Workshop on the Nuclear Radiology of Breast Cancer

描述(由申请者提供)：我们请求资助2002年11月16-17日举办的“乳腺癌核放射学研讨会”。这次拟议的研讨会将紧接在弗吉尼亚州诺福克举行的第30届IEEE核科学研讨会和第10届年度医学成像会议之后举行，并将重点讨论与核分子乳房成像相关的问题。这次研讨会的总体目标是召集世界各地对使用放射性示踪剂的功能成像技术进行乳腺癌成像特别感兴趣的成像物理学家，讨论该领域的相关问题。这将通过以下连续的教学阶段来完成，并在整个研讨会中穿插着充分的讨论：(1)乳腺疾病的生物学/生化性质的回顾；(2)乳腺癌筛查和诊断的临床最新进展的回顾；(3)关于临床核医学乳腺成像利弊的当前临床观点的回顾；(4)关于核乳腺成像成本效益的讨论；(5)用于乳腺癌诊断的放射性示踪剂的前景和前瞻性回顾；(6)专门从事单光子平面成像、单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)、符合平面成像仪和正电子发射断层扫描(PET)的乳腺成像仪器小组的回顾和讨论；(7)专用乳腺成像模式的当前商业化和长期产业前景的讨论；以及(8)各机构研究资助机会的前景。虽然有一种逻辑上循序渐进和有条理的形式，但背景是非正式的，与标准的说教式科学会议相比，研讨会的更大部分专门用于观众和演讲者之间的讨论和互动。第一次讲习班将限于75名受邀与会者，主要原因有两个：(1)鼓励团体之间更密切地交流信息和团体之间的互动；(2)作为一个原型，专门研究核分子成像观点的一个较小的小组将有助于确定今后举行更大规模会议/讲习班的可行性。为了促进这种亲密关系，每个研究小组(不包括学生)将邀请两名成员参加。还将举办最多5个学生旅游奖项的竞争，以鼓励学生在这一领域的接触和参与。乳腺放射学方面的知名专家已经同意参加，承诺将举办一次充满最新研究信息的研讨会，并进行活跃的互动和讨论。产生的信息将在活动结束后公布。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request funding for a "Workshop on the Nuclear Radiology of Breast Cancer," from 16-17 November 2002. This proposed workshop will immediately follow the combined 30th Annual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & 10th Annual Medical Imaging Conference to held in Norfolk, Virginia, and will focus on issues relevant to nuclear molecular breast imaging. The overall goal of this workshop is to convene imaging physicists from around the world with a particular interest in breast cancer imaging using functional imaging techniques involving radiotracers to discuss relevant issues in the field. This will be accomplished through the following consecutive didactic stages interspersed with ample discussion throughout the workshop: (1) a review of the biological/biochemical nature of breast disease; (2) a review of the clinical state-of-the-art in breast cancer screening and diagnosis; (3) a review of the current clinical perspectives about the pros/cons of clinical nuclear medicine breast imaging; (4) a discussion concerning the cost-effectiveness of nuclear breast imaging; (5) a perspective and prospective review of radiotracers for breast cancer diagnosis; (6) a review and discussion from breast imaging instrumentation groups specifically working on single photon planar images, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), coincident planar imagers, and positron emission tomography (PET); (7) a discussion of current commercialization and long term industrial outlook of dedicated breast imaging modalities; and finally, (8) a perspective of research funding opportunities from various agencies. While there is a logically progressive and structured format, the setting is meant to be informal, with a larger portion of the workshop devoted to discussion and interaction between the audience members and presenters compared to standard didactic scientific meetings. This first workshop will be limited to 75 invited participants for two primary reasons: (1) to encourage a considerably more intimate exchange of information between groups and interaction between groups; (2) to serve as a prototype, a smaller group dedicated specifically to the nuclear molecular imaging viewpoint will help determine the feasibility for future, larger conferences/workshops. To facilitate this intimacy, two members per research group (excluding students) will be invited to participate. There will also be a competition for up to 5 student travel awards to encourage students' exposure and participation in this field. Renown experts in breast radiology have already agreed to participate, promising a workshop filled with the latest research information and lively interaction and discussions. Resulting information will be made public after the event.