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.
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;
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.
UMI Congress Bank account
BAN: BE72 7330 6906 2616 BIC: KREDBEBB
Account holder: Semico nv - UMI2025 Bank: KBC
Bank Address: Markt 24 9800 Deinze, Belgium
Registration Fee (before and after August 15th)
Delegate Radiologist-MD: 900 € - 950 €
Delegate Radiologist-MD Member BSR : 850 € - 900 €
Resident Radiologist-MD: 600 € - 650 €
Resident Radiologist-MD Member BSR - YRS : 500 € - 550 €
Content
2 day scientific conference - key note lectures - interactive sessions - industrial booth - industry workshops
Including full board breakfast - coffee breaks - gastronomic lunch breaks - meet & greet gala reception - farewell reception
European CME Credits - Credits for Ethics and Economy - Credits for Radioprotection
Cancellation Policy
In the event of cancellation, written notification should be sent to the Organizing Secretariat (Semico) by email: info@semico.be
The following cancellation fees will apply:
Before June 15, 2025: Full refund, excluding administration fee of € 50.00.
From June 15 until August 15, 2025: 50% refund.
As of August 16, 2025 or if the participant fails to attend: no refund.
All refunds will be processed and issued within 60 days after the conference. Name substitutions are possible at an extra charge of € 50,00.
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).
FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
THURSDAY 11 September 2025
08.00-08.45: Registration desk & Coffee
08.45-09.00: Welcome Address: Update in Breast Imaging (B. Claikens)
SESSION 1: Optimizing Breast Cancer Screening and Care
09.00-09.25: When Less is More: Breast Imaging to Support Therapy De-escalation (H. Rahbar)
09.25-09.50; Update on supplemental screening in Dense breasts. Results from BRAID UK trial (I. Allajbeu)
09.50-10.10: Imaging and staging of the Axilla in Breast Cancer (T. van Nijnatten)
10.10-10.30: Supplemental Screening: CEM vs. Ab-MRI (H. Rahbar)
10.30-11.00: Coffee Break - Industrial Booth
Interactive Sessions: Ethics in Breast Imaging Workshops
SESSION 2: Interventions
11.00-11.30: Imaging Guided Interventions. (K. Gieraerts)
11.30-12.00: Hot or Cold: Image-guided Ablations (H.Rahbar)
11.40- 12.00: Importance of good positioning in an organised screening program (A. Schiettecatte)
12.00- 12.30 : Industry Lectures
12.30-13.00: Young Radiologist Platform
13.00-14.00: Lunch - Industrial Booth - Workshops
Interactive Sessions: Radioprotection in Breast Imaging
SESSION 3: Biomarkers and Advanced Imaging
14.00-14.30: Contrast-enhanced Mammography (T. van Nijnatten)
14.30-15.00: Multiparametric Breast MRI: What Do We Really Need? (H. Rahbar)
15.00-15.30: Breast screening with US; latest developments (I. Allajbeu)
15.30-16.00 : Coffee Break - Industrial Booth - Workshops
Interactive Sessions: Economic Issues in Breast Imaging
SESSION 4: Focus on Clinical Interpretation
16.00-17.00: Interactive clinical case discussion (H. Rahbar and P. De Visschere)
17.00-17.25: False Positive and False Negative MRI Cases (H. Rahbar)
17.25-17.50: Molecular Imaging in Breast Cancer (T.J.A. Nijnatten)
17.50-19.00: Meet and Greet Congress Reception
FRIDAY 12 September 2025
08.15-08.45: Registration desk & Coffee
08.45-09.00: Welcome Address: Update in Breast Imaging (B. Claikens)
SESSION 5: Science of Screening
09.00-09.25: Are you Bright or Dense? Imaging Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk (H. Rahbar)
09.25-09.50: Some Figures and Data From the Flemish Breast Cancer Screening (P. De Visschere)
09.50-10.15: Minimal Signs in Breast Cancer Screening (S. van Rooij)
10.15-10.35: Risk based screening using AI applications H. Bosmans)
10.35-11.00: Coffee Break - Industrial Booth - Workshops
Interactive Sessions: Ethics in Breast Imaging
SESSION 6: Breast MRI
11.00-11.20: Practical Breast MRI Intepretation (H. Rahbar)
11.20-11.40: Multimodality Imaging Appearance of DCIS (H.Rahbar)
11.40-12.00: Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Lobular Breast Cancer (S. De Vuysere)
12.00-12.20: Update on the management of B3 lesions (M. Keupers)
12.20-12.40: Abbreviated Breast MRI: Protocols, clinical implementations and future perspectives (I. Allajbeu)
13.00-14.00: Lunch - Industrial Booth - Workshops
Interactive Sessions: Radioprotection in Breast Imaging
SESSION 7: AI in Breast Imaging
14.00-14.20: of AI in breast cancer - mammography, ulltrasound, MRI and pathology (G. Lip)
14.20-14.40: Virtual imaging trials in mammography (H. Bosmans)
14.40-15.00: New mixed methods approach to using AI tools in breast education (G. Lip)
15.00-15.20: AI based detection of cancer in breast cancer screening (Yao-Kuan Wang)
15.20-15.40: Human factors - how to be the best breast radiologist you can be (G. Lip)
15.40-16.10: Coffee Break - Industrial Booth - Workshops
Interactive Sessions: Economy in Breast Imaging
SESSION 8: Updates in Breast Imaging Modalities
16.10-16.30: Guidelines breast cancer treatment (P. Neven)
16.30-16.50: Intermediate breast cancer risk: what does it mean in clinical practice? (M. Keupers)
16.50-17.10: Imaging Patients with Symptoms and Special Clinical Scenarios (H. Rahbar)
17.10-17.20: Closing remarks (B. Claikens)
17.20-18.30: Congress Farewell Reception
Hand Over Accreditation Certificates
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.