16th European Symposium on Urogenital Radiology
Athens/GR, September 10 – 13, 2009

Theme: Urogenital Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

The ESUR 2009 Congress Chairman was George Malachias

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BEST MEMBERS’ DAY PRESENTATION 2009

• Prof. H.C. Thoeny, from Bern, Switzerland
  DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI ALLOWS FOR THE DETECTION OF PELVIC LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN BLADDER AND PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS: COMPARISON WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY.

Honourably mentioned

• Dr. G. Masselli, from Rome, Italy
  MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE EVALUATION OF PLACENTAL ABRUPTION: CORRELATION WITH COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND.
• Dr. V. Panebianco, from Rome, Italy
  COMPARISON AND COLLERATION BETWEEN 1H-MRI IN-VIVO PROSTATE SPECTROSCOPY AT 1,5T AND EX-VIVO HIGH RESOLUTION MAGIC ANGLE 1H-NMR SPECTROSCOPY AT 11 T IN THE EVALUATION OF NEW METABOLITE LEVELS IN PROSTATE CANCER.

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BEST ORAL PRESENTATION 2009

• Dr. Y. Inada, from Takatsuki, Japan
  SS7. HIGH B-VALUE DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MR IMAGING IN PROSTATE CANCER AT 3T.

Honourably mentioned

• Dr G. Restaino, from Campobasso, Italy
  SS7. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS. EFFECT OF READER’S EXPERIENCE ON ACCURACY AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY.
• Dr. C.D. Alt, from Heidelberg, Germany
  SS8. PRE- AND POSTOPERATIVE DYNAMIC MRI: EVALUATION OF PELVIC ORGAN DESCENSUS IN SYMPTOMATIC WOMEN.

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BEST POSTER PRESENTATION 2009

• Dr. S. H. Kim, from Seoul, Korea
  P12: RENAL CELL CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH XP11.2 TANSLOCATION TFE3 GENE FUSION: IMAGING FINDINGS.

Honourably Mentioned

• Dr. R. Norling, from Copenhagen, Denmark
  P110: DETERMINATION OF GFR BEFORE ENHANCED CT WORK-IN-PROGRESS.
• Dr. S. Kerr, from Bradford, U.K.
  P116: CAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OF THE AXIAL SKELETON REPLACE BONE SCINITGRAPHY FORT HE DETECTION OF BONE METASTASES IN PROSTATE CANCER?