The 53rd Annual Meeting Highlights Webcast
Sessions and Speakers
Annual FDA: Division of Medical Imaging Update
Imaging Biomarkers and Imaging Standardization for Clinical Trials
Presenter: George Mills, MD
Development of Imaging Products: Regulatory Perspective
Presenter: Alex Gorovets, MD
Highlights of Standard Meetings with the Medical Imaging Division
Presenter: Kyong Kang, PhD
Navigating the Process of Imaging Submissions
Presenter: Tiffany Brown, M.P.H.
Exploratory IND Studies in Humans: Preclinical Requirements
Presenter: Tushar Kokate, PhD
Questions and Answers
Presenter: Panel
Annual Meeting Highlights
Presentation of Annual Meeting Highlights
Presenter: Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD
Chernobyl at 20
Media Coverage of the 20th Anniversary of Chernobyl
Presenter: Kevin J. Donohoe, MD
Chernobyl at 20: Current Knowledge, Future Plans
Presenter: Kirsten Moysich, PhD
Questions and Answers
Presenter: Panel
Computer and Instrumentation Council Basic Science Summary Session
Presenter: Stephen L. Bacharach, PhD
Summary Session: Instrumentation and Data Analysis
Presenter: Robert E. Zimmerman, MSEE, MS
Image Generation
Presenter: Marie F. Kijewski, DSc
Controversies in Pediatric Diuresis Renography
Diuresis Renography: Quantitative Points from the United Kingdom
Presenter: Andrew J.W. Hilson, MD
Furosemide Use in Diuresis Renography: Does it Cause Hearing Loss?
Presenter: Massoud Majd, MD
MR Urography in the Evaluation of Hydronephrosis
Presenter: Damien Gratten-Smith, MD
Panel Discussion
Presenter: Panel
Current Applications of SPECT/CT
Clinical SPECT/CT Applications
Presenter: Robert J. Ackermann, CNMT
Technical Considerations and Clinical Results in SPECT/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Presenter: James N. Kritzman, CNMT
How Do We Optimize and Standardize the Gastric Emptying Study?
Clinical Indications and What the Referring Physician Wants From a Gastric Emptying
Presenter: Henry P. Parkman, MD
Shorter or Longer Gastric Emptying Studies
Presenter: Harvey A. Ziessman, MD
Current Gastric Emptying Parameters (T1/2, Percentage Retained, Lag Phase)
Presenter: Martin L. Nusynowitz, MD
New Gastric Emptying Parameters and How Do We Standardize the GE Study?
Presenter: Alan H. Maurer, MD
Interpretation of Gated SPECT MPI Studies: Common and Challening Cases, "Read with the Experts" Session
Presenter: Diwakar Jain, MD
Presenter: John D. Friedman, MD
Interesting Cases in Nuclear Cardiology
Presenter: Howard Lewin, MD FACC
MIRD CME: Bystander and Low-Dose Rate Effects - Are These Relevant to Radionuclide Therapy: Part I
Introduction
Presenter: George Sgouros, PhD
Bystander Effects
Presenter: William F. Morgan, PhD
Low Dose Rate Effects
Presenter: Michael C. Joiner, PhD
Questions and Answers
Presenter: Panel
MIRD CME: Bystander and Low-Dose Rate Effects - Are These Relevant to Radionuclide Therapy: Part II
Implications for Radionuclide Therapy: Bystander Effects
Presenter: Amin I. Kassis, PhD
Implications for Radionuclide Therapy: Low-Dose Rate Effects
Presenter: Susan Knox, PhD
Panel Discussion
Presenter: Panel
Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer "Read with the Experts"
Surgical Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer; A 2006 Update, "Read with the Experts" Session
Presenter: Seza Gulec, MD
Multidisciplinary Management of Thyroid Cancer: New Techniques and Protocols
Presenter: Chaitanya R. Divgi, MD
Role of PET/CT in Decision-making
Presenter: Stanley J. Goldsmith, MD
Neuroendocrine Tumors
A Referring Physician's Guide to Somatostatin Receptor Imaging
Presenter: Maroun Karam, MD
Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Presenter: Jean F. Chatal, MD, PhD
New Trends in Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Presenter: Alexander J. McEwan, MD
New Agents for Imaging Infection and Inflammation
FDG-PET
Presenter: Charito Love, MD
Clinical Experience with 99mTc-fanoleosmab
Presenter: Christopher J. Palestro, MD
FDG-Labeled-Leukocytes and Radiolabeled Antibiotics
Presenter: Josephine N. Rini, MD
PET and PET/CT Part I: Oncology
PET/CT in Radiation Treatment Planning
Presenter: Laura K. Norman, CNMT
PET and PET/CT Artifacts
Presenter: Paul E. Christian, CNMT, BS
PET and PET/CT Part II: Cardiology
Developing a Cardiac PET Program
Presenter: David M. Eve, CNMT
Cardiac PET Protocols
Presenter: Kathy Hunter, CNMT
PET/CT in Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer
CT, MRI and Ultrasound in Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer
Presenter: Revathy B. Iyer, MD
PET/CT in Ovarian Cancer
Presenter: Peter Rose, MD
FDG-PET/CT in Endometrial Cancer
Presenter: Perry Grigsby
PET: Beyond Counting Metastases
Quantitative PET Imaging for Individualizing Tumor Treatment
Presenter: Winfried Brenner, MD
Tumor Hererogeneity as a New Quantative PET Parameter
Presenter: Winfried Brenner, MD
PET for Dosimetry and Radionuclide Therapy Planning
Presenter: Andreas Helisch, MD
Plenary Session and Formal Opening
Welcome Remarks
Presenter: Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD
Annual Henry Wagner Lectureship - Of Mice and Men and Positrons: Advances in PET Imaging Technology
Presenter: Simon R. Cherry, PhD
Annual Meeting Preview
Presenter: Frederic H. Fahey, D.Sc.
Awards Presentations
Presenter: Panel
Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council Basic Science Summary Session
Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council: Basic Science Summary Session
Presenter: Michael J. Welch, PhD
SPECT/CT: Instrumentation and Clinical Applications
Specification and Applications of an Integrated SPECT/Low Output CT System: The GE Hawkeye
Presenter: James A. Patton, PhD
Initial Clinical Experience with Siemens Symbia SPECT/CT
Presenter: Frank P. DiFilippo, PhD
Initial Clinical Experience with the Philips Precedence SPECT/CT System
Presenter: Warren R. Janowitz, MD, JD
Update on SPECT Brain Imaging: Indications, Tracers, and Techniques
Update on SPECT Brain Imaging: Indications, Tracers, and Techniques
Presenter: Hadyn T. Williams, MD