The 50th Anniversary of Japanese Society ofPediatric Radiology

Let’s Take a Trip Looking Back Our History and Making a New World!
Programs
Special Lectures
1. The history of JSPR over the half century
2. Acute Abdomen: When to Open the Pandora's Box?
Symposiums
1. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of acute abdomen– Can ultrasonography surpass CT? –2. Progress of neuroradiology of newborn and infants
3. Pediatric Nuclear Medicine– Optimal studies for diseases of infants –4. Congenital cystic disease of the lung
– The new concept and imaging diagnosis –5. Antenatal diagnosis ofcongenital malformations– Present and future –6. IVR for hemangiomas andvascular malformations – Up-to-date –"Pediatric Radiology in Action 2014"
Luncheon Seminars
1. Radiation dose reduction of PediatricCT; Present situation of Japan
2. The guideline of the sedation
for MRI examinations
General Subjects (Posters)

Invitation
I am both pleased and honored to announce that the 50th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Radiology
will be held from June 27 to 28, 2014, in Kobe, Japan. For the main theme of the meeting, the organizing committee
have chosen “温 故 知 新” (Onko-Chishin, visiting old and learn new). As commemoration of the 50th anniversary,
the program is greatly elaborated and includes follows.
Two special lectures regarding the theme are prepared:
1. Dr. Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, the former president of the JSPR, will look back upon the history of JSPR over the half
century.
2. Yutaka Sato, the Professor of Radiology of The University of Iowa will talk about Acute Abdomen: When to Openthe Pandora's Box?
Six symposiums concerning most important topics with current progresses. In each symposium, keynote lectures will bedelivered by experts of the field, and the clinical application will be discussed by selected speakers.
1. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of acute abdomen – Can ultrasonography surpass CT? –Key note lecture by Atsushi Yoden, Osaka Medical College
2. Progress of neuroradiology of newborn and infants
Key note lecture by In-One Kim, Seoul National University
3. Pediatric Nuclear Medicine – Optimal studies for diseases of infants –Key note lecture by Kiyoshi Koizumi, Tokyo Medical University
4. Congenital cystic disease of the lung – The new concept and imaging diagnosis –Key note lecture by Eiji Nishijima, Kobe Children Hospital
5. Antenatal diagnosis of congenital malformations – Present and future –Key note lecture by Haruhiko Sago, National Center for Child Health and Development
6. IVR for hemangiomas and vascular malformations – Up-to-date –Key note lecture by Keigo Oosuga, Osaka University
Film Reading Session, the annual custom will be transformed into "Pediatric Radiology in Action 2014", in which
Japanese and American radiologists and pediatric surgeons will give a demonstration of imaging conference usually
held at their reading rooms. Please learn the essence of diagnostic imaging from discussions of first-class doctors.
Two luncheon seminars will be held; the problem of radiation exposure during CT examinations and the guideline ofthe sedation for MRI examinations are explained intelligibly by the experts.
All the general subjects will be presented with posters. Please have a hot discussion time on the spot.
Those doctors who are interested in pediatric radiology including pediatric nuclear medicine are cordially invited to thisspecial meeting of JSPR.

Sincerely yours, Akio Kubota

General Information
Dates：Friday, June 27 – Saturday, June 28, 2014
Venue: Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan
Congress Chairman: Akio Kubota, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University
Official Languages: Japanese and English
Dress Code: Business casual (no ties)
Secretariat: Department of Pediatric Radiology, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health
Secretary-General: Masanori Nishikawa, MD, PhD
Address: 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
Phone: +81-725-56-1220，FAX：+81-725-56-5682
E-mail：shoniho50@gmail.com
Further Information for ‘Call for Papers’ and ‘Registration’ will be announced on our website:
http://www.medicaldata.jp/50jspr/