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Regional Training Course PET/CT in Nuclear Oncology

This RTC was held in Montevideo - Uruguay in March, 2010 under the IAEA TC Regional Project RLA/6/063 ARCAL CIX

The following topics were discussed during the training course. 

The available lectures are highlighted in blue. To open the file please click on the title.

Dynamic images and videos included in the original lectures are not available at the moment.

The following topics were included (most lectures available only in Spanish or Portuguese):

PET/CT in Oncology

• Basic physics in PET, attenuation correction, time of flight

Brian F. Hutton, PhD (UK)

• Introduction to hybrid PET/CT technology and image fusion

Margarita Núñez, CNMT (Uruguay)

• Radiation protection in PET/CT (Spanish)

Cecil Chow, PhD (Brazil)

• Cost-effectiveness of PET-CT Studies in Oncology (Portuguese)

Carlos Buchpiguel, MD (Brazil)

• Funcional anatomy of FDG images. Biodistribution, normal variants, benign lesions

Víctor Gerbaudo, MD, PhD (USA)

• Imaging artifacts with FDG - Structure of the final report (Spanish)

José M Carril, MD (España)

• PET-CT in Oncology: an evidence-based approach (Spanish)

Omar Alonso, MD (Uruguay)

• Clinical applications in breast cancer. When is PET/CT indicated? (Spanish)

Enrique Estrada, MD (Mexico)

• Lymphoma: When is PET/CT indicated?

José M Carril, MD (Spain)

• PET/CT in lung cancer: strengths and limitations (Portuguese)

Carlos Buchpiguel, MD (Brazil)

• Clinical applications of FDG PET-CT in colon cancer

Víctor Gerbaudo, MD, PhD (USA)

• PET/CT in head and neck cancer (Spanish)

Enrique Estrada, MD (Mexico)

• PET/CT in brain tumors: FDG and other tracers.

Víctor Gerbaudo, MD, PhD (USA)

• PET/CT in other gastrointestinal neoplasias (GIST, oesophagus, pancreas) (Portuguese)

Carlos Buchpiguel, MD (Brazil)

• PET/CT in genitourinary tumors (Spanish)

José M Carril, MD (Spain)

• PET/CT in radiotherapy planning (Spanish)

Enrique Estrada, MD (Mexico)

• Risk-benefit of diagnostic and therapeutic irradiation: aspects to be considered (English)

Ernesto Lubin, MD (Uruguay-Israel)