P R O G R A M M E
Thursday, October 12
15.00 – 20.00 registration
Friday, October 13
8.00 – 20.00 registration
9.00 – 9.30 Welcome and opening remarks
9.00 ALGIDAS BASEVIČIUS, President of the 1st Baltic Congress of Radiology
9.05 REMIGIJUS ŽALIŪNAS, Rector of Kaunas University of Medicine
9.10 JUOZAS PUNDZIUS, General Director of Kaunas Medical University hospital
9.15 ARVYDAS GARBARAVIČIUS, Mayor of city of Kaunas
9.30 – 10.00 Musical entertainment
10.00 – 12.00 LECTURES
Berlin Chemie Hall
GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOLOGY
Moderators: Myrosia Tomiak Mitchel (Chicago, USA), Augustinas Šakinis (Göteborg, Sweden)
10.00 – 10.30 ARŪNAS GASPARAITIS (Chicago, USA). Pharyngoesophageal dysphagia
10.30 – 11.00 DANIELLE HOCK (Liege, Belgium). Current concepts of CT Colonography
11.00 – 11.30 ARŪNAS GASPARAITIS (Chicago, USA). Radiographic patterns in Crohn’s disease
11.30 – 12.00 CLIVE BARTRAM (London, United Kingdom). Imaging of anal fistula
K. Oželis (Great) Hall
Nuclear medicine
Moderators: Ilona Kulakienė (Kaunas, Lithuania), ILGA VEVERE (Riga, Latvia)
10.00-10.30 ILONA KULAKIENE (Kaunas, Lithuania). Nuclear cardiology today
10.30 – 11.00 KASTYTIS KARVELIS (Detroit, USA). Gastrointestinal bleeding: evaluation and localization using scintigraphy
11.00 – 11.30 SERGEI NAZARENKO (Tallinn, Estonia). PET Imaging
11.30 – 12.00 KASTYTIS KARVELIS (Detroit, USA). Molecular imaging. PET-CT in the evaluation and staging of cancer
Z. Januškevičius (Assembly) Hall
Liver imaging
Moderators: ADRIJUS KRIMELIS (Kaunas, Lithuania), ARTA STRAZDINA (Riga, Latvia)
10.00 – 10.30 JOVITAS SKUČAS (Rochester, USA). Imaging approach and differential diagnosis of biliary obstruction
10.30 – 11.00 MARILYN RUBIDOUX (Ann Arbor, USA). Detection of hepatic masses with CT
and MRI
11.00 – 11.30 JOVITAS SKUČAS (Rochester, USA). Percutaneous therapy of liver neoplasms
11.30 – 12.00 ALGIRDAS TAMOŠIŪNAS (Vilnius, Lithuania). Imaging of portal hypertension
12.00 – 12.30 COFFEE BREAK
12.30 – 14.30 lectures
Berlin Chemie Hall
Scientific session
Moderators: KARLIS KUPS (Riga, Latvia), ANDREI SHAMARIN (Tallinn, Estonia )
12.30 – 13.00 PETRAS JUŠKA (Kaunas, Lithuania). Rectal cancer: downstaging and the role of endorectal ultrasound
13.00 – 13.30 NOMEDA VALEVIČIENĖ (Vilnius, Lithuania), PEETER ROSS (Tallinn, Estonia), HENNING VOSS (Copenhagen, Denmark). Baltic eHealth empowering regional development in the Baltic sea region
13.30 – 14.00 HELMUTS KIDIKAS (Riga, Latvia). Endovascular treatment of traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulas
14.00 – 14.30 GABIJA PUNDZIŪTĖ (Leiden, The Netherlands). Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics on multi-slice computed tomography in diabetic and non-diabetic population.
K. Oželis (Great) Hall
NEURORADIOLOGY
Moderators: SAULIUS LUKOŠEVIČIUS (Kaunas, Lithuania), DIANNA BARDO (Chicago, USA)
12.30 – 13.00 MANOHAR SHROFF (Toronto, Canada). Imaging of CNS infections
13.00 – 13.30 GAIDA KRUMINA (Riga, Latvia ). Imaging of CNS metastases
13.30 – 14.00 DIANNA BARDO (Chicago,USA) MDCT in Pediatric Neuroradiology
14.00 – 14.30 MANOHAR SHROFF (Toronto, Canada). Clinical MR Spectroscopy
Z. Januškevičius (Assembly) Hall
UROGENITAL RADIOLOGY
Moderators: JOVITAS SKUČAS (Rochester, USA), PEETER ROSS (Tallinn, Estonia)
12.30 – 13.00 ALGIRDAS TAMOŠIŪNAS (Vilnius, Lithuania). Imaging of renovascular hypertension
13.00 – 13.30 MARILYN RUBIDOUX (Ann Arbor, USA). Detection of renal abnormalities with CT and MRI
13.30 – 14.00 PONTUS B.PERSSON (Berlin, Germany). New insights into contrast induced nephropathy
14.00 – 14.30 PETER ASPELIN (Stockholm, Sweden). How to avoid Contrast Induced Nephropathy (CIN) using iodinated contrast media
14.30 – 16.00 lunch
16.00 – 18.00 lectures
Berlin Chemie Hall
Interventional RADIOLOGY
Moderators: Ramūnas Ambrozaitis (Vilnius, Lithuania), CHRISTOPHER STRAUS (Chicago, USA)
16.00 – 16.30 LARS LONN (Göteborg, Sweden). Virtual reality training in interventional radiology
16.30 – 17.00 CHRISTOPHER STRAUS (Chicago, USA). Minimally invasive interventional
radiology (IR) approach to abdominal and pelvic abscess drainages; methods and complications.
17.00 – 17.30 LARS LONN (Göteborg, Sweden). Endovascular aortic repair regarding acute aortic dissection and trauma
17.30 – 18.00 CHRISTOPHER STRAUS (Chicago, USA). Image guided techniques of percutaneous gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy catheters; indications and complications.
K. Oželis (Great) Hall
Abdominal radiology
Moderators: Algidas Basevičius (Kaunas, Lithuania), Arūnas Gasparaitis (Chicago, USA)
16.00 – 16.30 MYROSIA TOMIAK MITCHELL (Chicago, USA). Multislice CT of the abdomen
16.30 – 17.00 PETER MacENEANEY (Cork, Ireland). MR Cholangiopancreatography
17.00 – 17.30 MYROSIA TOMIAK MITCHELL (Chicago, USA). Pancreatic neoplasms
17.30 – 18.00 AUGUSTINAS SAKINIS (Göteborg, Sweden). Radiological diagnosis of adrenal tumors
Z. Januškevičius (Assembly) Hall
New diagnostic modalities
Moderators: Algirdas Tamošiūnas (Vilnius, Lithuania), ARDIS PLATKAJIS (Riga, Latvia)
16.00 – 16.30 JAN REIJNEN (Zug, Switzerland). Status and new aspects of sono elastography research
16.30-17.00 Arthur J.H.A. Scholte (Leiden, The Netherlands). Nuclear cardiology – current status and future
17.00 – 17.30 JAN REIJNEN (Zug, Switzerland). Clinical impact of real time virtual sonography
17.30 – 18.00 HANS J. WEINMANN (Berlin, Germany). New Schering contrast media – future
aspects
18.00 – 20.00 free time
20.00 – 24.00 An evening at the club “Combo” (Raudondvario pl. 107, Kaunas)
Saturday, October 14
8.00 – 12.00 registration
10.00 – 12.00 lectures
Berlin Chemie Hall
Cerebrovascular radiology
Moderators: Jūratė Dementavičienė (Vilnius, Lithuania), GAIDA KRUMINA (Riga, Latvia)
10.00 – 10.30 RUDIGER von KUMMER (Dresden, Germany). Neuroradiological Diagnostic after TIA and minor stroke
10.30 – 11.00 SAULIUS LUKOŠEVIČIUS (Kaunas, Lithuania ). Imaging of cerebral aneurysms with CTA. Kaunas experience
11.00 – 11.30 RUDIGER von KUMMER (Dresden, Germany ). Interventions in acute stroke
11.30 – 12.00 KARLIS KUPS (Riga, Latvia). Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms
with detachable coils
K. Oželis (Great) Hall
Breast Imaging
Moderators: INGRIDA SLOSBERGA (Riga, Latvia), SULEV ULP (Tartu, Estonia)
10.00 – 10.30 SULEV ULP (Tartu, Estonia). Breast imaging
10.30 - 11.00 ULRICH BICK (Berlin, Germany). Digital mammography
11.00 - 11.30 EGLĖ JONAITIENĖ (Kaunas, Lithuania). Breast cancer diagnostics: possibilities and problems in Lithuania.
11.30 - 12.00 ULRICH BICK (Berlin, Germany). MR imaging of the breast
Z. Januškevičius (Assembly) Hall
Cardiovascular radiology
Moderators: Zvaigne Ligita (Riga, Latvia ), PETER MacENEANEY (Cork, Ireland)
10.00 – 10.30 PETER MacENEANEY (Cork, Ireland). MR Angiography – How and why
10.30 – 11.00 DIANNA BARDO (Chicago, USA). MDCT of the thoracic aorta
11.00 – 11.30 ALI TONNOV (Tallinn, Estonia). Imaging of coronary vessels. Multislice CT- coronaroangiography
11.30 – 12.00 RENE M. BOTNAR (Munchen, Germany). MRI of the coronary arteries
12.00 – 12.30 COFFEE BREAK
12.30 – 14.30 lectures
Z. Januškevičius (Assembly) Hall
Perspectives of radiology
Moderators: Sergei Nazarenko (Tallinn, Estonia), ARNOLDS VEINBERGS (Riga, Latvia)
12.30 – 13.00 ANDRUS AAVIK (Tartu, Estonia), PEETER ROSS (Tallinn, Estonia). PACS implementation. Experience of Estonia
13.00 – 13.30 ARDIS PLATKAJIS (Riga, Latvia). Radiology of Latvia in the new millenium
13.30 – 14.00 VYTENIS PUNYS (Kaunas, Lithuania). Information and telecommunication
technologies in Lithuanian radiology and medicine – status and steps ahead
14.00 – 14.30 KURT REIFF (Philadelphia, USA). Making radiology IT a success- requirements on
people, process, product (live videoconference from USA)
14.30 closing remarks
15.00 Board meeting of Lithuanian Radiologists Association, Latvian Radiologists Association and Estonian Society of Radiology.