Choice and use of contrast media in different clinical settings

30 min Use of sonographic contrast media Orlando Catalano, Napoli / Italy 1. To illustrate indications, advantages and limitations of sonographic contrast media.2. To explain the injection technique and image acquisition using easy and difficult cases. 30 min Choice...

Pre- and post-procedural cardiac imaging

6 min Chairperson’s introduction Gianluca Pontone, Milan / Italy 28 min Known coronary disease: to revascularise or not? Maja Pirnat, Maribor / Slovenia 1. To determine which imaging modality can be applied to answer the clinical question.2. To assess the...

X-ray: still alive?

5 min Chairperson’s introduction Ernst J. Rummeny, Munich / Germany 25 min Dark-field radiography: an update Franz Pfeiffer, Garching / Germany 1. To explain the technical basis of dark-field radiography.2. To describe results in pre-clinical and clinical...

Family cancer syndromes

45 min HBOC syndrome and beyond Fiona J. Gilbert, Cambridge / United Kingdom 1. To illustrate the spectrum of genetic mutations responsible for HBOC.2. To become familiar with the appropriate imaging studies in HBOC.3. To learn how to integrate different imaging...

Advances in ultrasound imaging of transplantation

10 min Chairpersons’ introduction Paul S. Sidhu, London / United KingdomThomas Fischer, Berlin / Germany 20 min Renal transplantation Thomas Fischer, Berlin / Germany 1. To learn the monitoring strategy of the early phase after kidney transplantation using...