The 14^th AAR Meeting Organization Committee invites all interested individuals to submit abstracts to be presented at the Scientific Session and Scientific Exhibition. We seek research works and interesting cases in the fields of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Accepted abstracts will be presented in oral or poster presentation. 

The deadline for abstract submission is July 15, 2008

Acceptance notification will be sent by July  31, 2008

Presentor’s Acceptance Pledge August 15, 2008

• Scientific Sessions are for oral presentations

• Scientific Exhibition is for scientific posters, which will be displayed on poster panels

Confirmed oversea  speakers

RSNA International Visiting Professors

1. Barry Siegel, MD

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

510 South Kingshighway Blvd

St Louis, MO 63110

siegelb@mir.wustl.edu

2. Eric Stern, MD

Harborview Medical Center

Radiology

Box 359728

325 Ninth Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

estern@u.washington.edu

3. Franz Wippold, MD

Washington University School of Medicine

510 South Kingshighway Blvd

St. Louis MO 63110-1076

wippoldf@wustl.edu

4. Siegel Marilyn

siegelm@mir.wustl.edu

                         SFR  Professors

5. Claude Manelfe  SFR

6. Jean-Michel Tubiana  SFR

7. Wilfred Peh  (Singapore)  <wilfred.peh@singhealth.com.sg>

8. John Hoe       (Singapore)  <jhoe@pacific.net.sg>

9. Ng Kwan Hoong   (Malaysia) <dwing@tm.net.my>

10.  Malai Muttarak   (Thailand) <mmuttara@mail.med.cmu.ac.th>

11.  Prijo Sidipratomo (Indonesia) sidipratomo@yahoo.com

12.  Richard Lo (Singapore)

13.  Kakigi R. (Japan)

14.  Nathan Peled (Israel)

15.  Takahara (Japan)

Accepted Lectures AAR 14^th Congress

Pr Barry Siegel :

• Current Status of PET and PET/CT in Clinical Practice (includes history and evolution, basic principles, overview of applications in oncology, neurology and cardiology

• PET and PET/CT in Oncology : Beyond FDG

• PET and PET/CT in specific cancers :

c. Thoracic Oncology (children and adult)

f. Women’s cancers (d+e)

Pr Eric Stern

• The Many Faces of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis

• Chest CT Patterns of Disease

• Imaging of the Chest Intensive Care Unit

• Imaging of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

Pr Franz Wippold

• Emerging viral Infection

• Lesions of the cerebellopontine angle

• Cystic lesions of the necks

• Imaging of the cervical lymph nodes

Pr Marilyn Siegel

• CT angiography : Congenital mediastinal vascular anomalies : adults and children

• CT angiography : Congenital lung lesions : neonates to adults CT/MRI pediatric mediastinal masses

• Neonatal cranial ultrasound

• Ultrasound neonatal spine

Pr Jean-Michel Tubiana

• TIPPS

• Rectal Tumours MRI

• MRCP

Pr Claude Manelfe

• Quel role de l’ISR avec les Societes de Radiologie du Sud-Est Asiatique

• Anevrysmes intracraniens : imagerie et traitement endovasculaire

• Urgences medullo-rachidiennes non traumatiques

Pr Malai Muttarak

• Common breast problems : The role of imaging study

• Breast cancer screening in Asia

Pr Wilfred Peh

• Bone Tumours Imaging  (to be confirmed)

• Hip Joint Imaging  (to be confirmed)

Dr John Hoe

• How to improve and optimize image acquisition for Cardiac Imaging

• How to avoid common mistakes in reading Coronary Cardiac CT-Scan

Pr Ng Kwan Hoong

• Molecular Imaging : Introduction and overview

• Managing patient dose in computed tomography

Dr Richard Lo :

• Current minimal invasive treatment of hepatic malignancies

• Liver interventions – RFA, TACE and TIPS

Pr Prijo Sidipratomo

Pr Kakigi R :

• Intracerebral pain processingin a Yoga Master who claims not to feel pain during meditation . Eur J Pain 9 : 581-589 (2005)

• Inner experience of pain : Imagination of pain while viewing images showing painful events forms subjective pain representation in human brain . Cereb Cortex, 17 1139-1146 (2007)

Pr  Takahara :

• Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Oncology Imaging

Dr Nathan Peled :

Philips 256 slices CT-Scanner, Clinical Application