2024 Agenda

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

7:00 - 8:00 AM           

Breakfast in Exhibitor Zone

8:00 - 8:15 AM             

Welcome and Introduction and Remembrances

Steve Feinstein and Stephanie Wilson and Petros Nihoyannopoulos

8:15 - 9:15 AM              

SESSION I: GLOBAL CEUS REPORTS

Chairs: Stephanie Wilson and Petros Nihoyannopoulos

ICUS for 2024: Linda Feinstein and Robin Adams

Chinese Ultrasound Doctors Association: Pintong Huang

WFUMB: Maria Christina Chammas

Short Stretch - Five minutes

9:15 – 10:45 AM 

SESSION II: CLINICAL STUDIES

Chairs: Anthony DeMaria and Harvey Feigenbaum

Kullervo Hynynen – Brain Cancer Therapies

Flemming Forsberg – Sonoporation of Pancreatic Cancer- An Interim Analysis

Dan Adam – Optimizing Ultrasound Enhanced Delivery of Therapeutics

Stephanie Wilson - Indeterminate MRI: Resolution with CEUS?

John Eisenbrey – CEUS Detection of RCC Post-Ablation

Kassa Darge - Pediatric CEUS Update – Spreading the Word and Advancing the Applications

10:45 – 11:15 AM          

Break and Exhibitor Zone

11:15 AM – 12:45 pM    

Translational CEUS - the Global Industry Industry Experts Speak with Box Lunches

Short presentation by leading industry clinical technicians regarding CEUS training and goals for the future of contrast echo in disease diagnostics and therapeutics.

12:45 AM – 1:15 pM    

Break and Exhibitor Zone

1:15 AM – 2:15 pM    

SESSION III: CLINICAL TRAILS

Chairs: Melisa Tracy and Mike Main

Misun Hwang – Brain Perfusion Monitoring in Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane (ECMO)

Dirk Clevert – New Super Resolution MVI and Time of Arrival Imaging (TOA) in the Characterization of Liver Lesions

Otto Kamp – Wilson Mathias – Tom Porter: Results of Sonothrombolysis At Three Centers

Richard Barr – Characterization of Indeterminate Renal Masses

2:15  –  3:15  PM                     

SESSION IV: CLINICAL UPDATES

Chairs: Luciano Agati and Sharon Mulvagh

Henrik Sillesen – Novo Nordisk Foundation (Atherosclerosis Prev mention)

Yuko Kono – Clinical Impact of CEUS on Indeterminate Li v er Nodules on MRI : Sub-analysis from a Prospective Multicenter Trial

Andrej Lyschi k – CEUS Treatment Response Assessment LI-RADS

Amer Johri – Caroti d CEUS Updates: CI RCE Study Updates and Interesting Carotid CEUS Cases

Roxy Senior - SECURE Clinical Traial (New Clinical Trail)

3:15 – 3:45 PM 

Break and Exhibitor Zone   

3:45 – 5:00 PM                     

SESSION V: NEW CONCEPTS

Chairs: Folkert ten Cate and Christine Lee

Henrik Vos – High Frame Rate Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiography of Cardi ac Mi microvasculature

Mengxing Tang – Super Resolution I magi ng of Intra-Myocardia Vessels

Nico DeJong – Discussion of Monodisperse Microbubbles and Mono Acousti c Responses

Massi mo Mischi – Distinctive Pharmacokinetics of PSMA and Non-Targeted Microbubbles

7:00 - 10:00 PM            

Thursday Night Social Event

Casino Royale - The Drake Hotel

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th

7:00 - 8:00 AM            

Breakfast in Exhibitor Zone

8:00 - 9:00 AM            

SESSION VI: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS

Chairs: Tochukwu Okwuosa and Tom Porter

Flordeli za Villanueva – Calcium Influx vi a Mechanosensitive Pi ezo1 Channels Regulates Ultrasound Targeted Microbubble Cavitation -induced Endotheli al Hyperpermeability

John Pacella – Microvascular Imaging in Patients with CAD

Jonathan Lindner – Ultrasound Molecular Imaging of Thromboinflammation: Contributions to the Future of CV Medicine

Sanjiv Kaul – Direct Effects of Ultrasound on Tissue Protection During Ischemia

9:00 - 10:00 AM   

SESSION VII: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS

Chairs: Seth Powsner and Harald Becher

Mike Averkiou – Ultrasound-induced Cavitation and Mild Hyperthermia With a Clinical Ultrasound Scanner for Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment

Klazina Kooi man – Microbubble-Mediated Endothelial CELL -CELL Contrast Opening: Role of F -actin cytoskeleton

Folkert ten Cate - Ultrasound Microbubbles for Enhancing Treatment Osteo-arthritic Diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis

10:00 – 10:30AM           

Break in Exhibitor Zone

10:30 - 11:15 AM            

SESSION VIII: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS

Chairs: Ken Ford and Payman Sattar

Hessel Wijkstra – Prostate I imaging

Brian Fowlkes – Pressure Estimation from Within the Urinary Tract Using CEUS

Evan Unger – Phase Shift Microbubbles for Sonolysis of DVT

11:15 – 11:45 PM      

SESSION IX: EDUCATIONAL ADVANCES

Chairs: Christine Merrill and Bev Gorman

Marie Stanczak – ICUS Sonographer Involvement and Educational Updates

Jordan Strom – CEUS Utilization Guidelines

11:45 pM – 12:45 PM        

Lunch in Exhibitor Zone

12:45 – 2:00 PM  

SESSION X: CASE PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Franco Pizzuto and Paolo Voci

Cases: Arnaldo Rabischoffsky, Jessica Stout, and Christine Lee

2:00 - 2:30 PM            

SESSION XI: WRAP UP IN CHICAGO

Chair: Petros Nihoyannopoulos , Sharon Mulvagh and Kassa Darge

General audience participation and interaction with expert faculty!