Upcoming conference
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September 11-12, 2025, Update in Medical Imaging organizes a two-day meeting on “ Update in Breast Imaging “ in Bruges (Belgium), in the brand new Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC). Bruges, where the city centre is an UNESCO World Heritage.
After several successful meetings, under the patronage of the Belgian Society of Radiology, Young Radiology Section and the ESMRMB, ECR, and received CME accreditation, we continue our efforts in bringing rewarded specialist together for an interactive meeting with the highest standards.
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Why Attend?
Insightful Sessions: Engage with internationally recognized experts who will share their knowledge and expertise on the most current imaging and interventional approaches in medical settings.
Cutting-Edge Topics: Explore a diverse range of topics crucial to imaging and pathology, ensuring you stay at the forefront of your field.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with our faculty, fellow professionals and industry partners, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations that could shape the future of medical imaging.
International Accreditation
Unique Venue : Bruges, city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its medieval architecture, picturesque canals, and timeless beauty.
Dr. Rahbar is a professor at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Radiology (US).
A board-certified radiologist, he works in the breast imaging section at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and UWMC – NW.
His clinical practice at Fred Hutch and UWMC – NW includes digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (or “3D mammography”), breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and image-guided procedures of the breast.
Dr. Rahbar’s primary research interests include the identification of MRI features that can be used to improve management of ductal carcinoma in situ, the use of non-contrast MRI techniques to identify and characterize breast cancers, and the identification of MRI markers of risk of developing breast cancer.
Dr. Rahbar is Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Breast Committee to develop impactful breast cancer research trials, help integrate imaging into therapeutic trials, promote ancillary imaging research from legacy trials, and to foster primary imaging trials that are impactful to breast oncology care.
Dr. Rahbar also serves as UWMC Chief of Service and Co-Director of the Quantitative Breast Imaging Lab (QBI).
At this meeting international rewarded physicians from all over the world with special interest in breast pathology will be invited for giving state-of-the-art lectures concerning clinical imaging, interventional procedures and related radiological-clinical topics.
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
When Less is More: Breast Imaging to Support Therapy De-escalation (H. Rahbar)
Update on supplemental screening in Dense breasts. Results from BRAID UK trial (I.Allajbeu)
Imaging and staging of the Axilla in Breast Cancer (T. van Nijnatten)
Supplemental Screening: CEM vs. Ab-MRI (H. Rahbar)
Imaging Guided Interventions. (K. Gieraerts)
Hot or Cold: Image-guided Ablations (H.Rahbar)
Importance of good positioning when performing a mammography in an organised
screening program (A. Schiettecatte)
Contrast-enhanced Mammography (T. van Nijnatten)
Multiparametric Breast MRI: What Do We Really Need? (H. Rahbar)
Breast screening with US; latest developments (I. Allajbeu)
Interactive clinical case discussion: Radiologists are also clinicians, not just imagers!
(H. Rahbar and P. De Visschere)
False Positive and False Negative MRI Cases (H. Rahbar)
Are you Bright or Dense? Imaging Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk (H. Rahbar)
Some Figures and Data From the Flemish Breast Cancer Screening That Every
Radiologist Should Know by Heart (P. De Visschere)
Minimal Signs in Breast Cancer Screening (S. van Rooij)
Risk Based Screening Using AI Applications (H. Bosmans)
Practical Breast MRI Intepretation (H. Rahbar)
Multimodality Imaging Appearance of DCIS (H.Rahbar)
Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Lobular Breast Cancer: Development and
Clinical Applications for Staging and Response Assessment. (S. De Vuysere)
Update on the management of B3 lesions (M. Keupers)
Abbreviated Breast MRI: Protocols, clinical implementations and future perspectives
(I.Allajbeu)
Overview of AI in breast cancer - mammography, ulltrasound, MRI and pathology (G. Lip)
Risk based screening using AI Applications (TBD) (H. Bosmans)
New mixed methods approach to using AI tools in breast education (G. Lip)
AI based detection of cancer in breast cancer screening (H. Bosmans)
Human factors - how to be the best breast radiologist you can be (G. Lip)
Molecular Imaging in Breast Cancer (T.J.A. Nijnatten)
Guidelines breast cancer treatment (P. Neven)
Intermediate breast cancer risk: what does it mean in clinical practice? (M. Keupers)
Imaging Patients with Symptoms and Special Clinical Scenarios (H. Rahbar)
Faculty (confirmed as of today) Prof. Dr. H. Rahbar (Seatlle, US) (visiting president) Prof. Dr. G . Lip (Aberdeen, GB-SCT) Prof. Dr. I. Allajbeu (Cambridge, UK) Dr. T.J.A. van Nijnatten (Maastricht, NL) Prof. Dr. P. De Visschere (Ghent, BE) Dr. A. Schiettecatte (Brussels, BE) Prof. Dr. H. Bosmans (Leuven, BE) Dr. S. Van Rooij (Antwerp, BE) Prof. Dr. P. Neven (Leuven , BE) Dr. M. Keupers (Leuven, BE) Dr. K. Gieraerts (Bruges, BE) Dr. S. De Vuysere (Bonheiden, BE) Dr. Yao-Kuan Wang ( Leuven,BE) Dr. B. Claikens (Ostend, BE)
European CME Credits are sought by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).
Credits for Ethics and Economy are sought by the Belgian Accreditation Council.
Credit hours for Radioprotection are sought by the Belgian Federal Agency of Nuclear Control.
In collaboration with the YRS (Young Radiology Section of Belgian Society of Radiology) , we proudly provide a stage for young radiology residents in training at this international conference.
More information soon !