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Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to the first Conference on Total Body PET, jointly organised by UGent, UPENN and UCDavis from June 30 - July 2 2018. The conference site is an Augustinian Monastery, situated in the historic, medieval heart of Ghent, Belgium. All information on this meeting can be found on the website https://totalbodypet2018.org/. This interactive, multidisciplinary conference will focus on new technology and systems, fast, dynamic imaging and low dose applications of Total Body PET in animal science and medicine. A complete overview of the potential of Total Body PET was recently published in the journal of nuclear medicine: http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/59/1/3.abstract Abstracts can be submitted until April 1st and the early deadline for registration is april 15th 2018. We are hoping to welcome you and to join the growing research community on Total Body PET. Please forward this invitation to interested colleagues. Scientific committee: • Simon Cherry (UC Davis) • Joel Karp (University of Pennsylvania) • Ramsey Badawi (UC Davis) • Dennis Schaart (Delft University of Technology) • Steven Meikle ( University of Sydney) • Stan Majewski (University of Virginia) • Michel Defrise (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) • Ronald Boellaard (University of Groningen) • Pawel Moskal (Jagiellonian University Krakow) • Dimitris Visvikis (National Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (INSERM), France) • David Mankoff (University of Pennsylvania) • Jose Maria Benlloch (University of Valencia) • Tony Lahoutte (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) • Patrick Flamen (Institut Jules Bordet Brussels) • Philip Elsinga (University of Groningen) Organizing committee: • Stefaan Vandenberghe (Ghent University, Medical Imaging and Signal Processing), • Boudewijn Brans (Ghent University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine) • Roel Van Holen (Ghent University, Molecubes) • Kristoff Muylle (President European Association of Nuclear Medicine) • Christian Vanhove (Ghent University, Infinity Lab)