Imaging Campus

Imaging Campus Schedule

Friday 9 December

Learning Obectives

Thursday 8 December

The Aloka‘s Imaging Campus session will provide practical training and hands on learning about: “How to scan a carotid“ and how to easily measure atherosclerosis markers . This session is addressed to the cardiologists who would like to improve their knowledge in the vascular field.
We will review:
a) The Anatomy of the vessel (Common carotid artery, bulb, internal carotid artery, external carotid artery, vertebral).
b) The Views of ultrasound scanning (Transverse, Sagittal).
c) The Doppler (Site acquisition - Where and how to properly obtain Doppler, normal values and waveforms, ratio, disease values).
d) Preventive cardiology: the early evaluation of atherosclerosis with eTRACKING (arterial stiffness, compliance, normal values…) and the measurement of CIMT.

Imaging Campus organised by GE Healthcare in room Imaging Campus 2

Fundamentals of speckle tracking 2D strain

This hands-on session will introduce you in the world of function imaging. We will review the basics of speckle tracking 2D strain and practice the analysis of data sets on EchoPAC workstations. Direct interaction with the lecturer will help you to avoid beginner’s mistakes.
At the end of the course you will be familiar with the relevant parameters to describe myocardial function and be able to distinguish normal deformation patterns from pathology. The session will be completed with an informative outlook into the functional analysis of 3D data sets.

Clinical use of speckle tracking 2D strain based automated function imaging (AFI) and AutoEF

Understand global and regional function.
Recognize normal and abnormal deformation patterns.
Through hands-on session on EchoPAC, be able to quantify and analyze data sets with AutoEF and AFI.

Imaging Campus organised by EAE in room Imaging Campus 4

Heart valve diseases (aortic, mitral, tricuspid, pulmonary)

The normal anatomy of atrioventricular and semilunar valves and the structural basis of acquired and congenital valve diseases including valve protheses, with peculiar emphasis on imaging and therapeutic aspects, both interventional and surgical. Target audience: Imaging cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, adult cardiologists, paediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons.  

How-to sessions organised by EAE in room Imaging Campus 5

The EAE has acknowledged the need of echocardiographers, and in particular young doctors, for a practical guide to follow when entering the research arena (e.g. publishing in peer-review journals, participating to congresses, applying for research grants or echocardiography certifications etc).
The EAE Club 35 Committee, together with the EUROECHO Programme Directors, has organised 5 sessions to meet this need.

These interactive sessions are meant to provide you with expert advice and experience sharing on practical topics:

• How to write an original scientific paper focused on non-invasive imaging
• How to write an illustrate a case report on imaging techniques
• How to write and give an effective oral presentation
• How to write and submit an effective abstract to EUROECHO
• How to make and present  a poster at EUROECHO

Friday 9 December

Imaging Campus organised by Philips Healthcare in room Imaging Campus 1

• Implementation of speckle tracking echocardiography into clinical routine
• Case presentations and practical demonstrations.

The objective of this program is to demonstrate clinical utility of Cardiac Motion Quantification (speckle tracking based assessment of heart function) in various clinical situations.
During each session several clinical cases will be presented and Cardiac Motion Quantification analysis will be performed.
Clinical context will let participants better appreciate additional value of this diagnostic method. Practical demonstrations are aimed to show how Cardiac Motion Quantification should be performed.

Imaging Campus organised by ESAOTE in room Imaging Campus 2

• Caroted IMT and stiffness provide additional information to standard ultrasound examination.
• Coronary artery and carotid artery imaging by echo: combined outcomes.
• LV function and coronary flow as atherosclerosis preclinical markers.
• Practical working groups.
• Use of available ultrasound systems with live scanning on models.

Imaging Campus organised by Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector in room Imaging Campus 3

Valve assessment with 3D full volume color flow echocardiography

Quantifying myocardial function by speckle tracking

Imaging Campus organised by EAE in room Imaging Campus 4

3D Echo and cardiac anatomy

The normal anatomy mainly focused on those cardiac structures involved in interventional or electrophysiological procedures (i.e. aortic valve, mitral valve, interatrial septum, left atrial appendage, pulmonary veins...) as they are imaged with three-dimensional echocardiography. To reinforce the educational aspect of the course most of 3-D images will be shown side-byside with the corresponding anatomic specimens. Target audience: Imaging cardiologists, adult and paediatric cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists.

How-to sessions organised by EAE in room Imaging Campus 5

The EAE has acknowledged the need of echocardiographers, and in particular young doctors, for a practical guide to follow when entering the research arena (e.g. publishing in peer-review journals, participating to congresses, applying for research grants or echocardiography certifications etc).
The EAE Club 35 Committee, together with the EUROECHO Programme Directors, has organised 4 sessions to meet this need.

These interactive sessions are meant to provide you with expert advice and experience sharing on practical topics:

• How to interpret the statistics in original research papers
• How to prepare and get the EAE certification on TTE/TEE/CHD
• How to critically read a research paper
• How to design and write a scientific research project