Program

Day 15 of March (Thursday) - ESALD

9:00 - 20:00.

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Basic Life Support (João Costa and Sara Ferreira) 2 hours
Venous Puncture (João Costa and Sara Ferreira) 2 hours
Image Processing in Nuclear Neurology (Domingos Vieira) 2 hours
Practices in Radiopharmacy (Sara Ferreira, Domingos Vieira and José Alexandre Silva) 2 hours

Day 16 of March (Friday) - ESTCB

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8:30 - Opening of the secretariat

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9:00 - Musical Moment

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9:20 - Free Communications

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10:30 - Coffee Break

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Symposium: Reflections on an oncologic disease in the Central Nervous System (Moderator: Marco Caetano)

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11:00 - Epidemiology of CNS and RON Tumors
            Alexandra Mayer da Silva - RON IPO Lisbon (Portugal)

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11:20 - What's new in cancer immunotherapy research?
           Biagio Di Lorenzo - Institute of Molecular Medicine | João Lobo Antunes, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon; Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon; ImmunoConcept, University of Bordeaux (France)

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11:40 - Challenges of cancer disease as a chronic disease
            Marisa Padilha - Radioncologist at the  Group Quadrantes (Portugal)

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12:00 - Approach and control of cancer pain
             Ana Paula Sapeta - Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Palliative Care and Professor of the Nursing Course of ESALD-IPCB; Director of ESALD-IPCB (Portugal)

12:30 - Free Lunch

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Symposium: Imaging of neurodegenerative diseases (Moderator: José Cacheira)
 

14:00 - New tools in the study of neurodegenerative diseases
            João Valente - Professor at ESALD-IPCB, Physical Engineering Department (Portugal)
 
14:20 - Neuroimaging in Dementias
             Daniela Pereira - Neuroradiologist, Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (CHUC) (Portugal)
 
14:40 - Brain SPECT in Epilepsy
            José Alexandre Silva - Nuclear Medicine Technician at the Hospital Center of Porto (CHP); Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, area of ​​Nuclear Medicine (Portugal)

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15:00 - The role of Nuclear Medicine in the diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
            Edgar Lemos Pereira - Technician of Nuclear Medicine at the Private Hospital of Almada / Nuclearmed - Institute of Nuclear Medicine, S.A (Portugal)

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15:30 - Coffee Break
 

Symposium - Planning and advanced treatment in brain tumors (Moderator: Paulo Fernandes)
 
16:00 - Radiotherapy Planning Computed Tomography
           Paula Genésio - Radiotherapist Coordinator Instituto CUF Porto / Radioncologia Júlio Teixeira, S.A. (Portugal)
 
16:20 - Integration of optical imaging systems in the context of CNS tumors
             Sónia Costa - Radiotherapist at Sociedade Avanço (Portugal)
 
16:40 - Glioblastoma - Treatment of Radiotherapy with CyberKnife
          Paulo Costa - Radionologist at Instituto CUF Porto; Clinical Coordinator Radioncology Júlio Teixeira, S.A. (Portugal)
 
17:30 - Opening Session of the Congress

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17:50 - Performance of Classinni Group
 
18:00 - Port of Honor

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19:00 - 22:00

Practices in Radiopharmacy (Sara Ferreira, Domingos Vieira and José Alexandre Silva) 2 hours
Immobilization systems and image registration in dosimetric planning in CNS tumors (Sónia Costa - Sociedade Avanço and Iola Cardoso João) 2 hours

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Day 17 of March (Saturday) - ESTCB

8:00 - Opening of the secretariat

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8:00 - 11:00 - Workshops

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Pinnacle Dosimetric Planning System - Multiple approaches to a clinical case of CNS (Nuno Rodrigues - ABGT) 2 hours
Fusion of Medical Images (João Valente) 1 hour

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10:30 - Coffee Break

Symposium - Functional Neuroimaging (Moderators: João Costa)

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11:00 - Neuro-image in the study of Emotions
          João Valente - Professor at the ESALD-IPCB, Physical Engineering Department (Portugal)

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11:20 - Functional Magnetic Resonance
          Óscar Tavares - Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, Radiology area - ESTeSC; Radiology Technician at Imacentro / Idealmed, Coimbra (Portugal)
 
11:40 - The brain SPECT of the dopamine transporter
          Guilhermina Cantinho - Medical Specialist in Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Director of Atomedical; Director of the Institute of Nuclear Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon; Invited Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon and Regent of the Chair of Nuclear Medicine of F.M.L. (Portugal)
 
12:00 - Deposition of Gadolinium in the Base Nuclei in MR exams
          Hugo Rabaça - Radiology Technician at the Private Hospital of Alfena (Grupo Trofa Saúde Hospital); Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, Radiology area - ESALD-IPCB (Portugal)

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12:30 - Lunch
 
Symposium - Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques of Central Nervous System Diseases (Moderator: Iola Cardoso João)
 
14:00 - The contribution of PET / CT in epilepsy
             Patrícia Gouveia - Internal Medicine in Nuclear Medicine at Hospital Center of Porto (CHP) (Portugal)
 
14:20 - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery on irradiation of brain metastases
             Maria João Rosa - radiotherapist at the institute Mercurius Health - CUF Infante Santo (Portugal)

 
14:40 - Planning of Radiotherapy with PET-CT - How, when and what added value.
            Marco Caetano - Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, Radiotherapy Area - ESTeSL-IPL, ESALD-IPCB (Portugal)
 
15:00 - Advances in Chemo-radiotherapy in the treatment of CNS disorders
            Inês Nobre Gois - Radionologist, Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (Portugal)
 
15:30 - Coffee Break
 
Symposium - Research in IMRT - News, Challenges and Future (Moderator: Sara Ferreira)
 
15:50 - NeuroPsyCAD: support platform for the early diagnosis of neuropsychiatric diseases using medical imaging and artificial intelligence (NeuroPsyCAD: supporting early diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders using medical imaging and artificial intelligence)
           Hugo Alexandre Ferreira, MD, MSE, PhD - Researcher at the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor at the Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

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16:10 - Molecular Neuroimaging with PET / MRI: Current Challenges and Future Approaches
             Domingos Vieira - Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, Technical and Scientific Area of ​​Nuclear Medicine ESS-P.Porto; Professor of Medical Imagind and Raditeraphy, area of ​​Nuclear Medicine ESALD-IPCB (Portugal)
 
16:30 - The usefulness of infrared thermography in the clinical context
            Ricardo Vardasca, PhD, FRPS, ASIS, AMBCS - Researcher at INEGI / Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto; Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Valencia (Spain)

Talk - Anatom-e Information Systems (Moderator :)

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16:50 - Anatom-e
          Mark Vabulas - Chief Technology Officer at Anatom-e Information Systems, Ltd, Houston, Texas (USA)
 
17:10 - Coffee Break

 
Symposium - Quality of Life in Neurodegenerative Diseases (Moderator: Fátima Monsanto)

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17:30 - Quality of life scales in frequent neurodegenerative diseases: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
           Francisco Alvarez - Neurologist Doctor Cova da Beira Hospital Center (CHCB) (Portugal)
 
17:50 - Role of non-pharmacological interventions in Parkinson's disease | Physiotherapy, Exercise and Quality of life
           Josefa Domingos - Physiotherapist at the Portuguese Association of Parkinson's Patients - APDPk (Portugal)

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18:10 - The Alzheimer Portugal Association and intervention with patients, relatives and caregivers
            Carla Mariza Pereira - Technical Head of the Alzheimer Association Portugal Delegation Portugal
            Marta Duarte - Physiotherapist at the Alzheimer Association Portugal (Portugal)
 
18:30 - Closing Session
 
18:45 - Performance of the Tuna Feminina Albicastrense
 
20:30 - Congress Dinner

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Day 18 March (Sunday) Morning
 
10:00 - Concentration next to ESALD parking lot
 
10:30 - Brain Running (Sports Session / Solidarity Race)
 
11:30 - Zumba Class and Outdoor Gymnastics
              Instructed by Aquadrenaline Gym Instructor