Mental Health Imaging

special focus

Mental Health Imaging

November 10, 2025

online

What to expect

During this two-day online course, you will learn about a variety of topics important to any radiologist working with Alzheimer’s Disease. 

Renowned European experts ensure a high quality-teaching programme
combining theory and case presentations with an interactive character.

more information and programme coming soon

hosts & venue

Mike Walt, MA

Leadership, Team Effectiveness & Communications Coach

Venue will be announced soon!

  • BA in Communications | MA in Organizational Leadership
  • Certified 6 Team Conditions Coach & Team Diagnostic Survey  Administrator
  • Certified Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI) Coach
  • Certified Lead, Develop, Care (LDC) Coach

Assoc. Prof. Dr Helmut Prosch

Section Chief of Thoracic Imaging at Medical University of Vienna

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  • Experienced lecturer and educator with over 1500 talks delivered in more than 40 coutries

VENUE

Medical University of Vienna
Radiology Center

Lazarettgasse 25
1090 Wien

In cooperation with

Accreditation

Applications will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

Applications have been made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

The ESOR Visiting Professorship to Ukraine has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 10.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s)

Certificates with CME credits will be issued only after participating in the course activities and completing an online evaluation form.


Participation in both course days is a requirement to receive CME credits.

We work with impartiality and transparency. Find the steering committee disclosure forms here →

Learning Objectives

Day 1

 

  • learn about the scientific evidence obtained from lung cancer screening trials
  • gain knowledge of the epidemiology of lung cancer across different European countries
  • develop skills in dose requirements and reading modalities
  • gain confidence in the assessment of solid nodules
  • learn to describe and manage sub-solid nodules effectively

 

Day 2

 

  • learn how to adapt follow-up intervals based on CT scan results.
  • understand the challenges associated with incidental findings.
  • understand the risks of over-diagnosis and stage change.
  • comprehend the performance and limitations of AI in lung cancer screening.
  • learn about the current state of lung cancer screening in Europe.
  • explore the biomarker candidates currently under study in lung cancer screening.

course structure

Small group for the big impact
This course is limited to 16 participants to ensure low instructor-trainee ratio

Pre-course online meeting
An online  video call will allow to get to know eachother, set the expectations for the course and assign pre-course tasks for participants

Hands-on training in Vienna
You will meet in-person for a two-day intensive training with interactive tasks, constrictive feedback and self-reflection activities 

Post-programme follow-up call
One-month after the course in Vienna you will have a follow-up video call with instructors

Programme

*all times given in local time in Astana
11:00 – 11:30Epidemiology of psychiatric diseases WHO report
Jean-Pierre Pruvo, Lille/FR
11:30 – 12:00

Current indications in mental health imaging and the future of imaging biomarker design

Lotfi Hacein-Bey, Sacramento, CA/USA

12:00 – 12:30

Applications of MRI in psychiatric disease, especially the first psychotic event

Riyad Hanafi, Lille/FR

12:30 – 13:00

Brain imaging in severe and complex psychiatric disorders

Ali Amad , Lille/FR

13:00 – 13:30

Applications of AI in normal aging and psychiatry: ready for useful biomarkers

Loukas Astrakas, Ioannina/GR

13:30 – 14:00

Implementation of one day-care imaging center of mental health diseases

Su Lui, Nanchong/China

14:00 – 14:30Q&A Session
14:30 – 15:00Break
15:00 – 15:30

Functional connectivity in bipolar disorders

Sidney Krystal, Paris/FR

15:30 – 16:00

Imaging and care of hallucinations

TBD

16:00 – 16:30

Mapping psychiatric diseases through ethical AI

TBD

16:30 – 17:00

Neuromodulation in psychiatric disease: current indications, and experience

TBD

17:00 – 17:30

Novel interventions in addictions and ADHD: DBS and other

Jody Tanabe, Denver/USA

17:30 – 18:00Q&A Session

Fees

free of charge

For all radiologists, radiologists-in-training and radiographers, incl. those who are not yet members of the ESR.

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