IMAGING INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATION
1st EUROPEAN COURSE
12-14 December 2013, S. Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035, Rome, Italy
http://www.nuclearmedicinediscovery.org
The course is addressed to Radiologists, Nuclear Medicine physicians, Radiopharmacists and Technicians
Thursday 12 December 2013
Inflammation imaging
Chairmen: A. Signore, J. Martin-Comin and E. Lazzeri
15h00-15h30 The role of immune cells in inflammation and cancer (A. Santoni, Rome)
15h30-16h00 Imaging T-lymphocytes in inflammatory diseases (G. Malviya, Glasgow)
16h00-16h30 Imaging B-lymphocytes in inflammatory diseases (B. Laganà, Rome)
16h30-17h00 Imaging Monocytes-Macrophages and Apoptosis in inflammatory diseases (C. Van de Wiele,
Ghent)
17h00-17h30
Coffee-break
17h30-18h00
18h00-18h30
18h30-19h00
Imaging NK cells in cancer (O. Aras, New York)
PET imaging of inflammation (J. Buscombe, Cambridge)
Nuclear medicine for anti-inflammatory drug discovery (A. Wunder, Biberach an der Riss)
Friday 13 December 2013
Infection imaging (theory)
Chairmen: F. Jamar and C. D’Arrigo
08h30-09h00 Interpreting/reading CT and MRI for osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Joint Infections (L.
Sconfienza, Milan)
09h00-09h30 SPECT/CT and PET/CT studies in osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Joint Infections (A. Signore,
Rome)
09h30-10h00 “Read with the expert” interactive session of radiological anatomy (L. Sconfienza, Milan)
10h00-10h30 The role of bone scan (SPECT/CT) in osteomyelitis (O. Geatti, Udine)
10h30-11h00
Coffee-break
Chairmen: F. Taglietti and G. Trasimeni
11h00-11h30 Interpreting/reading CT and MRI for vertebral infections (A.M. Quintero, Bogotà)
11h30-12h00 SPECT/PET studies for vertebral infections (E. Lazzeri, Pisa)
12h00-12h30 Interpreting/reading CT and MRI for diabetic foot infections (G. Argento, Rome)
12h30-13h00 SPECT/CT and PET/CT studies in diabetic foot infections (Z. Keidar, Haifa)
13h00-14h00
Lunch break
Chairmen: R. Slart and O. Geatti
14h00-14h30 Interpreting/reading US and MRI for endocarditis and implant associated infections (M. De
Tommasi, Pisa)
14h30-15h00 SPECT/CT and PET/CT for endocarditis- and implant-associated infections (P. Erba, Pisa)
15h00-15h30 PET/CT imaging in vasculitis (A. Versari, Reggio Emilia)
15h30-16h00
Coffee-break
Chairmen: V. Corleto and L. Burroni
16h00-16h30 Interpreting/reading CT and MRI for vascular prosthesis infections (P. Smeets, Ghent)
16h30-17h00 SPECT/CT and PET/CT studies for vascular prosthesis infections (F. Jamar, Bruxelles)
17h00-17h30 Interpreting/reading CT and MRI for IBD (F. Maccioni, Rome)
18h30-18h00 SPECT/CT and PET/CT studies for IBD (J. Martin-Comin, Barcelona)
Saturday 14 December 2013
Infection imaging (practice)
Chairmen: N. Prandini and O. Bagni
08h30-09h15 Techniques for in vitro labelling of WBC and devices for WBC labelling (E. Lazzeri, Pisa)
09h15-09h45 Image acquisition, processing and interpretation criteria (including bone marrow imaging) (A.
Signore, Rome)
09h45-10h15 In vitro quality controls for WBC (A. Davit, Cuneo)
10h15-10h30 Quality assurance (N. Perego, Milano)
10h30-11h00
Coffee break
Chairmen: M. Di Girolamo and F. Scopinaro
11h00-11h30 Clinical cases: osteomyelitis and joint prosthesis (N. Prandini, Modena)
11h30-12h00 Clinical cases: IBD (J. Martin-Comin, Barcelona)
12h00-12h30 Clinical cases: FUO and lung infections (R. Chakravartty, London)
12h30-13h00 Clinical cases: endocarditis and infected cardiac devices (F. Rouzet, Paris)
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
Chairmen: R. Schiavo and A. Glaudemans
14h00-14h30 Clinical cases: soft tissue and brain infections (G. D’Errico, Rome)
14h30-15h00 Clinical cases: diabetic foot (Z. Keidar, Haifa)
15h00-15h30 In vivo labeling of WBC with anti-granulocytes mAb: normal findings and artifacts (S. Gratz,
Stuttgard)
15h30-16h00 Prosthetic joint infections: improved accuracy through SPECT/CT (M. Hacker, Wien)
15h30-16h00
Coffee break
Chairmen: F. Conti and D. Prosperi
16h00-16h30 In vivo labeling of WBC with FDG and others isotopes (M. Liberatore, Rome)
16h30-17h00 Clinical cases: FDG-WBC vasculitis, vascular prosthesis and fungal infections (A.
Glaudemans, Groningen)
17h00-17h30 Clinical cases: FDG in sarcoidosis (T. Lanzolla, L’Aquila)
17h30-18h00 Clinical cases: FDG in Rheumatoid arthritis and miscellanea (A. Cistaro, Turin)