MEDAMI 2014 - III MEDITERRANEAN THEMATIC WORKSHOP IN ADVANCED MOLECULAR IMAGING

Session

Endoscopic session

5 Sept 2014, 08:30

Hotel Portoconte

Conveners

Endoscopic session

• Stan Majewski (West Virginia University)
• Markus Schwaiger

95. EndoTOF PET-US, a dedicated detector for pancreas and prostate biomarkers developments

Dr Paul Lecoq (CERN)

05/09/2014, 08:30

In the scope of the EndoTOFPET-US project, a novel multimodal device for Ultrasound (US) Endoscopy and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is being developed. The project aims at detecting and quantifying morphologic and functional markers and developing new biomarkers for pancreas and prostate oncology. Exploiting the Time-of-Flight (TOF) information of the gamma rays allows for a more...

96. Dedicated detectors for OB/GYN

Franco Garibaldi (ISS)

05/09/2014, 08:55

Endocervical adenocarcinoma, endometrial and ovarian cancer in Lynch syndrome, and neuroendocrine prostate are examples of rare serious diseases of the pelvic region, whose early diagnosis is very difficult. with the present day diagnostic technology. Moreover, surgical treatment of these cancers is invasive, expensive and inefficient, in particular in their advanced stages. As a result,...

97. The role of optical techniques in diagnosis and surgery

Joackim Klode (Essen University)

05/09/2014, 09:20