PET Basics - course 2010

Dates: 8.3-9.3.2010

Venue: Auditorium of the department of Internal Medicine, Building 6, first floor, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, Turku. For a map see http://www.tyks.fi/fi/805

Organiser: Turku PET Centre

Language: English

Please register latest 19.2 to Mirja Jyrkinen, mirja.jyrkinen@tyks.fi; fax 02 2318191


8.3.2010 PET physics, radiochemistry and preclinical imaging

9.15 - 9.30 Juha Rinne Opening and housekeeping
9.30 -10.00 Juhani Knuuti Introduction
10:00 -10.30 Mika Teräs Physics of radiation
Break, Coffee
11.00-11.30 Olof Solin Production of radionuclides for PET
11.30-12.00 Olli Eskola PET radiuocgemistry
12.00-12.30 Mika Teräs PET instrumentation
Lunch
13.30-14.00 Jarkko Johansson Image acquisition and reconstruction
14.00-14.30 Vesa Oikonen How to get numbers – principles of modelling for PET
14.30- 15.00 Jarmo Hietala Investigators view on radiotracer modelling
Break, Coffee
15.15-15.45 Pirjo Rautiainen GMP in PET-tracer production
15.45-16.30 Visit to RK2 Olli Eskola, Jörgen Bergman
16.30-17.15 Visit to PET cameras Mika Teräs, Jarkko Johansson


9.3.2010 PET in research and diagnostics

8.30-9.15 Merja Haaparanta-Solin Preclinical evaluation of new PET tracers
9.15-9.45 Tove Grönroos Small animal imaging with emphasis on PET-CT imaging
9.45-10.15 Heikki Minn PET in oncological research
Break, Coffee
11.15-11.45 Pirjo Nuutila PET in metabolic research
11.45-12.15 Juhani Knuuti PET in clinical cardiology
12.15-12.45 Juha Rinne PET in clinical neurology
Lunch
13.45-14.15 Sami Kajander Multimodality imaging
14.15-14.45 Marko Seppänen Diagnostic PET imaging in Turku PET Centre
14.45-15.00 Juha Rinne Closing