International Center Loris Malaguzzi, Via Bligny n. 1/A, Reggio Emilia - Italy

September 30 - October 1, 2007

Center of Excellence of the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine

and Molecular Imaging (AIMN)

3rd International Meeting

Metabolic PET imaging for a

New Radiotherapy

ORGANIZING COMMITTEEArcispedale S. Maria Nuova (ASMN) - Reggio Emilia

Diana SalvoNuclear Medicine / AIMN Center of Excellence for

“PET Applications in Radiation Oncology”

Luciano ArmaroliRadiation Oncology

Gianni BorasiMedical Physics

Corrado Boni

Medical Oncology

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIATAnnibale Versari

Nuclear Medicine - PET Center Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova - V.le Risorgimento, 80 - 42100 Reggio Emilia - Italy

Tel. +39 0522 296284 E-mail: versari.annibale@asmn.re.it

Federica FioroniMedical Physics Department

Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova - V.le Risorgimento, 80 - 42100 Reggio Emilia - ItalyTel. +39 0522 296653 E-mail: fi oroni.federica@asmn.re.it

Under the auspices of:

AIFM - Italian Association of Medical Physics AIRO - Italian Association of Radiation OncologyAIOM - Italian Association of Medical Oncology

AITRO - Italian Association of Technologists in Radiation Oncology

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

Dr.ssa Annarita Guglielmi/Dr.ssa Mariaelena RaimondoArcispedale S. Maria Nuova - Palazzo Rocca Saporiti V.le Murri, 7 - 42100 Reggio Emilia - Italy

Tel. +39 0522-295817 Fax +39 0522-295976 E-mail: raimondo.mariaelena@asmn.re.it

Faculty

Abbati EmilioTSRM Radiation Oncology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Alber MarkusClinic for Radiooncology, University of Tubingen Sezione

Alonzi RobertoClinical Oncology - Mount Vernon Hospital, Londra

Armaroli LucianoRadiation Oncology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Asti MattiaNuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Bettinardi Valentino Nuclear Medicine – Istituto S.Raffaele, Milano

Bigi GiuseppeTSRM Nuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Bombardieri EmilioNuclear Medicine – Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano

Boni CorradoMedical Oncology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Borasi GianniMedical Physics – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Calandrino RiccardoMedical Physics – Istituto S. Raffaele, Milano

Carpi AmaliaMedical Oncology – ASMN, Reggo Emilia

Crippa FlavioNuclear Medicine – Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano

Di Muzio NadiaRadiation Oncology – Istituto S. Raffaele, Milano

Fanti StefanoNuclear Medicine – Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna

Ferrari MahilaMedical Physics – Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano

Filice AngelinaNuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Fioroni Federica Medical Physics – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Francescon PaoloMedical Physics – Ospedale S.Bortolo, Vicenza

Frezza GiovanniRadiation Oncology – Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna

Gilardi Maria CarlaNuclear Medicine – Istituto S.Raffaele, Milano

Gregoire VincentRadiation Oncology - St-Luc University Hospital, Brussels

Grosu Anca LigiaRadiation Oncology - University of Freiburg

Iori MauroMedical Physics – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Iotti CinziaRadiation Oncology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Landoni ClaudioNuclear Medicine – Istituto S. Raffaele, Milano

Malinverni GiuseppeRadiation Oncology - Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedale San Salvatore”, Pesaro

Marcello NorinaNeurology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Merli FrancescoHematology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Messa CristinaNuclear Medicine – Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza

Nahum Alan E. Medical Physics – Centro Oncologico, Clatterbridge

Olmi PatriziaRadiation Oncology - Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano

Orecchia RobertoRadiation Oncology – Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano

Paganelli GiovanniNuclear Medicine – Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano

Paiusco MartaMedical Physics – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Palmieri AlfredoTSRM Nuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Pernice Carmine Otolaryngology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Picchio MariaNuclear Medicine – Istituto S.Raffaele, Milano

Saccani RobertaCTSRM Radiation Oncology – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Salvatore MarcoInstitute of Bio-Images and Bio-Structures (C.N.R.), Napoli

Salvo DianaNuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Sangalli PatriziaCTSRM Nuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Siegel Barry A.Nuclear Medicine – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology – Washington University School of Medicine di St. Louis – Missouri

Siegel Marilyn J.Radiology – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology – Washington University School of Medicine di St. Louis – Missouri

Versari AnnibaleNuclear Medicine – ASMN, Reggio Emilia

Faculty

September 30, 2007

ROOM A Sessions for Physicians, Physicists and Technologists

9.00 Welcome message I. Trenti – General Director of Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova 9.15 Introduction D. Salvo – AIMN President

STATE OF THE ART

Chairmen: S. Fanti - Bologna / A. L. Grosu - Freiburg

9.30 Molecular Imaging today M. Salvatore - Napoli

10.00 Role of PET-CT in Radiation Therapy V. Gregoire - Bruxelles

10.30 Discussion

11.00 Coffee Break

PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Chairmen: G. Borasi - Reggio Emilia / M. Alber - Tübingen

11.30 Use of PET for target volume defi nition F. Fioroni – Reggio Emilia

11.45 IMAT M. Iori – Reggio Emilia

12.00 Cyberknife P. Francescon - Vicenza

12.15 Tomotherapy R. Calandrino - Milano

12.30 Discussion

1.00 Lunch

September 30, 2007

IS TUMOR HYPOXIA STILL AN OPEN PROBLEM?

Chairmen: M. Picchio - Milano / M. Paiusco - Reggio Emilia

2.00 The imaging of hypoxia with PET in practice: Tracers and Techniques M. Alber - Tübingen

2.20 MR imaging of hypoxia R. Alonzi - Londra

2.40 How hypoxia can become clinically relevant A.L. Grosu - Friburgo 3.00 Discussion

3.15 PROPOSALS FROM THE INDUSTRY

3.45 Coffee Break

RESPIRATORY GATING: ARE WE READY FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION?

Chairmen:

M.C. Gilardi - Milano / C. Messa - Monza

4.15 Physical aspects V. Bettinardi - Milano

4.35 Diagnostic applications C. Landoni - Milano

4.55 Therapeutic applications N. Di Muzio - Milano

5.15 Discussion

PET AND RADIATION THERAPY: RADIOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Chairmen: M. Salvatore - Napoli / C. Calandrino - Milano

5.30 Radiobiological optimization guided by functional imaging A.E. Nahum - Clatterbridge

6.00 Discussion

6.15 Conclusions

October 1, 2007

ROOM ASessions for Physicians, Physicists and Technologists

PET, RADIATION THERAPY AND RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY: WHAT KIND OF INTEGRATION?

Chairmen: E. Bombardieri - Milano / G. Frezza – Bologna

8.30 Nuclear Medicine Physician G. Paganelli - Milano

8.50 Radiation Oncologist R. Orecchia - Milano

9.10 Physicist M. Ferrari - Milano 9.30 Discussion

IMAGING AND THERAPY MONITORING 9.45 Role of PET and PET/CT B.A. Siegel - St. Louis

10.15 Role of CT and MRI M.J. Siegel - St. Louis 10.45 Discussion

11.00 Coffee Break

ROOM ASessions for Physicians and Physicists

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO THERAPY

Chairmen:

B.A. Siegel - St. Louis / C. Boni - Reggio Emilia Lymphoma

11.45 Clinical case F. Merli - Reggio Emilia

12.00 Nuclear Medicine Physician A. Versari - Reggio Emilia

12.15 Radiation Oncologist C. Iotti - Reggio Emilia 12.30 Discussion

1 Ottobre 2007

12.45 PROPOSALS FROM THE INDUSTRY

Proposte innovative dalle Aziende

1.15 Lunch

Chairmen: D. Salvo e L. Armaroli - Reggio Emilia

Prostate Cancer

2.00 Clinical case A. Carpi - Reggio Emilia

2.15 Nuclear Medicine Physician M. Picchio - Milano

2.30 Radiation Oncologist G. Malinverni - Pesaro 2.45 Discussion

Brain Cancer

3.00 Clinical case N. Marcello - Reggio Emilia

3.15 Nuclear Medicine Physician S. Fanti - Bologna

3.30 Radiation Oncologist G. Frezza - Bologna 3.45 Discussion

Head and Neck Cancer

4.00 Clinical case C. Pernice - Reggio Emilia

4.15 Nuclear Medicine Physician F. Crippa - Milano

4.30 Radiation Oncologist P. Olmi - Milano 4.45 Discussion

5.00 Conclusion of the meeting

1 Ottobre 2007 ROOM B

Sessions for Technologists

Chairmen: P. Sangalli e R. Saccani – Reggio Emilia

11.45 New Radiopharmaceuticals for PET Imaging M. Asti – Reggio Emilia

12.30 Discussion

12.45 ROOM A: Proposals from the Industry

1.15 Lunch

Chairmen: P. Sangalli e R. Saccani – Reggio Emilia

2.00 PET in Radiation Therapy A. Filice – Reggio Emilia

2.45 Use of contrast media in virtual simulation TSRM E. Abbati – Reggio Emilia

3.30 Evaluation of a path of integration among Technologists TSRM G. Bigi – Reggio Emilia

4.00 4D PET/CT: acquisition and processing TSRM A. Palmieri – Reggio Emilia

4.30 Discussion

5.00 Conclusion of the meeting

September 30 - October 1, 2007

3rd International Meeting

Metabolic PET imaging for a

New Radiotherapy