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PMOD Small Animal Imaging Lab | March 14, 2012 | Zurich, Switzerland
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| Overview | |
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This new, one-day course comprises a fully quantitative animal PET experiment including online blood- sampling as well as the post-processing of the acquired data. The participants will experience all practical aspects of quantitative small animal PET, and deepen their data processing skills under the guidance of PMOD experts.
The participants are required to bring their own notebooks. They will obtain a USB flash key with the latest PMOD version as well as training data sets. The actual data sets will be distributed right after image reconstruction. PMOD can be started directly from the key, such that the configuration of the notebook will remain untouched. As a courtesy, the key can be taken home and will work for another two months. This will give the participants the opportunity to complete their studies if needed, and to try the PMOD tools on their own data.
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Target Audience and Prerequisites | |
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The audience is expected to be researchers who perform preclinical studies on small animals or plan to do so, PET hardware engineers as well as scientists wishing to learn more about quantitative experiments and molecular imaging techniques, and so on.
To get optimal benefit from attending, familiarity with PMOD will be required, particularly with the viewing (base), fusion, and kinetic modeling modules. Attendants new to PMOD can acquire such knowledge at the two- days PMOD Basic Application Course and at the PMOD Small Animal Image Processing Course (see below), and/or by requesting via the PMOD website a two-months trial license and practicing with the example data provided.
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Course Teachers | |
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The course will be taught by senior PMOD staff and by Dr. Geoff Warnock, Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium, who is a seasoned PMOD user and expert in the field of small animal research. The teachers will be assisted by staff from the Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences (CRS) at ETH Zürich & from Swisstrace.
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Complementary PMOD Courses | |
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Right before/after this course, the following courses will be organized in the same course environment:
- PMOD Basic Application Course, Monday/Tuesday, March 12/13, 2012
- PMOD Small Animal Image Processing Course, Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The aim of the two-days basic course is to teach the participants the effective use of the major PMOD tools. Brief presentations will outline the principles behind the different types of data analysis. They will be complemented by live demonstrations. Sufficient time will be available for individual practice based on a workbook and for interacting with the trainers. The basic course constitutes an ideal preparation for this course. The participation in the small animal image processing course is strongly recommended, yet not compulsory.
Registration for the above courses is being handled separately from registration for the PMOD Small Animal Imaging Lab, yet volume discounts do apply on multiple course registrations. See consolidated price list published on the flyer: "PMOD Courses in March 2012".
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