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08:20
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Pre Symposium Opening session
(until 08:30)
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08:20
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Welcome Pre Symposium TOF PET
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Franco Garibaldi
(Sezione Sanita(ISS))
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08:30
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Pre Symposium Session 1 : TOF PET : Challenges and Prospectives
(until 10:30)
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08:30
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TOF PET: Preliminary results and prospectives
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S Surti
(University of Pensilvania)
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09:00
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State of the art and challenges of TOF PET
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M Conti
(Siemens)
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09:30
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A proposal for a TOF PET and SPECT MRI probe for diagnosis and follow up of prostate cancer
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Franco Garibaldi
(Sezione Sanita(ISS))
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10:00
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TBD
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10:30
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--- Coffee Break ---
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11:00
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Pre Symposium Session 2 : The Role of Scintillators and Photodetectors
(until 12:30)
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11:00
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The Role of Scintillators on TOF PET
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William Moses
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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11:30
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Scintillators for TOF-PET. What to do?
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Paul Lecoq
(CERN)
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12:00
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Recent developments on silicon photomultipliers
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C Piemont
(IRS, FBK, Trento)
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08:15
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Symposium Opening Session
(until 09:00)
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08:15
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Welcome
- Prof.
Franco Garibaldi
(istituto di sanita, dipertimento TESA &INFN-Roma1, Rome, Italy)
Giacomo Cuttone
(INFN-LNS)
Velio Macellari
(TESA, ISS)
Paul Lecoq
(CERN)
Marie Alix Duval
(Laboratoire Imagerie et Modélisation en Neurobiologie et Cancérologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universités Paris VII and Paris XI)
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08:40
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Biomedical imaging research in the EU's 7th Framework Programme (FP7)
- Dr
Philippe Jehenson
(DG- Research Health Directorate, European Commission)
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09:00
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Symposium Session 1
(until 10:30)
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09:00
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Anyone can find a "hot" node
- Dr
John N. Aarsvold
(Department of Radiology, Emory University & Nuclear Medicine Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
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09:30
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SPECT/CT and a portable gamma camera to optimize sentinel node visualization in urological malignancies and head and neck cancer
- Dr
Lenka Vermeeren
(Department of Nuclear Medicine, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital)
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10:00
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Breast cancer (surgery)
- Dr
Claudio Amanti
(Operative Unit Chirurgia Senologica, University of Rome Sapienza II)
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10:30
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--- Morning Break ---
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11:00
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Symposium Session 2
(until 12:30)
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11:00
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Molecular imaging in the operating room: Novel tools for guiding surgery
- Dr
John Prior
(Nuclear Medicine Department, CHUV University Hospital)
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11:30
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Freehand SPECT and the “tracked approach” for 3D intraoperative nuclear imaging
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Thomas Wendler
(Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar & Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) Faculty of Computer Science)
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12:00
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Technologies for intraoperative PET and SPECT imaging probes
- Dr
Williams Moses
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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08:30
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Symposium Session 5
(until 11:00)
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08:30
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Radiopharmaceuticals for intraoperative nuclear medicine
- Dr
Michael Hofmann
(Institut für Nuklearmedizin und PET-Zentrum, Klinikum Hildesheim GmbH)
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09:00
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Parathyroid Surgeries
- Dr
Pierluigi Marini
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09:30
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Intra-operative positron probe to address surgical challenges in brain surgery
- Dr
Jose Leston
(Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Henri Mondor)
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10:00
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Urologic Cancers: Surgical Challenges
- Dr
Giovanni Muto
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10:30
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High-resolution PET imaging probe for the prostate
- Dr
Neals Clinthorne
(Department of Radiology, University of Michigan)
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11:00
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--- Morning Break ---
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11:30
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Symposium Session 6
(until 12:30)
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11:30
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Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Nodes, Pulmonary Nodules: Imaging Challenges
- Dr
Giuseppe Boni
(Nuclear Medicìne Unit, Department of Oncology and Radiology, A.O.U. Pisa)
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12:00
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Radioguided lung cancer surgery
- Dr
Chumy Nwogu
(Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
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12:30
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--- Mid-day Break ---
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15:30
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Pre Symposium Session 2 : The Role of Scintillators and Photodetectors (Continued)
(until 17:00)
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15:30
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Recent results on silicon photomultipliers : Measurements and Comparisons
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P Finocciaro
(INFN-LNS)
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16:00
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TOF PET : Continous vs pixellated scintillators and PMTs vs SiPMs
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T Szczesniak
(Soltan Institute of Nuclear Studies)
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16:30
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Microelectronics for fast timing. The high energy physics prospective
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A Rivetti
(INFN Torino)
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17:00
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--- Coffee Break ---
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17:30
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Pre Symposium Session 3 : Electronics for TOF PET
(until 18:45)
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17:30
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System architecture for TOF PET readout
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P Musico
(Genova university & INFN Genoa)
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17:55
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ASIC for TOF PET with SiPMT 1
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F Corsi
(Politecnico di Bari & INFN Bari)
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18:20
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ASIC for TOF PET with SiPMT 2
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A Rivetti
(INFN Torino)
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18:45
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Pre Symposium Summary/Conclusion/Round Table
(until 19:45)
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19:00
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Pre Symposium Summary/Conclusion/round table
- Dr
Stan Majewski
(Department of Radiology, University of West Virginia)
William Moses
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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12:30
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--- Mid-day Break ---
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15:30
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Symposium Session 3
(until 17:00)
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15:30
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Mobile gamma camera imaging in sentinel lymph node biopsy of melanoma patients
- Dr
Mark B Williams
(Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Physics University of Virginia)
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16:00
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Counting probes and mini gamma cameras: From the bench to clinical trials
- Dr
David Brasse
(IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3)
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16:30
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Intra-operative Compact Gamma Imagers for Radio-guided Cancer Surgery
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Marie Alix Duval
(Laboratoire Imagerie et Modélisation en Neurobiologie et Cancérologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universités Paris VII and Paris XI)
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17:00
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--- Afternoon Break ---
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17:30
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Symposium Session 4
(until 20:00)
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17:30
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Corporate Presentations : SENSL Ltd, St Gobain Crystals, Metaltronica
- Dr
Carl Jackson
(SensL technologies Ltd)
Frans Kniest
(Saint-Gobain Crystals)
Stefano Gioia
(Metaltronica)
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17:45
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New tools for sentinel node localization and radioguided laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery
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Pietro Muto
(Department of Nuclear Medicine - A.O.Monaldi)
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18:15
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Colorectal Cancer: Surgical Challenges
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V Ziparo
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18:45
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SiPMs: New photodetectors for intraoperative imagers?
-
Paolo Finocchiaro PhD
(Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud,)
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19:09
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Advanced electronics for intraoperative imagers
- Dr
Jose Benlloch
(Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), Nuevos edificios de Investigación Paterna)
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19:30
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Intra-operative near-infrared fluorescence imaging: From bench to bedside
- Dr
Niels Harlaar
(Institute for Medical and Biological Imaging, Technical University Munich and Helmholtz Center and Department of Surgery and BioOptical Imaging Center Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen)
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20:00
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--- Break ---
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20:30
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--- Symposium Dinner ---
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12:30
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--- Mid-day Break ---
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15:30
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Symposium Session 7
(until 17:30)
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15:30
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Corporate Presentation : Dilon Technologies
- Dr
Benjamin Welch
(Dilon Technologies)
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15:40
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LaBr3 as scintillator for intraoperative imagers
- Dr
Roberto Pani
(representing the INFN ECORAD collaboration, INFN Roma1, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome)
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16:00
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High-resolution devices for sentinel-node detection in breast cancer
- Dr
Francesco Scopinaro
(University “Sapienza)
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16:30
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Performance characteristics of a newly developed intra-operative gamma camera: Evaluation of sentinel lymph node detection in an experimental animal model and preliminary clinical experience
- Dr
Doron Kopelman
(Department of Surgery BHaEmek Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
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17:00
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CZT in pre-clinical research, diagnostics, and image-guided therapeutics
- Dr
Douglas J. Wagenaar
(Director of Research, Gamma Medica-Ideas,)
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17:30
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--- Afternoon Break ---
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18:00
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Symposium Session 7 (Continued)
(until 18:45)
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18:00
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Need for novel intra-operative margin assessment in breast conserving surgery
- Dr
Hannah W. Hazard
(Department of Surgery, West Virginia University)
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18:15
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Dual-modality (digital mammography-breast scintigraphy) image-guided breast surgery using radiomarkers
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Patricia Judy
(Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia)
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18:30
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PET/CT and PEM based breast surgeries: The need for adequate evaluation of lesion and tissue margins
- Dr
Steven Falen
(Northern California PET Imaging Center)
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18:45
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Symposium Round Table
(until 19:30)
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18:45
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Symposium Round Table
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19:30
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--- Dinner ---
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