Name: MEDAMI 2014 - III MEDITERRANEAN THEMATIC WORKSHOP IN ADVANCED MOLECULAR IMAGING
Start: 2014-09-02T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-09-07T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Hotel Portoconte

MEDAMI 2014 - III MEDITERRANEAN THEMATIC WORKSHOP IN ADVANCED MOLECULAR IMAGING

from Tuesday, September 2, 2014 (8:00 AM) to Sunday, September 7, 2014 (7:00 PM)

Monday, September 1, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

6:00 PM Registration
Registration
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

8:00 AM Registration
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Welcome addresses - Franco Garibaldi (ISS)

8:45 AM Lost in Translation: from nuclear science to clinical reality - David Townsend (CIRC, University of Singapore)

9:20 AM PET technology across different scales: designs driven by applications - Simon Cherry (University of California - Davis)

9:55 AM TOF-PET: from the idea to clinics - Joel Karp (University of Pensilvania)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM PET-MR:from the idea to the working detector - Bernd Pichler (Univeristy of Tubingen)

11:35 AM PET-MR –Clinical rationale for PET/MRI - George El Fakhri (University of Harward)

12:10 PM Clinical applications and limitations of PET/CT. When other technologies can help - Annibale Versari (Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova)
12:45 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM PET Radiotracer Discovery and Development for Neuroimaging - Roger Gunn (Imperial College)

3:00 PM PET Neuroimaging in Early Phase Drug Development - Roger Gunn (Imperial College)

3:30 PM The role of medical imaging in pharmaceutical industry - Nicholas Seneca (Roche)

4:00 PM The role of equipment industry in the translation from research ideas into medical (imaging) devices - a personal view - York Haemisch
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 5:35 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM The role of molecular imaging in cardiology. Limits of cardiac imagers available. Is there a need for new devices? - Markus Schwaiger (Technische Universität München)
5:35 PM Imaging - from detector development to clinics: key elements, hurdles and opportunities
Imaging - from detector development to clinics: key elements, hurdles and opportunities
5:35 PM - 7:05 PM
Thursday, September 4, 2014
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM The role of the radiotherapy in cancer therapy - Roberto Orecchia (european institute of oncology)

9:00 AM Particle radiation therapy: the promise, the current status, the perspectives - Giacomo Cuttone (LNS)

9:30 AM A Linac for hadrotherapy - Luigi Picardi (ENEA Frascati)
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

10:30 AM PET imaging in radiation therapy - George El Fakhri (University of Harward)

11:00 AM External/ internal correlation models for motion Management in radiotherapy - Guido Baroni (Politecnico di Milano - Fondazione CNAO)

11:30 AM Novel techniques for dose monitoring in particle therapy - Vincenzo Patera (ROMA1;LNF)
12:00 PM The role of imaging in radiotherapy
The role of imaging in radiotherapy
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:10 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Gastrointestinal endoscopy I - Ivo Boskowski (Catholic University of Rome, Digestive Endoscopy Unit)

3:55 PM Role of EndoTOF PET_US in pancreatic pathology - R. Laugier (University of Nice)

4:20 PM Present status of prostate cancer treatment and the role of imaging - César David Vera Donoso (La Fe Universitary Hospital)

4:45 PM Present status of OB/GYN cancer treatment and the role of imaging - Alessia Di Legge (University Cattolica Rome)
5:10 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM

5:10 PM - 5:40 PM
5:40 PM
5:40 PM - 7:30 PM
Contributions

5:40 PM Prospects for imaging prostate cancer with PET/CT and PET/MR - Maurizio Conti (Siemens)

6:05 PM 18F-Choline: Is shine-effect an issue for prostate SUV quantification? An evaluation based on Monte Carlo simulations of the XCAT phantom - Jesus Silva-Rodriguez (Health Research Institute)

6:30 PM TRUS_Tof_PET Project - Stan Majewski
Friday, September 5, 2014
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM EndoTOF PET-US, a dedicated detector for pancreas and prostate biomarkers developments - Paul Lecoq (CERN)

8:55 AM Dedicated detectors for OB/GYN - Franco Garibaldi (ISS)

9:20 AM The role of optical techniques in diagnosis and surgery - Joackim Klode (Essen University)
10:00 AM The role of imaging in endoscopy: crucial parameters for detectors. Do we need multimodality?
The role of imaging in endoscopy: crucial parameters for detectors. Do we need multimodality?
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 12:35 PM
Contributions

10:50 AM The role of dedicated single photon detectors in breast diagnosis - Iraj Khalkhali (Harbor - UCLA Medical center)

11:20 AM Review of surgical imagers - Marie-Alix Duval (IMNC, Orsay, France)

11:50 AM Review of surgical imagers - Marie-‐Alix Duval (IMNC, IN2P3)

12:15 PM Molecular Breast Imaging unit - ISO 13485 requirements for management of the process of production from the feasibility study to the clinical validation - Fortunato Cirillo (Metaltronica)
12:35 PM The role of NM techniques in the management of breast cancer
The role of NM techniques in the management of breast cancer
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM

1:05 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:05 PM - 3:00 PM

4:00 PM

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

8:30 PM

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday, September 6, 2014
8:15 AM degenerative diseases and mental disorders
degenerative diseases and mental disorders
8:15 AM - 9:20 AM
Contributions

8:15 AM Molecular brain imaging: recent advances in relation to pathology and treatment - Andrea Varrone (Karolinska Stoccolma)

8:55 AM Dedicated detector systems for brain imaging - Antonio J. Gonzales Martinez (I3M)
9:20 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM
9:35 AM
9:35 AM - 10:00 AM
Contributions

9:35 AM Head and neck cancers, what the surgeon expect from imaging - Jacopo Galli (Universita' Cattolica)
10:00 AM Do we need dedicated detectors for brain and head and neck?
Do we need dedicated detectors for brain and head and neck?
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM Lunch - Visit of "grotta di Nettuno" (TBC)
Lunch - Visit of "grotta di Nettuno" (TBC)
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Is sub-100 picosecond time resolution feasible in realistic TOF PET systems? - Dennis Schaart (Delft University of Technology)

3:50 PM Electronics and data acquisition for PET systems based on silicon photosensors in general - Joao Varela (Univeristy of Lisbon)

4:10 PM TOFPET ASICS - Manuel Rolo (INFN - Torino)

4:30 PM PET signal optimization for different tasks: from lesion detection to pattern definition - Vesna Sossi (University of British Columbia)
4:50 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
5:10 PM
5:10 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

5:10 PM Silicon Photo-Multipliers: status and perspectives - Gianmaria Collazuol (PD)

5:30 PM Analog SiPM - Hamamatsu

5:50 PM Digital Photon Counting (DPC, dSiPM) technology - Scalable light detection for high sensitivity medical systems - York Haemisch

6:10 PM Reconstruction software - Charalampos Tsoumpas (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
6:30 PM SiPM: analog vs digital, benefits and drawbacks
SiPM: analog vs digital, benefits and drawbacks
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 7, 2014
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Differentiation between cancer and inflammation, the role of the imagers - Chumy Nwogu (Rosswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo)

8:55 AM Review of non-imaging surgical probes - Riccardo Faccini (ROMA1)
9:20 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM

9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
9:50 AM
9:50 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:50 AM Lymphoseek: Clinical validation of a design model for a receptor-‐targeted SLN imaging agent - David R. Vera (Univeristy of California S. Diego)

10:15 AM Perioperative and intraoperative molecular imaging for tumor localization in surgical oncology - Nathan Hall (Ohio State University, Columbus)
10:40 AM Multimodality detectors for surgery?
Multimodality detectors for surgery?
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:10 AM Closing the Meeting - David Townsend
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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