IEEE NPSS School on Advanced Topics in Medical Imaging - Ho Chi Minh City

12 Aug 2025, 10:00 → 19 Aug 2025, 12:00 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh

The School is jointly organized by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City - University of Science

The goal of the school is

• To train master level students in the area hybrid PET/CT and PET/MR imaging.
• To promote the participation of young scientists in medical imaging and related fields
• To provide refreshers on PET/CT and PET/MR for medical physicists working with these technologies

This will be achieved through a combination of lectures and exercises.

Location and date

12.-19.08.2025
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Application

Since the total number of participants is limited you will need to apply for the school using the link below.

Application deadline: April 30, 2025

Tuesday 12 August

10:00 → 17:00 Arrival of participants in Ho Chi Minh City, pickup international lecturers at airport, transfer to Linh Trung campus

18:00 → 20:00 Welcome dinner

Wednesday 13 August

09:00 → 10:30 General Imaging Introduction

Speaker: Simon Cherry

10:30 → 10:45 break

10:45 → 12:00 PET & SPECT: Applications and Examples of Daily Use

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Youngho Seo

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:45 Exercises: EasyPET (shift 1)

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Martin Grossmann

15:45 → 18:00 Exercises: EasyPET (shift 2)

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Martin Grossmann

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Thursday 14 August

09:00 → 09:45 Introduction to Image Reconstruction

Speaker: Andrew Reader

09:45 → 10:30 Introduction to Kinetic Modelling

Speaker: Steven Richard Meikle

10:30 → 10:40 break

10:40 → 11:25 Introduction to AI

Speaker: Andrew Reader

11:25 → 12:10 Advanced Image Reconstruction

Speakers: Andrew Reader, Steven Richard Meikle

12:10 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:50 Exercise: Image Reconstruction

Speaker: Andrew Reader

14:50 → 15:10 break

15:10 → 16:30 Exercise: Kinetic Modelling, AI Applications

Speaker: Steven Richard Meikle

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Friday 15 August

09:00 → 10:30 Introduction to Dosimetry of Radiopharmaceuticals

Speaker: Youngho Seo

10:30 → 10:40 break

10:40 → 12:00 Imaging of Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals: Theranostics

Speaker: Youngho Seo

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:50 Exercise: Simple Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Speaker: Youngho Seo

14:50 → 15:10 break

15:10 → 16:30 Exercise: Simple Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Speaker: Youngho Seo

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Saturday 16 August

09:00 → 10:00 CT

Speakers: Roger Fulton, Steven Richard Meikle

10:00 → 10:15 break

10:15 → 11:30 Emerging Technologies (e.g. Total-Body PET)

Speakers: Simon Cherry, Steven Richard Meikle

11:30 → 12:00 Smart Ideas are not enough

Speaker: Martin Grossmann

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Photon Counting Imaging Systems

Speaker: MASAHARU NOMACHI

15:00 → 15:10 break

15:10 → 16:30 Exercise: Photon Counting with SiPM

Speakers: MASAHARU NOMACHI, Martin Grossmann

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Sunday 17 August

08:00 → 09:00 Move to Oncology Hospital

09:00 → 10:00 Radiotherapy: Visit to Linac room

10:00 → 11:00 QA / QC for students

11:00 → 12:00 Hospital session: SPECT and PET/CT

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 17:00 Time to prepare student presentations

Speaker: Participants

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Monday 18 August

09:00 → 12:00 Student presentations

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:00 Women In Engineering session

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Trang Hoang (University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

18:00 → 21:00 Farewell Party

Tuesday 19 August

09:00 → 12:00 Check-out and transport to international airport