Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Course on Mammography | (smr 2266) (03-7 October 2011)

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Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced Course on Mammography | (smr 2266)

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Monday, 3 October 2011
- 09:00 - 09:30 Registration outside Euler Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Registration outside Euler Lecture Hall 30'
- 09:30 - 09:45 Opening
  - 09:30 Opening 15'
- 09:45 - 10:30 Global breast cancer
  - 09:45 Global breast cancer 45'
    
    Speaker: Philip Kivitz (ACR, San Francisco, USA)
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 11:40 The physical basis of X-ray detection mammographic pathology
  - 11:00 The physical basis of X-ray detection mammographic pathology 40'
    
    Speaker: Martin Yaffe (AAPM, Toronto, Canada)
- 11:40 - 12:20 Diagnostic and screening mammography: impact on patient outcomes
  - 11:40 Diagnostic and screening mammography: impact on patient outcomes 40'
    
    Speaker: Andre Van Steen (University Hospital Leuven, Belgium)
- 12:20 - 13:00 The role of the physicist in screening and diagnostic mammography
  - 12:20 The role of the physicist in screening and diagnostic mammography 40'
    
    Speaker: Edward Hendrick (AAPM, Colorado, USA)
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 14:00 - 14:45 Radiologists in mammography. Challenges in resource limited settings
  - 14:00 Radiologists in mammography. Challenges in resource limited settings 45'
    
    Speaker: Andre Van Steen
- 14:45 - 15:30 Role of the radiographer in the quality process
  - 14:45 Role of the radiographer in the quality process 45'
    
    Speaker: Paola Bregant (Ospedale Maggiore, Trieste)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 16:45 Comparing radiation doses and cancer risks
  - 16:00 Comparing radiation doses and cancer risks 45'
    
    Speaker: Edward Hendrick
- 16:45 - 17:30 Assuring quality: audit and accreditation - ACR example
  - 16:45 Assuring quality: audit and accreditation - ACR example 45'
    
    Speaker: Philip Kivitz
- 19:00 - 21:00 Conference Dinner - Leonardo Building Cafeteria
  - 19:00 Conference Dinner - Leonardo Building Cafeteria 2h0'
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
- 09:00 - 09:45 Mammography X-ray equipment
  - 09:00 Mammography X-ray equipment 45'
    
    Speaker: Martin Yaffe
- 09:45 - 10:30 Screen film mammography systems: optimizing screen-film mammography
  - 09:45 Screen film mammography systems: optimizing screen-film mammography 45'
    
    Speaker: Edward Hendrick
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 11:40 Automatic exposure control: principles, set-up and QC
  - 11:00 Automatic exposure control: principles, set-up and QC 40'
    
    Speaker: Gisella Gennaro (EFOMP, Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy)
- 11:40 - 12:20 Film processing and darkroom QC
  - 11:40 Film processing and darkroom QC 40'
    
    Speaker: Donald McLean (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
- 12:20 - 13:00 Managing QA for a national screen film mammography programme
  - 12:20 Managing QA for a national screen film mammography programme 40'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans (EFOMP, Rotselaar, Belgium)
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 14:00 - 14:45 Dosimetry in mammography
  - 14:00 Dosimetry in mammography 45'
    
    Speaker: Paola Bregant
- 14:45 - 15:30 Mammographic geometry: ensuring correct X-ray field coverage and compression
  - 14:45 Mammographic geometry: ensuring correct X-ray field coverage and compression 45'
    
    Speaker: Gisella Gennaro
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 16:45 Screen film image quality, the role of phantoms and viewing the film image
  - 16:00 Screen film image quality, the role of phantoms and viewing the film image 45'
    
    Speaker: Donald McLean
- 16:45 - 17:30 Description of digital technology for mammography
  - 16:45 Description of digital technology for mammography 45'
    
    Speaker: Martin Yaffe
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
- 09:00 - 09:45 Digital image receptors and effects on image quality
  - 09:00 Digital image receptors and effects on image quality 45'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans
- 09:45 - 10:30 Specification and acceptance of digital imaging equipment
  - 09:45 Specification and acceptance of digital imaging equipment 45'
    
    Speaker: Annalisa Trianni (Azienda Ospedaliera Udine, Italy)
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 11:40 Digital image quality QC
  - 11:00 Digital image quality QC 40'
    
    Speaker: Gisella Gennaro
- 11:40 - 12:20 The Canadian experience in digital mammography QC
  - 11:40 The Canadian experience in digital mammography QC 40'
    
    Speaker: Martin Yaffe
- 12:20 - 13:00 Viewing the mammographic image: QC considerations
  - 12:20 Viewing the mammographic image: QC considerations 40'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 14:00 - 17:00 Practical Session 1 [choose A or B] [A - ICTP] [B - Practical at Hospital]
  - 14:00 Practical Session 1 [choose A or B] [A - ICTP] [B - Practical at Hospital] 3h0'
Thursday, 6 October 2011
- 09:00 - 09:45 Characterising image quality in digital image receptor
  - 09:00 Characterising image quality in digital image receptor 45'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans
- 09:45 - 10:30 Breast biopsy methods and QA
  - 09:45 Breast biopsy methods and QA 45'
    
    Speaker: Edward Hendrick
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 11:40 Transition from analog to digital mammography
  - 11:00 Transition from analog to digital mammography 40'
    
    Speaker: Martin Yaffe
- 11:40 - 12:20 PACS and DICOM structures
  - 11:40 PACS and DICOM structures 40'
    
    Speaker: Mario de Denaro (Ospedale Maggiore, Trieste, Italy)
- 12:20 - 13:00 Breast cancer detection methods besides mammography
  - 12:20 Breast cancer detection methods besides mammography 40'
    
    Speaker: Philip Kivitz
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 14:00 - 17:00 Practical Session 2 [Choose B or A] [A - ICTP] [B - Practical at Hospital]
  - 14:00 Practical Session 2 [Choose B or A] [A - ICTP] [B - Practical at Hospital] 3h0'
Friday, 7 October 2011
- 09:00 - 09:30 Optimizing the technical aspects of breast MRI
  - 09:00 Optimizing the technical aspects of breast MRI 30'
    
    Speaker: Edward Hendrick
- 09:30 - 10:30 Status of mammography in country of participants
  - 09:30 Status of mammography in country of participants 1h0'
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 11:40 Tomosynthesis
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Main Lecture Hall
  - 11:00 Tomosynthesis 40'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans
- 11:40 - 12:00 General overview of breast cancer management
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Main Lecture Hall
  - 11:40 General overview of breast cancer management 20'
    
    Speaker: Giorgio Mustacchi (Trieste, Italy)
- 12:00 - 13:00 Round Table - Status of mammography and strategies for the future (Chairperson: Mario de Denaro)
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Main Lecture Hall
  - 12:00 Round Table - Status of mammography and strategies for the future (Chairperson: Mario de Denaro) 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Hilde Bosmans, Ed Hendrick, Philip Kivitz, Donald McLean, Andre Van Steen
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 14:00 - 14:45 Exam on content
  - 14:00 Exam on content 45'
- 14:45 - 15:30 Phase contrast mammography
  - 14:45 Phase contrast mammography 45'
    
    Speaker: Luigi Rigon (INFN Trieste, Italy)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 16:00 - 16:45 Evaluation of School
  - 16:00 Evaluation of School 45'
- 16:45 - 17:30 Review of exam results
  - 16:45 Review of exam results 45'