IBUS - Advanced Breast Imaging Seminar

Reval Latvia Hotel

Riga, Latvia

Friday and Saturday,  September 17 - 18, 2004

Seminar convener: Dr Jack Jellins

Programme directors: Professor Rainer Otto, Professor Alexander Mundinger

International Faculty

Dr Edward Azavedo - Sweden

Dr Jack Jellins - Australia

Professor Alexander Mundinger - Germany

Dr Sabine Pankl-Huber - Austria

Professor Rainer Otto - Switzerland

Dr William E Svensson - United Kingdom

Baltic Faculty

Professor Dace Baltina - Latvia

Dr Ingrida Slosberga - Latvia

Dr Sulev Ulp - Estonia

Programme

Friday, September 17

08.30 Registration

09.30 Welcoming remarks

09.40 Historical perspectives of breast ultrasound - J Jellins

Session 1: Imaging strategies for cancer detection

10.00 The "signal-to-noise" concept - E Azavedo

10.30 The tomographic approach - W E Svensson

11.00 Pathological sprectrum of lumps - D Baltina

Session 2: Advantages and limitations of imaging modalities

11.30 Current status of breast imaging - A Mundinger

12.00 Imaging patterns of premenopausal women - I Slosberga

12.30 lunch

Session 3: Differential diagnosis

1.30 Benign and malignant diagnostic criteria - R Otto

2.00 Mammograhic interpretation criteria - S Pankl-Huber

2.30 Use of colour Doppler to improve diagnostic accuracy of breast ultrasound - W E Svensson

3.00 Demonstration session

4.00 coffee break

Sesssion 4: Interventional procedures

4.30 Cell harvesting - E Azavedo

5.00 Tissue harvesting - R Otto

5.30 Panel discussion with questions and answers

Topic: Contribution of tissue sampling to patient management

6.00 Adjournment

Saturday, September 18

Session 5: Tumour extension and multifocality

08.00 Imaging of intraductal cancer spread - A Mundinger

08.30 Preoperative staging of invasive cancer - S Pankl-Huber

09.00 Interactive session: case presentations and workshops

10.00 coffee break

Session 6: Screening strategies

10.30 Screening options for women at increased risk - E Azavedo

11.00 The breast cancer screening program in Estonia: 2002-2006 - S Ulp

11.30 Interactive session: case presentations and workshops

12.30 lunch

Session 7: Postsurgical imaging

1.30 Tissue reactions after breast conserving therapy - A Mundinger

2.00 Imaging of the augmented breast - W E Svensson

2.30 Panel discussion with questions and answers

Topic: Is ultrasound reliable in differentiating between benign

and malignant solid lesions

3.30 coffee break

Sesssion 8: Future directions

4.00 Colour Doppler and contrast enhancing agents - S Pankl-Huber

4.30 Computer-assisted detection - E Azavedo

5.00 Quality assurance, guidelines and accreditation - J Jellins

5.30 Advances in breast ultrasound - W E Svensson

6.00 Finish

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