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An ICTP Meeting

The Physics of Medical Imaging equipment is complex and the safe function of this equipment requires medical physicists trained in theory, imaging procedures and applications.  The Directors/lecturers in the ICTP College-2024 are very experienced medical physicists with international reputation.

Physics of the following contemporary Medical Imaging Equipment, plus related theory, principles, safety, optimisation and education transfer will be covered:
 
  • X-ray sources of radiation
  • Digital radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography
  • New radiation detectors
  • Multi Detector Computed Tomography
  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging
  • SPECT&PET Tomography
  • Hybrid Imaging systems
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Safety and quality control
  • Systems for PACS
  • Capacity Building Principles and organisation of Medical Physics activities
  • Resources and Methods for Effective Learning

Lecturers
L. BERTOCCHI, ICTP, Italy
P. BREGANT, ASU GI Trieste, Italy
F. MILANO, University of Florence, Italy
J. OSHINSKI, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
R. PADOVANI, ICTP, Italy
P. SPRAWLS, Emory University Atlanta, USA
M. STOEVA, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria & IOMP, UK
S. TABAKOV, King's College London & IUPESM, UK
S. TIPNIS, Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Material

College on Medical Physics 2024: Medical Imaging Physics - Enhancing the capability of medical physics in the Developing Countries to contribute to more effective and safer diagnostic medical imaging procedures of the population | (smr 3967)
Go to day
  • Monday, 9 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 09:30
      • 09:00 Registration and administrative formalities 30' 
        Upon arrival, Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level). The Registration Desk will be open from 9.00 to 9.30
    • 09:30 - 17:00
      • 09:30 Welcome remarks 20'
        Speaker: Luciano BERTOCCHI (ICTP, Italy), Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy)
      • 09:50 The contributions of Medical Physics (Imaging) to medicine 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Medical Physics status in Low and Middle Income countries (LMIC) and the place of medical physicists in LMIC Healthcare 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 11:50 Radiation Quantities and Units 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Fundamentals of Dosimetry in Diagnostic radiology 45'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Exposure indexes and dosimetric measurements in Diagnostic Imaging 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 16:00 College description 1h0'
        Speaker: All Directors/Lecturers
  • Tuesday, 10 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Diagnostic Radiology sources of radiation - X-ray tubes: Theory, Construction and Specificities 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 09:50 Diagnostic Radiology sources of radiation - X-ray Generators: Theory, Construction and Specificities 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 X-ray Fluoroscopy and Digital Fluoroscopic imaging systems 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 11:50 Digital Detectors in Diagnostic Radiology: Main parameters MTF, SNR, NPS, NEQ, DQE 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Digital Mammography and Optimization 45'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Advanced Mammography applications (Tomosynthesis & Contrast enhanced Digital Mammography) 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 16:00 Characteristics of Medical Images that Determine Visibility of Body Structure and Clinical Conditions – Educational Video 1h0' 
        remote
        Speaker: Perry SPRAWLS (Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Radiology, USA)
        Material: Video Website
  • Wednesday, 11 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 16:50
      • 09:00 Diagnostic X-ray Radiology Digital Detectors - Main specifications 1 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 09:50 Diagnostic X-ray Radiology Digital Detectors - Main specifications 2 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Principles of image formation in X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 11:50 Multi Detector CT systems 50'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 CT equipment - physical parameters and Quality Control 45'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Digital Image Structure, Characteristics, and Effects of Visibility and Clinical Applications – Educational Video 50' 
        remote
        Speaker: Perry SPRAWLS (Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Radiology, USA)
        Material: Video
      • 16:00 Medical Imaging Procedure Optimization and the Expanding Role of Medical Physicists – Educational Video 50' 
        remote
        Speaker: Perry SPRAWLS (Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Radiology, USA)
        Material: Video
  • Thursday, 12 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Specific applications and protocols for contemporary CT (Cardiac CT, etc) 50'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 09:50 Computed Tomography (CT) Optimization 50'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Protocols and Code of Practice in Diagnostic Radiology 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 11:50 Dose Optimization in Radiology and Fluoroscopy 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Data Science and its applications in Radiological Diagnostic Imaging 45'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 The Learning and Teaching Process Applied to Medical Physics – Educational Video 50' 
        remote
        Speaker: Perry SPRAWLS (Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Radiology, USA)
        Material: Video
      • 16:00 Medical Physics Education Models, Methods, and Resources – Educational Video 1h0' 
        remote
        Speaker: Perry SPRAWLS (Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Radiology, USA)
        Material: Video
  • Friday, 13 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Radiation Dose and Image Quality in Dentistry and CBCT 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 09:50 A possible personal path to knowledge of Data Science with particular attention to Machine Learning and Deep Learning 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Medical Physics e-Learning and its use in the educational process 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM), V. Tabakova
      • 11:50 Specificities in using the free LMS software Moodle in MSc programmes 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM), V. Tabakova
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Ethics and Bias in Data Science Use 45'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break and Posters 20'
      • 15:10 Round Table on Enhancing the capability of medical physics in the Developing Countries and Discussion on students’ posters 1h50'
        Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy)
  • Monday, 16 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Data Science and its applications in Radiological Diagnostic Imaging 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 09:50 Machine Learning and its applications in Radiological Diagnostic Imaging 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Evaluating X-ray tube and generator parameters in Quality Control 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 11:50 Evaluating Fluoroscopic image quality in Quality Control 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 1 - Informatic Laboratory (X-ray tube and generator QC) 45'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 2 - Informatic Laboratory (X-ray tube and generator QC) 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 16:00 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 3 - Informatic Laboratory (X-ray tube and generator QC) 1h0'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
  • Tuesday, 17 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 International framework of Radiation Protection (RP) 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 09:50 Patients' Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional procedures 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 10:40 Group Photo 5'
      • 10:45 Coffee Break 15'
      • 11:00 Occupational Radiation Protection 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 11:50 Medical Physics in the Scope of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 4 - Informatic Laboratory (resolution, noise, contrast/detail) 45'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 5 - Informatic Laboratory (resolution, noise, contrast/detail) 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 16:00 Practical Quality Control COMPUTER SESSION 6 - Informatic Laboratory (resolution, noise, contrast/detail) 1h0'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM) and Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
    • 18:30 - 20:00
      • 18:30 Welcome Reception 1h30' 
        All Participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception
  • Wednesday, 18 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Basic Safety Standards (BSS) Requirements for Medical Exposures 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 09:50 Radiation Protection Programmes Implementation 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Medical Radiation and Pregnancy 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 11:50 Test Objects in Diagnostic Imaging 50'
        Speaker: Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Hospital Practical 1 (CT + MAMMO) 3h0'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
  • Thursday, 19 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Hospital Information Systems 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 09:50 PACS and DICOM 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Installation Shielding in DR and CT (with calculations and examples) 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 11:50 Principles of monitoring and setting of procedures 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Hospital Practical 2 (CT + MAMMO) 3h0'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
  • Friday, 20 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Implementation of Bonn Call-for-Action 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 09:50 Practical implementation of QA/QC programs 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Introduction to Radiation Protection Audit 50'
        Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy)
      • 11:50 Digital Radiography Detectors – QC 1 50'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Digital Radiography Detectors – QC 2 45'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Overview of Radiation Protection (RP) in Diagnostic Radiology (DR) 50'
        Speaker: Magdalena STOEVA (Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria, IOMP Secr. General)
      • 16:00 Emails list and communication in the Network 1h0'
  • Monday, 23 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) basic physics and signal generation 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 09:50 MRI systems and hardware 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Characteristics of radionuclides for imaging 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 11:50 Radiation detectors and measurement in Nuclear Medicine 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 MRI – spatial localization 1 45'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 MRI – spatial localization 2 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 16:00 Gamma camera function and imaging 1h0'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
  • Tuesday, 24 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 MR imaging methods and pulse sequences 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 09:50 MRI: Image characteristics, image detail, noise, and contrast 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 10:40 Group Photo 5'
      • 10:45 Coffee Break 15'
      • 11:00 Gamma camera image quality characteristics 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 11:50 Evaluating Gamma camera performance and image quality 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Nuclear Medicine PRACTICAL 1 3h0'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
  • Wednesday, 25 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 MRI Advanced applications 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 09:50 MRI – Image Artifacts and solutions 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Radionuclide tomographic imaging (SPECT) 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 11:50 Evaluation of SPECT and non-imaging systems 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Nuclear Medicine PRACTICAL 2 3h0'
        Speaker: Paola BREGANT (Maggiore Hospital Cancer Center, Trieste, Italy)
  • Thursday, 26 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Fundamental of MRI safety and scanner certification 50'
        Speaker: John OSHINSKI (Emory University, USA)
      • 09:50 Radionuclide tomographic imaging (PET) 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Radionuclide dose considerations 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 11:50 Common nuclear medicine imaging procedures 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Theranostics 45'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 Principles of Organising a Medical Physics Department and specificities in developing countries 50'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
      • 16:00 Principles of Management of Medical Imaging Equipment in Contemporary Healthcare and specificities in developing countries 1h0'
        Speaker: Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM)
  • Friday, 27 September 2024
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 Artefacts in NM and PET imaging 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 09:50 Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine 50'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
      • 10:40 Coffee Break 20'
      • 11:00 Interventional Radiological Equipment – dosimetry and quality control 50'
        Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy)
      • 11:50 Interventional Radiological Equipment – selection and installation 50'
        Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy)
      • 12:40 Lunch Break 1h20'
      • 14:00 Future trends in Medical Imaging 45'
        Speaker: Sameer TIPNIS (Medical University of South Carolina, USA), Franco MILANO (University of Florence, Italy)
      • 14:50 Coffee Break 20'
      • 15:10 IAEA Projects 50' 
        remote
        Speaker: Mauro CARRARA (IAEA, Austria)
      • 16:00 Feedback session of the College 1h0'
        Speaker: Renato PADOVANI (ICTP, Italy), Slavik TABAKOV (King's College London, UK & IUPESM), Luciano BERTOCCHI (ICTP, Italy)