IBUS Seminar Program

• 08.00 - 10.00  Session 1
• 08.00 Welcome  and overview - Ellen B. Mendelson, Jack Jellins
• 08.10 Historical perspective of breast ultrasound - Jack Jellins
• 08.40 Current status of breast imaging: digital mammography, US, MRI and PET  - Ellen B. Mendelson
• 09.20 Ultrasonic imaging principles - Peter Burns

10.00 Coffee break

• 10.30 - 1.00 Session 2
• 10.30 Breast anatomy and scanning techniques - Giorgio Rizzatto
• 11.10 The ACR breast ultrasound lexicon: improving interpretation - Ellen B. Mendelson
• 11.40 Sonographic features of the pathological breast - Wei Tse Yang
• 12.20 Demonstration session: Scanning techniques and interventional approaches - Faculty

1.00 Lunch

• 2.00 - 4.00 Session 3
• 2.00 Optimizing equipment parameters for better image quality - James A. Zagzebski
• 2.30 Using ultrasound to evaluate ducts - Giorgio Rizzatto
• 3.00 Workshop session "hands-on" - various topics

4.00 Coffee break

• 4.30 - 5.50 Session 4
• 4.30 Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy procedures -  Ellen B. Mendelson
• 5.10 Using ultrasound for staging of breast cancer - Wei Tse Yang
• 5.50 Questions and Answers

6.00 Adjourn

Sunday, February 29

• 08.00 - 9.30  Session 5
• 08.00 Can US show us angiogenesis ? - Peter Burns
• 08.30 Breast vascularity: clinical experience with contrast agents - Giorgio Rizzatto
• 09.00 Panel: Is blood flow assessment of value in diagnosis - Faculty

09.30 Coffee break

• 10.00 - 12.40 Session 6
• 10.00 Ultrasound phantoms in equipment evaluationand quality control - James A. Zagzebski
• 10.30 Standardization, guidelines and accreditation - Jack Jellins
• 11.00 Sonography of unusual lesions - Wei Tse Yang
• 11.40 Workshop session "hands-on" - various topics

12.40 Boxed lunch with Panel:

Is ultrasound reliable for the differentiation between benign and malignant solid lesions

• 1.20 - 3.00 Session 7
• 1.20 Combined technologies in breast imaging: digital mammography, US and MRI - Giorgio Rizzatto
• 2.00 New developments in ultrasound technology - Peter Burns
• 2.30 Extending ultrasound to breast cancer screening - Ellen B. Mendelson

3.00 Seminar adjourns