Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging Symposium

描述(由申请人提供)： 拟议的为期两天的研讨会将汇集来自多个科学学科的个人，包括化学、工程学、物理学、分子生物学、心血管生理学和成像科学，目的是促进心血管分子成像这一新兴领域的发展。这次会议是在2004年在美国国立卫生研究院举行的类似会议的基础上举行的。之前的会议非常成功，吸引了超过215名与会者和10张海报演示，并成为第一本致力于心血管分子成像领域的教科书的基础。拟议的会议将延续这一势头，并刺激该领域的进一步增长。我们预计将取得类似或更大的成功，吸引来自基础科学和临床社区的个人；特别强调鼓励初级科学家的参与，会议将包括该领域专家的说教、重点讲座、关于选定关键领域的小组讨论和摘要海报会议。重点将放在心血管系统的靶向多模式成像方面的进展。将讨论心血管受体的成像、干细胞治疗、血管生物学、心肌代谢和其他与心血管系统相关的生物过程。将重点放在发言者和注册者之间的互动上，以激发对这一领域的进一步兴趣并促进合作。所有受邀的演讲者将在会议前提供2-3页的演讲摘要。研讨会的会议记录将在SNM网站上公布。海报会议的摘要将发表在《核医学杂志》上。SNM计划出版一本书，这本书将由与受邀演讲相对应的章节组成。会议的目标是：(1)教育科学界关于靶向多模式心血管分子成像的潜力；(2)概述与开发靶向标记示踪剂有关的关键问题；(3)概述用于小动物成像以及临床分子成像的各种成像技术；(4)回顾干细胞成像的方法和意义；(5)确定心血管受体和新陈代谢成像的潜力；(6)概述分子成像在改善我们对关键心血管病理生理过程的理解和管理方面的潜力；(7)促进心血管分子成像基础科学研究和临床应用；(8)促进在不同相关领域工作的科学家之间的潜在合作；以及(9)促进初级科学家和该领域更成熟的研究人员之间的互动。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed two-day symposium will bring together individuals from multiple scientific disciplines; including chemistry, engineering, physics, molecular biology, cardiovascular physiology, and imaging sciences with the goal of promoting the nascent field of cardiovascular molecular imaging. This meeting builds on a similar conference held at NIH in 2004. The previous conference was eminently successful, attracting over 215 participants and 10 poster presentations and serving as the basis for the first textbook dedicated to the field of cardiovascular molecular imaging. The proposed meeting will continue this momentum and stimulate further growth in the field. We anticipate similar or greater success, attracting individuals from both basic science and clinical communities; with a special emphasis on encouraging the participation by junior scientists the meeting will include didactic, focused lectures by experts in the field, panel discussions on selected key areas, and an abstract poster session. A key focus will be on advances in targeted multimodality imaging of the cardiovascular system. There will be discussion of imaging of cardiovascular receptors, stem cell therapy, vascular biology, myocardial metabolism, and other biological processes relevant to the cardiovascular system. There will be an emphasis on interactions amongst speakers and registrants to stimulate further interest in this field and foster collaborations. All invited speakers will provide a 2-3 page summary of their presentations prior to the meeting. The proceedings of the symposium will be posted on the SNM website. Abstracts from the poster session will be published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. SNM plans to publish a book, which will be comprised of sections and chapters corresponding to the invited talks. The objectives of the meeting are to: (1) educate the scientific community about the potential of targeted multimodality cardiovascular molecular imaging; (2) provide an overview of critical issues related to development of targeted labeled tracers; (3) provide an overview of various imaging technologies for both small animal imaging as well as clinical molecular imaging; (4) review the approaches and implications for imaging of stem cells; (5) define the potential of imaging of cardiovascular receptors and metabolism; (6) provide overview of the potential of molecular imaging for improving our understanding and management of critical cardiovascular pathophysiological processes, such as atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, cardiomyopathies, ischemia, and infarction; (7) promote cardiovascular molecular imaging basic science research and clinical applications; (8) foster potential collaborations between scientists working in various related fields; and (9) stimulate interactions between junior scientists and more established investigators in the field. (End of Abstract)