The First Seminar on Interventional Nuclear Medicine in Clinical Praxis will be held in Berlin the 29th of August 1998, with the exclusive title: "Radionuclides for Inflammation/Infection". This is the first of a series of annual seminars, organized by committed university scientists working in this field, independently of the numerous national societies. Original research work and reviews focusing on the recent new technologies and radiopharmaceuticals used for the diagnosis of infection / inflammation will be presented. Special emphasis is encouraged to be given to the correlative evaluation of the efficacy of the radioisotopic imaging in relation to other diagnostic modalities.
Scientific Program: The Seminar will be held in Berlin the 29th of August in "Adlon Kempinski Hotel de Luxe", on fashionable "Allee unter den Linden". Scientific Sessions will start at 9.00 p.m. and close in the evening after an official dinner. The Scientific Program will comprise plenary lectures given by invited world authorities and oral (8-10 min) presentations. Five minutes will be allowed for the discussion of each presentation and only slides measuring 5 x 5 cm will be accepted for projection. The number of active participants is restricted.
Publication of Seminar Papers: Two categories of full manuscripts can be applied, depending on their content. Review Work which will be published in a MULTI-AUTHOR VOLUME, entitled Radionuclides for Infection / Inflammation (strict deadline of submission: April 10, 1998) and/or Original Work including experimental details which will be published in a special issue of HYBRIDOMA, ISSN 0272-457X (strict deadline of submission: March 25, 1998). All submitted contributions will be subject to review. Multi-author volume and HYBRIDOMA issue along with the conference documentation will be distributed to the registered participants, just before the beginning of the Meeting.
Instructions to the Authors: Will be sent by express-mail upon demand. Authors wishing to submit diskettes are most welcome; they are requested to store their text on diskettes formatted for MS-DOS (ASCII) in a .txt format and do not forget to enclose a printout of the final text.
Language: The official language of the Seminar will be English.
Application for Participation: The participation fee for active participants is US $100 and includes: attendance of the scientific sessions, leathern conference folder/documentation, multi-author volume, HYBRIDOMA special issue, coffee breaks and closing dinner. Due to the currency rules only Bank Transfers to the Ionian and Popular Bank of Greece - S.A., Homirou Branch - Swift Code IONPGR AA, Account No. 10390133 to the order of The 1st Sem Interv Nucl Med Clin Prax, are accepted.
Information and Correspondence: GS Limouris, MD BSc, Asst. Prof. in Nuclear Medicine, Areteion Univ. Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Ave, GR-115 28 Athens, HELLAS. Tel: +30 - 1 - 7257582, -7286232, -7716564 or -6403456. Fax: +30 - 1 - 6424456.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we shall be delighted to welcome
you participating in this Seminar and we shall do our best to make your
stay and attendance scientifically fruitful and socially pleasant.