This document contains the schedule for a conference on quality in radiological imaging taking place from May 18-22, 2015. The schedule lists the daily activities, including registration, opening ceremonies, presentations, vendor demonstrations, lunch breaks, and coffee breaks. Presentation topics include dose concerns in diagnostic imaging, image-based radiation therapy, challenges in medical radiation protection, shielding calculations, mammography QA, CT dose reduction strategies, PACS, dental imaging, ultrasound imaging QA, isotopes in nuclear medicine, radiation dose and risk models, radiographic imaging QA, nuclear medicine imaging QA, cone-beam CT, quality assurance and quantitative imaging, fluoroscopy imaging QA, PET QA, radiation safety management, imaging biomarkers, CT image quality and

1. LUHS
Radiology Department
Medical Physics
in
Quality
Radiological Imaging

2. 2015 05 18 2015 05 19 2015 05 20 2015 05 21 2015 05 22
9:00
Registration
Coffee
9:00
Dose concerns in diagnostic
imaging. Pediatric & pregnant
patients
(MR)
9:00
Image-based radiation therapy
(CBCT, MR, OBI).
(CS)
9:00
Challenges in medical radiation
protection
(MR)
9:00
Shielding Calculations for Imaging
Facilities
(CS)
10:00
Openning ceremony
10:00
Mammography and QA
(EL)
10:00
Multi-detector CT and Dose
Reduction Strategies
(MR)
10:00
PACS and paperless environment
(CS)
10:00
Dental Imaging
(EL)
10:30
Medical physics in Baltic States
and Eastern Europe
(AV)
10:45
Coffee break
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Coffee break
11:00
Ultrasound Imaging and QA
(DP)
11:15
Isotopes in Nuclear Medicine
(EL)
11:15
Radiation Dose and Risk Models
(MR)
11:15
Course evaluation, exam and
Closing ceremony
11:45
Radiographic Imaging and QA
(DP)
11:45
Nuclear Medicine Imaging and
QA: Gamma Camera, SPECT,
Hybrid Systems
(EL)
12:00
Cone-beamCT Diagnostic Imaging
& Safety
(MR)
12:00
Quality Assurance and
Quantitative Imaging
(RJ)
12:45 12:45 12:45 12:45
13:00
Vendor demonstrations
13:00
Vendor demonstrations
13:00
Vendor demonstrations
13:00
Vendor demonstrations
13:30
Lunch break
13:30
Lunch break
13:30
Lunch break
13:30
Lunch break
14:30
Fluoroscopy Imaging and QA
(MR)
14:30
Positron Emission Tomography
and QA
(EL)
14:30
Radiation Safety Management
(CS)
14:30
Imaging biomarkers, Functional
and Molecular Imaging
(RJ)
15:15
CT (MDCT, Image quality and
radiation dose)
(DP)
15:15
Image Analysis
(RJ)
15:15
Digital Mammography and
Tomosynthesis
(DP)
15:15
Qualified Medical Physicist and
Training Requirements
(RJ)
15:45
Coffee break
15:45
Coffee break
16:00
Coffee break
16:00
Coffee break
16:15
MRI and QA
(EL)
16:15
Image measurement and quality
metrics
(RJ)
16:15
European Regulations on
Radiation Safety & Quality
Assurance
(MR)
16:15 Panel Discussion: Academic
training in Lithuania and other
Baltic countries
(RJ)