The 1st Biograph World Summit was successfully held in Munich on July 21 – 23. Under the motto “Listen – Discuss – Share”, more than 275 attendees from over 35 countries gathered for the inaugural meeting to exchange information on the latest in PET/CT and PET/MR.
The program focused on clinical trends and applications, new techniques and methods to help users excel in today’s fast-paced healthcare environment and explored the latest advancements in molecular imaging. The event was an important step in building a strong network of Biograph users with participants rating the Summit a very positive and valuable experience.
See the agenda below to find out more details about the program.
Thursday, 21 July 201103:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
On-Site Visit to Biograph mMR - University of Munich Slots are limited and pre-registration for the On-Site Visit is required. For further details in regards to registration, please go to the "Welcome" page |
| 07:00 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
Friday, 22 July 2011| Program | |
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08:30 a.m. |
Opening Ceremony Welcome to the First Biograph World Summit Britta Fuenfstueck, Siemens Molecular Imaging |
Trends in PET/CT Imaging Chairman: Michael Fulham |
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| 09:00 a.m. | Expanding Indications in PET/CT Pierre Rigo, Princess Grace Hospital (Monaco) |
| 09:20 a.m. | The Impact of the National Oncology PET Registry (NOPR) in PET/CT Steve Falen, Northern California PET Imaging Center (Sacramento, California, USA) |
| 09:40 a.m. | Technical Advancements in PET/CT Dale Bailey, University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Trends in PET/CT Technology Bernard Bendriem, Siemens Molecular Imaging |
| 10:20 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
Answering Today's Clinical and Economic Challenges Chairman: Maximilian Reiser |
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| 11:00 a.m. | The Clinical Impact of PET/CT in Pediatrics Elba Etchebehere, Hospital Sírio-Libanês (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| 11:20 a.m. | Optimized CT Utilization in PET/CT Paul Shreve, Spectrum Health Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) |
| 11:40 a.m. | To Enhance or Not to Enhance: CT Contrast Agents in PET/CT Gerald Antoch, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (Duesseldorf, Germany) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Dose Optimization in PET/CT Using F-18 FDG Gerrit Sloof, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis (Gouda, Netherlands) |
| 12:20 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| Chairman: Paul Shreve |
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| 02:00 p.m. | The Biograph mCT Experience Michael Fulham, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, Australia) |
| 02:20 p.m. | Increasing Productivity Using Biograph Peter Bartenstein, Ludwig-Maximillians-University (Munich, Germany) |
| 02:40 p.m. | Discussion |
Seeing the Difference - The Clinical Importance of Imaging Biomarkers Chairman: Tzu-Chen (Dorothy) Yen |
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| 02:50 p.m. | The Potential of New Biomarkers in Molecular Imaging Hartmut Kolb, Siemens Molecular Imaging |
| 03:10 p.m. | Imaging Amyloid Biomarkers in Cognitive Impairment Mark Mintum, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) |
| 03:30 p.m. | New Biomarkers in Oncology: Proliferation, Angiogenesis, Hypoxia Shiam Srinivas, Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) |
| 03:50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 04:00 p.m. | Break |
| 05:00 p.m | Meeting in foyer |
| 05:15 p.m. | Departure from hotel to evening location |
Saturday, 23 July 2011| Program | |
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New Advancements in Oncology Chairman: Peter Conti |
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| 09:00 a.m. | Radiation Planning in Head and Neck Cancer Tzu-Chen (Dorothy) Yen, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| 09:20 a.m. | PET/CT in Lung Cancer James Fletcher, Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) |
| 09:40 a.m. | PET/CT Imaging in Radiation Therapy and Response Assessment Patrick A. Kupelian, UCLA (Los Angeles, California, USA) |
| 10:00 a.m. | PET/CT in Monitoring Chemotherapy Jerry Froelich, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) |
| 10:20 a.m. | PET/CT for Planning of Targeted Therapies Wolfgang Weber, University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany) |
| 10:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:50 a.m. | Break |
| Chairman: Jerry Froelich |
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| 11:10 a.m. | The Impact of PET/CT in Cancer Management - The Perspective of the Medical Oncologist Lawrence Piro, The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute (Santa Monica, California, USA) |
| 11:30 a.m. | PET/CT in Gynecological Malignancies Peter Conti, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California, USA) |
| 11:50 a.m. | Current and Future Concepts of PET/CT Imaging in Breast Cancer Stefan Schoenberg, University Medical Center Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany) |
| 12:10 p.m. | The Potential of Multimodality Imaging in Biomarker Research Keon Wook Kang, Seoul National University Hospital (Seoul, Korea) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Break |
New Advancements in Cardiology and Neurology Chairman: Markus Schwaiger |
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| 01:50 p.m. | Looking Into the Future - Cardiac PET/CT in 2020 Daniel S. Berman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California, USA) |
| 02:10 p.m. | The Clinical Impact of Myocardial Blood Flow Estimation Hidehiro Iida, National Cerebal and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute (Osaka, Japan) |
| 02:30 p.m. | Role of PET/CT in Coronary Artery Disease Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine (Sapporo, Japan) |
| 02:50 p.m. | Carotid Vulnerable Plaque Imaging on PET Andreas Kjaer, Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 03:10 p.m. | The Clinical Impact of PET/CT in Neurology Ronald L. van Heertum, Columbia University (New York City, New York, USA) |
| 03:30 p.m. | Discussion |
Expanding the Footprint of Molecular Imaging - The Biograph mMR Chairman: Keon Wook Kang |
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| 03:40 p.m. | Technology Basics and Concepts Bernd Pichler, University of Tuebingen (Tuebingen, Germany) |
| 04:00 p.m. | The Clinical Potential of Biograph mMR* Markus Schwaiger, Technical University of Munich (Munich, Germany) |
| 04:20 p.m. | Final Discussions and Conclusion of First Biograph World Summit Alexander Zimmermann, Siemens Molecular Imaging |
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Biograph World Summit Opening Ceremony
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