HBM2004 - SATELLITE EVENT
Partial Volume Effect Correction in PET/SPET: from theory to practice
Organised by the
PVEOut
Project Consortium
“Enhancement
of Clinical Value of Functional Imaging through Automated
Removal of Partial Volume Effect”,
a EU Fifth Framework Programme project
For
queries e-mail pveout@ibb.cnr.it
MEETING
AIM
The
meeting is devoted to discussing strategies for partial volume effect correction
of PET/SPET studies. The results of PVEOut project will be presented with a
particular emphasis on the PVELab software, available as beta version to
scientific community.
Preliminary
program
Chairmen:
Alan Colchester – Olaf Paulson
|
14:00 |
Welcome (Bruno Alfano, PVEOut Co-ordinator) |
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Introduction to Partial Volume Effect Correction methods |
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14:10 |
PVE-Correction:
a review of the literature (Mario Quarantelli) |
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14:25 |
A new voxel-based PVE-correction method developed inside PVEOut project (Bruno Alfano) |
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14:40 |
Implementation of the PVE correction algorithms in PVELab (Claus Svarer) |
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Preliminary steps in the PVE-correction process |
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15:00 |
Segmentation of brain tissues on MR images using data driven techniques (Ali Hojjat - Alan Colchester) |
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15:20 |
Multiparametric segmentation (Bruno Alfano) |
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15:30 |
Registration (Claus Svarer) |
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15:45 |
VOI definition (Mario Quarantelli) |
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16:00 |
PET Compartment model based analytical PET simulator for PVELab (Laszlo Balkay) |
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16:15 |
Coffee break |
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Preliminary results of PVE correction in phantoms and in human studies |
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16:35 |
STEPBrain: a stereolitographed phantom of the brain for Nuclear Medicine, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance applications (to be defined) |
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16:45 |
Quantification of [11C]FLB 457 Binding in the Human Brain with PET Before and After Partial Volume Effect Correction (Judit Sóvágó) |
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17:00 |
Cortical GABA-A CBZR and rCBF in Alzheimer`s disease: SPET studies with Partial Volume Effect correction (Mario Quarantelli) |
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PVELab |
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17:15 |
Demo of a complete analysis process using PVELab (Claus Svarer) |
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17:35 |
Issues in voxel-based analysis of PV-corrected data (Mario Quarantelli) |
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17:45 |
General discussion |
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18:00 |
End of meeting |
REGISTRATION
The registration is free of charge.
We
recommend to be registered in advance by sending an email to pveout@ibb.cnr.it
with subject: HBM2004 PVEOut Satellite Meeting, containing your name and
affiliation.