Presentations of the XIVth symposium of BELNUC held in Bruges, May 2009

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Friday session:

- Image-based telecooperation, image fusion and multimodality image management. M. Feron (Leuven, B) 

Saturday sessions:

- Nuclear cardiology in women and diabetics: its place in the clinical guidelines. J. De Sutter (Ghent, B)

- The future of nuclear cardiology. D. Daou (Paris, F)

- Therapy with radiolabeled microspheres: view from the clinician. P. Hilgard (Essen, D)

- Therapy with radiolabeled microspheres: technical aspects. P. Flamen (Brussels, B)

- Octreotide analogues for radionuclide therapy: current status and future outlook. D.J. Kwekkeboom (Rotterdam, NL)

- Radioimmunotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: the magic bullet ? M.J. Kersten (Amsterdam, NL)

- Therapy with I-131 for benign thyroid disorders. M. Edelbroek (Eindhoven, NL)

- Scintimammography. J. Buscombe (London, UK)

- FDG PET-CT for staging in breast cancer. T. Aukema (Amsterdam, NL)

- Sentinel node detection in breast cancer. O. Nieweg (Amsterdam, NL)

- The current role of bone scintigraphy in the detection of osseous metastases in breast cancer. F. Paycha (Paris, F)

Young investigators challenge:

- Unilateral brown fat on FDG-PET/CT in the follow-up of a pleural mesothelioma. A. De Waele (Leuven, B)

- PET(CT) based molecular imaging of tumour induced osteomalacia using Gallium-68 labeled somatostatin analogue. E. Woff (Brussels, B)

- Peripheral generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) in a symptomatic HIV-1 patient as a potential differential diagnosis of lymphoma on FDG-PET. M. Al-Makhzomi (Leuven, B)

- Schnitzler's syndrome: an unusual cause of bone pain with suggestive nuclear imaging features. N. De Raedt (Leuven, B)

- Sentinel nodes in oral cavity carcinoma: SPECT/CT and a portable gamma camera to overcome interpretation difficulties. L. Vermeeren (NKI-AVL, NL)

Sunday session:

- Production of medical radioisotopes in nuclear reactors. B. Ponsard (SCK-CEN, Mol, B)

- Isotope recovery from nuclear reactors and production of generators. M. Kater (Covidien, Petten, NL)

- Production of medical radioisotopes in cyclotrons. J-M. Geets (IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, B)

- Radiopharmaceuticals:EMEA-registration and future developments. A. Verbruggen (Leuven, B)

- General conclusions. F. De Coninck (SCK-CEN, Mol, B)