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Congresses & Events - Friday and Saturday

EUROPEAN HOSPITAL looked through the manifold congress & event programme of ECR 2008 and selected some highlights which we thought might be of great interest for our readers.

Highlights on Friday

New Horizons Session

08:30 – 10:00, Room C
MR diffusion and perfusion: Can they replace PET?

Special Focus Session
08:30 – 10:00, Room F2
Uterine fibroid embolisation − the case for and against:
Gynecologist, radiologist, patient

Opening Ceremony
12:15 – 15:00
Presentation of Honorary Members and Gold Medallist

Satellite Symposium
14:00 – 15:30, Room E1
Diagnostic imaging and patient safety
Organised by Bayer Schering Pharma

Special Focus Session
16:00 – 17:30, Room G/H
Dual source CT/dual energy CT: Doubly informative?

State-of-the-Art Symposia
16:00 – 17:30, Room C
The radiologist as the therapist in liver tumors


Highlight on Saturday

Hospital Manager Symposium
08:30 – 13:30 , Room K
Organised by EUROPEAN HOSPITAL in cooperation with ECR

New Horizons Session
08:30 – 10:00, Room C
The further minimisation of minimally invasive therapy

Special Focus Session
08:30 – 10:00, Room F2
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: Current situation and future direction

08:30 – 10:00, Room L/M
Comprehensive evaluation of the heart

ESR meets Germany
10:30 – 12:00, Room A
Computer aided diagnosis (CAD)

Satellite Symposium
10:30 – 12:00, Room R1
Optimizing risk-benefit in contrast-enhanced MR imaging
Organised by Bracco

Honorary Lecture - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
12:15 – 14:00

Satellite Symposium
12:30 – 13:30, Room C
Re-imagine diagnostic X-ray with new volumetric applications
Organised by GE Healthcare

12:30 – 13:30, Room F2
Cardiovascular Imaging: Technology, contrast optimization and patient management
Organised by Bracco

12:30 – 13:30, Room R2
Clinical experience with the next generation CT
Joint Satelitte Symposium by Siemens and Bayer Schering Pharma

1st Workstation Face-Off Session at ECR 2008
12:30 – 13:30

Satellite Symposium
14:00 – 15:30, Room E1
Changing patient management
Organised by Bayer Schering Pharma

14:00 – 15:30, Room F2
Revisiting routine MRI: State-of-the-art orthopedics and oncology imaging
Organised by Siemens

ESR meets General Practitioners
16:00 – 17:30, Room C
Manifestations of artheriosclerosis: A common challenge in diagnosis and treatment

Special Focus Session
16:00 – 17:30, Room L/M
Fat radiology: Imaging in obesity and metabolic syndrome

16:00 – 17:30, Room Z
Novel image analysis and modelling techniques to improve diagnosis and therapy of cancer


This article was published on 03/04/2008

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