Third Malmö Conference on Medical Imaging

Optimisation in x-ray and molecular imaging

Malmö, Sweden 25-27 June, 2009

Welcome to Malmö

The planning of the conference, jointly organised by members of current and former research projects of the Commission of European Communities (CEC) Radiation Protection Research Programme, is in progress. The conference will cover a wide area of research related to medical imaging: from recent technology to advanced methods for evaluation of image quality with special reference to the development and evaluation of optimisation strategies. The conference is intended for a wide audience of medical physicists, radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, engineers, and radiographers as well as representatives for authorities and manufacturers. There will be a number of invited keynote speakers covering current research aspects. The conference will be held at Malmö University Hospital, Sweden.
This conference is a continuation of a series of successful CEC conferences in the field of medical imaging, the third one in Malmö. The apparent progress during the last years in research in X-ray and nuclear medicine technology, image analysis, strategies for optimisation and dose reduction as well as predictivity of the outcome of an investigation has made it urgent to arrange a new conference.

• Recent technological developments and their clinical impact

• New detector technologies

• CT

• Tomosynthesis

• Multimodality imaging (SPECT/CT, PET/CT, PET/MR, …)

• Physiologically gated acquisition

• Imaging in radiotherapy (for treatment planning, for image guided applications)

• Assessment of clinical images. Observer performance studies (Session dedicated to the memory of Robert F Wagner)

• Modelling procedures

• Physical measurements and quality assurance programs

• Optimisation in digital radiology and nuclear medicine

- with special focus on mammography, CT, interventional and paediatric radiology

- and on PET and SPECT

• Image display, monitors and their environment

• Preliminary clinical results of computer aided diagnosis

• Patient dosimetry and reference doses/activities. Occupational exposure

There will be a commercial exhibition and a session for exhibitors.

We are looking forward to welcoming you and those accompanying you to Malmö!

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