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, 2 September 2014 (08:00) to Sunday, 7 September 2014 (19:00)

Monday, 1 September 2014
Tuesday, 2 September 2014

18:00 Registration
Registration
18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 08:30
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 Welcome addresses - Franco Garibaldi (ISS)

08:45 Lost in Translation: from nuclear science to clinical reality - David Townsend (CIRC, University of Singapore)

09:20 PET technology across different scales: designs driven by applications - Simon Cherry (University of California - Davis)

09:55 TOF-PET: from the idea to clinics - Joel Karp (University of Pensilvania)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:45
Contributions

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

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

12:10 Clinical applications and limitations of PET/CT. When other technologies can help - Annibale Versari (Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova)
12:45 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 16:30
Contributions

14:30 PET Radiotracer Discovery and Development for Neuroimaging - Roger Gunn (Imperial College)

15:00 PET Neuroimaging in Early Phase Drug Development - Roger Gunn (Imperial College)

15:30 The role of medical imaging in pharmaceutical industry - Nicholas Seneca (Roche)

16:00 The role of equipment industry in the translation from research ideas into medical (imaging) devices - a personal view - York Haemisch
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 17:35
Contributions

17:00 The role of molecular imaging in cardiology. Limits of cardiac imagers available. Is there a need for new devices? - Markus Schwaiger (Technische Universität München)
17:35 Imaging - from detector development to clinics: key elements, hurdles and opportunities
Imaging - from detector development to clinics: key elements, hurdles and opportunities
17:35 - 19:05
Thursday, 4 September 2014
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Contributions

08:30 The role of the radiotherapy in cancer therapy - Roberto Orecchia (european institute of oncology)

09:00 Particle radiation therapy: the promise, the current status, the perspectives - Giacomo Cuttone (LNS)

09:30 A Linac for hadrotherapy - Luigi Picardi (ENEA Frascati)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30

10:00 - 10:30
10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Contributions

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

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

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

12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 17:10
Contributions

15:30 Gastrointestinal endoscopy I - Ivo Boskowski (Catholic University of Rome, Digestive Endoscopy Unit)

15:55 Role of EndoTOF PET_US in pancreatic pathology - R. Laugier (University of Nice)

16:20 Present status of prostate cancer treatment and the role of imaging - César David Vera Donoso (La Fe Universitary Hospital)

16:45 Present status of OB/GYN cancer treatment and the role of imaging - Alessia Di Legge (University Cattolica Rome)
17:10 Coffee break
Coffee break
17:10 - 17:40

17:10 - 17:40
17:40
17:40 - 19:30
Contributions

17:40 Prospects for imaging prostate cancer with PET/CT and PET/MR - Maurizio Conti (Siemens)

18:05 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)

18:30 TRUS_Tof_PET Project - Stan Majewski
Friday, 5 September 2014
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Contributions

08:30 EndoTOF PET-US, a dedicated detector for pancreas and prostate biomarkers developments - Paul Lecoq (CERN)

08:55 Dedicated detectors for OB/GYN - Franco Garibaldi (ISS)

09:20 The role of optical techniques in diagnosis and surgery - Joackim Klode (Essen University)
10:00 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 - 10:30

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

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

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

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

12:15 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 The role of NM techniques in the management of breast cancer
The role of NM techniques in the management of breast cancer
12:35 - 13:05

13:05 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:05 - 15:00

16:00

16:00 - 20:00

20:30

20:30 - 22:30
Saturday, 6 September 2014
08:15 degenerative diseases and mental disorders
degenerative diseases and mental disorders
08:15 - 09:20
Contributions

08:15 Molecular brain imaging: recent advances in relation to pathology and treatment - Andrea Varrone (Karolinska Stoccolma)

08:55 Dedicated detector systems for brain imaging - Antonio J. Gonzales Martinez (I3M)
09:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
09:20 - 09:35
09:35
09:35 - 10:00
Contributions

09:35 Head and neck cancers, what the surgeon expect from imaging - Jacopo Galli (Universita' Cattolica)
10:00 Do we need dedicated detectors for brain and head and neck?
Do we need dedicated detectors for brain and head and neck?
10:00 - 10:30

10:30 Lunch - Visit of "grotta di Nettuno" (TBC)
Lunch - Visit of "grotta di Nettuno" (TBC)
10:30 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:50
Contributions

15:30 Is sub-100 picosecond time resolution feasible in realistic TOF PET systems? - Dennis Schaart (Delft University of Technology)

15:50 Electronics and data acquisition for PET systems based on silicon photosensors in general - Joao Varela (Univeristy of Lisbon)

16:10 TOFPET ASICS - Manuel Rolo (INFN - Torino)

16:30 PET signal optimization for different tasks: from lesion detection to pattern definition - Vesna Sossi (University of British Columbia)
16:50 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:50 - 17:10
17:10
17:10 - 18:30
Contributions

17:10 Silicon Photo-Multipliers: status and perspectives - Gianmaria Collazuol (PD)

17:30 Analog SiPM - Hamamatsu

17:50 Digital Photon Counting (DPC, dSiPM) technology - Scalable light detection for high sensitivity medical systems - York Haemisch

18:10 Reconstruction software - Charalampos Tsoumpas (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
18:30 SiPM: analog vs digital, benefits and drawbacks
SiPM: analog vs digital, benefits and drawbacks
18:30 - 19:00

19:00

19:00 - 19:30
Sunday, 7 September 2014
08:30
08:30 - 09:20
Contributions

08:30 Differentiation between cancer and inflammation, the role of the imagers - Chumy Nwogu (Rosswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo)

08:55 Review of non-imaging surgical probes - Riccardo Faccini (ROMA1)
09:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
09:20 - 09:50

09:20 - 09:50
09:50
09:50 - 10:40
Contributions

09:50 Lymphoseek: Clinical validation of a design model for a receptor-‐targeted SLN imaging agent - David R. Vera (Univeristy of California S. Diego)

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

11:10 Closing the Meeting - David Townsend
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00

14:00

14:00 - 16:00