Update on technological advances and clinical utility of bone SPECT/CT imaging

With the support of:

RIZIV/INAMI: activity number 19046726: 2,5 credits (category: general)

FANC/AFCN continuing education credits:
· 01h30 for NM physicians (NM)
· 01h00 for physicians (RX)
· 01h00 for radiation physicists in the field of Nuclear Medicine
· 01h00 for radiation physicists in the Radiology domain

Programme 

9:00-9:30
Overview of iterative reconstruction and metal artefact reduction CT-techniques in current SPECT-CT systems
Prof. Johan Nuyts (KU Leuven)

9:30-10:00
The clinical use of MAR-techniques in MRI and CT imaging of painful arthroplasty
Dr. Nick Baelde (AZ Jan Palfijn Gent)

10:00-10:10
Discussion

10:10-10:40
Coffee break

10:40-11:15
SPECT/CT in the painful hip and knee replacement
Prof. Dr. Tim Van den Wyngaert (University Hospital Antwerp)

11:15-11:50
SPECT-CT imaging in hand and wrist pain
Prof. Dr. Klaus Strobel (Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland)

11:50-12:00
Discussion