration between non-clinician PhD scientists and engineers and physician researchers and clinicians coupled with interactions with other clinically oriented societies will be critical for the continued success of CMR. The evolution of sessions at the SCMR annual scientific sessions mirrors the growth and maturation of the science and clinical practice of CMR over the past 20 years.
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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Drs. Orlando Simonetti and Warren J. Manning for providing their personal copies of past SCMR Scientific Sessions Programs and to Mr. Pete Pomillo from the SCMR office for his assistance with data collection.
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