Minutes of 1st meeting of ISTU Board 


Venue : Conference Centre, Marriot Hotel, Chongqing, China.
Date: May 10th 2001. 09-12pm.
Chairperson: Dr. Gail ter Haar
Attendance :           
 Dr.  Lawrence  A. Crum             
 Dr.  Gail R. ter Haar              
 Dr. Kullervo Hynynen              
 Dr. Timothy Mason             
 Dr.  Ian Rivens             
 Dr.  Feng Ruo              
 Dr.  Zhi-Biao Wang             
 Dr.  Feng Wu 

 

    
1.The meeting was opened by Dr. ter Haar who welcomed the participants.
2.Prof. Wu described the organization for the 1st International Workshop on the Application of HIFU in Medicine being held in Chongqing (May 10th-12th). 96 papers had been received, of which 45 had been accepted. 150 delegates were attending the meeting from 9 countries. In China, almost attendees are clinicalphysicians who are mainly  involved in surgery, oncology,diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology and radiotherapy,Prof. Wu was congratulated on the work he had done.
3.There was a discussion about the possibility of establishing an international society for HIFU.  Prof. Mason suggested that the remit should be broadened to include all aspects of therapeutic ultrasound.  It was agreed that such a society should be formed, and that it should be called the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU).
 Dr. ter Haar was proposed and accepted as President.  Prof. Wu agreed to be secretary and to hold the Societys secretariat in Chongqing.  Prof. Wang agreed to be treasurer. 
 It was agreed that the Societys activities would include :
 Organisation of meetings
Organisation of an Abstract service via its website
The setting up of a members email mailing list whereby questions of mutual interest may be aired.
A number of immediate tasks were identified:
To identify further potential members of the Board to represent further aspects of Therapeutic Ultrasound.
To set up a website for the Society.
To circulate a draft constitution
To compile an email list of potential members.
4.Prof. Crum offered to host the 2nd meeting of ISTU in Seattle, USA, July 29th - Aug 1st 2002. His offer was gratefully accepted. He said that he hoped to keep this meeting small (100-150 participants).