9th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound ISTU 2009 Summary November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Attendance breakdown Total number of attendees: 342 November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
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Least represented countries Australia 3 Cyprus Finland Korea Russia Taiwan Belgium 2 Denmark Lithuania Norway 2 Poland Singapore Switzerland China 1 Ireland Italy New Zeland November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Abstract submission 188 abstracts submitted 180 selected Drug delivery: 28 Ultrasound surgery: 26 Bioeffects: 26 Ultrasound physics: 24 HIFU devices: 24 Sonotherapy, gene therapy: 17 Treatment planning: 12 Hyperthermia: 11 Quality assurance: 10 Contrast media: 6 Immunotherapy: 4 180 selected 116 oral / 60 posters 4 late cancellations November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Scientific Program 15 oral sessions over 2,5 days 11 Invited Lectures HIFU-mediated drug delivery (4 sessions) Brain therapy HIFU Surgery Monitoring in the brain Drug-delivery in the brain Technique HIFU physics HIFU transducers Cavitation in HIFU November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Lectures per session Session number Session title Invited Lectures Proffered Lectures 1 Ultrasound Surgery 8 2A Sonothrombolysis 6 2B HIFU tissue erosion 7 3A US-guided HIFU 10 3B Contrast physics & drug delivery 4A HIFU surgery in the brain 2 4B Principles of HIFU-mediated drug delivery November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Lectures per session (cont'd) Session number Session title Invited Lectures Proffered Lectures 5 High intensity focused ultrasound physics 1 9 6A Use of cavitation in HIFU 7 6B Efficacy of HIFU-mediated drug delivery 7A Quality assessment and treatment planning 7B Drug delivery & monitoring in the brain 8 HIFU transducers 10 HIFU in the prostate MRI monitoring during HIFU procedures November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Awards The William and Francis Fry Honorary Fellowship for Contributions to Therapeutic Ultrasound Award: Prof Dominique Cathignol The Fred Lizzi Early Career Awards: Dr Elisa E. Konofagou, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Dr Mickaël Tanter, ESPCI, University of Paris VII, Paris, France The Student Awards: Jelena Drazic, University of Toronto, Canada "Dual photon investigation of ultrasound induced BBB disruption: a threshold and dynamics study" Benoit Larrat, ESPCI, University of Paris VII, Paris, France "MR guidance, monitoring and control of brain HIFU therapy in small animals: In vivo demonstration in rats at 7T" November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009
Sponsors & Partners 9 Industrial sponsors 5 Institutional Partners Gold Level Philips Healthcare, BU MR Silver Level EDAP-TMS Imasonic Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation Bronze Level EyeTechCare InSightec JJ&A Instruments The Provence Partnership Siemens AG 5 Institutional Partners The Provence Partnership Pays D'Aix Développement Eurobiomed Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône Office de Tourisme d'Aix en Provence November 10, 2018 ISTU 2009