2007 Small Animal Imaging Workshop

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February 7 and 8, 2007

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Tilghman Auditorium

 

DAY 1

 

I.          [8:30 – 9:00] Registration, Check-in & Breakfast (Susanne Hemker)

 

II.        [9:00 – 9:10] Introduction (Martin Pomper)

 

III.      Session 1:  Imaging Systems (Ben Tsui)

 

[9:10 – 9:30] Kevin Francis (Xenogen)        Optical Imaging

[9:30 – 9:50] Stuart Berr                              Magnetic Resonance

[9:50 – 10:00] Kathleen Gabrielson             Ultrasound

[10:00– 10:20] Matt Smith                            Ultrasound

IV.      [10:20 – 10:40] Coffee Break

V.        Session 1 (cont.):  Imaging Systems (Ben Tsui)

 

[10:40 – 11:00] Mike Green                 PET

[11:00 – 11:20] Ben Tsui                      SPECT & SPECT/CT

[11:20 – 11:40] Mark Williams            SPECT & X-ray

[11:40 – 12:00] Drew Weisenberger    Awake Animal Scanner

 

VI.       [12:0] – 13:00] Lunch

 

VII.    Session 2:  Imaging Probes  (Martin Pomper)

 

[13:00 – 13:40] Ron Mease                  Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry – PET & SPECT

[13:40 – 14:00] Crystal Dusich            Fluorescent Agents

[14:00 – 14:20] Yoshinori Kato           MR Contrast Agents

[14:20 – 14:40] Martin Pomper            Nanoparticle-based Imaging Agents

[14:40 – 15:00] Lucia Martiniova        CT Contrast Agents

 

VIII.  [15:00 – 15:20] Coffee Break

 

IX.     Session 3:  Small Animal Handling and Physiology (Stuart Berr)

 

X.       [15:20 – 15:40] Cory Brayton               Phenotyping

[15:40 – 16:00] Tracy Gluckman          Rodent Anesthesia, Post-operative Care and Advanced Rodent Imaging

[16:00 – 16:30] S. David Smith            Small Animal Physiologic Monitoring

 

XI.     Session 4:  Data Analysis (Stuart Berr)

[16:30 – 16:50] Catherine Foss            Planning and Executing a Study

[16:50 – 17:10] Yuchuan Wang            Image Analysis:  Reconstruction Software

[17:10 – 17:30] Chris Endres               Image Analysis:  Tracer Kinetic Modeling

 

 

DAY 2

 

I.          [8:30 – 9:00]                         Breakfast

 

II.        [9:00 – 10:30]           Small Animal Imaging Hands-on I (MR, Ultrasound, PET, SPECT/CT, Optical Imaging, Trimodal Imaging, Awake Animal Scanner as parallel sessions)

 

I.          [10:30 – 10:45]         Coffee Break

 

II.        [10:45 – 12:15]         Small Animal Imaging Hands-on II (MR, Ultrasound, PET, SPECT/CT, Optical Imaging, Trimodal Imaging, Awake Animal Scanner as parallel sessions)