Hidex RWG User Group Meeting 2025

Event registration: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Hidex_RWG_User_Group_Meeting_2025_9446

Date: June 6, 2025

Location: Turku PET Center, Seminar room

Address: Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, Turku, Finland

About: Hidex and Turku PET Centre jointly organise a user meeting for existing and potential Hidex Radiowater Generator (RWG) users. During the user group meeting, topics will include the most recent developments of the RWG system, along with recommended best practices for patient set-up and 15O production. The speaker lineup includes Hidex specialists as well as current radiowater generator users. Discussions will be practical and hands-on style, with invited speakers sharing their knowledge on RWG quality control, GMP requirements, challenges and recommended practices, as well as latest system updates. We warmly invite you to join the discussion on the applications and usability of radiowater with other current users.

Program

9:00 - 9:30 — RWG status update from Hidex and Turku PET Centre point-of-view (Speakers: Henry Hsiao, Reetta Siekkinen)

9:30 - 10:45 — Recommended best practices for patient setup with cannula and patient back pressure for cardiac perfusion (Workshop, Speaker: Heidi Partanen)

10:45 - 11:00 — Coffee break

11:00 - 11:45 — Recommended practices for radiowater production QC (Workshop, Speakers: Pekka Poutianen, Henry Hsiao)

11:45 - 12:45 — Lunch

12:45 - 13:30 — Clinical production of [15O]H2O (Workshop, Speaker: Anna Kirjavainen)

13:30 - 13:45 — Coffee & pastry break

13:45 - 14:30 — Challenges and recommended practices for RWG system production (Speakers: Henry Hsiao, Reetta Siekkinen)

Present at the event

Henry Hsiao, Product Manager