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

from Thursday, 30 August 2012 (08:00) to Sunday, 2 September 2012 (19:00)
Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
30 Aug 2012
31 Aug 2012
1 Sept 2012
2 Sept 2012
AM
08:00 --- Adjunct Workshop: The latest enabling technological breakthroughs in compact radiation sensors, electronics and software for PET and SPECT Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily) - August 30-31,2012 ---
08:45
0. Welcome address (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Introductory talk (until 09:25) ()
09:00 The role of dedicated advanced detectors in modern molecular imaging. What is missing in the standard scanners - Alberto Del Guerra   ()
Slides
09:25
Scintillators and Cherenkov light detectors (until 10:15) ()
09:25 New scintillators for SPECT, PET and TOFPET - Dr W. Moses   ()
Slides
09:50 Cherenkov radiation in medical imaging - Dr P. Lecoq   ()
10:15
Photodetectors: - Developments in SiPMs - overview SiPM different designs and properties (until 12:20) ()
10:15 Progress on the Hamamatsu SIPM (MPPC) - K.K Koei Yamamoto   ()
10:40 STMicroelectronics Photodetectors Technology – From SPAD to Analog SiPMs - Dr G. Fallica   ()
11:05 --- Coffee break ---
11:35 Strategies to Obtain Time of Flight Resolution in the 100 Picosecond Range. - Dr D. Schaart   ()
12:00 Digital SiPM: Approaching the Cramer-Rao Limit in TOF-PET, Reliably and Robustly - Prof. E Charbon   ()
08:00 --- Adjunct Workshop: The latest enabling technological breakthroughs in compact radiation sensors, electronics and software for PET and SPECT Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily) - August 30-31,2012 ---
08:45
Reconstruction (until 09:35) ()
08:45 Incorporating anatomical information in PET image reconstruction - Dr D. Visvikis   ()
09:10 Partial volume effect (PVE) issue: instrumental and biological components - Dr I. Buvat   ()
09:35 --- Coffee break/poster ---
10:00
Round Table Discussion on the theme (Chairmen F. Garibaldi, P. Jehenson): “Image quality and detector performance – what is needed (for different applications)“ (until 12:00) ()
08:00 --- “First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop: Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers - Potential for a Paradigm Shift" Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily) - September 1-2 2012 ---
08:45 Welcome address - F. Garibaldi   ()
09:00
Introductory session - S. Vesna F. Garibaldi (until 11:30) ()
09:00 Molecular brain imaging: history and state of the art - Dr Vesna Sossi (Vancouver)   ()
09:30 Neuroimaging: what can we learn from qualitative and quantitative functional brain imaging - Dr Vesna Sossi (Vancouver)   ()
10:00 --- Coffee Break ---
10:30 PET in Neuroscience and Drug Development - Dr C. Halldin   ()
11:00 Multimodality operation of PET detectors with MRI/fMRI - B Pichler   ()
11:30
Cerebrovascular diseases (until 12:00) ()
11:30 Physiopathology of cerebral ischemia and clinical need for Imaging - F. Orzi   ()
Abstract
08:00 --- “First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop: Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers - Potential for a Paradigm Shift" Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily) - September 1-2 2012 ---
08:45
Advanced tools and techniques for brain imaging (until 11:30) ()
08:45 Dedicated PET-MRI-fMRI detectors for brain - Dr H. Herzog   ()
09:10 Molecular Imaging of therapeutic cells: pre-clinical and clinical studies - G. Marfia   ()
09:35 Dedicated innovative SPECT detectors for brain - Dr B. Tsui   ()
10:00 Dedicated innovative PET detectors for brain - S. Majewski   ()
10:25 --- Coffee break ---
10:55 High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging Technologies and Clinical Performances - Dr B. Kari   ()
11:30
Poster Session (until 13:00) ()
PM
12:20
Electronics: (until 12:50) ()
12:20 The Role of FPGAs and Reconfigurable Acquisition in Future PET/SPECT Systems - A. Veerappan   ()
12:50 --- Lunch Break ---
16:00
electronics (until 16:50) ()
16:00 Developments in ASIC chips - A. Rivetti   ()
16:25 High-Speed Electronics for PET Systems - Dr W. Moses   ()
16:50 --- coffee break ---
17:20
Multimodality systems: (until 17:50) ()
17:20 MR Basics and PET/MR Interferences - H. Wehrl   ()
Abstract
17:50
Software: (until 19:25) ()
17:50 Introductory talk: “Image quality – The role of software and what is indeed needed from the high performance detector. Resolution or efficiency?” - Dr N. Clinthorne   ()
Slides
18:15 Algorithms for imaging techniques (accuracy, speed, required computing power, and related challenges) - Spatial resolution/efficiency trade-off (pattern vs small lesions detection) - E. Cisbani   ()
18:40 Reconstruction Techniques (SPECT) - B. Tsui   ()
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
13:00 --- Excursion Siracusa ---
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
13:30
Neurodegenerative diseases and clinical need for Imaging (until 15:05) ()
13:30 FDG and Amyloid imaging in Alzheimer's disease - Dr A. Chiaravalloti   ()
Abstract
14:05 Molecular Imaging of Parkinson disease - Dr A. Varrone   ()
14:40 Neurodegeneration markers from structural MRI and FDG-PET brain images: the Alzheimer’s disease case study - Dr A. Chincarini   ()
Abstract
15:05 --- Coffee brak ---
15:20
Psychiatric/Neurobehavioral disorders (until 16:10) ()
15:20 Molecular imaging in psychiatry - P. Stenkrona   ()
15:45 Investigating behavioral disorders by neuroimaging - P. Stenkrona   ()
16:10 --- Excursion Taormina ---
19:30 --- Workshop dinner ---
12:10 Summary talks and “Round Table Discussion” on the theme - Dr P. Jehenson F. Garibaldi   ()
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
17:30
Summary talks and Round table discussion on the theme “How can we develop and utilize the novel enabling imaging technologies for brain research and also to advance individual patient care at EU and international level“ -Dr P. Jehenson (until 19:00) ()