International Pediatric Neuro MRI-Structure, Function and Outcome was held in Xi 'an from September 28 to 29, 2019. Yang Jian, Director of Department of Radiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) and Professor Duan Xu from University of California, San Francisco were invited to serve as the President of the conference, and more than 200 experts in the field of pediatric imaging from all over the world attended the conference.

With the theme of MRI of pediatric development, this meeting focuses upon in-depth discussions on major cutting-edge academic issues, such as structural and functional changes during the process of brain development, intelligent radiomic analysis of abnormal brain development and early diagnosis and prediction of developmental outcomes,etc.

Experts attending the meeting included Professor Weili Lin, Head of the Baby Connectome Project (BCP) and Professor from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the U.S., Professor Jo V Hajnal from Imperial College London and Head of The Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP) in the U.K., Professor Hugh Garavan from University of Vermont and Head of The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) in the U.S., Professor Anqi Qiu from National University of Singapore and Head of Growth Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) project, Professor Ellen Grant, a pediatric neuroimaging expert from Harvard University, Professor Sean CL. Deoni from Brown University in the U.S., Professor Dinggang Shen and Professor Gang Li from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Hao Huang from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor Wei Gao from University of California, Professor Feng Jianfeng from Fudan University, Professor Wu Dan from Zhejiang University, Professor Zuo Xinian from Institute of Psychology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor He Yong from Beijing Normal University, Professor Zeng Lingxia from XJTU, Professor Zhang Jing from Lanzhou University Second Hospital and Professor Wang Quan from Xi 'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of Chinese Academy of Sciences,etc.

During the meeting, led by Professor Yang Jian from Department of Radiology of our hospital, international experts participated in the formulation of the outline ofInternational Expert Consensus on Neonatal MRI Examination Regime, which will be published at the end of 2019.