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Draft Program – Wednesday 11th March 2026
Exeter Science Park

Overview

09:30 – Registration and Exhibition (Atrium / Burgh / Lundy)
10:00 – Welcome and Sponsor Presentations
10:30 – Session 1a (The Dome) | Session 1b (Knightshayes)
11:30 – Morning Break and Exhibition
12:00 – Session 2a (The Dome) | Session 2b (Knightshayes)
13:00 – Lunch and Exhibition
14:00 – Session 3 (The Dome)
15:00 – Afternoon Break and Exhibition
15:30 – Session 4 – Keynote Speakers (The Dome)
16:30 – Closing Remarks and End of Meeting

Session 1 – Morning Parallel Sessions

Session 1a – Nuclear Medicine and Radiopharmacy

The Dome
10:30
Tamsin Cammack, Torbay and South Devon NHS FT
Bringing the WOW factor to Kit Label Printing in the Radiopharmacy
10:45
Laura Moore, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT
Comparing I-123 Imaging with LEHR and MEGP Collimators
11:00
Peter Young, University Hospitals Bristol
Assessment of Split-Frame DaT SPECT Acquisition to Reduce the Impact of Patient Motion
11:15
Krishna Eswaravaka, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT
An audit of Bone scan Image quality at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

Session 1b – Radiation Protection

Knightshayes
10:30
Katharine Thomson, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
A novel radiation risk assessment for diagnostic nuclear medicine, with scenario-based calculations
10:45
Emma O’Shaughnessy and Chloe Trevail
Plan and progress on IPEM publication ‘Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine’
11:00
Amie Roberts, Cardiff and Vale UHB
Consignor Responsibilities and Transport Risk Assessment: Findings from an ONR Inspection of a Nuclear Medicine Service with predominantly consignee responsibilities
11:15
TBC
11:30 – Morning Break and Exhibition

Session 2 – Midday Parallel Sessions

Session 2a – Quantitative NM Imaging

The Dome
12:00
Amie Roberts, Cardiff and Vale UHB
Evaluation of Thyroid Uptake Measurement Methods: A Comparison of Thyroid Uptake Measurement Using a Thyroid Uptake Probe and a Gamma Camera
12:15
Ercan Turan
Quantification of SPECT/CT Systems with xSPECT Broad Quant
12:30
Theo Townend
Practical Experience Implementing Quantitative SUV on a Dual-Head SPECT-CT
12:45
TBC

Session 2b – Molecular Radiotherapy

Knightshayes
12:00
David Hall
Management of radioactive waste from MRT patients at home: a UK-wide survey
12:15
Oliver Escott
Introduction of Individualised Contact Restrictions Based on Continuous Dose Rate Measurements for Inpatient Radioiodine Ablation Treatments
12:30
Christian Sheer
Treating an I-131 patient with the need of a catheter
12:45
TBC
13:00 – Lunch and Exhibition

Session 3 – Clinical Research (The Dome)

14:00
James Davies, University of Exeter
Whole-Body Parametric 18F-FDG PET/CT in people with Long COVID: The ERASE trial protocol and initial experiences: Part 1
14:20
Hairil Abdul Razak, University of Exeter
Whole-Body Parametric 18F-FDG PET/CT in people with Long COVID: The ERASE trial protocol and initial experiences: Part 2
14:50
Gemma Greenfinch, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT
Translating cardiac mIBG scanning for dementia diagnosis into NHS clinical practice
15:00 – Afternoon Break and Exhibition

Session 4 – (The Dome)

15:30
TBC, National Amyloid Centre
Cardiac Amyloidosis Imaging
16:00
Katharine Thompson, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
The First Thyroid Radionuclide Therapy Patient? A Mystery in Time and Music
16:30
Closing Remarks and End of Meeting