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Workshops & Fellowships
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Training Workshops
Workshops enable you to learn how to use Digital Breast Tomosynthesis. Whether an intensive 2 day training in Erlangen or a shorter hands-on workshop during a congress or other meetings, read on for details or email tomo.healthcare@siemens.com.
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reader Training
Manchester, UK
Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital
February 04-05, 2016
Clinical speaker:
Kathy Priday, Will Mairs, Dr. Yit Lim, Dr. Anthony J. Maxwell, Cathy Hill
EUSOBI Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Course 2016
Vienna, Austria
February 29 - March 01, 2016
Siemens Tomosynthesis Reading Session: NEW with Insight and EMPIRE Technology
Siemens will again be holding workshops for hands-on experience in Breast Tomosynthesis reading. We will provide in depth tuition on more than 20 clinical cases in these 90 minute sessions. These sessions provide an excellent introduction to tomosynthesis and the reading workstation. In addition new developments in tomosynthesis will be previewed: High Definition Breast Tomosynthesis featuring EMPIRE1 reconstruction technology, and Insight1, providing synthesized visualization of tomosynthesis volumes in 2D and 3D.
Clinical speaker:
Dr. Maria Bernathova, Vienna
6th Breast Care Day at ECR
Vienna, Austria
March 2, 2016
Symposia in Studio 2016
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Intensive Training in Erlangen, Germany
2016 on demand
Siemens Training Center
Allee am Röthelheimpark 3
91052 Erlangen, Germany
Speakers and hands-on-tutors:
Prof. Dr. Luis Pina, Pamplona
Dr. Maria Bernathova, Vienna
Prof. Dr. Chantal Van Ongeval, Leuven
Costs: 950 EUR incl. course materials
Fellowship Sites
Radiologische Forschungsgesellschaft Hohenzollernstr.-Koblenz - GbR
Hohenzollernstr. 64
56068 Koblenz
Web: www.radiologie-koblenz.de
Siemens Solutions
Mammomat Inspiration in screening and diagnostic procedures.
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
ACUSON 2000 ABVS
MammoTrailer with Inspiration
Profile
The diagnostic and therapeutic center stands for innovative and patient-oriented medical care on a high level. 12 specializing physicians, several physician assistants and more than 100 employees form a team in the group practice for radiology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy.
Head of the Fellowship Site
Dr. med. Jochen Schenk
Gemeinschaftspraxis Prof. Dr. Uhlenbrock & Partner
Am Ölpfad 12
44263 Dortmund
Web: www.radiologie-do.de
Siemens Solutions
Mammomat Inspiration in screening and diagnostic procedures, incl. Prime Technology.
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Profile
The practice offers the entire range of radiological services – from conventional X-ray examinations (e.g. of the lungs or joints) to highly specialized radiological treatments in the vascular area.
They perform more than 6,000 mammography examinations a year.
Head of the Fellowship Site
Prof. Dr. med. Detlev Uhlenbrock
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 110
69120 Heidelberg
Web: http://www.heidelberg-university-hospital.com
Siemens Solutions
Mammomat Inspiration Prime with Biopsy and Tomosynthesis
Profile
The University Hospital Heidelberg has a maximum capacity of 1930 beds and more than 20 medical specialists departments.
The “Breast Center” of the Institute for diagnostic and interventional Radiology focuses on digital mammography, tomosynthesis and stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy.
Head of the Fellowship Site: Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Ulrich Kauczor
Head of Radiology Department within the Breast Center: Dr. med. Anne Stieber
If you are interested in a clinical fellowship, please do not hesitate to contact your local sales representative!
Symposia & Webinars
6th Breast Care Day @ ECR 2016
Vienna, Austria
March 2, 2016
The Breast Care Day will again be the premiere event at the ECR. Organized and sponsored by Siemens in cooperation with Bayer Healthcare, this meeting focuses on new and improving diagnostics for breast cancer. The combination of daily routine reports, new studies, a future outlook and open discussions has attracted more than 2000 participants.
Symposia in Studio 2016
10:30 -12:00 Breast MRI:
MRI - Today and Tomorrow
12:15 -13:45 Multimodality Lunch Symposium:
Breast Screening Controversies
14:00 -15:30 Breast Tomosynthesis:
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis out of the Daily Routine
16:00 -17:30 Multimodality Discussion of Clinical Cases:
Breast Imaging for Therapy Control
Recorded Symposia
Symposia at ECR 2015
Planning and control of breast cancer therapy
Value of digital breast tomosynthesis for preoperative local staging of breast cancer
L.J. Pina Insausti, Pamplona/ES
Integration of molecular diagnostics in breast imaging2
P. Fasching, Erlangen/DE
Advantages of 3D and hybrid technologies in mammography
Routine use of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for the assessment of screen-detected cases
S.H. Heywang-Köbrunner, Munich/DE
Requirements for digital reading in breast care: a report from the practice2
K. Ridder, Dortmund/DE
Experiences with a breast ultrasound - tomosynthesis hybrid2
M. Golatta, Heidelberg/DE
Multimodality breast image reading and discussion of clinical cases
The dense breast – a challenge
M. Bernathova, Vienna/AT
E. Wenkel, Erlangen/DE
Symposia at ECR 2014
Breast Care Day at ECR 2014 - Vienna Austria:
What does a breast imaging system have to perform?
Prof. Dr. Hilde Bosmans
UZ Leuven Campus
Leuven, Belgium
Optimized workflow, possibilities and challenges with 2D FFDM vs. 3D DBT
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Heywang-Koebrunner
Referenzzentrum Mammographie München
München, Germany
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis – from a first idea to clinical routine
Prof. Dr. Joerg Barkhausen
Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Lübeck, Germany
Technical optimization of digital breast tomosynthesis for future breast screening
Dr. Pontus Timberg
Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University
Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Is DBT the new standard in the diagnostic imaging of the breast? How to implement DBT as a method in specialist training?
Prof. Dr. Chantal Van Ongeval
UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
High image quality with lower dose mammography
Dr. Karsten Ridder
St. Josefs-Hospital Dortmund-Hörde
Dortmund, Germany
Symposia at ECR 2013
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
3D breast tomosynthesis – a problem solver for difficult cases in clinical routine
Prof. Dr. Joerg Barkhausen
Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
University Hospital of Luebeck
Luebeck, Germany
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
Physical challenges with digital breast tomosynthesis
Prof. Dr. Hilde Bosmans
Department of Radiology
UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
Experiences with digital breast tomosynthesis in screening
Dr. Sophia Zackrisson, Associate Professor
Diagnostic Radiology
Lund University
Malmoe, Sweden
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
Value of tomosynthesis for the assessment of screen-detected abnormalities
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Heywang-Koebrunner
Referenzzentrum Mammographie Muenchen
Muenchen, Germany
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
Clinical experiences with digital breast tomosynthesis in follow up diagnostics
Dr. Fusun Taşkın, Associated Professor
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Adnan Menderes University
Aydin, Turkey
Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria:
The future of breast tomosynthesis
Thomas Helbich, MD, MSc, MBA
University Clinic for Radiodiagnostics
AKH Wien
Vienna / Austria
Symposia at ECR 2012
Watch live recordings of past symposia on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis:
3D Breast Tomosynthesis – a Problem Solver for Difficult Cases in Clinical Routine
Prof. Dr. Joerg Barkhausen, Luebeck, Germany
(Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2012 – Vienna, Austria)
Breast Tomosynthesis – a Feasible Breast Cancer Screening Modality?
Dr. Sophia Zackrisson, Malmoe, Sweden
(Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2012 – Vienna, Austria)
3D Breast Tomosynthesis and Contrast Enhanced Dual Energy – a Prototype Report
Prof. Dr. Thomas Helbich, Vienna, Austria
(Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2012 – Vienna, Austria)
Potential Role of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) in Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Dr. Nachiko Uchiyama, Tokyo, Japan
(Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2012 – Vienna, Austria)
Watch live recordings of past symposia on PRIME Technology:
High image quality with lower dose in mammography
Prof. Dr. Detlev Uhlenbrock, Dortmund/Germany
(Breast Care Symposium at ECR 2013 – Vienna, Austria)
Clinical Webinars
Recorded Webinars
Watch live recordings of past clinical webinars on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis:
Breast imaging goes 3D
Watch the webinar with Dr. Michael Golatta1 to find out how you can look closer and significantly improve lesion detection by combining tomosynthesis and 3D ultrasound.
Breast cancer detection rate increased by up to 43% !
Dr. Sophia Zackrisson, Malmö, Sweden
4 years of clinical experience with True Breast Tomosynthesis
Dr. Renate Tewaag, Wuppertal, Germany
Clinical Experiences with 3D Breast Tomosynthesis
Prof. Dr. Chantal Van Ongeval, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Clinical Experiences with 3D Breast Tomosynthesis
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Heywang-Koebrunner, Munich, Germany
Watch live recordings of past clinical webinars on PRIME Technology:
Dose Saving in FFDM by Gridless Acquisition
Dr. Karsten Ridder, Dortmund, Germany.
Training Material
PRIME, Tomo, OpView Presenter – Clinical Images
PRIME Presenter
Experience the reference in low dose mammography.
PRIME Technology allows for saving dose up to 30% with uncompromised image quality by combining a Gridless Acquisition with Progressive Reconstruction (16 clinical cases).
Tomo Presenter
Experience True 3D Breast Tomosynthesis
See the benefits of 3D Breast Tomosynthesis compared to 2D mammography (22 clinical cases).
OpView Presenter
Experience your individual image impression in FFDM
OpView's different configurations of image processing parameters allow providing the right image impression – personalized (20 clinical cases).
Whitepapers
Whitepapers on Tomosynthesis
Clinical Value of True Breast Tomosynthesis
An evaluation of recent studies
Benefits of True Breast Tomosynthesis
Bibliography with key findings
3D Breast Tomosynthesis – intelligent technology for clear clinical benefits
Dr. Thomas Mertelmeier, Jutta Speitel and Dr. Claudia Frumento provide a technical assessment of physical parameters which have a major impact on the image quality of tomosynthesis.
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis – A clinical assessment based on literature
Dr. Finn Lindhardt, Viborg, Denmark, offers a clinical assessment of tomosynthesis based on literature.
Whitepapers on Low Dose
Publication of "Full-field digital mammography with gridless acquisition and software-based scatter correction: Investigation of dose savings and image quality"
Reprint of the publication in “Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2013”
Physics of Medical Imaging, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA, vol. 8668, pp. 86685Y, (2013), doi:10.1117/12.2007490:
Fieselmann, A., Fischer, D., Hilal, G., Dennerlein, F., Mertelmeier, T., and Uhlenbrock, D.,
„Full-field digital mammography with grid-less acquisition and software-based scatter correction: Investigation of dose saving and image quality”
Mean glandular dose survey of 2D mammograms acquired with the Siemens Mammomat Inspiration system
Hilde Bosmans, Koen Michielsen, Kim Lemmens, Jurgen Jacobs
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Belgium