The EMIM 2019 was the 14th annual meeting of the ESMI.
RECORDINGS of PLENARY LECTURES now available via the member portal
EMIM 2019 online PROGRAMME incl. abstracts
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From Cell to Human Body...
RECORDINGS of PLENARY LECTURES are available via the member portal
PS 01 Nuclear Imaging in Diagnosis & Treatment of Cancer
PS 02 MRI Probes - 19F, Iron Oxide & CEST
PS 03 Optical & Microscopy Technologies
PS 04 Late-Breaking Pitches in Onco(-Immunology) & Neuroimaging
PS 05 PET, CT & Multimodal Technologies
PS 06 New Methods in Neuroimaging
PS 07 Imaging in Infections
PS 08 Imaging the Vasculature and the Heart
PS 09 Intra-Operative Imaging
PS 10 SPECT Probes - New Approaches & Applications
PS 11 Imaging Metabolism
PS 12 Data Processing & Quantification
PS 13 MRI & MRS Technologies
PS 14 Novel Optical, Acoustic & Optoacoustic Probes - from Imaging to Therapy
PS 15 Imaging Immune Responses
PS 16 New Tools for Cancer Imaging
PS 17 PET Probes - Novel Radiotracers & Applications
PS 18 MRI & Optical Imaging in Diagnosis & Treatment of Cancer
PS 19 Neuroimaging: Disease Models & Translational Approaches
PS 04 Late-Breaking Pitches in Imaging Technologies
PS 21 Understanding Tumour Biology
PS 22 MRI Probes for Biomarker Imaging
PS 23 Brain: Structure, Function, Networks
PS 24 Ultrasound & Opto-Acoustic Technologies
Two educational Spotlight Symposia were scheduled for 19 March from 11.00h to 17.00h:
Plus four Educational Sessions scheduled at 19 March 2019 from 13.30h to 17.00h:
30 thematic poster walks were scheduled with no competing sessions in parallel. Each of the poster walks was chaired by two chair persons and resulted into an EMIM 2019 poster award.
PW01 Imaging Host Responses
19F MRI of neutrophil granulocytes by targeting the cell surface receptor CD177 by Sebastian Temme – Düsseldorf, Germany
PW02 Synthesis and Enabling Technologies | New Probes
s-tetrazine: a “clickable” platform for the site-specific dual-labeling of proteins by Victor Goncalves – Dijon, France
PW03 PET/SPECT, Radionuclide, X-ray, CT | New Probes
The synthesis and validation of a multimodal PET/fluorescence zinc sensing probes as potential imaging agents for prostate cancer by George Firth – Hull, UK
PW04 MRI | Technology
An Extracorporeal Circulation Mouse Model for Simultaneous Measurements of DCE-MRI Arterial Input Functions and Radiotracer Blood Concentrations by Philipp Backhaus – Münster, Germany
PW05 Ultrasound and Opto-Acoustic | Technology
Photoacoustic blood oxygenation measurements combined with online pO2 detection and flow spectrometry by Joanna Brunker – Cambridge, UK
PW06 Imaging Cancer Therapy
Theranostic innovative nano-compounds for fluorescent imaging and boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) by Lucie Sancey - La Tronche, France
PW07 Onco-Immunology Imaging
Fixed and live imaging of neutrophils in the lung pre-metastatic niche by Amanda McFarlane – Glasgow, UK
PW08 Disease Models, Translational Approaches | Neuroimaging
Erythropoietin receptors can be targeted in human and rat stroke tissue using [89Zr] Deferoxamine-EPO by Kristin Patzwaldt - Tübingen, Germany
Above mentioned posters were presenter within Poster Session 1
PW09 Imaging the Heart and the Vascular System
Manganese enhanced MRI can quantify myocardial infarct size earlier than gadolinium enhanced MRI by Daniel Stuckey – London, UK
PW10 Data Processing & Quantification
Dispersion Correction for Sampled Blood Input function in Rats by Herve Boutin - Manchester , UK
PW11 Imaging Metabolism
Towards Fast Deuterium Metabolic Imaging by Felix Kreis – Cambridge, UK
PW12 MRI and Multimodal | New Probes
Monitoring cell proliferation by exploiting CEST-MRI methods by Giuseppe Ferrauto – Torino, Italy
PW13 PET/SPECT, Radionuclide, X-ray, CT | New Probes
Development of 68Ga and 18F radiolabelled peptide probes for PET imaging of αvβ6 integrin expression in cancers and fibrotic diseases by George Herbert – Hull, UK
PW14 Nuclear Imaging | Technology
Monte Carlo simulation of a Total Body PET scanner based on the PENN PET by Nikos Efthimiou – Hull, UK
PW15 X-Ray based Imaging | Technology
Automatic quality control and recalibration for micro-CT without user intervention by Bert Vandeghinste – Ghent, Belgium
PW16 Mass Spectrometry | Technology
Multimodal mass spectrometry imaging for assessment of response and resistance to Oncology combination therapies by Stephanie Ling - Cambridge, UK
PW17 Understanding Tumour Biology
The accumulation of tumor-derived exosomes changes the immune cell composition in target tissue of metastasis by Moritz Wildgruber – Münster, Germany
PW18 Imaging to Diagnose Cancer
Micro-Computed Tomography of a murine non-alcoholic fatty liver disease model with liver-specific knockout of the mTOR pathway by Diana Möckel – Aachen, Germany
PW19 Brain: Structure, Function, Networks
Longitudinal in vivo MRI assessment of functional connectivity reveals early pathological hypersynchronisation of brain networks in the inducible Tet-off APP mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by Inès Ben-Nejma – Wilrijk, Belgium
Above mentioned posters were presenter within Poster Session 2
PW20 Imaging the Heart and the Vascular System
Dual-SPECT Imaging Targets: Catching the Inflamed Risky Culprit in Atherosclerosis by Hilary Barrett - Rotterdam, Netherlands
PW21 Translation and Clinical Applications | IOI
Fluorescence Image Guided Surgery in Head and Neck Cancer: A phase 1, dose-escalation study for in vivo tumor detection using Cetuximab-IRDye800CW conjugate by Steven J. de Jongh – Groningen, Netherlands
PW22 Imaging in Infection
Illuminating Bacterial Quorum Sensing Using Optical Molecular Tools by Wiktor Szymanski – Groningen, Netherlands
PW23 MRI and Multimodal | New Probes
Porous Nanostructures as Facile Platforms for MR/PET Multimodal Imaging by Kristina Djanashvili – Delft, Netherlands
PW24 PET/SPECT, Radionuclide, X-ray, CT | New Probes
Synthesis and biological validation of macrocyclic CXCR4 and ACKR3 binding agents for PET imaging and therapeutic applications in cancer by Isaline Renard – Hull, UK
PW25 Optical Imaging, Ultrasound, Photoacoustic | New Probes
Development of N-oxide-based Probes for Photoacoustic Imaging of Hypoxia by Hailey Knox - Urbana, US
PW26 Optical Imaging and Microscopy | Technology
In situ multi-elemental imaging of peri-prosthetic tissues with laser spectrometry by Benoit Busser – Grenoble, France
PW27 New Tools for Cancer Imaging
Volumetric optoacoustic imaging of acute and cyclic hypoxia in a murine breast cancer model by Avihai Ron – Nürnberg, Germany
PW28 Imaging Cancer Therapy
PEGylated Pyropheophorbide-a Nanodots for Fluorescence/Photoacoustic Dual-modal Imaging-guided Photodynamic Therapy by Kittipan Siwawannapong – Mueang, Thailand
PW29 Disease Models, Translational Approaches | Neuroimaging
Longitudinal MRI evaluation of ischemic injury evolution in Toll-like receptor 2 (Tlr2) deficient mice by Marina Dobrivojevic Radmilovic – Zagreb, Croatia
PW30 New Methods and Methodology | Neuroimaging
Signal changes in functional diffusion measurements in rat show earlier onsets compared to BOLD fMRI measurements and have a vascular contribution by Lydia Wachsmuth – Münster, Germany
Above mentioned posters were presenter within Poster Session 3
750 Participants from
31 Countries
327 Reviewer
468 Abstracts
each reviewed by an average of 7.6 reviewers
292 Talks
11 Plenary Lectures
168 Session Chairs
9 Study Group meetings
3 Meet the Expert sessions
4 Focus Sessions
290 Posters presented in
30 Thematic Poster Walks
60 poster chairs (...)
The ESMI Award 2019 was presented in the scope of the Opening Ceremony in Glasgow. The winner 2019 is MARKUS RUDIN - congratulations! The Laudation Speech was given by Markus Schwaiger.
The ESMI Award for excellent PhD thesis 2018 was presented to Aleksandra Pekosac from Amsterdam for her work on "Carbon-11 Labeled Amino Acids and Peptides: Chemistry and Applications" - thanks Aleksandra for sharing your excellent work with us!
The three finalists were selected in accordance with the scores given by independent reviewers in a double blind reviewing process. The winner and the finalists:
The Young Investigator Award 2019 was presented to:
The further YIA finalists:
