EUROSON SCHOOL: Ultrasound – From Basic to Advanced Techniques
EUROSON SCHOOL: ULTRASOUND – FROM BASIC TO ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
Central Library of the “Politehnica” University Timişoara
12-13th of April 2024
Course directors: Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu
Breast Course Coordinator: Dana Stoian
To register visit https://ulctimisoara.ro/
Room 1 – Abdominal Ultrasound
Room 2 – Breast Ultrasound
Room 1 – Abdominal Ultrasound
Friday 12 April 2024
9.30 – 9.45 OPENING – Ioan Sporea (Romania)
9.45 – 11.30 Session 1: Basic Abdominal Ultrasound – normal aspects
9.45 – 10.00 The systematic ultrasound evaluation of the abdomen – 6+1 protocol – Ioan Sporea (Romania)
10.00 – 10.20 The ultrasound evaluation of normal liver, gallbladder, biliary system, and spleen – Roxana Şirli (Romania)
10.20 – 10.35 The ultrasound evaluation of normal pancreas – Alina Popescu (Romania)
10.35 – 10.55 The ultrasound evaluation of normal kidney and pelvis – Mirela Gliga (Romania)
10.55 – 11.10 Discussions
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.20 Session 2: Basic Abdominal Ultrasound – pathology
11.30 – 11.50 Conventional Ultrasound in liver pathology – Mirela Dănilă (Romania)
11.50 – 12.10 Conventional Ultrasound in biliary system pathology – Viorela Enăchescu (Romania)
12.10 – 12.30 Conventional Ultrasound in pancreatic pathology – Ivica Grgurevic (Croatia)
12.30 – 12.50 Kidney and pelvis – conventional Ultrasound in the diagnosis of main pathologies – Mirela Gliga (Romania)
12.50 – 13.05 Conventional Ultrasound in spleen pathology – Felix Bende (Romania)
13.05 – 13.20 Discussions
13.20 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Session 3: Hands on session – Abdominal Ultrasound
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 – 18.30 Session 4: Advanced Abdominal Ultrasound – Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Abdominal Pathologies
16.20 – 16.35 Why is Contract Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) necessary? – Ioan Sporea (Romania)
16.35 – 16.45 How to perform CEUS – Tudor Moga (Romania)
16.45 – 17.05 Focal liver lesions easy to diagnose by CEUS (Hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia, Liver Metastases, Liver abscess) – Matteo Garcovich (Italy)
17.05 – 17.25 Focal liver lesions difficult to diagnose by CEUS (Adenoma, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma) –Mirela Dănilă (Romania)
17.25 – 17.45 When do we use CEUS in pancreatic diseases – Roxana Șirli (Romania)
17.45 – 18.00 CEUS – other abdominal applications (gallbladder, spleen) – Tudor Moga (Romania)
18.00 – 18.20 CEUS – vascular abdominal applications – Boris Brkljacic (Croatia)
18.20 – 18.30 Discussions
Saturday 13 April 2024
9.00-11.00 Session 1: Advanced Abdominal Ultrasound – Liver Elastography
9.00 – 9.20 The principles and technique of ultrasound-based elastography – Felix Bende (Romania)
9.20 – 9.40 Ultrasound based elastography in diffuse liver diseases – Alina Popescu (Romania)
9.40 – 10.00 Ultrasound based techniques for liver fat quantification – Ioan Sporea (Romania)
10.00 – 10.20 Can we assess liver inflammation by ultrasound based techniques? – Matteo Garcovich (Italy)
10.20 – 10.40 The role of ultrasound-based techniques in portal hypertension – Ivica Grgurevic (Croatia)
10.40 – 11.00 When can we avoid endoscopy in cACLD? – Michal Kukla (Poland)
11.00 – 11.10 Discussions
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Session 2: New Developments in Abdominal Ultrasound
11.30 – 11.50 Image fusion in ultrasonography – which is the benefit? Boris Brkljacic (Croatia)
11.50 – 12.10 Contrast Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound and Elastography – the “new kids on the block” in pancreatic lesions – Bogdan Miuţescu (Romania)
12.10 – 12.30 AI in Ultrasonography: where are we now? – Ioan Sporea (Romania)
12.30 – 13.30 Session 3: Hands on session – Elastography
Room 2 – Breast Ultrasound
Friday 12 April 2024
9.30 – 9.45 OPENING – Dana Stoian (Romania)
9.45 – 11.30 Session 1: Basic Breast Ultrasound
9.45– 10.15 Indications for breast ultrasound – Anca Ciurea (Romania)
10.15 – 10.35 Anatomy in breast ultrasound – Viorela Enăchescu (Romania)
10.35 – 11.00 Anatomic ultrasound approach – Dominique Amy (France)
11.00 – 11.10 Discussions
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.30 Session 2: Basic Breast Ultrasound – pathology
11.30– 11.55 BIRADS US – Dana Stoian (Romania)
11.55 – 12.20 Special US aspects in pregnancy – Anca Ciurea (Romania)
12.20 – 12.50 Ductal pathology – Dominique Amy (France)
12.50– 13.10 Axilla – Octavian Neagoe (Romania)
13.10 – 13.20 Discussions
13.20 – 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 – 16.00 Session 3: Additional Breast Ultrasound evaluation
14.30 – 14.50 Doppler evaluation in breast pathology – Viorela Enăchescu (Romania)
14.50 – 15.15 Strain elastography in the breast – Dominique Amy (France)
15.15 – 15.35 Shear wave elastography – Stoian Dana (Romania)
15.35 – 16.00 Pitfalls in breast elastography – Anca Ciurea (Romania)
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 – 18.30 Session 4: Live demo session and case presentations
Saturday 13 April 2024
9.00-11.00 Session 1: Advanced Breast Ultrasound I
9.00 – 9.40 Multiparametric US diagnostic approach – Boris Brkljacic (Croatia)
9.40 – 10.00 False positive in US breast evaluation – Anca Ciurea (Romania)
10.00 – 10.40 MPUS in different breast cancers – Boris Brkljacic (Croatia)
10.40 – 11.00 POCUS in breast pathology – Dominique Amy (France)
11.00 – 11.10 Discussions
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 Session 2: Advanced Breast Ultrasound II
11.30 – 11.50 Gynecomastia beyond conventional US – Dana Stoian (Romania)
11.50 – 12.10 Tru-cut in breast pathology – how to do it? – Octavian Neagoe (Romania)
12.10 – 12.30 Tru-cut in breast pathology – when to do it! – Anca Ciurea (Romania)
12.30 – 13.00 Place of US in the multimodal assessment of breast pathology – Boris Brkljacic (Croatia)
13.00-13.15 Discussions
13.15-13.30 Take home message – Dana Stoian (Romania)
