Past events Highlights of the XIV Congress of the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine,

A highlights lecture is never an easy task. First of all, it is difficult to summarize such enormous amount of scientific data presented during the congress. Secondly, it carries a risk that some omitted authors will be disappointed by avoiding their contribution. Finally, as stated by Cugowski et al. in his first presentation, „I know well that it’s too late to start all over again ” [1]. Nevertheless, I must start and I am starting with an interesting presentation by our hosts here, in Lublin. They tested a new image acquisition regimen of para-thyroid scans. Several protocols are used nowadays to visualize parathyroid adenomas using 99mTc-MIBI: planar subtraction scans, SPECT and SPECT/CT. Pachowicz et al. proposed a protocol in which at first 99mTc-pertechnetate SPECT of the neck and chest is registered followed by 99mTc-MIBI injection and another SPECT acquisition 15 min later. The acquisition is completed by CT scan without moving the patient off the gamma camera’s bed. The C