Main Meeting

Date: Sept. 7-10, 2009
Co-Chair: Benjamin M. W. Tsui, Johns Hopkins University
                Zhiqiang Chen, Tsinghua University

This is the tenth in a series of biennial meetings with the aim of bringing together academic and industrial scientists who are actively involved in research relating to fully three-dimensional tomography in radiology and nuclear medicine.

To encourage discussions and the exchange of ideas and techniques in a small and intimate setting, the attendance will be limited to about 180 participants.

The main meeting will consists of a plenary session, 10 oral sessions and 3 poster sessions. The topics will include:  discussion and poster sessions. The topics for the meeting include but is not limited to:

1. Mathematical and numerical aspects of fully 3D image reconstruction.
2. 3D and 4D image reconstruction techniques for PET, SPECT, CT, and MRI.
3. Dynamic (4D) tomographic imaging.
4. Improvement of system performance, by accurate system model in 3D reconstruction, in 3D reconstruction.
5. Optimization of geometry and sampling strategies for 3D acquisition.
6. Assessment of image quality of 3D reconstructed images.

The scope of this meeting will not include topics that are adequately covered at other meetings, for example general MR imaging or image analysis and display techniques, except where there are implications for 3D acquisition or image reconstruction.