Multipartite College Nuclear Medicine

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Multipartite

“College Nuclear Medicine”

(Founded in October 2004) (Founded in October 2004)

A) General aim:

“Role of Nuclear Medicine (Molecular) Imaging in Evidence Based Medicine”

B) Specific targets: • Quality assurance • Technical (FANC) • Clinical • Clinical integration • Radioprotection • PET • Therapy • Education

• Structure of “working groups”

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Members of the College

Dr Jean-Paul Léonard

Dr Luc Mortelmans

Dr Stanislas Pauwels

Dr Luc Kiebooms

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NUCLEAR IMAGING in

EVIDENCE BASED

MEDICINE

Guidelines – Standardisation – Quality Ass. (technical)

Evidence based medicine (clinical)

Clinical pathways Clinical pathways Care programmes Care programmes Cost-benefit Cost-benefit

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Why working groups

 Aim: bringing people together with:_{Aim: bringing people together with:}

 The same interest_{The same interest}

 Experience or young enthousiasmExperience or young enthousiasm

 Focussed topicFocussed topic

 Focussed time frame_{Focussed time frame}

 Communicate with the “nuclear community”, _{Communicate with the “nuclear community”,}

“clinicians” and “radiologists”.

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Quality control and

quality assurances



Guidelines: Standardisation

_{Guidelines: Standardisation}

– Technical (how to do)_{Technical (how to do)}

– Clinical (when to do)_{Clinical (when to do)}



Data collection

_{Data collection}

– Litterature – CEBAM_{Litterature – CEBAM} – Experience_Experience

– Clinical database_{Clinical database}



Peer review

_{Peer review}



Visitation

_Visitation



ISO certification

_{ISO certification}

– Workgroup_Workgroup

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Clinical guidelines! (2005)

“

Interaction of working groups”

with “clinicians”

 Each group defines its own clinical indications._{Each group defines its own clinical indications.}

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PET

 Clinical guidelines (cfr. report L. Mortelmans PET _{Clinical guidelines (cfr. report L. Mortelmans PET}

onco group)

 PET databank (started 01/09/2003)_{PET databank (started 01/09/2003)}

 Clinical PET research in Belgium_{Clinical PET research in Belgium}

 Reimbursement: _{Reimbursement:}

FDG

Hospital fee PET center

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“

Radionuclide therapy”

_{Radionuclide therapy”}

–

Actual applications:

_{Actual applications:}



Iodide

_Iodide



Pain palliation

_{Pain palliation}



MIBG

_MIBG



…

_…

–

_{New applications:}



Peptides

_Peptides



Monoclonal antibodies

_{Monoclonal antibodies}



…

_…

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Education in

Nuclear Medicine

 Medical students_{Medical students}

 Residents in training: interuniversity course_{Residents in training: interuniversity course}

 Postgraduate courses_{Postgraduate courses}

 Training technologists_{Training technologists}

 Education in medical physics and radiopharmacy_{Education in medical physics and radiopharmacy}

 Belgian Society of Nuclear Medicine_{Belgian Society of Nuclear Medicine} – 4 meetings per year_{4 meetings per year}

– Bi-annual congress_{Bi-annual congress} – Dedicated meetings_{Dedicated meetings}