Sunday, August 26, 2007

4:00  - 6:00 pm

Registration Open and Tours Available of the Canadian Light Source Registration from 4-6 p.m.; Tours available at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Meet in Reception at the Canadian Light Source (101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon)

Biology Building – Room 106
112 Science Place – U of S Campus (click for map)

Monday, August 27, 2007

8:00 am

Registration

8:30 am

Greetings from the University of Saskatchewan
Peter MacKinnon, President, University of Saskatchewan

8:35 am

Conference Welcome
Bill Thomlinson, Executive Director, Canadian Light Source
MASR07 Co-Chair

9:00 am

Honorary Chair:
Maura Davies, CEO, Saskatoon Health Region

9:10 am

Technical Basics - This session is intended to cover the technology which enables imaging and therapy methods.
Session Chair:  Ralf Hendrik Menk (Sincrotrone Trieste)

9:40 am

Daniel Häusermann (Australian Synchrotron)
The Australian Synchrotron Imaging and Medical Therapy Beamline

10:00 am

Tomasz Wysokinski (Canadian Light Source, Canada)
BioMedical Imaging & Therapy (BMIT) Facility Overview

10:20 am

Coffee – 30 minutes

10:50 am

Timm Weitkamp (ESRF, France)
X-ray Phase Imaging with Grating Interferometers

11:20 am

Giuliana Tromba (Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy)
Advances of Bio-Medical Research with Synchrotron Radiation at Elettra

11:40 am

Tiqiao Xiao (Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, CAS, China)
Biomedical Imaging at SSRF

12:00 pm

Luigi Rigon (International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy)
PICASSO: A Digital Detector for the SYRMEP Mammographic Beamline

12:20 pm

Michel Renier (ESRF, France)
The Radiotherapy Clinical Trials Projects at the ESRF: Technical Aspects

1:30 pm

X-ray Imaging - The x-ray imaging session covers new developments in synchrotron-based imaging including applications, methods, and algorithms and interpretation.
Session Chair:  Alberto Bravin, ESRF

1:30 pm

Alberto Bravin (ESRF, France)
SR Biomedical Imaging 2004-2007: Opening New Doors

2:10 pm

Xizeng Wu (University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S.A.)
A Comparison of Tissue Phase-Retrieval Approaches for Medical X-ray Imaging

2:30 pm

Marcus Kitchen (Monash Unversity, Australia)
Dual Image Analyser-Based Phase Contrast X-Ray Imaging of Small Animals

2:50 pm

Sam Bayat (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France)
Imaging of Lung Function Using Synchrotron Radiation Computed Tomography: What’s New?

3:10 pm

Coffee - 30 minutes

3:40 pm

Masami Ando (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Refraction-Based 2D, 2.5D and 3D Medical Imaging:
Stepping Forward to a Clinical Trial

4:10 pm

Daisuke Shimao (Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Japan)
Refraction-Enhanced Tomosynthesis by X-Ray Dark-Field Imaging

4:30 pm

Sarah Rigley MacDonald (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Imaging Gold-Loaded Tumor Cells Implanted into the Rat Spinal Cord Using Computed Tomography

4:50 pm

Chris Hall (Monash University, Australia)
Synchrotron Based In-Vivo Tracking of Implanted Mammalian Cells

5:30 pm
to 7:00 pm

Welcome Wine & Cheese Reception
Geology Building - 114 Science Place

Biology Building – Room 106
112 Science Place – U of S Campus (click for map)

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

8:00 am

Registration, cont’d

8:30 am

Honorary Chair:  Stuart Houston
University of Saskatchewan: First in the World with Calibrated Cobalt-60 Radiation Treatment

8:40 am

Pathology:  This session addresses the use of synchrotron radiation for establishing pathology in tissues. 
Session Chair:  Luca Quaroni, Canadian Light Source

8:40 am

Luca Quaroni (Canadian Light Source, Canada)
Identification of Pathological Conditions Using Synchrotron Radiation

9:10 am

Bogdan F. Gh. Popescu (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Mapping Brain Metals in Friedreich's Ataxia with Rapid-Scanning Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

9:30 am

Richard McCrea (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Correlation of X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopic Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders

9:50 am

Coffee - 30 minutes 

10:20 am

Karen Siu (Monash University, Australia)
Tumour Detection in Mouse Mammary Glands Using Small Angle X-ray Scattering

10:50 am

Greg Falzon (University of New England, Australia)
Diagnostics Features of Malignancy in Breast Tissue SAXS Patterns

11:10 am

Paola Coan (ESRF, France)
Application of the Analyzer-Based Imaging Technique on Cartilage and on Metal Implant Healing Study at the ESRF

11:30 am

Inaya Lima (National Institute of Metrology, Brazil)
Bone Diagnosis by X-Rays Techniques

11:50 am

Eliza Bovell (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia)
Iron Loaded Mammalian Tissue: Iron Oxide Nanoparticulate Size and Distribution Using Anomalous and Scanning Small Angle X-ray Scattering

12:10 pm

Lunch - 1 hour

1:10 pm

Oncology & Radiation Biology:  This medically-directed session includes medical and pre-clinical applications of synchrotron radiation to problems in the treatment of cancer including the basis for therapeutic effects. 
Session Chair:  Francois Esteve (ESRF, France)

1:10 pm

Francois Esteve (ESRF, France)
Synchrotron Radiation Therapy from Radiation Biology to Clinical Trials.  Scientific Issues – Preclinical and Clinical Trials

1:30 pm

Alberto Bravin (ESRF, France)
A Pathway to Radiotherapy Clinical Trials at the ESRF

1:50 pm

Joseph Dugas (Louisiana State University, U.S.A)
Monochromatic Beam Characterization for K-edge Capture Dosimetry and Radiotherapy at CAMD

2:10 pm

Richard Hugtenburg (University of Birmingham, U.K)
Microdosimetry in Synchrotron-Based Binary Radiation Therapy

2:30 pm

Gregor Jost (Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin)
Imaging-Therapy Computed Tomography with Quasi-Monochromatic X-rays

2:50 pm

Coffee - 30 minutes 

3:20 pm

Peter Rogers (Monash University, Australia)
Palliative Effect of Synchrotron Microbeam Radiation Therapy on EMT-6.5 and 67NR Tumours in a Mouse Model: Cellular Response of Normal and Tumour Tissue.

3:50 pm

Jeff Crosbie (Monash University, Australia)
High Dose Synchrotron Microbeam Radiation Therapy of Normal Mouse Skin: An Immunohistochemical Study of DNA Repair, Proliferation and Apoptosis.

4:10 pm

Boudewijn van der Sanden (Institute of Neuroscience Grenoble, France)
In-vivo Two-Photon Microscopy of Cerebral Vascular Damage after Synchrotron Irradiation Protocols

4:30 pm

Geraldine Le Duc (BioMedical Facility & Beamline, ESRF, France)
Improvement of Microbeam Radiation Therapy by Combination with Drugs

4:50 pm

Helene Elleaume (INSERM U836, Université Joseph Fourier, ESRF, France)
Intracerebral Delivery of Carboplatin in Combination with Photon Irradiation for the Treatment of Rats Bearing F98 Glioma.

5:10 pm

End of Day 2

7:00 pm

Public Talk
Delta Bessborough (Battleford Room)
601 Spadina Crescent East

- Lisa Rendall, Breast Cancer Patient and Fundraiser
- Jacques Balosso, Radiation Oncologist - INSERM (France)
- Fulvia Arfelli, Universita’ di Trieste (Italy)

Biology Building – Room 106
112 Science Place – U of S Campus (click for map)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

8:30 am

Honorary Chair:
Chuck Rhodes, Dean Veterinary Medicine, (link to biography) University of Saskatchewan

8:40 am

Radiology:  This medically-directed session includes medical and pre-clinical applications of synchrotron imaging methods.
Session Chair:  Naoto Yagi, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute

8:40 am

Naoto Yagi (Spring-8/JASRI, Japan)
Novel X-ray Imaging Techniques for Clinical Medicine

9:10 am

Shonosuke Matsushita (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Minimum Coronary Vessels to Diagnose Coronary Spasm by Synchrotron Radiation Coronary Angiography

9:30 am

Liisa Porra (ESRF, France & University of Helsinki, Finland)
Localization of Airway and Lung Ventilation Effects of Intravenous Allergen and Methacholine Challenge Studied by Synchrotron Radiation

9:50 am

Coffee – 30 minutes

10:20 am

Diego Dreossi (Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, Italy)
The Mammography Project at the SYRMEP Beamline

10:50 am

Ivan Williams (Monash University, Australia)
Clinical application of PCI

11:10 am

Chika Honda (Konica Minolta M&G, Inc., Japan)
Advantages of Magnification in Digital Phase-Contrast Mammography Using a Practical X-ray Tube

11:30 am

Toshiyuki Kunisada (Okayama University Graduate Schools, Japan)
Dark-Field Imaging to Detect Articular Cartilage for Orthopedic Clinical Application

11:50 pm

Marcus Kitchen (Monash University, Australia)
Effect of Ventilation on Lung Liquid Clearance at Birth Visualized with Synchrotron X-ray Imaging

12:20-2:00 pm

Lunch (finger foods) & Poster Session
Geology Building – 114 Science Place

4:00 pm

Gala Dinner at Champêtre County ("Wild West" Themed Dinner)
Buses have been chartered to pickup attendees at 4:00 p.m. from various hotels – location details will be announced at the conference.

Biology Building – Room 106
112 Science Place – U of S Campus (click for map)

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Canadian Light Source Tour (meet at reception)

10:00 am

Honorary Chair
William Albritton, Dean of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

10:10 am

Challenges to MASR:  This session will deal with challenges to MASR in dealing with new and significant medical problems and with knowledge translation of new developments to the medical environment.
Session Chair:  Elisabeth Schültke, University of Saskatchewan
& MASR07 Local Organizing Committee Chair

10:10 am

Introduction
Elisabeth Schültke (University of Saskatchewan)

10:15 am

Adam Round (EMBL-Hamburg, Germany)
Structural Changes in Breast Tissue Collagen due to Cancer, Observed using Small Angle X-ray Scattering

10:35 am

Manuel Fernandez (INSERM U836, ESRF, France)
Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering for Disease Diagnostics: New Perspectives and Ideas

10:55 am

Avraham Dilmanian (NSLS, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A.)
Microbeam Radiation Therapy: Tissue Dose Penetration and Bang-Gel Dosimetry of Thick-beams’ Array Interlacing

11:25 am

Kotoo Meguro (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Synchrotron-Based KEDSA for Neurovascular Angiography: Our First Four Years of Experiments and Experience.

11:45 am

Kazuyuki Hyodo (Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan)
Improvement of X-ray Image Quality for Intravenous Coronary Angiography Using a Flat Panel Detector

12:05 pm

Elisabeth Schültke (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Of Mice and Men - Around and in the Beam

12:25 pm

Official Closing
Dean Chapman (MASR07 Co-Chair, University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Rob Lewis (Director, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, Australia)

Canadian Light Source Tour (meet at reception)

2:30

End of Conference