Name: FTMI-TBPET-PSMR 2026 Valencia
Start: 2026-05-11T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-14T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Valencia Hotel Las Arenas

FTMI-TBPET-PSMR 2026 Valencia

from Monday, 11 May 2026 (09:00) to Thursday, 14 May 2026 (19:30)

Monday, 11 May 2026
09:00 Welcome session
09:00 - 09:20
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Antonio Gonzalez
09:20 Session 1: FTMI-Overview & Scintillators
09:20 - 10:10
Contributions

09:20 Overview of Fast Timing developments for PET - Georgios Konstantinou

09:50 Recent developments in the field of scintillators for radiation detectors - Etiennette Auffray Hillemanns (CERN)
10:10 Coffee Break

10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Session 2: FTMI-Scintillators
10:40 - 12:20
Contributions

10:40 Ultrafast exciton-based scintillation in specifically engineered perovskites - Paul Rene Michel Lecoq

11:00 Timing investigation of Tl2LaCl5: a high sensitivity fast scintillator for medical imaging detectors - Nicolaus Kratochwil (University of California, Davis)

11:20 Integration of a BGO Window Faceplate and high quantum efficiency photocathode in Multi-Anode Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier Tubes - Ryosuke Ota (UC Davis)

11:40 Cherenkov Timing in BGO and Rise Time Classification with FastIC+ ASIC - Francis Loignon-Houle (Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC—UPV)

12:00 Sponsor Keynote: Epic Crystal：Scintillation Crystal, Custom Array & Detector Solutions - Tess xue (Epic Crystal)
12:20 Lunch Break

12:20 - 15:00
15:00 Session 3: FTMI-Photodetectors: Session 3
Session 3
15:00 - 16:40
Contributions

15:00 Sponsor Keynote: Broadcom’s Silicon Photomultiplier: Technology, Performance, Status and Roadmap - John Murphy

15:20 Sponsor Keynote: Advancements in Photon Counting Technologies: Silicon SPAD & MPPC (SiPM) Developments at Hamamatsu Photonics - Luigi Ghezzi

15:40 TSV-enabled segmentation of FBK fast-timing SiPMs for 2.5D and 3D integrated ToF-PET modules - Carina Trippl

16:00 Developments in fabrication and design flexibility of amorphous silicon microchannel plates - Georgios Konstantinou (EPFL)

16:20 Experimental Evaluation of a Low-Noise Ultra-Fast SiPM Time-of Flight Analog Readout Chip (LUSTAR) - Joshua Cates (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
16:40 Coffee Break

16:40 - 17:10
17:10 Session 4: FTMI-Electronics
17:10 - 18:30
Contributions

17:10 Approaching Sub-100 ps CTR in TOF-PET Scanners with FastIC+ - David Mazzanti Tarancon (Institute of Cosmos Science, University of Barcelona)

17:30 Initial development of a modular FPGA-based DAQ for the PeTVISION ultrafast PET system - Noriel Pavon Hernandez (Institute for Molecular Imaging Instrumentation (I3M))

17:50 Channel-Level Validation of a Calibrated FPGA TDC for Fast-Timing PET - Giancarlo Sportelli

18:10 TEMPOROC: A 64-channel SiPM read-out chip for time-of-flight measurement - Julien Fleury (Weeroc)
19:00 Welcome reception

19:00 - 20:00
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
09:00 Session 5: FTMI-Detectors/Methods
09:00 - 10:40
Contributions

09:00 Improving TOF and DOI capabilities of pixelated PET modules using High-Frequency Readout - Giulia Terragni (CERN)

09:20 Maximum Likelihood Timing Estimation in Monolithic Scintillators using the PETsys TOFPET2 ASIC - Helena Segarra (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC))

09:40 Improving Coincidence Time Resolution using Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Dual-Side Readout Scintillators - CLAUDIA FERNANDEZ BORREGUERO

10:00 Benchtop Characterization of a 64-Channel Scintillation Photon Counting TOF-PET Monolithic Detector - Seungeun Lee

10:20 Cherenkov Photon Counting, Labeling, and Multi-Photon Timing Estimation for sub-100 ps CTR BGO TOF-PET Detectors - Joshua Cates (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Session 6: FTMI-Systems
11:10 - 12:30
Contributions

11:10 A metascintillator-based, ultra-ToF enabled, brain PET scanner simulation - Georgios Konstantinou (EPFL)

11:30 Detector-Wise Learning for Scalable In-System PET Timing Calibration - Julian Thull (Chair of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University)

11:50 Comparison of digital and analog PET systems: performance and image quality - Andrea González Rodríguez (Hospital Universitario de Cuenca)

12:10 High Sensitivity Multimodal DOI-TOF PET and SPECT for Proton Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging - Karol Lang (University of Texas at Austin)
12:30 Lunch Break

12:30 - 15:30
15:30 Session 7: FTMI-Sytems
15:30 - 16:30
Contributions

15:30 Design and Prototyping of a Sub-250 ps Cardiac TOF-PET System - Qiyu Peng

15:50 Initial Human Static and Dynamic FDG Imaging with the SmartBrain Wearable PET - Qiyu Peng (Shenzhen Bay Laboratory)

16:10 Development and Evaluation of a High-Performance DOI-Enabled Dedicated Brain PET/CT System - Xin Yu
16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Session 8: FTMI-Systems
17:00 - 18:20
Contributions

17:00 Time-of-Flight Artefact Reduction in Limited-Angle PET: How Effective is it in Practice? - Dennis Schaart

17:20 Improvements in Compton camera prototypes for targeted radionuclide therapy - Gabriela Llosá (IFIC, CSIC-UV)

17:40 Prototype Development of an On-Chip PET System with Dual-Sided Crystal Readout for Enhanced Gamma-Ray Interaction Point Localization - Narendra Rathod (Inselspital and University of Bern)

18:00 The ADMIRAL experiment: Ag-111 for imaging and therapy - Alberto Arzenton (University of Padua) Aurora Leso (University of Ferrara) Davide Serafini (INFN-LNL) EMILIO MARIOTTI (Università di Siena) Giulia Saveria Valli (University of Siena) Marcello Lunardon (University of Padova) Stefano Corradetti alberto andrighetto (INFN-LNL)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
08:30 Session 9: PSMR-Overview & Detectors
08:30 - 10:20
Contributions

08:30 PET & PET/MR in 2026: Toward Fully Integrated, Quantitative, and Dynamic Multimodal Imaging - Nicola Belcari

09:00 Analytical modeling of inter-crystal scattering in PET with energy information - Jorge Roser (Institute of Medical Engineering, Universität zu Lübeck)

09:20 Accurate 3D Positioning in Semi-Monolithic PET Detectors including ICS recovery - Fiammetta Pagano (Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (i3M) – CSIC)

09:40 Multiple Emission Tomography: A High-Sensitivity Simultaneous PET and Compton-Camera scanner - Marco Pizzichemi (Universita Milano-Bicocca (IT) and CERN)

10:00 Investigation of SiPM Channel Compression Schemes - Thore Meyer (Chair of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University)
10:20 Coffee Break

10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Session 10: PSMR-Systems
10:50 - 12:30
Contributions

10:50 Hybrid PET-MRI-FUS: Performance Validation, Trimodal Imaging, and 9.4T Positron Range Confinement - Fernando Lopez Berenguer (Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC-UPV)

11:10 First Results from the SAVANT Ultra-High-Resolution Phoswich-Based DOI Brain PET Scanner - Roger Lecomte (Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Molecular Imaging Center of CRCHUS, IR&T Inc.)

11:30 Simulation-Based Performance Evaluation of the NeuroSphere PET Insert for 7T-MRI - PABLO GALVE LAHOZ (Institute for Physical and Information Technologies “Leonardo Torres Quevedo”, ITEFI, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain)

11:50 Experimental Results of a Brain PET Insert inside a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI - Marta Freire Lopez-Fando (Instituto de Instrumentacion para Imagen Molecular (i3M))

12:10 Characterization of an Intravital Theranostic Imaging Camera - Narendra Rathod (Inselspital and University of Bern)
12:30 Lunch Break

12:30 - 14:30
14:30 Session 11: PSMR-Methods
14:30 - 16:10
Contributions

14:30 Breast PET Insert in a Whole-Body PET/MRI: Attenuation Effects and Resolution Recovery - Hong Phuc Vo (Institute of Medical Engineering, Universität zu Lübeck)

14:50 A long axial field-of-view PET insert design based on dual-ended side-readout for simultaneous PET and metabolic MRI in the META-scan system - Woutjan Branderhorst (University Medical Centre Utrecht)

15:10 3D-printed multimodality phantoms for quality control procedures in TBPET, PSMR and FTMI systems. - Luisa María Gavier Moreno (Grupo de Investigación Biomédica en Imagen, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe)

15:30 Multiple Emission Tomography: GPU-Accelerated LM-OSEM Reconstruction for Compton Events - Matteo Neel Colombo (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

15:50 The MERMAID Project: Current Developments and Future Directions - Rebecca Kantorek (Universität zu Lübeck)
16:10 Coffee Break

16:10 - 16:40
16:40 Session 12: PSMR-Applications
16:40 - 18:20
Contributions

16:40 Sponsor Keynote: TERAPET:Translating Advanced Detection Technologies into Clinical Practice: The Terapet Portfolio - Christina Valgreen

17:00 SPECT image reconstruction using PET priors via 3D Diffusion with Posterior Sampling for ultra-low count projections for alpha therapy dosimetry - Alejandro López Montes (Inselspital Bern, University of Bern)

17:20 Cross-Modal Transfer of MRI Foundation Model Embeddings Enables Multimodal FPIA PET–MRI Prediction of IDH Mutation in Glioma - Marianna Inglese (Department of Biomedicine and Prevention - University of Rome Tor Vergata)

17:40 Spatiotemporal FPIA PET–MRI Phenotyping Reveals Oligoclonal Metabolic Niches and Vascular Remodeling in Brain Metastases - Marianna Inglese (Department of Biomedicine and Prevention - University of Rome Tor Vergata)

18:00 Quantifying Baseline Relative Permeability between PET and DCE-MRI using a DCE Flow Phantom with Total-Body PET - Robbie Haynes (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
20:00 Gala Dinner

20:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 14 May 2026
08:30 Session 13: TBPET-Overview & Detectors
08:30 - 10:00
Contributions

08:30 Overview of recent developments in Total Body PET - Stefaan Vandenberghe

09:00 PET detector based on BGO pseudo-slabs: a comparison study - Neus Cucarella Melo

09:20 Selection of plastic scintillators for the total-body J-PET scanner - Lukasz Kaplon (Jagiellonian University)

09:40 Sponsor Keynote: United Imaging: Harnessing Ultra-Fast TOF and Total-Body with AI: The Intelligent PET/CT Pipeline - Ahmadreza Rezai
10:00 Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Session 14: TBPET-Simulations
10:30 - 12:10
Contributions

10:30 CRYSP: towards an accessible TBPET - Laura Navarro-Cozcolluela (DIPC)

10:50 Definitive Design for Developing a Cost-Effective Total-Body J-PET from Plastic Scintillators - Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili (Jagiellonian University) Pawel Moskal (Jagiellonian University)

11:10 Toward Total-Body Modular Flat-Panel TOF-PET Enabled by Sub-100 ps Timing - Rok Pestotnik (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))

11:30 Towards Autonomous Position Calibration of PET Scanners using Physics-Based Neural Networks - PABLO GALVE LAHOZ (Institute for Physical and Information Technologies “Leonardo Torres Quevedo”, ITEFI, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain)

11:50 Investigation of the Sensitivity of a Brain PET Insert in a Total-Body J-PET System: A Simulation Study - Pawel Moskal (Jagiellonian University) sharareh jalali
12:10 Lunch Break

12:10 - 13:45
13:45 Session 15: TBPET-Methods
13:45 - 15:25
Contributions

13:45 A multi-axes gantry system for total-body J-PET/CT scanner - Tevfik Kaplanoglu

14:05 Studies of attenuation and detector geometry effects in two- and three-gamma positronium decays towards 3γ/2γ imaging using the Total-Body J-PET tomograph. - Kamila Kasperska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)

14:25 From image to video in Total-Body PET: Maximum-Likelihood Motion and Activity (MLMA) reconstruction - Rodrigo José Santo (UMC Utrecht)

14:45 DSAC: A Novel CT-less Attenuation Correction Approach for Cost-Effective Plastic Scintillator based Total-body PET - Satyam Tiwari

15:05 High throughput imaging with Walk-Through-PET - Stefaan Vandenberghe
15:25 Coffee Break

15:25 - 15:55
15:55 Session 16: TBPET-Systems
15:55 - 17:15
Contributions

15:55 NEMA NU-2 performance tests of a prototype PET scanner using novel detectors with measured depth-of-interaction correction - August Blomgren (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern)

16:15 IMAS: Long-Axial FOV PET with Simultaneous TOF and DOI Capabilities - Álvaro Anreus Valero

16:35 High-Resolution and Dynamic Imaging Capabilities of a 200-cm DOI-Enabled Total-Body PET System - Qiyu Peng

16:55 Evaluation of Quality Control Approaches for Monitoring DOI Correction Stability in a Long Axial FOV PET System - Carla Gonzalez Avilés Sophia Amelie Dietrich
17:15 Session 17: Round Table discussion and conclusion

17:15 - 18:15