EFSUMB Newsletter
EFSUMB Newsletter
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European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Contents
Editorial With the arrival of the
sion. The new updated website is more
New Year comes a new
attractive than its predecessor and
volume of the European
perhaps will be the gateway for many to
Journal of Ultrasound
obtain this information. There is really no
and the Annual Bumper
shortage of space within the allocated pa-
Edition of Newsletter.
ges for anything of interest to members
This
the
and I would urge anyone with anything
Newsletter brings to-
interesting to say to submit it to the
gether usual contribu-
Newsletter. If it is interesting to you it
tions from the Honorary
will probably be interesting to others in
Secretary, the President, the Chairman of
Europe. Most should be interested in
the Publications Committee, the Secre-
what Lucas Greiner and Gianna Stanford
tary of Education and Professional Stand-
have to say about the role of EFSUMB and
ards Committee and several other items
its relationship to the rest of the world of
of interest to members throughout Eu-
ultrasound. In these days where many of
rope but writing this editorial made me
us relate best to our own clinical subspe-
ask the question what the function of a
cialty it is good to hear of developments
Newsletter really is. I hope it is to keep all
elsewhere. It is amazing what you may be
17,000 members informed about what is
able to apply to your own work from a de-
happening outside their own region and
velopment in an entirely different one.
edition
of
specialty and what is available in the way of professional development in ultra-
I hope that 2005 will see further increase
sound. All this information should be of
in subscriptions to the EJU perhaps with
interest to members of the Federation but
other National Societies realising the val-
I suspect that relatively few will read it. I
ue of the Journal and that those with ul-
wonder how many have read the bi-
trasound projects worthy of publication
monthly Newsletter provided last year
will continue to submit to the EJU which
within the EJU and on the website. Some
has shown substantial changes even in
will have read it in the EJU but very few on
the last 12 months.
the website. I suppose the fact that increasing numbers of members now
David Pilling
have the EJU as a part of their National So-
Editor Newsletter EFSUMB
EFSUMB Officers and Committees .. 52 Report from the President.............. 52 “What does EFSUMB mean?“ ......... 53 Report from the Honorary Treasurer ....................................... 54 Report from the Education and Professional Standards Committee..56 Report of Publications Committee ..56 Activities of ECMUS (Safety Committee) 2004 ............... 56 "One year after the US Contrast Agents Guidelines Completion" ...... 57 In Memoriam François Terrier, MD . 57 17th Euroson Congress 2005, Geneve, Switzerland ...................... 59 18th Euroson Congress 2006, Bologna, Italy................................. 63 EUROSON SCHOOL: · Report from EUROSON School/IBUS in Riga, Latvia, 17 —18 September, 2004 ............... 64 · London, UK, 4—6 May 2005 .............. 65 · Cluj Napoca, Romania, 26—27 May 2005 ........................... 66 · Copenhagen, Denmark, 12—14 June 2006........................... 66
half the members of the Federation have
British Medical Ultrasound SocietyAnnual Scientific Meeting December 2004 ............................. 67
the opportunity to read it in its paper ver-
MSc in Medical Ultrasound ............. 68
ciety subscription means that more than
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Diary Dates .................................... 69
EFSUMB Newsletter
Report from the President To begin, this is an honour for me to be the President of a prospering Federation such as the European Federation EFSUMB. Only a few highlights of the many activities may be covered in this short report. Members Societies
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Executive Bureau
At the European Congress in Zagreb, in June
President: K Jäger (Switzerland) President Elect: D H Evans (UK) Past-President: M Claudon (France) Hon Secretary: L Greiner (Germany) Hon Treasurer: N Juul (Denmark)
2004, the Latvian Society was accepted into EFSUMB. Therefore, the total number of member societies has increased to 26, comprising more than 17,500 individual members. The Macedonian Society has put forward a formal request for joining the Federation and some other National Societies, mainly from the former Yugoslavian Republic, are in the process for closer interaction
ECMUS — EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR MEDICAL
with EFSUMB. Relationship and communication with all the
ULTRASOUND SAFETY
member societies is excellent and/or continuously improving.
Chairman: T Whittingham (UK) Members: P Arbeille (France) M Delius (Germany) L Klinghammer (Germany) R Laurini (Sweden) K Marsál (Sweden) M Levine (UK)
EUROSON Congress A very successful EUROSON Congress 2004 was held in Zagreb. Professor Ivan Drinkovic, President of the Croatian Society and Croatian Delegate at the EFSUMB Board of Directors, organised this Congress and together with his team an outstanding program has been created. He has been especially successful in recruiting
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
delegates from countries of the former Eastern European block.
Chairperson: L Valentin (Sweden) Secretary: D Lindsell ( UK) Members: B Cacciatore (Finland) P Pavlica (Italy)) I Sporea (Romania) Ex-officio: D H Evans (UK)
The next Congress, EUROSON 2005 in Geneva, will be held in conjunction with the Dreiländertreffen, the annual meeting of the three societies from Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The city of Geneva is situated next to the French border in French speaking part of Switzerland. It is an international crossing-point and is famous for its humanitarian organisations. Dr. J.-Y. Meuwly has taken over the Chairmanship of the Congress. The organisation is
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
very well advanced and we are looking forward to meeting all of
Chairman: D W Pilling (UK) Members: M Bachmann Nielsen (Denmark) J-M de Bray (France) W Mann (Germany) Ex-officio: M Claudon (France) L Greiner (Germany
you in Geneva. Remember the dates: 25–28 September, 2005. EUROSON 2005 in Geneva will be a decisive meeting, not only from a scientific and educational point of view, but also for the Federation. The 3-year-cycle of the Executive Bureau and of the different Committees will end in September 2005 and the General Assembly will appoint new members of the Executive Bureau and the Committees.
EFSUMB NEWSLETTER Editor: D W Pilling (UK)
Journal
SECRETARIAT
A Scientific merger was reached. Beginning with the first issue of
General Secretary: Gianna Stanford, Carpenters Court, 4a Lewes Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 2RN, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8402 8973 Fax: +44 (0)20 8402 9344 E-mail: efsumb@efsumb.org Website: http://www.efsumb.org
last year the well established Journal "Ultraschall in der Medizin" and "The European Journal of Ultrasound" were joined. Up to now the Journal was reaching more than 11,500 readers and we beEFSUMB. The Danish and Norwegian Societies have already agreed to a bulk subscription for their members and along with some individual subscribers more than a thousand additional
Ultraschall 2005; 26
lieve that this number will increase due to the co-operation with
Contrast Agent Guidelines
with THIEME Publishers resulted in an extremely low subscription rate of EUR 29, in case of bulk subscription by national so-
EFSUMB initiated an expert meeting on the use of contrast agent
cieties or EUR 35 for individual subscription (EFSUMB members
in liver disease. Guidelines were written and published in our
only). The scientific reputation is still increasing (impact factor
Journal (Ultraschall in Med 2004; 25: 249–256). This initiative
1.47) and the formerly German-speaking "Ultraschall" is in the
has shown the importance of EFSUMB being the catalyst for
process of rapid transition to an English-speaking truly Euro-
co-ordinating exchange of information between experts and in-
pean journal. More than 50% of the submitted papers are now in
dustry.
EFSUMB Newsletter
readers rejoice in receiving six issues per year. Negotiations
English as compared to less than 10% a year ago. Kurt Jäger President EFSUMB
What does EFSUMB mean? This rather long acronym – EFSUMB –
derstand and to apply the specific
stands for The European Federation of So-
tool of ultrasound in its own area of
cieties for Ultrasound in Medicine and
interest, and the parallels and simi-
Biology.
larities of the early questions were strong interdisciplinary links.
As it stands, this Federation is an important part of the success story of ultra-
These questions are nowadays an-
sonography. This technology – arising as
swered and understood to a great ex-
a new and so to say shooting star in the
tent, such as the questions related to how ultrasound works,
70's – quickly became indispensable,
where to use it, when to use it, who should use it, the advantages
especially in human and in veterinary medicine as well as in
and disadvantages etc – although new questions and challenges
other biological fields.
are arising (e. g., contrast enhancing substances) so the need for new answers will not end.
Ultrasonography for diagnostic and for interventional purposes needed formal structures for prosperous and professional
All had a strong international approach, too. The reasons are ob-
development. To this end, national societies of ultrasound in
vious – learning from one another across the borders has been
medicine and biology were founded. The European societies
one of the best teaching and learning instruments since the
were among the first worldwide to be created. All these socie-
times of the Persian Ibn Sina whom we in Europe call Avicenna
ties eagerly and successfully took up the challenge of spreading
(980–1037). Language barriers were overlooked (as for example
and developing the use of ultrasonography. This holds true for
the German speaking countries gathering in their famous yearly
the scientific as well as for the practical-clinical aspects, which
"Dreiländertreffen"-congresses for Austria, Germany, and the
in addition had to compete with other imaging modalities such
Swiss), or the international congresses held in English.
as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Consequently, the national societies of ultrasound formed five The national societies and their active members – as a rule, by
continental international federations, among them EFSUMB –
the early 70's young men and women – organized congresses,
co-operating within WFUMB, (World Federation of societies for
scientific workshops, ultrasound journals (one of which is today
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
our official EFSUMB publication journal: The European Journal of Ultrasound/Ultraschall in der Medizin), and maintained fruit-
The EFSUMB constitution was signed on February 11th, 1972, in
ful cooperation with our equipment manufacturers, physicists
Basle,Switzerland (the home town of our current President, Kurt
and other ingenious people with technical skills who really pro-
Jäger), by the founding members:
vided us for the sake of our patients with excellent ultrasound
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany BDR, Germany DDR,
machines and systems.
Holland, Hungary, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.
All these national societies focused on the technology of ultra-
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sound and its application – which was a new feature, since most
The Federation with its headquarters in London is under the law
of the other medical scientific societies are related to clinical
of England and Wales, and our constitution consists of 11 chap-
subspecialties.
ters such as objectives, purposes, and membership. EFSUMB government consists of the General assembly, the Board of Di-
The common use of ultrasound, however, made these national
rectors (Delegates), and an Executive Bureau. It is worth while
societies in the latter part of the last century into something ex-
having a look at our constitution and the amendments, see our
traordinary: They became real multidisciplinary societies from
web site www.efsumb.org
the very beginning. Each subspecialty in medicine had to un-
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Report from the Honorary Treasurer
Today, EFSUMB is an active umbrella-federation, representing 26 national European societies with more than 17000 members, mostly medical doctors from all fields of ultrasound application who are active in ultrasonography on their own but including Physicists and Sonographers amongst others.
For the fourth year in a row the profit and loss account shows a significant surplus.
The objectives and aims of EFSUMB may be summed up as fol-
The surplus for the year 2003 was £ 8.448
lows:
(app. €12.000 ). Also the end of the year
1. Quality management in US-practice
status for 2004 is very positive and can be
2. Development of guidelines and regulations for
seen in the next issue of the newsletter.
·
The US-systems/machines,
Together with the surpluses of the pre-
·
The basic/initial and the continuous education of those
vious years this more than balances pre-
working with US
vious losses. Our federation is healthy
3. Organization of congresses, workshops, and seminars ·
from an economical point of view.
in conjunction with the yearly congress of one of the members or
·
as a self-organized EUROSON School
·
in cooperation with industrial partners
4. Monitoring of US safety by ·
a team of specialists named by the EFSUMB, the so-called
Country
Number Of Members In Database 31 December 2004
AUSTRIA
872
BELGIUM
211
BULGARIA
90
CROATIA
67
6. Co-operation with WFUMB
CZECH REP
41
7. Co-operation with other European scientific societies
DENMARK
537
8. Promotion of scientific work of younger US researchers, by
watchdog-group ECMUS arranging meetings at regular intervals ·
routinely reporting to the Board of Directors of the EFSUMB
5. Informing all members on developments in ultrasound ·
By sending the EFSUMB Newsletter
·
Education during the ongoing US-congresses
FINLAND
270
conferring awards for special scientific achievements and
FRANCE
193
by donating grants.
GERMANY
5856
GREECE
100
This means, that EFSUMB supports and promotes the common as well as the national and European issues of US with respect to its scientific role and its practical application in medicine (and elsewhere in biology).
HUNGARY
48
ISRAEL
101
ITALY
1951
LATVIA (NEW MEMBER)
129
Apart from our official journal, one of the main activities is the
NETHERLANDS
47
yearly EUROSON congress. The next to be held in cooperation
NORWAY
225
with the national societies will take place on 25–28 September 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15–19 September 2006 in Bologna, Italy, in Leipzig, Germany in 2007, and in Timisoara, Ro-
POLAND
1200
PORTUGAL
63 247 68
of the highlights of an EFSUMB year during the EUROSON-con-
SLOVAK REP
40
gresses, and it is really a good occasion to meet again our dele-
SLOVENIA
108
gate friends and to discuss the topics of US organization, educa-
SPAIN
177
tion, and safety matters.
SWEDEN
115
SWITZERLAND
2593
The more these challenging tasks are understood by all our in-
UK
2218
TOTAL
17567
of the delegates – the Board of Directors Meeting – is always one
ternational and multidisciplinary members, the better it will be for a continuous prosperous and fruitful future for the use of ultrasonography in medicine and biology. Lucas Greiner, MD EFSUMB Honorary Secretary Gianna Stanford, EFSUMB General Secretary
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ROMANIA RUSSIA
mania in 2008 (for details, please see our website). The meetings
gresses and from the subscriptions from our member societies. Our single highest expenditure has been publishing and mailing of the EFSUMB newsletter. This expenditure is, however, declin-
EFSUMB Trading and profit and loss account (in Pounds Sterling) Year ended 31 December 2003
ing since the newsletter is now integrated within the journal:
INCOME
European Journal of Ultrasound/ Ultraschall in der Medizin. The rate of the US dollar and the pound sterling against the euro has also positively influenced our finances. The profit and loss account for the year 2003 and the budget for
Subscriptions
£85,626
Newsletter sponsorship
£600
EUROSON school
£2,384
Deposit account interest
£500 £89,110
the year 2005 are shown elsewhere together with the membership status at the end of 2004. The Hon. Treasurer is grateful for
EXPENDITURE
the member subscriptions paid on time and encourages those
Subscription WFUMB
£13,695
Societies who have not yet paid on behalf of their members to do
Publishing and mailing costs of
£30,524
so immediately.
Newsletter Meeting and Travelling expenses
Niels Juul Honorary Treasurer EFSUMB
EFSUMB budget for the year 2005 (in Pounds Sterling)
of all committees Prizes
£3,204
WFUMB bid
£1,094
AIUM mailing costs
£1,364
Wages
£14,644
Printing, postage and stationery
£1,204
Auditors remuneration
£911
Office services
£6,327
Bank charges
£549
Membership fee (17,162*8 €)
91,530.00
EUROSON SCHOOLS and CONGRESSES
3,000.00
Depreciation:
Bank deposit interests
400.00
Plant and machinery
TOTAL INCOME
94,930.00
EXPENDITURE
£16,032
£51
Fixtures and fitting
£132
Computer equipment
£505
WFUMB (17162 at$1.50 per member)
14,710.00
Newsletter
14,666.00
Operating profit/-loss
-£1,126
Meetings, Executive Bureau
12,000.00
Gain on exchange ***
-£9,574
Excess of income over expenditure
£8,448
£90,236
Meetings, Committees
16,000.00
Prizes etc
567.00
The exchange gain has arisen due to movements in the exchange rate over the
WFUMB Bid
2,500.00
2003 accounting year and as such, when euro account balances are translated
Wages
16,414.00
into sterling (EFSUMB being required to state their finances in sterling as they are
Printing, postage, stationery
825.00
a UK charity), there is a "paper" gain on those balances.
Auditors
1,123.00
Office expenses
7,480.00
Computer equipment
1,000.00
Bank charges
426.00
Depreciation
962.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
88,673.00
BALANCE
6,257.00
EFSUMB Newsletter
Our main income arises from EUROSON Schools, EUROSON Con-
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Report of EFSUMB Educational and Professional Standards Committee
Report of Publications Committee The Publications Committee met once last year during the Congress in Zagreb and discussed the progress of the EJU since its re-
The main work of the committee contin-
launch and was much encouraged by the
ues to be the development of curricula for
Journal itself and by the increase in personal
minimum ultrasound training standards.
and National Society subscriptions. The
It is hoped to have final drafts of curricula
Web site has made much slower progress
for ultrasound training in the fields of
but has been revamped and should be more
obstetrics, gynaecology, gastroenterol-
user friendly in future. We need to make
ogy, urology, vascular and breast imaging
further progress with this during the com-
ready by the end of January 2005. These
ing year as this is the shop window for the Federation and the
will then be circulated more widely for
only contact many will have with us is through the web.
further comment and amendment. Each
We intend to meet in Copenhagen in April to take all these areas
curriculum will have a competency assessment sheet attached
forward and look for further ways of the Federation being of
which a 'trainee' will have to have signed off before they are de-
relevance to all those with an interest in ultrasound in Europe.
emed to be competent. An assessment of competence can only
The elected members of the Committee come to the end of their
be a statement of competence at that moment in time and it will
terms of office this year. I would like to thank all for their sup-
always be up to the individual to maintain those skills at an ac-
port and hope that others will come forward with new ideas to
ceptable level by ensuring that they regularly carry out ultra-
raise the profile of the Federation particularly amongst those
sound scans and that their practice encompasses enough
clinicians who use ultrasound as part of their work but who
pathology to ensure that they continue to recognise common
don't seem to be involved in exchanging ideas with others. That
and less common abnormalities. Not everyone will wish to
should be quite a challenge for the next year or two!
practice ultrasound in all areas covered by a particular curriculum. The competency assessment sheets will define those areas
David Pilling
in which an individual is considered to be adequately trained to
Chairman Publications Committee EFSUMB
practice independently and those areas in which they should either not practice or only practice under supervision. Further work of the committee has included working with other authors to produce papers and guidelines for publication in fu-
Activities of ECMUS (Safety Committee) 2004
ture editions of the EFSUMB newsletter. These include 'Guidelines for Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy', 'Guidelines and Indications for Ultrasound Guided Chest Interventions' as well as
The 30th meeting of ECMUS was held in January 2004 in Swe-
a commentary from a paediatric perspective on the previously
den. It was the last meeting to be chaired by Professor Salvesen
published 'Complications of Interventional Ultrasound'.
and it was agreed to nominate Professor Malcolm Levene from UK as his successor on the committee which will be chaired by
Other issues considered have been the attempts to obtain for-
Tony Whittingham.
mal endorsement of the EFSUMB 'Minimum Training Standards' from specialist societies. Attempts to pursue this through the
Unfortunately the running of the Committee has been more ex-
European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS) had so far not
pensive than planned in the budget 04. In order to guarantee
been successful but this continues to be pursued.
this important work new resource need to be tapped.
The UEMS website indicates that it is possible to register meet-
The most important work of ECMUS, that of rewriting the safety
ings to try and standardise the number of 'continued medical
statement has been undertaken, a very time consuming piece of
education' (CME) or 'continued professional development'
work and this will be presented to the Executive Bureau at its
(CPD) points that they attract and meetings organisers are en-
meeting in Geneva.
couraged to try and do this so that attendees at meetings across Europe are able to produce evidence of their continued profes-
David Pilling Editor Newsletter
David RM Lindsell Education and Professional Standards Committee Secretary
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sional development.
Almost a year has passed since the meeting
seminate the guidelines more widely. We also agreed that it
organized by EFSUMB in Rotterdam, with the
should be translated into Italian, German, and French as has re-
participation of clinical experts from various
cently been done for Chinese.
European countries, from EFSUMB Safety
As not much has changed since the Guidelines were written ex-
and Education committees, and from 10 ma-
cept the new restrictions imposed by the EMEA i.e. avoiding pa-
jor Industrial companies. The contrast
tients with unstable coronary artery disease and keeping all pa-
agents guidelines have been published both
tients in the department for 30 mins, it has been agreed not to
on the EFSUMB website and in the August is-
update these guidelines immediately, and wait until the next
sue of Ultraschall in der Medizin/European
EUROSON meeting, to be held in Geneva in September 2005.
Journal of Ultrasound.
As this Guideline has proved so useful for the liver, guidelines on
From the many comments that we have received, it has to be
other applications would be welcome for other organs. Kidney,
said that the guidelines have been accepted very positively. This
abdominal trauma, spleen, pancreas, vascular applications,
is a significant contribution from EFSUMB improving and reg-
breast and prostate have been considered. However the selec-
ulating the use of ultrasound in an emerging diagnostic area,
tion will take into consideration if published data are valid
mainly focused on liver lesion detection, characterization and
enough to bring out guidelines, or they would be still considered
follow-up after treatment.
as research topics and then would not need guidelines.
During its meeting held in November in Geneva, the EFSUMB Executive Bureau agreed the principle of a complementary pub-
Michel Claudon
lication in European Radiology, and in an appropriate European
Past President EFSUMB
clinical journal, to be defined. This was decided in order to dis-
François Terrier, MD, 1952-2004 On August 10, 2004, medical imaging lost a special friend and colleague, a pioneer in imaging and medical informatics, and an enthusiastic teacher.
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François Terrier was born in Strasbourg, France and grew up in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In 1970, he entered the Medical School at the University of Bern. He pursued his medical training at the University Hospital of Bern where he chose radiology as his career. During his stay at the University Hospital of Bern, François became interested in all fields of medical imaging and participated to many scientific works on musculoskeletal and abdominal sonography. After his fellowship, he moved to University of California. in San Francisco. François became a pioneer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and concentrated his activity on the imaging of the kidney. He remained at the Department of Radiology of UCSF for two years before leaving to take on the management of the MRI centre of the Department of Radiology in Bern. In 1990, he was appointed to the chairmanship of the Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital in Geneva at the age of 38. Since his appointment as professor and chairman he was leader of numerous clinical and basic research developments in medical imaging and medical informatics. François was fluent in French, English and German and enjoyed travelling internationally and lecturing on kidney imaging. He was also very active inside Switzerland. He developed wide-ranging friendship with physicians and computer scientists on five continents. His curriculum vitae was impressive with more than 100 articles. François was involved in a number
of medical societies, including the European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB). In 2000, he enthusiastically accepted the responsibility for organising EUROSON 2005 in Geneva, the annual congress of the EFSUMB in conjunction with the Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM-SGUM). He leaves behind him his wife and two daughters. He also leaves behind many devoted colleagues and friends and hundreds of grateful patients. François was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. The prognosis was poor, but with determination and courage he pursued the latest treatment and was able to manage his department and research projects until the final days. François was known as a competent, compassionate and phenomenally talented man, with great tolerance and profound belief in human dignity. His optimism and energy in dealing with his disease set an example to all those who knew of his illness. The SSUM-SGUM, the board of the EFSUMB and the organizing committee of EUROSON 2005, Geneva, have been privileged to collaborate with him for all that time. Knowing him has been a true pleasure for those of us privileged to call him colleague and friend. Jean-Yves Meuwly, MD University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Report on EUROSON School International Breast Ultrasound School in conjunction with the Latvian Association of Roantgenologists and Radiologists Advanced Breast Imaging Seminar, Riga, Latvia, September 17–18, 2004 The two-day seminar was held at the Reval Hotel Latvia in Riga under auspices of the European School on Breast Imaging (administered by the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) in conjunction with the Latvian Association of Roentgenologists and Radiologists, and the Latvian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. More than 150 participants attended with the majority from Latvia and the other Baltic countries; there were a number of registrants from other countries within Europe with clinicians representing Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy and Poland. The International Breast Ultrasound School together with the local organizing committee created a stimulating programme which met the high standards for continuing medical education. The lectures were complemented by interactive workshops, panel discussions and case presentations. Many years of expertise gained by the local and particularly, the international faculty members helped to ensure knowledge transfer in an efficient and fast manner. So it was in part predictable that comments from the participants were enthusiastic; ranging from "most useful, too much information in too short a time, more mammography, more workshops" with an overall rating of 5: that is, good, very good, and excellent. This seminar covered the whole scope of current breast imaging modalities (Prof. A. Mundinger, Germany) and many detailed questions were presented and discussed such as intraductal cancer spread and its documentation, screening options (Prof. E. Azavedo, Sweden; Dr. S. Ulp, Estonia) mammographical criteria of different breast diseases (Dr. S. Pankl-Huber, Austria), use of colour-Doppler for the improvement of diagnostic accuracy (Dr. W. E. Svensson, Great Britain) and a number of other topics were also included.
The ability to hold this seminar was made possible by the special efforts of Dr. Peteris Prieditis, the Founding President of the Latvian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine who was instrumental in arranging for IBUS to be invited to Latvia. In addition, Dr. Ilze Sedleniece, the President of the Latvian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine was the key person in bringing this educational seminar to fruition as a result of her devotion and commitment in ensuring that all aspects of the scientific and social programme were perfectly arranged. Encouragement and support for this IBUS seminar was provided by the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) through Professor Kurt Jäger, the EFSUMB President, and Professor Lucas Greiner, the EFSUMB Honorary Secretary, and it is the aim of EFSUMB to foster high quality teaching programmes on breast imaging as part of the continuing educational activities of the EUROSON School on Breast Imaging. A number of medical equipment companies and distributors participated with an exhibition of current technology, and provided equipment for the workshop sessions. The companies included B-K Medical, NMS Diagnostika, GE Healthcare, Philips, Digiteks, Schering, and Tamro. The collaboration of these companies is gratefully acknowledged, and was an essential component in the interactive workshop sessions. This seminar was successful due to the contributions of the faculty members, and the excellent planning and arrangements provided by the local organizing committee. There is a continuing need for high quality teaching programmes, and IBUS is planning further breast imaging seminars in the near future. Professor Rainer Otto IBUS Honorary Secretary info@ibus.org
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Quality assurance, guidelines, accreditation processes and historical perspectives (Dr. Jack. Jellins, Australia) were presented in detail for breast ultrasound. These topics described the developments in different countries, and are important in improving the clinical practice of this imaging modality. An important point to learn was cell- and tissue-harvesting (Prof. E. Azavedo, Sweden; Prof. R. Otto, Switzerland) as well as the identification and documentation of benign and malignant diagnostic criteria in breast diseases. The whole spectrum of pathological lumps was presented (Dr. D. Baltina, Latvia) and different panel discussions
were included in this meeting. The participants followed all papers with much enthusiasm, and discussions were comprehensive. In Latvia as in previously-held seminars in different countries around the world, the IBUS programme brought together breast imaging and breast disease experts who were able to provide a better understanding of the recent developments in breast imaging modalities, and their role in recognising breast pathology. The topics for this programme were selected to provide a broad information base from which benign and malignant disease could be assessed, and to demonstrate the value of high quality breast imaging. The objectives of this seminar were to improve the detection and diagnosis of breast disease by understanding the diversity of appearances, and to provide a reliable diagnosis by correlating the imaging results with pathology, i.e. mammography, sonography, and MRI.
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Wolfson Conference Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine,
Thursday May 5th
Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
General
The British Medical Ultrasound Society and Imperial College Faculty
09.00 3D surgical applications
of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital are jointly running a three-day
09.45 3D applications in Gastroenterology 10.30 3D oral-maxillary imaging
EUROSON School on 3D Ultrasound Imaging, May 4th-6th 2005, under the auspices of the European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB). The course is a combination of lectures, demonstrations and practical sessions and is
11.10 Coffee/Exhibition 11.30 Practical Session III: Abdominal and small parts 12.45
Lunch/Exhibition
designed to cover both the basic principles of these techniques and a review of the current state of 3D & 4D applications and develop-
Small Parts
ments in Echocardiography, Abdominal/Small Parts, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Vascular Ultrasound.
14.00 3D endoanal sonography 14.30 Prostate 15.00 Tea/Exhibition 15.30 Breast tumour neovascularization
Scientific Programme Wednesday, May 4th
16.15 16.45
Breast Imaging Practical Session IV: Abdominal and small parts
Basic Theory and Practice 08.45
Welcome and Introduction
08.50 Fundamentals of 3D imaging 09.30 Position sensing devices - Electromagnetic sensors - Mechanically driven arrays
Friday May 6th Obstetrics 09.00 3D/4D Obstetric imaging 10.00 4D Fetal Echocardiography 10.30 Coffee/Exhibition
- Correlation techniques 10.30 Coffee/Exhibition
11.00 Volume sonography of fetoplacental vessels 11.30 Volume sonography of the pelvic floor after childbirth.
10.45 3D Surface and volume rendering techniques
12.00 Practical Session V: General
11.15 The Stradx 3D imaging system
13.00 Lunch/Exhibition
11.40 Volume measurements 12.00 Practical Session I: System Demonstrations
Gynaecology
13.00 Lunch/Exhibition
14.00 3D Gynaecological Imaging: Uterus & Fallopian tubes. 14.30 Gynaecological malignancies: Diagnosis and Therapy Planning.
Cardiovascular Applications 14.00 3- and 4D cardiovascular imaging techniques 14.45 Transoesophageal imaging
15.00 Tea/Exhibition 15.15 Multiple Choice Examination 16.00 Course closes
15.10 3D vascular ultrasound imaging 15.50 Tea/Exhibition 16.10 3D ultrasound in the Evaluation of Fetal malformations.
For further details and registration forms please contact: Secretariat: HITEC (Hammersmith Hospital), Du Cane Road, London
16.35 3D/4D Obstetric Imaging: Case studies 17.00 Practical Session II: Cardiovascular
E-mail: hitec@hhnt.org
19.00 Course Dinner
W12 OHS, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8383 1601 Fax: +44 (0)20 8383 1610
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EUROSON School - Digestive Tumours Romania, Cluj Napoca, 26-27 May 2005 Scientific Committee Presidents: Radu Badea - rbadea@umfcluj.ro Ioan Sporea - isporea@excite.com Preliminary Programme
Friday, 27 May 2005 9.00—11.00 Scientific programme:
Thursday, 26 May 2005 8.30—9.00 Opening ceremony 9.00—11.00 Scientific programme:
Tumours of the pancreatic head and body— ultrasound diagnosis and correlations — 30 minutes
Introduction (technical characteristics of echoendoscopy, harmonics and contrast's physics) — 30 minutes Diagnosis and staging of esophageal and gastric tumours using ultrasonography — 1 hour Pitfalls in B-mode ultrasound diagnostic of hepatic tumours — 30 minutes 11.00—11.30 Coffee break 11.30—13.00 Scientific programme:
Echoendoscopy in staging pancreatic tumours — 30 minutes Ultrasound diagnostic of the intestinal tumours — 30 minutes 11.00—11.30 Coffee break 11.30—12.30 Scientific programme: Endorectal ultrasonography in staging rectal neoplasmas — 30 minutes Ultrasound contribution in digestive tumours of children 12.30—14.00 Lunch 14.00—16.00 Interactive workshops 16.00—17.00 Final test
Doppler examination in the diagnosis of hepatic tumours — 30 minutes Contrast agents — 1 hour 13.00—15.00 Lunch 15.00—16.30 Scientific programme: Intraoperative ultrasonography in the patology of hepatic tumours
Registration Registration fees
Payment will be made to
Presenting authors
free of charge
Echo-guided therapeutical techniques in hepatic tumours — 1 hour 16.30—17.00 Coffee break
Participants
100 €
17.00—18.30 Scientific programme:
Resident doctors
50 €
Accompanying persons
50 €
— 30 min
Tumours of gallbladder — 30 minutes Ultrasound in the biliary tract tumours — 30 minutes Pitfalls in ultrasound diagnosis of pancreatic head masses — 30 minutes
Bank Transfer to: Banca Romana de Dezvoltare, sucursala Cluj Napoca IBAN Account (euro): RO 65 BRDE 130 SV 065 1225 1300
20.00—22.00 Reception
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British Medical Ultrasound Society — Annual Scientific Meeting December 2004 Whilst most people in Europe are thinking of running down to
The programme always leaves a little
Christmas traditionally the hard working Brits hold their Annu-
time to catch up on Christmas shopping
al Scientific meeting in early December.
and with the Manchester International Conerence Centre only being a few mi-
This year was no different in that respect but returning to Man-
nutes walk from the shops there is no excuse for not having fi-
chester after only a couple of years we were on familiar territory
nished (or in my case started) your shopping before going ho-
for the scientific sessions. As usual we had three parallel ses-
me.
sions for two and a half days covering all the usual areas of interest. The proffered papers now make up a much smaller part
The Annual General Meeting is always held during the Annual
of the meeting and this year we had a record number of invited
Scientific Meeting and saw the retirement from office of several
presentations. Mike Bradley and his team had decided to put on
Council members as well as the Past President who had been
a programme with many short presentations rather than tradi-
coming to Council meetings for more than 10 years and most
tional long presentations on a wide range of areas of special in-
were quite glad to see the back of him. Jane Bates is to be con-
terest and it worked extremely well although it became quite a
gratulated on two most successful years as President and is suc-
challenge to chairmen to keep speakers to time but most man-
ceeded by Grant Baxter to whom we all wish great success.
aged admirably. The Social Programme has always been a highlight of the meetIt is perhaps invidious to pick out individual sessions but this re-
ing and this year was no exception. Following a Civic Reception
porter particularly enjoyed the several short presentations on
on the first evening was a Chinese Banquet on the second eve-
embryology relating to fetal ultrasound. A subject which is dif-
ning and on the final night a Gala Dinner in the magnificent sur-
ficult to understand and even more difficult to teach was made
roundings of the Manchester Town Hall which will be remem-
not only understandable but enjoyable by Marjorie England
bered by many as one of the most atmospheric Annual Dinners
with her exquisite illustrations and even more helpful paper
– so good that it has been booked for next year.
models. We occasionally have visitors from Europe who always enjoy Mrs Jane Bates Past-President BMUS
the meeting but to anyone who hasn't tried it why not next year- same time same place. Even if the thought of Manchester has not attracted you before perhaps the science or social or one of the biggest exhibitions of equipment from the whole ultrasound industry should. David Evans, President Elect of EFSUMB has been coming for about 30 years so there must be something worth seeing!
David Pilling The poster exhibition was of a high standard but considering the value of the prizes on offer it is perhaps a bit difficult to understand why even more people don't put in a poster of their work. It is a lot of work but good to share your interests with others. I certainly always find much of interest in areas even not of primary interest in day to day work.
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MSc in Medical Ultrasound Full-time/Part-time (specialising in echocardiography, general ultrasound, obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound physics or vascular ultrasound) Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, London Applications are invited for a full-time one year, or part-time
Informal enquiries to
two year course in diagnostic medical ultrasound, specialising
– Mr. K. Humphries (Tel. +44 (0)20 8383 2210; e-mail: k.hum-
in echocardiography, general ultrasound, obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound, physics or vascular ultrasound, and leading to the University of London MSc degree in Medical Ultrasound. The course will commence in October 2005, and will provide clinicians and medical scientists with intensive training in both the theoretical basis of the subject and the required scanning and diagnostic skills. The faculty will include many in-
phries@ic.ac.uk; – Professor D. Cosgrove (d.cosgrove@ic.ac.uk ) (General ultrasound), – Dr. P. Nihoyannopoulos (petros@ic.ac.uk ) (Echocardiography); – Mr. S. Kumar (Sailesh.kumar@ic.ac.uk) Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound;
ternationally recognised experts in medical ultrasound.
– Dr. M. Aslam (maslam@hhnt.org ) (Vascular ultrasound).
The aim of the course is to provide a solid basis in the subject for
Applications for admission to the course should be made as soon
a range of careers in medical ultrasound including research, in-
as possible.
vestigative services or teaching. Application packs and further details are available from: The course comprises lectures, seminars, practical demonstrations and training and includes a research project, which will be
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Registry,
designed to allow the student to make an original contribution
South Kensington Campus, Level 3, Sherfield Building, Exhibi-
in the chosen area of research. Current research studies are in
tion Road, London, SW7 2AZ, Tel:+44 (0)207 594 8089,
the uses of contrast agents, three and four-dimensional imaging
Fax: +44 (0)207 594 8004, E-mail:pgmedreg@ic.ac.uk
and image and signal processing. Further information on postgraduate study can be found on the The course will be suitable for applicants with first degree or
ICSM web site at http://www.med.ic.ac.uk. Application forms
equivalent in medicine, biological, engineering or physical
can also be downloaded from
science or other appropriate subject. Previous experience in
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medical ultrasound would be an advantage.
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WFUMB 2006 SE0UL - The 11th Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine And Biology -- MAY 28 - JUNE 1, 2006, COEX CONVENTION CENTER, SEOUL, KOREA - WEB SITE: www.wfumb2006.com
2005 March 4–8, 2005, 17th European Congress of Radiology (ECR) at Vienna, Austria. Contact: Tel: + 43 1 533 4064, Fax: +41 1 533 40649, E-mail: office@ecs.org March 29 - 2 April 2005, Short Course on Abdominal Ultrasound in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases IRCSS S.Matteo - Pavia University Contact: Dr.Enrico Brunetti, Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Pavia University , IRCCS S.Matteo, Italy E-mail: selim@unipv.it Details about the Course can be obtained at: www.beiweb.net/ultrasound May 3–7, 2005, 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Paediatric Radiology 9SPR) at New Orleans, USA. Contact: Tel:+1 713 965 0566, Fax: +1 713 960 0488, E-mail: spr@meetingmanagers.com May 11–14, 2005, Ninth International symposium on Interventional Radiology and New Vascular Imaging with the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Angiography and Interventional Radiology (ISIR and JSAIR 2005) at Away, Japan. Contact: Organising Secretariat, Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yanada-oka Suita, Osaka 565-0817, Japan. Tel: +81 6 6879 3430, Fax: +81 6 6879 3431, E-mail: tomoda@radiolo.med.osaka-u.ac.jp May 28–31, 2005, ESGAR 2005 – 16th annual Meeting and Postgraduate course of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiolgy at Florence, Italy: Contact: Tel: +43 1 535 8927, Fax: +43 1 535 7037, E-mail: office@esgar.org June 6–8, 2005, UKRC 2005 at Manchester, UK. Contact: Secretariat Office, PO Box 2895, London W1A 5RS. Tel: + 44 20 7307 1410/20, Fax: +44 20 7307 1414,
July 7–9, 2005 BSSR/ESSR Congress 2005 (British and European Societies of Skeletal Radiology combined refresher course and scientific meeting) at Oxford, UK. E-mail: essr@ntlword.com September 25–28, 2005 EUROSON 2005, 17th EFSUMB Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the Dreiländertreffen at the Palexpo Geneva. Contact: MCI Suisse, Rue de Lyon 75. P.O. Box 502, 1211 Geneva 13, Switzerland. Tel : +41 22 33 99 598, Fax : +41 22 33 99 621, E-mail: euroson2005@mci-group.com. Website: www.euroson2005.org September 29–October 2, 2005 ASUM 2005. 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide. Contact: ASUM, 2/181 High Street, Willoughby, NSW, 2068. Tel: +61 2 9958 7655; Fax: +61 2 9958 8002; E-mail: asum@asum.com.au
2006 March 23–25, 2006, AIUM 2006 Annual Conference at Washington DC. Contact: Brenda Kinney, 14750 Sweitzerl Lane, Suite 100, Laurel, MD 20707, USA. Tel: + 1 301 498 4100, Fax: + 1 301 498 4450, E-mail: bkinney@aium.org May 18, 2006 – X World Congress of Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound. Marrakesh, Morocco. Contact: N C. Narida, MD, President ISCU, PO Box 323, Gardendale, AL 35071, USA. Tel:+ 1 205 934 8256; Fax:+ 1 205 934 6747; E-mail: isuc@iscu.org May 28–June 1, 2006 – 11th Triennial Congress World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.Venue: Seoul, Korea. Contact: WFUMB'2006 Congress Secretariat, Insession International Convention Services, Inc.3rd Fl. 672-35 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-915 Korea / Phone: +82-2-3471-8555 / Fax: +82-2-521-8683 / E-mail: info@wfumb2006.com ; Website: www.wfumb2006.com
E-mail: conference@iklrc.org.uk September 15–19, 2006 – EUROSON 2006, 18th Congress of the EuMay 30–June 3, 2005, European Society of Paediatric Radiology, 28th Post Graduate course and 42nd Congress, at Dublin, Ireland. Contact:
ropean Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Bologna, Italy. Contact: Pyramide s.r.l. Via S.Godenzo, 164 – 00189 Ro-
Conference Secretariat, abbey Conference Services, 22 Bridge Street lower Dublin 8, Ireland. Tel: + 353 1 67 99144, Fax: + 353 1 67 98 194,
ma, Tel: +39 06 3314114, Fax: +39 06 3314113, E-mail: siumb2006@pyramide.it
E-mail: espr2005@abbey.ie June 19–21, 2005 AIUM Annual Convention.Venue: Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, FL USA. Contact: Brenda Kinney, AIUltraschall 2005; 26
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