MPE04 : Advanced diagnostic and interventional radiology: emerging technologies and challenges
A practical challenge to be solved: which physical principle can be turned into clinical reality, and when?
Importance and impact of the training module: Selected scientific papers introduce the use of new X-ray characteristics for medical applications. Some of these devices aim to operate at very low doses. Other applications aim for other parameters to be retrieved from an exposure, such as tissue characterization based upon dual energy absorption and phase contrast. Some of these devices were until recently only available in large physics institutions (like synchrotron facilities), but are now available as smaller prototype. Translation of these devices into the clinic will be a challenge for the MPE in the near future.
Lead: A. Taibi & P. Cardarelli, having a lot of practical experience with monochromatic X-ray sources, UNIFE (partner 6).
Module: 4
Online start: 3 November 2020
Face-to-face period: Online only
Location: Ferrara, Italy
Registration fee: € 350
Reduced registration fee: –
Reduced registration fees are available upon request for the first 6 applicants of one of the following countries (with a maximum of 2 participants per country): Albania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, UN list of least developed countries.
The registration fee covers the costs of the course.
Additional information is listed below:
| Food & drinks (coffee breaks) | Coffee breaks are included in the registration fee (both in Ferrara and in Trieste). |
| Lunch | Included in the registration fee |
| Lodging of participants | University guesthouses will be available at special rates. |
| Transport | Both the city centre and the course venue are within walking distances from the railway station |
| Facultative visits to companies, hospitals, musea, guided tour of the city, social events | The organizers will also cover all the expenses for the visit to Trieste (synchrotron radiation facility), including the bus transfer, the dinner in a local restaurant and the hotel (one night). |
| Cost for conference dinner | Around € 25. Optional. |