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)