First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop on Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers – Potential for a Paradigm Shift

Session

Introductory session

Sep 1, 2012, 9:00 AM

Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

Conveners

Introductory session

• F. Garibaldi
• S. Vesna

2. Molecular brain imaging: history and state of the art

Dr Vesna Sossi (Vancouver)

9/1/12, 9:00 AM

Abstract. First FGD PET images date to the mid ’70. While revolutionary, as their allowed for the very first time a glimpse into body and brain function in a living subject in a non invasive fashion, they offered very limited resolution. This talk will describe the major milestones in PET imaging that led from those very first, fuzzy, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose brain images to images obtained with...

3. Neuroimaging: what can we learn from qualitative and quantitative functional brain imaging

Dr Vesna Sossi (Vancouver)

9/1/12, 9:30 AM

Abstract. There are two important steps that transform imaging of PET tracers into biologically relevant information: data quantification and kinetic modeling of the tracer time course. Data quantification requires accurate corrections for physical and instrumentation performance aspects, while kinetic modeling requires good understanding of tracer binding properties and their...

5. PET in Neuroscience and Drug Development

Dr C. Halldin

9/1/12, 10:30 AM

Abstract. PET provides a new way to image the function of a target and by elevating the mass, to pharmacologically modify the function of the target. The main applications of radioligands in brain research concern human neuropsychopharmacology and the discovery and development of novel drugs to be used in the therapy of psychiatric and neurological disorders. A basic problem in PET brain...

6. Multimodality operation of PET detectors with MRI/fMRI

B Pichler

9/1/12, 11:00 AM