Workshops and user meetings

Carimas is a medical imaging analysis program for visualizing and analyzing DICOM imaging data (PET/CT/MRI/and more) for both clinical and research studies. It is developed at the Turku PET Centre and is widely used in all over the world. So far, over seven hundred of scientific research papers have been published based on Carimas analysis results. In this session, you will have an opportunity to learn the latest development and applications of Carimas in various fields. Furthermore, Carimas team will provide general and questions-based demonstrations. Part I of the user meeting focuses on applications of Carimas in clinical studies and Part II applications in research.

Detailed programme of the user meeting:

Part I: Applications in clinical studies. Chaired by Chunlei Han and Juhani Knuuti

Part II: Applications in research. Chaired by Chunlei Han and Maxwell Miner

I Wish I Had Known This 10 Years Ago When Synthesizing…

Presenters:
Nadja van Camp (Neuratris / CEA), Sara Zullino (EATRIS), Sarita Forsback (Turku PET Centre)

We’ve all had that moment: standing in the lab, staring at a synthesis gone wrong, thinking:
”Why didn’t anyone warn me about this?”

This interactive and hands-on session is all about sharing those hard-earned lessons, clever workarounds, and unexpected discoveries in radiotracer production. Let’s turn trial and error into collective wisdom.

Expect lively discussions, expert insights, and audience engagement—all contributing to the growth of the EU Tracer Factory and making life easier for everyone.

https://eatris.eu/eatris-working-groups/eu-tracer-factory/

Audience EU Tracer Factory – EATRIS

This session is open to anyone involved in or curious about radiotracer development and production, including:

• Radiochemists and radiopharmacists
• Cyclotron and PET center professionals
• Early-career researchers and students
• Anyone facing (or fixing!) synthesis challenges in the lab

Workshop Highlights

• Welcome & Introduction
  Brief overview of the session objectives and the EU Tracer Factory initiative.
• The Biggest Radiotracer Fail
  A light and engaging segment where participants share real-life lab mishaps—and what they learned from them.
• That Time We Made It Work
  Group discussion exploring practical solutions, smart protocol tweaks, and lab hacks that saved the day.
• From the Community, For the Community
  A collaborative segment to crowdsource missing tracers and identify experts willing to share their experience.
• What’s Next?
  Summary of key takeaways and how to stay involved in the EU Tracer Factory network.

We look forward to your participation!

We are excited to invite you to an engaging and informative workshop on PET radiometabolite analysis and PET tracer plasma protein binding analysis, designed specifically for professionals working with PET tracers. This event offers a valuable opportunity to network and to discuss methodologies, and their challenges and share experiences.

Workshop Highlights

• Expert Talks: Gain insights from leading researchers on the practical aspects like new methodologies, results, challenges with instrumentation, and future directions of the field. Confirmed Speakers: Usevalad Ustsinau (Medical University of Vienna, Austria), Yasir Khani (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden), Richard Aarnio (Turku PET Centre, Finland) and Pedro Brugarolas (Gordon Center for Medical Imaging of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School).
• Interactive Discussions: Participate in open discussion to share ideas and address pressing issues, like the impact of total-body PET or for example the role of plasma protein binding in tracer behavior.

Target Audience

• Researchers and scientists involved in the development and evaluation of PET tracers.
• Pharmacokinetic and modeling experts interested in integrating radiometabolite data.

This workshop aims to have a collaborative environment where ideas and challenges of the field can be shared. Whether you are seeking to deepen your understanding or share your expertise, this is an event for you.

We look forward to your participation!

Programme