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Supplementsonline Version ESGAR 2008 Book of Abstracts / Volume 18 / Supplement 2 / June 2008 European The official journal of the European Society of RadioloGastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology gy Supplementsonline version ESGAR 2008 Book of Abstracts / Volume 18 / Supplement 2 / June 2008 ESGAR 2008 / June 10 –13 / Istanbul, Turkey 19th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course ISSN-Nummer: 1613-3757 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology ANNUAL MEETINGS ESGAR 2009 ESGAR 2010 20th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course 21st Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course Valencia, Spain Dresden, Germany June 23 – 26, 2009 June 1 – 4, 2010 Meeting President: Meeting President: Dr. Luis Marti-Bonmati, Valencia/ES Prof. Michael Laniado, Dresden/DE CT-COLONOGRAPHY HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS 9th ESGAR CT-Colonography Hands-on Workshop September 11 – 13, 2008, Berlin, Germany 10th ESGAR CT-Colonography Hands-on Workshop February 2 – 4, 2009, Harrogate, United Kingdom 11th ESGAR CT-Colonography Hands-on Workshop September 17 – 19, 2009, Stresa, Italy GE Doctor to Doctor Training on CT-Colonography October 2 – 3, 2008, Buc, France LIVER IMAGING WORKSHOP 3rd Liver Imaging Workshop October 9 – 11, 2008, Munich, Germany ESGAR thanks its Corporate Members for supporting the realisation of the aims of the Society www.esgar.org EUROPEAN SOCIEISTY OFT GASANTROINTESTINALB ANDUL ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY/ TR ESGAR 2008 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS INCLUDES ABSTRACTS OF THE POSTGRADUATE COURSE, SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS AND LUNCH SYMPOSIA 19TH ANNUALJUNE MEETING 10 AND POS– T13GRADUATE COURSE IMPORTANT ADDRESSES / CME / SPONSORS IMPORTANT ADDRESSES ORGANISING SECRETARIAT HOTEL ACCOMMODATION / TRAVEL AGENT Central ESGAR Office Figür Congress & Organisation Services Neutorgasse 9/2a Mrs. Yesim Andic AT-1010 Vienna, Austria Ayazmaderesi Cad. Karadut Sok. No: 7 Phone: +43 1 535 89 27 TR – 34394 Dikilitas / Istanbul, Turkey Fax: +43 1 535 70 37 Phone: +90 212 258 6020 – ext. 124 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +90 212 258 6078 E-Mail: [email protected] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ms. Brigitte Lindlbauer CONFERENCE VENUE [email protected] Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICEC) TR – 80230 Harbiye / Istanbul, Turkey WEBSITE www.icec.org www.esgar.org EXHIBITION MANAGEMENT MAW – Medizinische Ausstellungsgesellschaft Freyung 6 AT-1010 Vienna, Austria Phone: + 43 1 536 63 35 Fax: + 43 1 535 60 16 E-mail: [email protected] PATRONAgE CME TRD The European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Turkish Society of Radiology Radiology, ESGAR, is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education TGRD (EACCME). The EACCME is an institution of the European Turkish Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.be Radiology ESGAR 2008 has been accredited with 24 CME Credits by the EACCME and with 23.5 CME/CPD Credits by the Date of publishing: May 2008 Turkish Medical Association. SPONSORS ESGAR wishes to gratefully acknowledge the support of ESGAR also thanks the following companies and its Corporate Members: institutions for supporting ESGAR 2008: ANGIOTECH/BERKA BAYINDIR HOSPITALS BRACCO GE MEDÝCAL SYSTEMS-TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM OPAKIM SIEMENS -TURKEY/SIMEKS TUBITAK The final programme of ESGAR 2008 is available on the ESGAR website www.esgar.org TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Postgraduate Course, Tuesday, June 10 05 - 09 Lunch Symposia, Tuesday, June 10 / (SY 1, SY 2) 11 Lunch Symposia, Wednesday, June 11 / (SY 3, SY 4) 12 - 13 Lunch Symposia, Thursday, June 12 / (SY 5, SY 6) 13 - 14 Lunch Symposia, Friday, June 13 / (SY 7, SY 8) 14 - 15 Scientific Sessions, Wednesday, June 11 / (SS 1 - SS 5) 17 - 27 Scientific Sessions, Thursday, June 12 / (SS 6 - SS 10) 28 - 38 Scientific Sessions, Friday, June 13 / (SS 11 - SS 15) 39 - 49 EPOS™ Presentations (P-001 - P-305) 51 - 109 Authors‘ index 111 - 119 B COMMITTEES ESGAR MEETING PRESIDENT ESGAR PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Prof. Dr. Okan Akhan Department of Radiology CHAIRMAN Hacettepe University C. Bartolozzi (Pisa/IT) School of Medicine Sihhiye MEMBERS TR – 6100 Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 305 1188 O. Akhan (Ankara/TR) Fax: +90 312 311 2145 F. Caseiro-Alves (Coimbra/PT) E-Mail: [email protected] N. Elmas (Izmir/TR) N. Gourtsoyiannis (Heraklion/GR) CO-MEETING PRESIDENT M. Laniado (Dresden/DE) A. Laghi (Latina/IT) Prof. Dr. Nevra Elmas D.E. Malone (Dublin/IE) Department of Radiology B. Marincek (Zurich/CH) EGE University Medical School L. Marti-Bonmati (Valencia/ES) Bornova Y. Menu (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre/FR) TR – 35100 Izmir, Turkey Phone: +90 232 390 2209 Fax: +90 232 342 0001 LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE E-Mail: [email protected] D. Akata (Ankara/TR) M. Başak (Istanbul/TR) O. Dicle (Izmir/TR) ESGAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE M. Harman (Izmir/TR) A. Kabaalioğlu (Antalya/TR) PRESIDENT U. Korman (Istanbul/TR) B. Marincek (Zurich/CH) F. Obuz (Izmir/TR) PRESIDENT-ELECT M. Özmen (Ankara/TR) Y. Menu (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre/FR) G. Savci (Bursa/TR) VICE PRESIDENT D. Tüney (Istanbul/TR) F. Caseiro-Alves (Coimbra/PT) SECRETARY D.E. Malone (Dublin/IE) TREASURER S. Halligan (London/UK) PAST PRESIDENT C. Bartolozzi (Pisa/IT) BY-LAWS COMMITTEE A. Palkó (Szeged/HU) EDUCATION COMMITTEE A. Laghi (Latina/IT) MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE J.S. Laméris (Amsterdam/NL) MEETING PRESIDENT O. Akhan (Ankara/TR) PRE-MEETING PRESIDENT L. Marti-Bonmati (Valencia/ES) PRE-PRE-MEETING PRESIDENT M. Laniado (Dresden/DE) FELLOWS REPRESENTATIVES L.H. Ros Mendoza (Zaragoza/ES) W. Schima (Vienna/AT) B 2 COMMITTEES REVIEWING PANEL D. Akata, Ankara/TR L. Marti-Bonmati, Valencia/ES O. Akhan, Ankara/TR C. Matos, Brussels/BE M.-M. Amitai, Tel Aviv/IL R.M. Mendelson, Perth/AU C.D. Becker, Geneva/CH Y. Menu, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre/FR R.G.H. Beets-Tan, Maastricht/NL G. Morana, Treviso/IT R. Bouzas, Vigo/ES E. Neri, Pisa/IT G. Brancatelli, Palermo/IT B. Op De Beeck, Edegem/BE D.J. Breen, Southampton/UK A. Palkó, Szeged/HU C. Bru, Barcelona/ES O. Papakonstantinou, Athens/GR J.-M. Bruel, Montpellier/FR N. Papanikolaou, Heraklion/GR F. Caseiro-Alves, Coimbra/PT P.L. Pereira, Tübingen/DE C. Catalano, Rome/IT P. Pokieser, Vienna/AT D. Cioni, Pisa/IT P. Prassopoulos, Alexandroupolis/GR L. Crocetti, Pisa/IT M. Puckett, Torquay/UK M.C. Della Pina, Pisa/IT J. Puig Domingo, Sabadell/ES A. Denys, Lausanne/CH A.S. Roberts, Cardiff/UK N. Elmas, Izmir/TR G.A. Rollandi, Genova/IT B. Fox, Plymouth/UK P.R. Ros, Barcelona/ES A.H. Freeman, Cambridge/UK L.H. Ros Mendoza, Zaragoza/ES A. Gillams, London/UK W. Schima, Vienna/AT P. Goffette, Brussels/BE S. Skehan, Dublin/IE J.A. Guthrie, Leeds/UK M. Staunton, Toronto, ON/CA S. Halligan, London/UK G.W. Stevenson, Victoria, BC/CA T. Helmberger, Munich/DE J. Stoker, Amsterdam/NL F. Iafrate, Rome/IT Z. Tarján, Budapest/HU C. Kay, Bradford/UK I. Távora, Lisbon/PT H.-U. Laasch, Manchester/UK S.A. Taylor, London/UK A. Laghi, Latina/IT V. Valek, Brno-Bohunice/CZ E. Leen, Glasgow/UK D. Vanbeckevoort, Leuven/BE P. Lefere, Roeselare/BE D. Weishaupt, Zurich/CH R. Lencioni, Pisa/IT A. Wuttge-Hannig, Munich/DE D.J. Lomas, Cambridge/UK C.J. Zech, Munich/DE M. Maher, Wilton, Cork/IE C.L. Zollikofer, Winterthur/CH T. Mang, Vienna/AT B. Marincek, Zurich/CH EPOS™ JURY R.G.H. Beets-Tan, Maastricht/NL G. Morana, Treviso/IT D.J. Breen, Southampton/UK O. Papakonstantinou, Athens/GR F. Caseiro-Alves, Coimbra/PT N. Papanikolaou, Heraklion/GR L. Crocetti, Pisa/IT P. Pokieser, Vienna/AT A. Gillams, London/UK P. Prassopoulos, Alexandroupolis/GR J.A. Guthrie, Leeds/UK L.H. Ros-Mendoza, Zaragoza/ES S. Halligan, London/UK W. Schima, Vienna/AT A. Laghi, Latina/IT S. Skehan, Dublin/IE M. Laniado, Dresden/DE M. Staunton, Toronto, ON/CA E. Leen, Glasgow/UK Z. Tarján, Budapest/HU A.J. Madureira, Porto/PT S.A. Taylor, London/UK M. Maher, Wilton, Cork/IE J. Venancio, Lisbon/PT B. Marincek, Zurich/CH C.J. Zech, Munich/D L. Marti-Bonmati, Valencia/ES D.F. Martin, Manchester/UK B 3 B POSTGRADUATE COURSE / TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2008 P ostgraduate Course ABDOMINAL MDCT PG 1.03 Dual energy CT: does it signify progress? H. Alkadhi; Zurich/CH 09:05 - 10:30 Anadolu Auditorium Learning objectives: To describe the basic principles of dual energy MDCT and Postgraduate Course 1 discuss present and future applications in abdominal imaging. To address the radiation exposure and economic issues associated with dual energy MDCT. All you need to know Abstract: The recent introduction of the dual-source computed tomography (CT) scanner has brought about new opportunities in the imaging field. The scanner PG 1.01 type is characterized by two X-ray tubes and two corresponding detectors that are From 4 to 256-slice MDCT: capabilities, post-processing mounted onto the rotating gantry with an angular offset of 90º. The two X-ray tubes and PACS issues of the scanner can be operated either at identical tube potentials that results in a P. Rogalla; Berlin/DE doubling of the temporal resolution of the scanner being beneficial for cardiac examinations, or at two different tube potentials that enable the simultaneous Learning objectives: To compare the quality of MDCT images obtained with different Lunch acquisition of CT data in the dual-energy mode. The latter approach allows for an detector configurations and the clinical capabilities of each configuration. To describe improved characterization of tissue and for the generation of virtual non-enhanced post processing methods, address PACS issues (data management, image transfer and images through the identification and subtraction of iodine from contrast-enhanced storage etc) and to introduce 3D applications. data sets. The theoretical concept of the dual energy CT technique is based on the Abstract: A major step in CT imaging was taken when the first 4-slice CT became S spectral properties of different materials, the atomic z-numbers, and the different available for clinical imaging.
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