Program

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

First Day of Symposium “The Future of Medical Ultrasound”

09.00 Registration
10.00 Opening Session
- - - Opening and introduction (T. Fischer) pdf
    - Welcome address (B. Hamm) pdf
    - Introduction (H. Hahn) pdf
    - Welcome address (H. Maier) pdf
11:00 Session I: Ultrasound Physics
- (Chair: M. Pernot, T. Preusser)
  - - Ultrafast functional ultrasound imaging (C. de Korte) pdf
    - Time-harmonic elastography for soft tissue mechanical parameter quantification (I. Sack) pdf
    - Ultrasonic research systems: need, technologies, applications (S. Tretbar) pdf
    - Ultrafast imaging and superresolution ultrasound (M. Tanter) pdf
    - The role of biophysical modeling in high precision ultrasound therapy (T. Preusser) pdf
12.30 Lunch Break
13.30 Session II: Novel Applications and Therapeutic Ultrasound
- (Chair: D.-A. Clevert, S. Tretbar)
  - - Ultrasound for diagnosis and interventional procedures in pancreatic cancer (M. D‘Onofrio) pdf
    - New trends in cardiac ultrasound (F. Knebel) pdf
    - Non invasive ultrasound cardiac therapy (M. Pernot) pdf
    - Bone quantitative ultrasound – dead or alive? (K. Raum) pdf
    - Advances in ultrasound diagnostic imaging clinical applications (C. Simm) pdf
15.00 Coffee Break
15.30 Session III: Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
- (Chair: T. Fischer, M. Tanter)
  - - Monitoring of the EVAR therapy with CEUS and image fusion (D.-A. Clevert) pdf
    - CEUS for innovative liver tumor diagnostics and interventions – percutaneous and intraoperative (E.-M. Jung) pdf
    - Longitudinal integration of the interdisciplinary ultrasound curriculum (U. Teichgräber) pdf
    - Interdisciplinary ultrasound: Opening a comprehensive toolbox (T. Fischer) pdf
    - Emergency sonography with FAST and FATE (M. Möckel) pdf
17.00 Guided Tour to Ultrasound Center of the Charité
- - - From clinical routine to an interdisciplinary network at the Charité Ultrasound Center (O. Haase, M. Kallenbach, M. Möckel, G. Pecher, C. Stephan)
19.30 Conference Dinner

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Second Day of Symposium “The Future of Medical Ultrasound”

09.00 Session IV: Autonomous and Multiparametric Ultrasound
- (Chair: C. de Korte, H. Hahn)
  - - The coming revolution in transducer technologies and smart image acquisition (W. Crooijmans) pdf
    - The coming revolution in automized data analysis and image display technologies (B. Mumm) pdf
    - Computer-assisted guidance and automated image interpretation in point-of-care ultrasound applications (S. Aylward) pdf
10.15 Coffee Break
10.45 Session V: Contrast Agents and Theranostics
- (Chair: E.-M. Jung, F. Kiessling)
  - - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: New diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities (S. Feinstein) pdf
    - Microbubbles for ultrasound diagnosis and therapy (F. Kiessling) pdf
    - Molecular imaging with ultrasound contrast agents (M. Krix) pdf
    - Regulatory prospective requirements (FDA/EMA) for contrast agent development (K. Shamsi) pdf
12.30 Lunch Break / Guided Tour to Ultrasound Center of the Charité
14.00 Plenary Discussion
15.00 Wrap-up / Closing Remarks
15.30 Coffee Break
16.00 Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité
19.00 Faculty Dinner

Friday, January 19, 2018

Expert Meeting

Closed expert meeting for invited participants only to discuss strategic issues behind medical ultrasound and produce the cornerstones of a white paper that addresses the research and development agenda for the next decade.