PET PHARMACOKINETICS COURSE 2010
All the places on this year's course have now been taken.
If you would like to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellations please contact contact@nrm2010.org.
This year, the PET Pharmacokinetics course will be held in Drymen by Loch Lomond in Scotland just north of Glasgow prior to the Neuroreceptor Mapping Meeting. Participants for this residential course will arrive on the evening of Sunday 18th July, The course will start on the morning of Monday 19th July and finish at midday Wednesday 21st.
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The PET Pharmacokinetics course is designed for anyone who would like to gain a better understanding of the principles involved in PET kinetic modelling. It is appropriate for physicians, graduate students and researchers with a range of backgrounds. There will be lectures as well as hands-on computer exercises.
Topics include:
• Basic Mathematics Required for Pharmacokinetic Modelling
• Basic Kinetic Modelling Principles
• Basic Pharmacological Principles
• Single Tissue Compartment Models
• Two Tissue Compartment Models
• Neuroreceptor Modelling
• Reference Tissue Approaches and Modelling
• Simplified Approaches Including Linear Methods and Steady-State Principles
Course Instructors will include:
• Richard E. Carson - New Haven, USA
• Vincent J. Cunningham - Aberdeen, UK
• Roger N. Gunn - London, UK
• Joerg van den Hoff – Dresden, Germany
• Robert Innis - Bethesda, USA
• Gitte Moos Knudsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
• Robert A. Koeppe - Ann Arbor, USA
• Adriaan A. Lammertsma - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Julie Price - Pittsburgh, USA
• Mark Slifstein – New York, USA
The cost of the course is FULLY INCLUSIVE of; tuition, accommodation (Sun 18th, Mon 19th & Tue 20th nights), breakfast lunch and evening meals from Sunday night to Wednesday lunchtime.
Space is limited to 50 participants.