WEDNESDAY, 23^rd of March 2011  

 

CONFERENCE OPENING LECTURE

Chairs: Stelios Christofides (Cyprus), Yiannis Parpottas (Cyprus)

OL    The State-of-the-Art of the PET-MRI Hybrid Systems – Paul Marsden (United Kingdom)
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THURSDAY, 24^rd of March 2011

 

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1

Image Optimisation

Chairs:Savvas Frangos (Cyprus), Antonis Stefanoyiannis (Greece)

SS1-1   Evaluation of two approaches to motion-corrected PET image reconstruction - Irene Polycarpou (United Kingdom)
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SS1-2   Reconstruction of Linear Kinetic Parameters Directly From Projection PET Data - Georgios Angelis (United Kingdom)
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SS1-3   Acquisition parameters optimization for Bremsstrahlung (Yttrium – 90) - Monika Kempinska (Poland)
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SS1-4   Justification of administered dose level in brain perfusion imaging with 99mTc-HMPAO - Antonis Stefanoyiannis (Greece)
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SS1-5   Optimisation of SPECT reconstruction with OSEM and distance-dependent system resolution model (DRM) in relation to data acquisition parameters in clinical studies – Effects of count statistics and angular sampling - Lefteris Livieratos (United Kingdom)
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2
Image Analysis

Chairs: Jure Fettich (Slovenia), Ourania Demetriadou (Cyprus)

IL-1    The Role of SPECT/CT Hybrid Imaging on evaluation of tumours - Jure Fettich (Slovenia)
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SS2-1  A comparison between conventional manual ROI method and an automatic algorithm for semiquantitative analysis of SPECT studies - Laura Pagan (Italy)
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SS2-2  A combined [11C]-(+)-PHNO Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) study to measure the Amphetamine-induced Dopamine release within the functional subdivisions of the Basal Ganglia - Andri Tziortzi (United Kingdom)
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SS2-3  DaTSCAN studies: Differences in classification using 2D and 3D analysis - Jim O’ Doherty (United Kingdom)
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SS2-4  Investigation of the Effects of Attenuation Correction on the Compatibility of two SPECT Systems with the use of Segmentation through Registration - Marios Lampaskis (Cyprus)
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SS2-5  Diagnosis Improvement Based on Image Processing and Dosimetric Aspects in Low Extremities Inflammation Scintigraphy - Maria Lyra (Greece)
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3
Patient Dosimetry

Chairs: Sören Mattsson (Sweden), Maria Lyra (Greece)

KN-1    Current activities in the ICRP concerning estimation of radiation doses to patients from radiopharmaceuticals - Sören Mattsson (Sweden)
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SS3-1  Impact of low dose CT scan in dual timepoint investigations. A phantom study - Mille Micheelsen (Denmark)
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SS3-2  Safety of Radiosynevectomy with Yttrium-90 - Monika Kempinska (Poland)
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SS3-3  Dosimetry of Exendin-4 Based Radiotracer for Glucagonlike Peptide-1 Receptor Imaging – Initial Report - Monika Tomaszuk (Poland)
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SS3-4  Radioiodine Therapy of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer; The Protocol of Treatment and its Clinical Practicability - Daniela Neamtu (Romania)
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SS3-5  Effective doses to family member of patients treated with radioiodine 131 - Marina Zdraveska Kocovska (FYROM)
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SS3-6  Scintigraphic imaging data in skeletal metastasis. Treatment and Monte Carlo Simulation Re-186 and Sm-153 dosimetry - Maria Andreou (Greece)
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SPECIAL SESSION

Radionuclide Therapy

Chairs: John Buscombe (United Kingdom), Glenn Fkux (United Kingdom)

SS-1  Clinical perspective of dosimetry in solid tumours treated with antibodies or peptides - John Buscombe (United Kingdom)
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SS-2  Yttrium-90 microspheres for liver tumours: practical aspects - Bieke Lambert (Belgium)
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SS-3  The Role of Radiation Dosimetry in Radionuclide Therapy - Glenn Flux (United Kingdom)
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FRIDAY 25^th of March 2011

 

WORKSHOP 1

Optimising Diagnostic Value in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Chairs: Ourania Demetriadou (Cyprus), Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska  (Poland)

IL2    Gated SPECT imaging in acute myocardial infarction - Anna Teresinska (Poland)
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W1-1 Optimising Diagnostic Value in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging – Yiannis Parpottas (Cyprus)
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W1-2 Prototype of a dynamic heart phantom for optimizing diagnostic value in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging - Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska (Poland)
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W1-3 Optimised SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images with a prototype dynamic heart phantom - Ourania Demetriadou (Cyprus)
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W1-4 Development of the dynamic heart phantom control system - Andrzej Rosiek (Poland)
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W1-5 Measurements and calculations of dose to the patient form Myocardial Perfusion Imaging studies - Demetris Kaolis (Cyprus) 
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W1-6 PEONY: software for image analysis in Nuclear Medicine - Charalambos Yiannakkaras (Cyprus)
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W1-7 Monte Carlo Simulations to assess differentiation between defects in cardiac SPECT - Isabelle Chrysanthou (Cyprus)
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WORKSHOP 2

Beware of Pitfalls in Functional Imaging

Chairs: Chariklia Giannopoulou (Greece), Charalambos Yiannakkaras (Cyprus)

W2-1 Pitfalls in Classical Nuclear Medicine 1 - Christina Franghaki (Greece)
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W2-2 Pitfalls in Classical Nuclear Medicine 2 - Demitris Apostolopoulos (Greece)
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W2-3 Pitfalls in PET/CT 1 - Nick Papathanassiou (Greece)
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W2-4 Pitfalls in PET/CT 2 - Phoivi Rondogianni (Greece)
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WORKSHOP 3

Monte Carlo Simulations

Chairs: Michael Ljungberg (Sweden), Isabelle Chrysanthou (Cyprus)
IL-3  Monte Carlo simulations for therapy imaging - Michael Ljungberg (Sweden)
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HW1 Hands on Monte Carlo simulations - Michael Ljungberg (Sweden)
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SATURDAY, 26^th of March 2011

 

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4

Simulations

Chairs: Isabelle Chrysanthou (Cyprus), Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska  (Poland)

KN-2    Dynamic phantoms for Nuclear Medicine Studies – Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska (Poland) 
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SS4-1  Initial tests of a new phantom for investigation of spatial resolution, partial volume effect and detectability in nuclear medicine tomography – Marcus Söderberg (Sweden) 
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SS4-2  Design of heart defects for severity simulation – Isabelle Chrysanthou (Cyprus) 
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SS4-3  Fast Analytic Simulation Toolkit for Generation of 4D PET-MR Data from Real Dynamic MR Acquisitions – Charalampos Tsoupas (United Kingdom) 
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SS4-4  Study of the effect of magnetic field in positron range using GATE simulation toolkit – George Soultanidis (Greece) 
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SS4-5  Scatter Correction in 3D PET using STIR – Irene Polycarpou (United Kingdom) 
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SCIENTIFIC SESSION 5

Clinical and Quality Management

Chairs: Stella Koumna (Greece/Cyprus), Prodromos Kaplanis (Cyprus)

SS5-1  NEMA NU 1-2007 based and independent Quality Control Software for gamma and SPECT cameras – Troels Jorgensen & Robin de Nijs (Denmark) 
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SS5-2  Implementing a Quality Management System in a Nuclear Medicine Department Demetris Kaolis (Cyprus) 
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SS5-3  Specificity and Sensitivity of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Studies at the Nuclear Medicine Department of Limassol General Hospital in Cyprus – Stella Koumna (Greece/Cyprus) 
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SS5-4  SScintigraphic Estimation of the Relative Liver Perfusion in the Choice of Treatment of Liver Carcinomas – Mirjana Stojkovic (Serbia) 
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EFOMP SESSION

Education and Training of the Medical Physicist in Nuclear Medicine

Chairs: Carmel J. Caruana (Malta), Glenn Flux (United Kingdom)

ES1  The Activities of EFOMP in Education and Training: Past, Present and Future – Stelios Christofides (Cyprus) 
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ES2  EC Project “GUIDELINES ON MPE”: Proposed Qualification and Curriculum Frameworks and the MPE in Nuclear Medicine -  Carmel J. Caruana (Malta) 
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ES3  EANM Education and Training – Glenn Flux (United Kingdom) 
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ES4  Multi-type content repurposing and sharing in medical education, The mEducator project – Athos Antoniades (Cyprus) 
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