For the first time our Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in association with the International Photodynamic Association (IPA) and the European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine (EPPM) to enhance the interdisciplinary aspects of optical diagnostics and other photodynamic applications. The oral communication sessions will take place in room 4 (Hall Brussels) of Congress Innsbruck from 10:00 am to 5:15 pm. The poster presentation sessions will be combined with the IPA and EPPM sessions.

Program Committee:
Colin Hopper, University College London, United Kingdom
Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Waseem K. Jerjes, UCL Medical School, United Kingdom
Adel K El-Naggar, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Brian J.F. Wong, University of California Irvine, USA
Max J.H. Witjes, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Tahwinder Upile, Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Wednesday, 11th May

10:00 - 10:20

Introductions and Opening Remarks
Session Chair: Colin Hopper, University College London, United Kingdom

Room 4 (Hall Brussels)

10:00 am:

The Society and Optical Diagnostics
Hopper C., UCL Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

10:20 - 12:20

SESSION 1: Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics I
Session Chairs: Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands; Waseem K. Jerjes,Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom; Adel K. El-Naggar, The University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, United States

Room 4 (Hall Brussels)

10:20 am

Dynamic Imaging of the Larynx Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Wong B.

The Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, The University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

10:50 am

Longitudinal oral mucosal tissue imaging using co-localised Optical Coherence Tomographyand Micro-Vascular imaging
Kowalski C., Davies J., Festy J., Watson T., Festy F., Cook R.

KCL Dental Institute, Departments of Biophotonics and Oral Medicine, London, United Kingdom

11:05 am

Optical coherence tomography of the tongue papillae for patients suffering from taste disorders following chemoradiotherapy
Hamdoon Z., Jerjes W., Upile T., Hopper C.

UCL Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

11:20 am

Optical coherence tomography for classification of oral mucosal lesions
Witjes M., Renting M., Roodenburg J., Schepman K.
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

11:35 am

Risk assessment of oral epithelium thickness using in vivo OCT
Hamdoon Z., Jerjes W., Upile T., Hopper C.
UCL Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

11:50 am

OCT imaging in middle ear diagnostics
Ilgner J.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic Head and Neck Surgery, Aachen University Hospital, RWTH, Aachen, Germany

SESSION 2: Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics II
Session Chairs: Brian J.F. Wong, University of California Irvine, United States; Max J.H. Witjes, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands; Tahwinder Upile, Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Room 4 (Hall Brussels)

01:20 pm

Clinical applications of elastic scattering spectroscopy in head and neck
Upile T., Jerjes W., Hopper C.
UCL Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

01:40 pm

Single fiber reflectance measurements of cervical lymph nodes for identifying metastasis from oral carcinoma
Witjes M., Gamm U., Kanick C., Roodenburg J., Sterenborg H., Robinson D., Amelink A.
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

02:00 pm

Micro-vascularoscopy: A valuable technique for localised optical tissue assessment?
Cook R., Herd M., Festy J., Wang T., MacRobert A., Watson T., Festy F.
KCL Dental Institute, Department of Biophotonics and Oral Medicine, London, United Kingdom

02:20 pm

Advances in early detection of oral cancer using nano-biophotonics
Olivo M., Bhuvaneswari R., Keogh I.
School of Physics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

14:40 - 17:10

SESSION 3: Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics: the use of optical technology to guide and monitor treatment
Session Chairs: Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands; Colin Hopper, UCLH
Head and Neck Centre, United Kingdom; Robert van Veen, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Room 4 (Hall Brussels)

02:40 pm

In vivo quantification of photosensitizer concentration using optical spectroscopy: influence of formulation (Foscan, Foslip, Fospeg) and location (liver, lip, tongue)
de Visscher S., Witjes M., Kascakova S., Robinson D., Sterenborg HJCM, Roodenburg J,, Amelink A,
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

03:00 pm

Non-invasive monitoring of photodynamic therapy of oral cancers by fluorescence differential path-length spectroscopy
Karakullukcu B., Kanick C., Amelink A., Sterenborg HJCM, Tan I.B., Robinson D.
Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands

3:30 pm

Determination of tissue optical properties in ALA-mediated Head & Neck PDT
Dimofte A., Finlay J., Sandell J., Quon H., Zhu T.
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, United States

03:50 pm

Monitoring photodynamic therapy using quantitative reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopic measurements performed with a single optical fiber
Kanick S., Karakullukcu B., Gamm U., Aans J., Tan I.B., Sterenborg HJCM, Robinson D., Amelink A.
Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

04:10 pm

Optical coherence tomography-guided photodynamic therapy for skin cancer: case series
Hamdoon Z., Jerjes W., Upile T., Hopper C.
UCL Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

04:30 pm

Fluorescence Spectroscopy during ALA/PpIX-mediated PDT of the oral cavity
Finlay J., Sandell J., Quon H., Dimofte A., Busch T., Zhu T.
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, United States

04:50 pm

Treatment planning for interstitial photodynamic therapy of head and neck cancer
van Veen R., Karakullukcu B., Tan I.B., Hoebers F., Hamming-Vrieze O., Teertstra J., Aans J.B., van den Boom F., de Rijk T., Robinson D.J., Sterenborg HJCM
Department of Radiotherapy / Center for Optical Diagnostic, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

17:10 - 17:15

Closing Remarks and Election Results
Session Chair: Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg,

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Room 4 (Hall Brussels)