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Introduction

This course is designed to deliver extensive practical and hands-on training on experimental design and PET data analysis which, according to a recent survey, are in strong in the molecular imaging field.

This three-day course includes a series of lectures and accompanying practical computer-based analysis sessions. These are complemented by breakout sessions and small group discussions, offering a platform for networking.

• Introduction to PET (lecture only)
• Experimental Design of PET Studies
• Practical Image Processing
• Quantification of PET Studies (Kinetic Modelling)
• Basic Statistics & Analysis of Regional Data
• Analysis of Parametric PET Images
• Methodological Issues in Clinical PET Studies

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Downloads

• Course Programme
• Course Flyer

Speakers

• Professor Federico Turkheimer Federico Turkheimer is Professor of Neuroimaging at the Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London.
  
  His main interest is in the application of mathematics and statistics to problems in neuroscience, particularly in imaging and genomics. He is an electronic engineer by training, holds a PhD in Nuclear Medicine and has worked in PET and neuroscience for the past 20 years holding appointments at the National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda), at the University of Cambridge, at the MRC Cyclotron Unit (then Imanet) and Imperial Collegeon the Hammersmith Campus., United Kingdom
• Dr Mattia Veronese Mattia Veronese is a Research Associate at the Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London. He graduated in Information Engineering in 2006 and he got his master in Bioengineering in 2010. His main interest is related to development of quantification techniques for dynamic PET imaging. This activity is carried out in collaboration with several research groups like the Section of Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism (NIMH, Bethesda, USA) and Imanova Limited (London, UK)., United Kingdom
• Dr Joel Dunn Joel Dunn is a Research Associate in the Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London. He has worked for 10 years at the PET Imaging Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, coordinating and analysing human brain PET studies utilising various tracers and methodologies. He holds a PhD in Physics from University College London., United Kingdom

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Venue

King's College London

Maisey Seminar Room, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

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Organised by

Mrs Jasbir Bains

King's College London

Contact information

Jasbir Bains
King's College London
King's College, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH

Phone:

(+44) (0)20 7188 7188 extension number 52503
(+44) (0)20 7188 7188
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