SNM/RSNA Summit Looks at Molecular Imaging
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 03:00 CDT
Leaders in molecular and functional imaging, nuclear medicine, radiology, and engineering met in Chicago on April 21 and 22 to examine the evolution, impact, and future of molecular imaging. The summit was organized by the SNM and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The group's findings and action plans will be summarized in a future position statement.
Leaders from 11 organizations participated and discussed increasing awareness of the future of molecular imaging in the imaging community, the development of tools to prepare current generations of graduates for the future, and possible collaborative strategies. Attending the session were representatives of SNM and RSNA, as well as the Academy of Molecular Imaging, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, the American Board of Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the American Society of Cardiology, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Society for Molecular Imaging, and the Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences.
"Molecular imaging will eventually lead to determining the pathophysiology of disease processes at the cellular or molecular level," said SNM President Mathew L. Thakur, PhD, who attended the meeting. "It will provide for earlier, noninvasive disease detection and treatment, providing better and effective patient care." In addition to Thakur, several SNM members participated on behalf of the Society or related organizations, including SNM President-Elect Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD; Henry D. Royal, MD; Robert I. Gropler, MD; Tom R. Miller, MD, PhD; Johannes Czernin, MD; William C. Eckelman, PhD; David K. Glover, PhD; J. Anthony Parker, MD, PhD; Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD; Philip O. Alderson, MD; and Steven C. Burrell, MD.
SNM has established a Center of Molecular Imaging that will serve as a platform to build a program with input from molecular imaging experts from all disciplines to promote research, education, and applications that will be beneficial to physicians, scientists, and technologists alike. The center will focus on such topics as surrogate markers, drug development, targeted diagnosis and therapies, and training.
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Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine, The
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