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Joint AAPM-WMIS Symposium: Metabolic Imaging of Cancer


G Pratx
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S Cherry

J Bankson



G Pratx1*, S Cherry2*, J Bankson3*, (1) Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, (2) University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, (3) The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX

Presentations

1:45 PM : Cellular Metabolism of FDG - G Pratx, Presenting Author
2:25 PM : Cellular Metabolism of FDG - S Cherry, Presenting Author
3:05 PM : Quantifying Metabolism with Hyperpolarized MR - J Bankson, Presenting Author

MO-DE-206-0 (Monday, August 1, 2016) 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM Room: 206


In this symposium jointly sponsored by the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) and the AAPM, luminary speakers on imaging metabolism will discuss three impactful topics. The first presentation on Cellular Metabolism of FDG will be given by Guillem Pratx (Stanford). This presentation will detail new work on looking at how the most common molecular imaging agent, fluoro-deoxy-glucose is metabolized at a cellular level. This will be followed by a talk on an improved approach to whole-body PET imaging by Simon Cherry (UC Davis). Simon’s work on a new whole-body PET imaging system promises to have dramatic improvement in our ability to detect and characterize cancer using PET. Finally, Jim Bankson (MD Anderson) will discuss extremely sophisticated approaches to quantifying hyperpolarized-13-C pyruvate metabolism using MR imaging. This technology promises to compliment the exquisite sensitivity of PET with an ability to measure not just uptake, but tumor metabolism.

Learning objectives:

Understand the metabolism of FDG at a cellular level.

Appreciate the engineering related to a novel new high-sensitivity whole-body PET imaging system.

Understand the process of hyperpolarization, how pyruvate relates to metabolism and how advanced modeling can be used to
better quantify this data.

Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: G. Pratx, Funding: 5R01CA186275, 1R21CA193001, and Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation.S. Cherry, National Institutes of Health University of California, Davis Siemens Medical SolutionsJ. Bankson, GE Healthcare NCI P30-CA016672 CPRIT PR140021-P5

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