International Conference on Clinical PET-CT and Molecular Imaging: PET-CT in the Era of Multimodality Imaging and Image Guided Therapy (IPET-2015)

Scientific Programme

The conference will review important clinical aspects and appropriate use of medical imaging for the entire spectrum of cancer management and other diseases. It will have the following specific objectives:

• To review the important clinical aspects of cancer and other diseases, and evaluate the role of streamlined and emerging multimodality imaging techniques in providing best pracitces in the clinical management of the diseases;
• To evaluate, using a clinical systems based approach, the current status of clinical positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and other relevant imaging modalities;
• To improve the performance of clinical practice through 'read with the experts' sessions and discussions;
• To interact with the user community (nuclear physicians, radiologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, technologists, radiographers, radiopharmacists, radiochemists, medical physicists and other scientists working in all aspects of molecular imaging) and provide them with the most important information in the field;
• To provide theoretical tools on ethics, leadership and education which will prepare participants to be future leaders in the field of medical imaging; and
• To exchange information in the field of radiopharmaceutical sciences.

The IAEA invites participants to provide high quality contirbutions on all aspects of PET-CT and molecular imaging. Recognizing that many Member States are still in the planning stage of acquiring clinical PET-CT, the Conference Secretariat emphasizes that such countries can positively contribute with papers on the applications of nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging techniques. Both academic and practice-based papers under the umbrella of the following topics will be welcome:

• Application of PET-CT, molecular imaging and diagnostic imaging for different types of cancer: breast, lung, colorectal, melanoma, neuroendocrine, etc.;
• PET-CT for radiation treatment planning;
• Radiopharmaceutical production: good manufacturing practices and quality assurance;
• PET and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) physics, instrumentation and data analysis;
• Quality management in nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging;
• Radiation protection for personnel and dose reduction for patients;
• Member State experience with PET, multimodality imaging and newer applications in diagnostic imaging; and
• Ethics, leadership and education for nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging professionals.

Target Audience

This conference will offer the opportunity to review the latest developments in the field of PET-CT and diagnostic imaging. The target audience comprises:

• Nuclear medicine physicians;
• Radiologists;
• Radiation oncologists;
• Technologists and radiographers;
• Medical physicists;
• Radiochemists and radiopharmacists; and
• Other scientists working in all aspects of molecular imaging.

Topics

Abstracts on the following topics will be considered for presentation at the conference.

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in gynecological cancers

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in pediatric cancers

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in breast cancer

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in lymphoma

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in gastrointestinal cancers

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in prostate cancer

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in CNS/brain cancer

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in lung cancer

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in head and neck cancer and other malignancies

Hybrid imaging or other imaging techniques in benign conditions

Image guided therapy and radionuclide therapy

PET-CT in radiation treatment planning

Radiopharmaceutical production including good manufacturing practices and quality assurance

Imaging techniques physics, instrumentation and data analysis

Quality management in nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging

Radiation protection for personnel and patients

Member State experience with PET, multimodality imaging and newer applications in diagnostic imaging, and related IAEA Projects

Ethics, leadership and education for nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging professionals

General nuclear medicine, SPECT, and other

Radioguided surgery