Regional Training Course on Hybrid Imaging: Integrated SPECT and Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT)

Monday, August 27, 2012

08:30 - 09:00    REGISTRATION & Welcome     
09:00 - 09:30    Pre-course evaluation: MCQ    Course Director

Session 1

09:30 - 10:00    Hybrid technology: basic concepts    Local lecturer
10:00 - 10:40    Indications of PET/CT in Oncology    Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA
10:40 - 11:00    Coffee/Tea Break     
11:00 - 11:40    PET/CT in cardiac imaging    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA
11:40 - 12:00    Hybrid Imaging is not only PET/CT: the emerging role of SPECT/CT    Giuliano Mariani, IAEA
12:00 - 12:40    New trends for dose reduction to patients in SPECT/CT and PET/CT     
12:40 - 14:00    Lunch Break

Session 2

14:00 - 14:40    Hybrid imaging in Thyroid cancer    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA
14:40 - 15:20    SPECT/CT assessment of NETs    Ilona Kulakiene
15:20 - 16:00    PET/CT for therapy assessment in oncology    Rodolfo Nunez, IAEA
16:00 - 16:20    Coffee/Tea Break     
16:20 - 17:30    Round Table/Discussion: Issues on setting and strengthening a PET program in Emerging economies in Europe    All participants and Lecturers
17:30    Closure

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Session 3

09:00 - 09:40    PET/CT for Melanoma  Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA

09:40 - 10:20    PET/CT in Lung cancer  Rodolfo Nunez, IAEA

10:20 - 11:00    Hybrid imaging in malignant pleural mesotelioma    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA

11:00 - 11:30    Coffee/Tea Break

11:30 - 12:10    FDG PET/CT in Breast cancer    Rodolfo Nunez, IAEA

12:10 - 12:30    Hybrid imaging of Head & Neck cancer    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA

12:30 - 14:00    Lunch Break

Read with the Experts

10:30 - 11:00    Coffee/Tea Break

16:15 - 17:00    Case studies presentations/Practical session    All participants and Lecturers

16:15 - 17:00    Closure     

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Session 4

09:00 - 09:40    SPECT/CT imaging of endocarditis    Giuliano Mariani, IAEA

09:40 - 10:20    Cardiac Hybrid imaging: attenuation correction in MPI and Coronary CTA/MPI fusion    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA

10:20 - 11:00    SPECT/CT imaging of sentinel lymph node    Giuliano Mariani, IAEA

11:00 - 11:30    Coffee/Tea Break

11:30 - 12:00    FDG-PET in colorectal cancer/gastrointestinal cancer    Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA

12:00 - 12:40    Fluorocholine PET/CT in Prostate Cancer    Rodolfo Nunez, IAEA

12:40 - 14:00    Lunch Break

Read with the Experts

14:00 - 15:30    Case studies presentations/Practical session    All participants and Lecturers

15:30 - 16:00    Coffee/Tea Break

16:00 - 17:30    Case studies presentations/Practical session    All participants and Lecturers

17:30    Closure     
 

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Session 5

09:00 - 09:30    SPECT/CT of the skeleton    Ilona Kulakiene

09:30 - 10:00    NaF-PET/CT vs bone scan    Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA

10:00 - 10:30    SPECT/CT imaging of the diabetic foot    Giuliano Mariani, IAEA

10:30 - 10:50    Coffee/Tea Break

10:50 - 11:30    SPECT/CT in parathyroid imaging    Raffaele Giubbini, IAEA

11:30 - 12:10    FDG-PET in lymphoma    Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA

12.10 - 13.30    Lunch Break

Read with the Experts

14.00 - 15.30    Case studies presentations/Practical session    All participants and Lecturers

15:30 - 16:00    Coffee/Tea Break

16.00 - 17.30    Case studies presentations/Practical session    All participants and Lecturers

Friday, August 31, 2012

Session 6

09:00 - 09:30    FDG-PET gynaecologic cancers    Helle Westergren Hendel, IAEA

09:30 - 10:00    Guidance on standard operating procedures in PET/CT: the work of IAEA    Rodolfo Nunez, IAEA

10:00 - 10:30    Coffee/Tea Break

10:30 - 11:30    Post Course Evaluation    Course Director

11:30 - 12:00    Resolving MCQ; Certificate presentation    Course Director

12:00    Closing Ceremony     

12.00 - 14.00    Lunch