College on Medical Physics: Applied Physics of Contemporary Medical Imaging – Expanding Utilization in Developing Countries | (smr 3185)
Go to day
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 1: Monday, 27 August
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08:30
Administrative Matters
1h30'
Finance Office for those receiving financial support
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10:00
Opening Session
40'
Speaker: Organizers - 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
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11:00
Medical Imaging – Development over the years, its place in medicine and future trends
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov (IOMP & Kings College London, UK) -
11:45
Medical Physics - professional issues in LMIC countries healthcare: Optimization, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Management, Training
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
Overview of Radiation Protection (RP) in Diagnostic Radiology (DR)
45'
Speaker: A. Benini (Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark) - 14:45 Coffee Break 30'
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15:15
International framework of RP first part
45'
Speaker: A. Benini -
16:00
Characteristics of Medical Images that Determine Visibility of Body Structure and Clinical Conditions
50'
Speaker: P. Sprawls (USA, online lecture) Material: Links to the Sprawls References and Resources
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08:30
Administrative Matters
1h30'
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08:30 - 17:00
Day 1: Monday, 27 August
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 2
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09:00
Contemporary X-ray tubes and generators 1
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov -
09:45
Contemporary X-ray tubes and generators 2
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
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11:00
Radiation Quantities and Units
45'
Speaker: F. Milano (University of Florence, Italy) -
11:45
Fundamentals of Dosimetry in Diagnostic radiology
45'
Speaker: F. Milano - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
International framework of RP second part
45'
Speaker: A. Benini - 14:45 Coffee Break 30'
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15:15
Patients' Radiation Protection
45'
Speaker: A. Benini -
16:00
Digital Image Structure, Characteristics, and Effects of Visibility and Clinical Applications
45'
Speaker: P. Sprawls (USA, Online lecture)
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09:00
Contemporary X-ray tubes and generators 1
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 2
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09:00 - 21:00
Day 3
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09:00
Digital Radiography image parameters – MTF, SNR, NPS, NEQ, DQE
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov -
09:45
Computed Radiography detectors 1
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
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11:00
Computed Radiography detectors 2
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov -
11:45
Occupational Radiation Protection
45'
Speaker: A. Benini - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
Practical implementation of QA/QC programs
45'
Speaker: A. Benini - 14:45 Coffee Break 30'
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15:15
Medical Imaging Procedure Optimization and the Expanding Role of Medical Physicists
45'
Speaker: P. Sprawls (USA, Online lecture) -
19:00
Welcome Reception
2h0'
All Participants are Invited to Attend the Buffet Dinner in the Adriatico Guesthouse Cafeteria
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09:00
Digital Radiography image parameters – MTF, SNR, NPS, NEQ, DQE
45'
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09:00 - 21:00
Day 3
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 4
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09:00
Classical and Digital Fluoroscopic imaging systems
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov -
09:45
Computed Tomography (CT) image formation 1
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
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11:00
Computed Tomography (CT) image formation 2
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov -
11:45
Overview of Computed Tomography Quality Control
45'
Speaker: M. De Denaro (Trieste Hospital) - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
New methods and protocols for Computed Tomography (Cardiac CT, etc)
45'
Speaker: M. De Denaro - 14:45 Coffee Break 30'
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15:15
The Learning and Teaching Process Applied to Medical Physics
45'
Speaker: P. Sprawls (USA, Online lecture) -
16:00
Medical Physics Education Models and Methods
45'
Speaker: P. Sprawls (USA, Online lecture)
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09:00
Classical and Digital Fluoroscopic imaging systems
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 4
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 5
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09:00
Computed Tomography (CT) Optimization
45'
Speaker: M. De Denaro -
09:45
Mammography (Film-Screen/Digital) 1
45'
Speaker: F. Milano - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
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11:00
Mammography (Film-Screen/Digital) and Optimization
45'
Speaker: F. Milano -
11:45
Medical Physics e-Learning and using of Moodle
45'
Speaker: S. Tabakov - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
Chair Session Digital Imaging in the Developing countries
45'
Speaker: R. Padovani (ICTP) - 14:45 Coffee Break and Poster Session 1h0'
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15:45
Discussion of posters “Medical Physics Education and Training” from different countries / Medical Physics Education and Training session at ICTP - Feedback
1h0'
Speaker: All Lecturers
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09:00
Computed Tomography (CT) Optimization
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 5
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 6
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09:00
Basic Safety Standards (BSS) Requirements for Medical Exposures
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva (IOMP, MU Plovdiv, Bulgaria) -
09:45
Radiation Protection Programmes Implementation
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
DR Quality Control: Evaluating X-ray generator performance
45'
Speaker: Slavik Tabakov -
11:45
DR Quality Control: Assessment of Fluoroscopic image quality
45'
Speaker: Slavik Tabakov - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
DR Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION - Informatic Laboratory (X-ray tube and generator QC)
45'
Speaker: Tabakov S. and Stoeva M. - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
DR Quality Control: COMPUTER SESSION - Informatic Laboratory (X-ray tube and generator QC)
1h45'
Speaker: Tabakov S. and Stoeva M.
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09:00
Basic Safety Standards (BSS) Requirements for Medical Exposures
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 6
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 7
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09:00
Introduction to Radiation Protection Audit
45'
Speaker: Renato Padovani (ICTP) -
09:45
Hospital Information Systems
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva - 10:30 Coffee Break and Group Photo 30'
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11:00
PACS and DICOM
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva -
11:45
Data Science in Diagnostic Imaging
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano (University of Florence, Italy) - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
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14:00
DR Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION - Informatic Laboratory (contrast/detail)
45'
Speaker: Tabakov S. and Stoeva M. Material: Paper notes - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
DR Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION - Informatic Laboratory (contrast/detail)
1h45'
Speaker: Tabakov S. and Stoeva M.
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09:00
Introduction to Radiation Protection Audit
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 7
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 8
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09:00
Installation Shielding in DR and CT (with calculations and examples)
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva -
09:45
Advanced Mammography applications (Tomosynthesis & Contrast enhanced Digital Mammography)
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Exposure indexes and dosimetric measurements in Diagnostic Imaging
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano -
11:45
Protocols and Code of Practice in Diagnostic Radiology
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
ALL AFTERNOON HOSPITAL PRACTICAL 1 (CT + MAMMO)
3h0'
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09:00
Installation Shielding in DR and CT (with calculations and examples)
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 8
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 9
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09:00
Dose Optimization in Radiology and Fluoroscopy
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano -
09:45
Radiation Dose and Image Quality in Dentistry and CBCT
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Management of Digital Imaging in Contemporary Healthcare
45'
Speaker: Slavik Tabakov -
11:45
Medical Physics in Rural areas
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
ALL AFTERNOON HOSPITAL PRACTICAL 2 (CT + MAMMO)
3h0'
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09:00
Dose Optimization in Radiology and Fluoroscopy
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 9
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 10
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09:00
Implementation of Bonn Call-for-Action
45'
Speaker: Magdalena Stoeva -
09:45
Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine 1
45'
Speaker: Anna Benini - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Principles of monitoring and setting of procedures
45'
Speaker: Anna Benini -
11:45
Digital Radiography Detectors Quality Control 1
45'
Speaker: Paola Bregant (Trieste Hospital) - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
Digital Radiography Detectors Quality Control 2
45'
Speaker: Paola Bregant - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
Radiation Exposure for CR/DR What, Why, Where, How? -1
1h45'
Speaker: Anthony Seibert (Online lecture from USA)
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09:00
Implementation of Bonn Call-for-Action
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 10
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 11
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09:00
Magnetic resonance (MR) basic physics and signal generation
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski (Emory University, USA) -
09:45
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and hardware
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Radiation detectors and measurement
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA) -
11:45
Characteristics of radionuclides for imaging
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
The MR imaging process – spatial localization I
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
The MR imaging process – spatial localization II
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski -
16:00
Using the free LMS software Moodle for building Medical Physics on-line modules and MSc programmes
45'
Speaker: V. Tabakova (King's College London, UK)
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09:00
Magnetic resonance (MR) basic physics and signal generation
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 11
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 11
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09:00
The MR imaging methods – pulse sequences
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski -
09:45
Spatial characteristics, image detail, noise, and contrast
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Gamma camera function and imaging
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis -
11:45
Gamma camera image quality characteristics
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
ALL AFTERNOON NM PRACTICAL 1
3h0'
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09:00
The MR imaging methods – pulse sequences
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 11
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 13
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09:00
MR Angiography and Diffusion Imaging
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski -
09:45
MR I Artifacts and Related Problems
45'
Speaker: John Oshinski Material: Slides - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Evaluating gamma camera performance and quality control
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis -
11:45
Radionuclide tomographic imaging (SPECT)
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
ALL AFTERNOON NM PRACTICAL 2
3h0'
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09:00
MR Angiography and Diffusion Imaging
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 13
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 14
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09:00
Fundamental of MR safety
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano -
09:45
Specifications of Medical Imaging Equipment
45'
Speaker: Slavik Tabakov Material: Slides - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Radionuclide tomographic imaging (PET)
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis -
11:45
Evaluation of SPECT and non-imaging systems
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
Radionuclide dose considerations
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
Nuclear medicine imaging procedures
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis -
16:00
Open forum for questions / comments – NM Physics
45'
Speaker: Sameer Tipnis
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09:00
Fundamental of MR safety
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 14
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 15
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09:00
Medical Radiation and Pregnancy
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano -
09:45
Test Objects in Diagnostic Imaging
45'
Speaker: Franco Milano - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
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11:00
Interventional Radiological Equipment – selection and installation
45'
Speaker: Renato Padovani Material: Slides -
11:45
Examples of patients doses in interventional cardiology
45'
Speaker: Anna Benini - 12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
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14:00
Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine 2
45'
Speaker: Anna Benini - 14:45 Coffee break 30'
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15:15
Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine 3
45'
Speaker: Anna Benini -
16:00
Feedback session of the College
45'
Speaker: All Faculty
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09:00
Medical Radiation and Pregnancy
45'
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09:00 - 17:00
Day 15