Radiology meetings & conferences

Markers in Cancer 2012

October 11-13, 2012 Holywood, Florida

Markers in Cancer 2012 (formerly known as the ASCO-NCI-EORTC Annual Meeting on Molecular Markers in Cancer) will stimulate discussion on the use of biomarkers as a tool for optimizing detection and treatment in oncology.

Designed for clinicians, pathologists, clinical and translational researchers, statisticians, radiologists, and others who specialize in molecular diagnostics, the meeting will present the latest advances in cancer markers to assess drug efficacy, improve prognostic and predictive evaluations and imaging, and enhance clinical trial development.

This year's Meeting will focus on practice-oriented translational research. Join us in Florida to review and explore the latest innovations in cancer markers.

Imaging Neurodegeneration and Repair in Multiple Sclerosis

June 15 - 16, 2012 The New York Academy of Sciences

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was once difficult to diagnose, yet breakthroughs in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) now enable physicians to visualize newly forming lesions, give a diagnosis of MS, and start treatments with minimal invasiveness and greater accuracy. While conventional MRI studies have been able to establish white matter lesion formation as the major diagnostic criterion for MS, autopsy, animal models and newer imaging methods have shown that this damage is just the tip of the iceberg. Recent advances in imaging allow for the detailed visualization of grey matter, myelin, regional connectivity, and metabolic changes that provide vital clues to the extent MS can impact the central nervous system, and reveal neurobiological targets for new treatments.

This 1.5-day conference will provide an overview of the currently accepted and newly emerging imaging techniques for diagnosis and monitoring of MS. Participants will examine the benefits and limitations of standard and non-conventional imaging based on evidence from basic science research and clinical findings. Pharmacological treatments will be covered, with an emphasis on how imaging may be used to investigate treatment outcomes, including neuroprotection, remyelination, and neural repair, culminating in an open discussion devoted to integrating new imaging procedures in the clinic.

2nd International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS 2012)

September 27-29, 2012 Vancouver BC, Canada

The 2nd International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium will bring together international leaders in tendinopathy research and clinical practice. Building on successes from the 1st meeting in Umea 2010, the ISTS 2012 aims to:

• Provide a forum for the latest clinical and basic research on tendinopathy.
• Foster the development of international partnerships for research and treatment.
• Host a weekend workshop (led by Bill Vicenzino and Jill Cook) on comprehensive physical therapy treatment for upper and lower extremity tendinopathies.

Radiological Society of North America's 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting

Radiological Society of North America's 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 25 - November 30, 2012 (including sessions in joint sponsorship with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine).

2012 International Cancer Screening Network Biennial Meeting

October 23–25, 2012 Sydney, Australia

The International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) Biennial Meeting is cosponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress (SIBCC). The meeting will take place October 23–25, 2012, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Meeting topics will include:

Cancer burden in developed and developing countries
Evaluating new technologies and their readiness for incorporation into organized screening programs
Benefits, harms, and costs of cancer screening programs
Factors influencing policy and decision making
Roles of allied health professionals and lay health workers in cancer screening
Incorporating cancer prevention strategies into organized screening programs

Contact Information
Direct questions to Kathy Sedgwick of NOVA Research Company at 301-986-1891, extension 124, or via e-mail to KSedgwick@novaresearch.com.

3rd Update in Medical Imaging Meeting on Abdominal and Urogenital Imaging

6-8 September 2012 Bruges, Belgium

Keynote lectures will provide current and state-of-the-art information on the relevant use of different imaging modalities in abdominal and urogenital pathology and interventional procedures in a multidisciplinary setting. Several workshops will be organised with case studies and teaching cases.

Meeting topics:
Forgotten Abdomen, Acute abdomen, Liver diseases, Primary and metastatic liver tumours, Benign and malignant liver neoplasms, Bile ducts, Acute cholecystitis, Pancreatic lesions, Pancreas neoplasms, Pancreatitis: Common and critical, Spleen, Small bowel diseases, Bowel ischemia and perforation, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Appendicitis, Colonic diverticulitis, Current status and pitfalls in CT-colonography, Rectum tumours, Mesentery, Omentum and peritoneal cavity, Abdominal en retroperitoneal soft tissue tumors, Transvaginal US in non-gynaecological conditions, Gynaecological MR imaging: ten top tips, Gynaecological oncology imaging & staging

Indeterminate adnexal mass, Genitourinary lymphoma, Imaging of genitourinary emergencies, MR urography: why, when, who and how?, Prostate, Guided interventions of prostate, Diagnose and staging of prostate neoplasm

18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping

The 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping will be held June 10-14, 2012 in Beijing, China at the China National Convention Center (CNCC).

OHBM draws attendance between 2500-3000 attendees each year. Membership in the organization is growing and the meeting continues to be one of the most significant neuroimaging conferences for those in the field. The OHBM meeting boasts a combination of exciting scientific programs and social events, all tailored to the city the meeting is being held.

The Annual Meeting will have an extensive program of local and international speakers, covering a wide range of topics and issues, specifically addressing the field of human functional neuroimaging and its movement into the scientific mainstream. The focus will be to gather scientists and medical professionals using modern, functional, brain mapping techniques such as PET, SPECT, fMRI, EEG, MEG, optical imaging and neuroanatomical tools for assessment of the functioning of the human brain. It will include the applications of these techniques to study brain implementation of sensory and motor systems, vision, attention, memory and language in normal and pathological states.

Probing the Interior 1800-2012

Conference to take place:

Friday 25 May 2012

The Courtauld Institute of Art and King's College London

Bodily, psychic and spatial interiors can be mapped, traversed and violated in multiple ways. This one-day conference will interrogate and re-evaluate the contested terrain of the interior in its varied forms. It will examine the interlacing and overlapping of different types of interiors, and seek to re-position the ‘interior’ in critical terms. Moreover, it will attempt to develop new ways of thinking about the relationship between the decorative arts, furniture, bio-technologies, anatomy and space. The conference will take place in The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum and conclude with a keynote address in the Anatomy Theatre at King’s College London.

The conference will be built around three themes: Threshold, Incision and Autopsy.

This conference welcomes papers from across a wide range of periods and regions. Issues addressed might include, but are not limited to:

• Modes of mapping space

• Figurative and literal gateways/boundaries

• Temporality and space

• Space and subjectivity

• Domestic interiors

• Decorative arts and the body

• The fabrication of furniture

• Anatomical drawing

• Different types of medical imaging

• Medical portraiture

Organised by Dr Lucetta Johnson (The Courtauld Institute of Art) and Dr Keren Hammerschlag (King’s College London)

This event is supported by The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum and the Centre for the Humanities and Health, King’s College London

iCi - Imaging in Cardiovascular Interventions

June 27, 2012 at the Congress Center Frankfurt, Germany.

The huge success of last year’s ICI congress proved to us that there is an enormous demand in this aspect. Interventionalists as well as physicians performing echo have frequently approached us requesting for this expansion of CSI.

The focus for 2012 will be "Interventional Imaging - A Key Role For Success".

The following topics will be addressed during iCi 2012:

• Congenital Heart Interventions
• Structural Heart Interventions
• Valvular Heart Interventions

ICI 2012 will be followed by our annual congress "Congenital and Structural Interventions" (CSI) in Frankfurt, Germany, one of the largest congresses for interventions in congenital and acquired structural heart disease worldwide