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Save the date for the NMN Symposium: Precision Medicine on May 9-10, 2025 in Vienna, Austria!

The Nuclear Medicine and Neuro-Oncology society will hold this Symposium on the topic:

“Diagnostic and Therapeutic Innovations in the era of precision medicine – nuclear medicine meets neuro-oncology”.

The NMN symposium aims to provide a highly interactive platform for scientific and educational exchange on the fascinating and clinically highly relevant aspects in research and application of nuclear medicine with a focus on malignancies of the central nervous system (CNS). Primary and secondary CNS tumors represent a particularly challenging and heterogenous disease entity, which is also characterized by a multitude of molecular alterations. Nuclear medicine is of particular relevance and carries an exceptionally high potential for improvements of diagnosis, molecular classification, planning of therapeutic interventions (neurosurgery, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy), assessment of therapy response and drug development (including assessment of blood-brain barrier penetration) in the field of Neuro-Oncology.

For more detailed information about the Symposium, please visit the NMN website.

The Programm Overview of the Symposium as well as the Registration are available on the NMN website as well.

Save the date for the BELNUC AI Webinar!

Location: Online Webinar (Zoom)

Date: November 12, 2024

Time: 16:30 – 17:30 CET

Price: Free

Registration is open & available directly via Zoom! – Click here to register now!

Preliminary Program

Date: July 16, 2024

Time: 14:00 – 16:00 

Location: Online and Irish College Leuven’s Auditorium 

This significant event will serve as the closing of the first edition of the RLT Academy. It will feature comprehensive policy recommendations developed by established experts in the nuclear medicine field, aimed at advancing the adoption of RLT by addressing critical barriers to its implementation. 

We look forward to your participation in this unique opportunity to network, share ideas, and be part of a community dedicated to shaping the future of cancer care across Europe. 

You can register for this event either in-person or online by CLICKING HERE. 

Date: October 10th, 2024

Venue: Brussels Airport Hotel

LAN News has been a pioneer in organizing B2B events since 1995, bringing together professionals and experts across various industries.

The Nuclear Medicine Day Brussels is a vendor sponsored platform to present all a hospital or production site needs for the production, distribution, and administration of radiopharmaceuticals for nuclear medicine. A one-day event with free access and catering for nuclear medicine professionals.

This invitational seminar covers a range of hot topics, including but not limited to:

• • Vendor-centric Lectures: GMP & PIC/S Compliance, Quality Control for Radiopharmaceuticals, Laboratory
    Information Management System (LIMS) and Radiation Safety and Dosimetry
  • Users Interests: Theranostics, PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging, Radioimmunotherapy, Advancements in
    Radiopharmaceuticals, Molecular Imaging
  • Future Technologies: Advanced Imaging Modalities, AI and Machine Learning Integration, Theranostics
    and Targeted Therapies, Nano-radiopharmaceuticals
  • Future Isotopes: Alpha Emitters, New PET Radiotracers, Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals, Generator-
    Based Isotopes, Heavy Ion Radiotherapy

Are you interested?

Click here to go to the Nuclear Medicine Day Brussels – Website to received more detailed information about the event, like the program and to register yourself for the seminar!

For the “Challenge the Expert” selection, there were eight candidates. The residents presented their cases to the selection committee, and it was a neck-and-neck race. In the end, 4 out of 8 candidates were selected. 

The 4 selected winners are:

• Justine Maes (UZ Leuven)
• Ringo Manta (Institut Jules Bordet)
• Anika Nys (UZ Leuven)
• Camille Steenhout (CHU Liège)

The board would like to thank all the candidates for their high level of presentation.

We are very proud that the elected residents will represent Belgium at the EANM’24 congress in Hamburg!

Date: Saturday, November 16th, 2024

Venue: De Montil – Moortelstraat 8, 1790 Affligem

Click here to register now! (registration now open!)

Early Registration: until 08/11/2024

Late Registration: from 09/11/2024 until 15/11/2024

Participate in the free registration giveaway today!

The TechDay will have a “Dutch” and a “French” program. Please find the preliminary program down below:

Dutch:

09:00 – 09:15   Welcoming session

09:15 – 10:30    How to Deal with Dementia patients (Dementia Expertise Centre)

    Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30    PET Dementia investigation – Donatienne Van Weehaeghe (UZ Gent)

11:30 – 12:00   Clinical Cases – Ciska-Anne Van Keerberghen (Virga Jesse Hasselt)

12:00 – 12:45   Non oncological FDG scans – Anika Nijs (UZ Leuven)

     Lunch

14:00 – 14:45   Gastro-intestinal investigation Lennert Boeckxstaens (UZ Leuven)

14:45 – 15:30   Catheter used for contrast –  Yorick Peeters (UZ Leuven)

15:30 – 16:15    Health and Risks at Radiation departments – Els Adams (IDEWE-Imelda)

     Farewell drink

French:

09:00 – 09:15   Welcoming session

09:15 – 10:00    Catheter used for contrast – Ayhan Findik (UCL)

10:00 – 10:30    PET Dementia investigation – Gil Leurquin-Sterk (HU Bruxelles)

     Coffee Break

11: 00 – 11:30   Clinical Cases – Ciska-Anne Van Keerberghen (Virga Jesse Hasselt)

11:30 – 12:45    How to Deal with Dementia patients (Dementia Expertise Centre)

     Lunch

14:00 – 14:45   Health and Risks at Radiation departments – Els Adams (IDEWE-Imelda)

14:45 – 15:30   Gastro-intestinal investigation – Isabel Marin (HU Bruxelles)

15:30 – 16:15    Non oncological FDG scans – Ringo Manta (Institut Jules Bordet)

Farewell Drink

We would like to thank our Sponsors for the Tech Day 2024!

FANC/AFCN Accreditation:

The BELNUC Technologists Day 2024 has been accredited by FANC/AFCN for:
5h30 voor Gemachtigden in Nucleaire Geneeskunde en 00h30 voor Gemachtigden RX / 
5h30 pour les Personnes habilitées en Médecine Nucléaire et 00h30 pour les Personnes
Habilitées en RX.

May 20 is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention back in 1875. The theme for 2024 is Metrology for Sustainability, reflecting the way that traceable and accurate measurement is a key enabler for a sustainable growth.

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming workshop on Metrology for Sustainability. This year, the workshop is organised by SMD FOD Economie in partnership with SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) and it will be held on May 24, 2024, from 9h00 to 17h00 at the Lakehouse of SCK CEN, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium.  

A visit of four laboratories related to dosimetry and radioactivity measurements will take place in the afternoon. The laboratory visit requires registration before 26 April 2024.

The poster session is open to presentations of experimental techniques, data acquisition, sensors, applications related to the leading topic of sustainability. If you would like to contribute with a poster please indicate it in the registration form.

The workshop will focus on the role of metrology in enabling sustainable development and the circular economy. It will feature presentations and discussions on how the Belgian network of national standards laboratories realize today’s references and what we are putting in place for tomorrow. The workshop will also provide an opportunity to engage in discussions and exchange knowledge with other stakeholders.

The draft workshop agenda is detailed here. You can register to the event through this link. Participation is free. Don’t forget to mention if you would like to visit the laboratories (registration deadline is 26 April 2024).

We look forward to your participation in this important event!

Venue: Lakehouse of SCK CEN (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), Boeretang 201, Mol 2400, Belgium.  The Lakehouse is accessible for general public. The laboratory visits need access to restricted areas. Free public parking is available on site. Information on how to reach SCK CEN site can be found here: https://www.sckcen.be/en/contact/how-get-sck-cen-mol.  

Description of the laboratories:

• Laboratory for Nuclear Calibrations (LNK) The Laboratory for Nuclear Calibrations (LNK) provides accurate and consistent calibrations of dosemeters and irradiations of samples assuring the traceability of the measurements to the international standards. LNK is the Designated Institute (DI) for the metrology of ionising radiation in Belgium. It maintains and develops standards for metrology of ionizing radiations and contributes to the dissemination of the international standard units to the end users. LNK offers calibrations and irradiations with γ-rays, X-rays, neutrons (²⁵²Cf, Am-Be) and β-particles.  It also offers the calibration of ionisation chambers for radiotherapy (Farmer type chambers) and nuclear medicine (radionuclide calibrators) departments of hospitals. A new building dedicated only to LNK, with modern equipment is in use since 2021. https://www.sckcen.be/en/calibrations
• Low-level Radioactivity Measurements laboratories (LRM) The Low-level Radioactivity Measurements laboratories employ advanced radiometric methods to analyze radioactivity, including gamma-ray spectrometry, alpha particle spectrometry, liquid scintillation counting, and gross alpha and beta counting utilizing ZnS and proportional counters. Additionally, we employ emanometry for precise determination of ²²²Rn and ²²⁶Ra at minimal levels in liquid samples. Equipped with cutting-edge sample dissolution and radiochemistry separation techniques, our laboratories ensure accurate analysis across various matrices. Most of our analyses hold ISO 17025 accreditation. Our services primarily focus on environmental radioactivity monitoring, radiotoxicological assessments, waste product and radioactive effluent analysis, NORM evaluation, as well as food, feed, and research project analyses. https://www.sckcen.be/en/LRM
• Personal Dosimetry laboratory (DOS) Strengthened by our research group, the Dosimetry Laboratory (DOS) offers services for both SCK CEN and external companies like hospitals, veterinary practices, industrial companies,…. The laboratory is ISO 17025 accredited and approved by FANC as official dosimetry service. The services include the offer of personal dosimeters for the measurement of H_p(10) and H_p(0.07) for exposed workers as well as ring dosemeters, eye lens dosemeters and environmental dosemeters. Techniques in use are thermoluminescence, optically stimulated luminescence as well as direct ion storage technology. https://www.sckcen.be/en/expertises/health/dosimetry
• Anthropogammametry laboratory (AGM) is monitoring the internal contaminations by gamma-ray spectrometry. Workers are requested to be measured at a frequency depending on their activities and an associated risk analysis. Appropriate detectors (NaI and HPGe) installed in five dedicated low background measurement rooms form a unique infrastructure in Belgium for the direct measurement of internal contaminations. Whole Body Counting, Lung Counting or the measurement of thyroid activity is done in routine for SCK CEN as well as for external customers.