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 Arrival of participants in Ho Chi Minh City, pickup international lecturers at airport, transfer to Linh Trung campus

18:00 Welcome dinner

Wednesday 13 August

1 General Imaging Introduction

Speaker: Simon Cherry

10:30 break

2 PET & SPECT: Applications and Examples of Daily Use

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Youngho Seo

12:00 Lunch

3 Exercises: EasyPET (shift 1)

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Martin Grossmann

4 Exercises: EasyPET (shift 2)

Speakers: Andrea Gonzalez-Montoro, Martin Grossmann

18:00 Dinner

Thursday 14 August

5 Introduction to Image Reconstruction

Speaker: Andrew Reader

6 Introduction to Kinetic Modelling

Speaker: Steven Richard Meikle

10:30 break

7 Introduction to AI

Speaker: Andrew Reader

8 Advanced Image Reconstruction

Speakers: Andrew Reader, Steven Richard Meikle

12:10 Lunch

9 Exercise: Image Reconstruction

Speaker: Andrew Reader

14:50 break

10 Exercise: Kinetic Modelling, AI Applications

Speaker: Steven Richard Meikle

18:00 Dinner

Friday 15 August

11 Introduction to Dosimetry of Radiopharmaceuticals

Speaker: Youngho Seo

10:30 break

12 Imaging of Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals: Theranostics

Speaker: Youngho Seo

12:00 Lunch

13 Exercise: Simple Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Speaker: Youngho Seo

14:50 break

14 Exercise: Simple Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry

Speaker: Youngho Seo

18:00 Dinner

Saturday 16 August

15 CT

Speakers: Roger Fulton, Steven Richard Meikle

10:00 break

16 Emerging Technologies (e.g. Total-Body PET)

Speakers: Simon Cherry, Steven Richard Meikle

17 Smart Ideas are not enough

Speaker: Martin Grossmann

12:00 Lunch

18 Photon Counting Imaging Systems

Speaker: MASAHARU NOMACHI

15:00 break

19 Exercise: Photon Counting with SiPM

Speakers: MASAHARU NOMACHI, Martin Grossmann

18:00 Dinner

Sunday 17 August

08:00 Move to Oncology Hospital

20 Radiotherapy: Visit to Linac room

21 QA / QC for students

22 Hospital session: SPECT and PET/CT

12:00 Lunch

23 Time to prepare student presentations

Speaker: Participants

18:00 Dinner

Monday 18 August

24 Student presentations

12:00 Lunch

25 Women In Engineering session

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

18:00 Farewell Party

Tuesday 19 August

09:00 Check-out and transport to international airport