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EFOMP School for Medical Physics Experts
Zverejnené 14.02.2013
Clinical Medical Device Management: Specification, Acceptance testing, Commissioning, QC and Advanced applications in Whole-body PET/CT July 4 – July 6, 2013 Prague, Czech Republic
Physicists EFOMP School for Medical Physics Experts Prague, Summer 2013 Clinical Medical Device Management: Specification, Acceptance testing, Commissioning, QC and Advanced applications in Whole-body PET/CT July 4 – July 6, 2013 Prague, Czech Republic The Czech Association of Medical Physicists in collaboration with EFOMP and Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague would like to invite you to the School for Medical Physics Experts - Prague, Summer 2013 advanced tasks related to PET/CT - from specification of PET/CT system properties to image reconstruction, fusion and evaluation. This two-and-half day event will be an EFOMP accredited one and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who want to become a Medical Physics Expert in Nuclear Medicine. Content Hardware and software update for PET/CT devices: definition and measurements, State-of-the-art: reconstruction and acquisition software), Radiation Protection and Commissioning of PET/CT scanners indicators of PET/CT scanners, Optimization of PET/CT acquisition protocols), and QC of PET/CT, Demonstration of quality control testing), delineation of tumour volumes in radiotherapy planning, FDG-PET/CT software for image segmentation, State-of-the-art in Correlative Imaging: methods and software for PET image fusion with other imaging modalities, Standardization of 18F-FDG PET/CT for treatment response assessments), Organizers Jaroslav Ptacek, Martin Steiner Carmel Caruana, Marco Brambilla, Alberto Torresin, Peter Sharp, Stelios Christofides Teachers Thomas Beyer University of Vienna, Austria Nicola Belcari 2 z 4 Czech Association of Medical Physicists Ronald Boellaard University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands Marco Brambilla Italy Roberta Matheoud Italy Jaroslav Ptacek Faculty Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic Bernhard Sattler Germany Andreas Schaefer Centre, Homburg, Germany Jiri Trnka Charles University Prague and General University Hospital Prague Course time table 4th July Thursday Session Title Description Lecturer 14:00-15:00 Hardware and software update Physics and technology of state of the art PET/CT scanners Decay, emission, photon detection, detectors, new technologies Belcari 15:00-16:00 Physical figures of merit of PET/CT data and image quality - definition and measurements NECR, HC-RC, noise, CNR, lesion detectability Belcari 16:00-16:30 coffee break 16:30-17:30 Advanced imaging and reconstruction techniques FBP, iterative methods, TOF, PSF, dynamic and gated acquistions Trnka 17:30-18:30 Physical and organizational provision for installation of a PET/CT scanner Brambilla 5th July Friday Session Title Description Lecturer 8:00-9:00 Radiation protection Occupational radiation protection Update on occupational effective and equivalent doses Ptacek 9:00-10:00 Selection of PET/CT scanners Comparing figures-of-merit and performance indicators of PET/CT scanners How to compare device performance indicators Beyer 10:00-10:30 coffee break 10:30-11:15 Commissioning of PET/CT scanners Optimization of PET/CT acquisition protocols Emission scan duration, injected activity, image reconstruction Boellard 11:15-12.00 3 z 4 Czech Association of Medical Physicists imaging patient handling, breathing protocols, positioning the arms 12:00-13:00 Standardization of 18F-FDG PET/CT for treatment response assessments The need for standardization in relation to the specific use of SUVs and SUV changes in studies of treatment response assessments Boellard 13:00-14:00 lunch time 14:00-15:00 Acceptance and QC Acceptance testing of PET/CT Guidelines, experiences and requirements Brambilla 15:00-16:00 Demonstration of acceptance testing Practical demonstration 16:00-16:30 coffee break 16:30-17:30 Guidelines, experiences and requirements Brambilla 17:30-18:30 Demonstration of quality control testing Practical demonstration 6th July Saturday Session Title Description Lecturer 8:00-9:00 Radiation protection Patient dose optimization Effective dose and equivalent doses from PET and CT Ptacek 9:00-10:00 Advanced applications FDG-PET/CT-based delineation of tumor volumes in radiotherapy planning Methods for semi-automatic delineation of FDG-PET/CT tumour volumes Schaefer 10:00-10:30 coffee break 10:30-11:30 FDG-PET/CT softwares for image segmentation Practical demonstration 11:30-12:30 Correlative imaging: methods and software for PET/CT image fusion with other imaging modalities Multimodality image registration with software: state-of-the-art Boellard 12:30-13:30 lunch time 13:30-15:00 Future developments PET/MRI imaging The Implementation of a simultaneous hybrid PET/MRimaging system in an integrated research and clinical setting Sattler 15:00-15:30 coffee break 15:30-16:30 Further information Course language English Level MPE Fee 4 z 4 Czech Association of Medical Physicists 300 € CAMP bank account IBAN: BIC: Duration 4 Jul 2013 – 6 Jul 2013 Study workload 14 hours of lectures, 3 hours of practical demonstration Venue Dept. of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 7, 115 19 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLIC GPS coordinates: 50°5'27.723"N, 14°24'58.801"E Accommodation Individual Registration Electronic registration via Registration period 2 Jan 2013 – 31 May 2013 For all practical information, including accommodation and public transport in Prague, please contact Czech part of organizing committee: