Imaging & Advanced Technology
Thank you making our sessions at the 42nd annual DDW® in Chicago, IL scientifically relevant and exciting! If you have specific feedback regarding speakers sponsored by the Imaging and Advanced Technology (IAT) section at DDW, please share your thoughts with us. We will do our best to consider your comments and concerns as we plan our program for next DDW 2012 in San Diego. We are now accepting volunteers for DDW 2012 abstract review and topic/speaker suggestions. Please visit the Volunteer and Feedback Form to get involved.
This year the IAT section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted (92 percent). The accepted abstracts were designated as oral or poster presentations and of distinction based on their ranking by our dedicated abstract reviewers. The table below shows the change from last year:
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IAT Abstract Selection |
2010 |
2011 |
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Total Abstracts submitted |
124 |
105 |
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Accepted Abstracts |
100 |
96 |
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Oral Presentations |
17 |
17 |
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Posters |
83 |
79 |
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Posters of Distinction |
8 |
15 |
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IAT Sessions |
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Saturday, 5/7/2011 |
Duration |
Attendance |
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Research Forum: Optical Imaging of Disease States |
8:30 – 10 a.m. |
45 |
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Sunday, 5/8/2011 |
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Imaging and Advanced Technology Distinguished Abstracts Plenary |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
115 |
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Imaging and Advanced Technology Section Townhall Meeting |
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. |
unknown |
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Monday, 5/9/2011 |
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Research Forum: Novel Endoscopic Procedures |
8:30 – 10 a.m. |
150 |
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Clinical Symposium: Diagnosis and Management of Asymptomatic Pancreatic Cysts |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
350 |
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Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Molecular Imaging |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
50 |
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Tuesday, 5/10/2011 |
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Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Techniques for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance in 2011 |
8:30 – 10 a.m. |
120 |
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Clinical Symposium: Endoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis |
10:30 – 12 p.m. |
200 |
Each June, IAT section descriptors are reviewed to optimize scientific relevance and minimize overlapping topics with other AGA Institute sections and to encourage both clinical research and basic science abstract submissions. The current list of abstract descriptors is as follows. (IAT descriptors may change as we go forward to DDW 2012.) We would like to thank our abstract review Committee Chairs and members for generously sharing their expertise and time in order to ensure that the most novel and relevant developments in Imaging and Advanced Technology were shared at DDW.
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Descriptor Name |
Abstracts Received |
Abstract Review Chair |
Abstract Reviewers |
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Applied Diagnostics and Therapeutics Including NOTES |
8 |
Timothy Kinney |
Jason Dominitz, Janak Shah, Satish Singh |
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Enhanced Endoscopic Imaging Including Molecular Imaging; Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Imaging; and Optical Coherence Tomography |
27 |
Roy Soetikno |
Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Jacques Bergman, Patrick Yachimski |
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Confocal Endomicroscopy |
23 |
Kerry Dunbar |
Anna Buchner, Emmanuel Coron, Alexander Meining |
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Endoscopic Ultrasound/MRI/Cross-sectional Imaging |
21 |
John Saltzman |
Jonathan Buscaglia, Ann Chen, Field Willingham |
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Novel/Experimental Endoscopy |
6 |
Joo Ha Hwang |
Gregory Cote, Stefan Seewald, Eric Seibel |
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Wireless/Capsule Imaging |
20 |
David Cave |
Themistocles Dassopoulos, Francisco Ramirez, Andre Van Gossum |
Section leaders will review committee membership this summer for new abstract review committees to confirm the final composition for DDW 2012 committees.
If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for any of our abstract descriptors for DDW 2012, please fill out this form to volunteer. Please indicate the abstract descriptor for which you are interested in reviewing. You can also recommend any new descriptors for abstracts. IAT section members interested in serving in this capacity are encouraged to contact us and volunteer to review abstracts. We are accepting volunteers through the end of July. You can join the IAT section at any time.
In addition, we encourage you to submit your invaluable ideas about the topics and invited speakers that you would like to hear at next year's DDW. The more specific you can be, the better (title, individual talks, speakers, learning objectives). Please fill out this form to submit your suggestions to the AGA Institute by July 1, 2011.
Members interested in participating in the various activities of the section should contact us at the addresses below. We are particularly interested in increasing participation by junior investigators/clinicians and international members at this time.
Thank you for your continuing strong support of the IAT section.
Sincerely,
Chair, IAT Section, AGA Institute Council
Vice-Chair, IAT Section, AGA Institute Council
