• Program Director

  Eun-Ju Kang, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Ki-Seok Choo, Korea

  Sung Mok Kim, Korea

  Chan Ho Park, Korea

  Liang Zhong, Singapore

• Date : May 19 (Tue.) – 21 (Thu.), 2026
• Venue : Furama RiverFront Hotel, Singapore
• Participants

• Program Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Eun-Ju Kang

• Date : June 9 (Mon.) - 11 (Wed.), 2025
• Venue : Shillastay Haeundae, Busan, Korea
• Participants

• Program Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Sung Ho Hwang

• Date : September 9 (Mon.)- 11 (Wed.), 2024
• Venue : Everbright International Hotel, Shanghai, China
• Participants

• Program Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Eun-Ju Kang

• Date : August 7 (Mon.) - 9 (Wed.), 2023
• Venue : Hotel Santika Siligita Nusa Dua Bali, Indonesia
• Participants

• Program Director

  Hwan Seok Yong, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea

• Date : October 12 (Wed.) - 14 (Fri.), 2022
• Venue : Ramada Encore Haeundae, Busan, Korea
• Participants

• Program Director

  Hwan Seok Yong, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea
  Wen Jeng Lee, Taiwan

• Date : March 18 (Mon.) - 20 (Wed.), 2019
• Venue : Howard Civil Service International House, Taipei, Taiwan
• Participants

• Observers

• Yee-Fan Lee (Taiwan)
• Jou-Hsuan Huang (Taiwan)
• Li-Ting Huang (Taiwan)

• Program Director

  Hwan Seok Yong, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Yeonyee E. Yoon, Korea
  Yining Wang, China

• Date : August 14 (Tue.) - 16 (Thu.), 2018
• Venue : Sunworld Hotel, Beijing, China
• Participants

• Observers

• Wenhuan Li (China)
• Yihan Cao (China)
• Lu Liang (China)
• Aiyia Lu (China)

• Program Director

  Whal Lee, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Joon-Won Kang, Korea
  Yasutaka Ichikawa, Japan

• Date : May 30 (Tue) - 31 (Wed), 2017
• Venue : Piazza Omi, Otsu City, Japan
• Participants

• Program Director

  Whal Lee, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Joon-Won Kang, Korea
  Hean Yee Ong, Singapore

• Date : August 2 (Tue) - 3 (Wed), 2016
• Venue : National Heart Center, Singapore
• Participants

• Observers

• Pei Ing Ngam (Singapore)
• Ying Mei Wong (Singapore)

• Program Director

  Whal Lee, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Joon-Won Kang, Korea

• Date : September 4(Fri) - September 7(Mon), 2015
• Venue : Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Korea
• Participants

• Observers

• Kyongmin Sarah Beck (Korea)
• Khin Thida Aung (Myanmar)
• Jaewook Lee (Korea)

• Program Director

  Whal Lee, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Joon-Won Kang, Korea

• Date : September 12(Fri) - September 15(Mon), 2014
• Venue : Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Korea
• Participants

• Observers

• Wooyul Paik (Korea)
• Le Thi Thuy Lien (Vietnam)
• Abdullah Ali AL-Sehly (Saudi Arabia)
• Le Trong Binh (Vietnam)

• Program Director

  Jongmin Lee, Korea

• Co Program-Director

  Whal Lee, Korea

• Date : August 30(Fri) - Sep 2(Mon), 2013
• Venue : Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Korea
• Participants

• Subject of Study : DSCT Accuracy for CAD
  Trainee 1 : Young Joo Suh (Korea)
  Tutor : Bin Lu (China)
• Subject of Study : LGE in Diastolic Dysfunction
  Trainee 2 : Yinsu Zhu (China)
  Tutor : Ming-Ting Wu (Taiwan)
• Subject of Study : Progression of CAD and Calcium Score
  Trainee 3 : Yang Gao (China)
  Tutor : Yeon Hyeon Choe (Korea)
• Subject of Study : ECV in MI
  Trainee 4 : Sung Ho Hwang (Korea)
  Tutor : Masaki Ishida (Japan)
• Subject of Study : CCT for Stent
  Trainee 5 : Ji Won Lee (Korea)
  Tutor : Isaac Tseng (Taiwan)
• Subject of Study : 320 MDCT Accuracy for CAD
  Trainee 6 : Lawrence Man Fai Tee (Hong Kong)
  Tutor : Eui-Young Choi (Korea)
• Subject of Study : Step and Shot in Pulmonary Atresia
  Trainee 7 : Si-Wa Chan (Taiwan)
  Tutor : Tae Hoon Kim (Korea)

• Panelists for Day 1

• Bae Young Lee (The Catholic University Hospital of Korea St.Paul's Hospital)
• Eun-Ah Park (Seoul National University Hospital)
• Yeonyee E Yoon (Seoul National University Hospital)
• Sang-Chol Lee (Samsung Medical Center)
• Young Jun Cho (Konyang University Hospital)
• Byoung Wook Choi (Yonsei University Severance Hospital)
• Dong Hyun Yang (Asan Medical Center)

• Panelists for Day 2

• Chul Hwan Park (Gangnam Severance Hospital)
• Sang Il Choi (Seoul National University Hospital)
• Yon Mi Sung (Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
• Joon-Won Kang (Asan Medical Center)
• Heon Lee (Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital)
• Jung Im Jung (The Catholic University Hospital of Korea St. Mary's Hospital)
• Hyon Joo Kwag (Kangbuk Samsung Hospital)

• Observers

• Jiyeon Lim (Seoul National University Hospital)
• Dae-Hyun Hwang (Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital)

Advanced School for Core Investigators from ASCI 2012

The third Advanced School for Core Investigators from ASCI ([ASCI]²) Program was successfully held at the Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Korea from August 10 to August 13, 2012. (Program Director : Jongmin Lee, Korea, Co Program-Director : Whal Lee, Korea)

• Session 1 : Coronary Attenuation in CCTA

• Session 2 : Contrast Injection Protocol

• Session 3 : CCTA, SPECT and CACS

• Session 4 : T2 Mapping in IHD

• Session 5 : ECG & Myocardial Scar

• Session 6 : LA at LV Dysfunction

• Session 7 : CMR vs CAG

We thank all our special lecturers, tutors and co-tutors who took the time out of their busy schedule to share their knowledge with our trainees.

The Second Advanced School for Core Investigators from ASCI ([ASCI]² ) Program was successfully held at the Olympic Parktel, Seoul, Korea from August 22 to August 25, 2011.

• The participants of the Program are as below :
• Session 1 : Validation of Hematologic Indicator for Atherosclerosis

• Session 2 : Can we use CCTA as a Screening Tool?

• Session 3 : Fat Volume versus Atherosclerosis

• Session 4 : 320-row Volume CT in Arrhythmia Management

• Session 5 : How Reliable is Pulmonary Vascularity in Chest Radiography?

• Session 6 : Cardiac Function Reflected on Chest Radiography

• Session 7 : CMR vs CAG

There were three Special Lectures in the Program : the first Special Lecture was on writing English Papers by Dr. K.S. Lee, the editor of the Korean Journal of Radiology, an English journal with the IF of 1.78 ; the second lecture on Biomedical Statistics by Dr. S.Y. Ahn who analyzed the papers by the trainees and gave point-to-point suggestions on how the statistics in the paper could be revised; and the last lecture was by Dr. V. Verma who introduced the Bayer Healthcare Imaging portfolio as well as the research partnership models with Bayer Healthcare.

In each main session, the trainee had a chance to present his/her paper, and the tutors and co-tutors gave insightful comments as to how the paper can be improved. And at the Welcome and Farewell Dinners, the participants were able to socialize with each other and get to know each other better.
The best trainee for this year’s program was Dr. Zhao Lei for her active participation in all discussions and willingness to accept criticism for improvement of her paper.

Trainee’s Comments on the 1st [ASCI]² Program

It was a very good experience for me. The seminar was very well structured and the experts made very interesting and informative presentation. I enjoyed lectures, discussions, trips, and dinner with other participants from different nations in Asia. A beautiful country, great people, and very useful seminar! Many thanks for all of these.

Yasutaka Ichikawa
Department of Radiology
Matsusaka Central Hospital
Japan

Hello~. ASCI² program was much more wonderful than I expected. ASCI² program provided me a good chance to increase research ability, English paper writing, presentation skills, and journal editing. I really enjoyed every single moment in ASCI² program. In particular, I learned how to defend criticisms and how to debate even though criticisms were sometimes challenging for me. Also I was really motivated for need of studying English. Most of all, I was so impressed by loyalty and enthusiasm from executive committee, BSP, and all ASCI² members. It was so nice experience to meet the world’s greatest scholars in person and to have close relationship with them personally. I also had a good time in making good friendship with other excellent trainees from overseas, whose position is similar to mine. After finishing ASCI² program, I have been trying never to forget a lesson from this program in my life. All I want to say is that you never miss next ASCI² program, such a wonderful chance to increase your research abilities. Your investment on this program won’t be worthless. Please, give it a try~!

Eun-Ah Park
Department of Radiology
Seoul National University Hospital
Korea

I will acknowledge the [ASCI]² Program and tutor and tutor assistant in my paper.
Best!

Wei Yu
Department of Radiology
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical Univ.
China

This is a very unique and well-organized training course. I learned a lot from this intensive course. I encourage every young investigators to consider applying for the next ASCI2 course.

Wen-Jeng Lee
Department of Medical Imaging
National Taiwan Univ. Hospital
Taiwan

I would like to congratulate Prof Tae-Hwan Lim and the organizing committee of the ASCI Square Program for having such a visionary idea and holding this successful event.

In the tightly packed triple days (and nights) program, the trainees had their draft manuscripts scrutinized by trainers, trainer assistants and other trainees. ASCI invited renowned experts in cardiac imaging to be trainers and trainer assistants in the program. This was an unparalleled chance for me presenting my study ideas to many experts from many Asian countries all at the same times, and also receiving their feedbacks immediately. It was hardly surprising that they picked up a lots of pitfalls and deficiencies that I didn't notice, and provided insights on how to improve. There were also the presentations of other trainees and I did learn a lot from them.

All in all, the ASCI Square is highly recommended for those who wish to improve the chance of their manuscripts in cardiac imaging accepted for publishing.

Sonny Chiu
Associate Consultant
Kwong Wah Hospital
Hong Kong

I’d like to express my thanks to Prof. Lim and colleagues for your efforts to make the program a success. We just received an email from editorial office that our manuscript has been accepted for publication in European Radiology. I will discuss with the editor if we can add acknowledge in our paper.

This training program turned out to be a real success. As a trainee, attending this program is very beneficial to my future career. I really learnt a lot for this training course.

Lei Xu
Department of Radiology
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical Univ.
China

I’m Joon-Won KANG from South Korea and my topic was the association between aortic valve calcium and coronary artery calcium, and between aortic valve calcium and trans- aortic valve velocity. Briefly, I was the first presenter of the ASCI².
How have you been since the adjournment of ASCI²? I have spent busy days- as busy as you are, too- for routine practices, exchange program to the cardiology department, and preparation for the scientific meeting of the Korean Society of Radiology. And now, I have a little free time for writing.
It was very fruitful time for me to join ASCI². There was always hot and deep discussion for the papers and topics, and there were many advices to improve my paper. So, I appreciate all the participants.
However, the schedule was too tight and the weather was very unusual for Korean autumn. Next time, I’m sure these trivial problems will be solved.
For my paper, I made some revisions and I will present at RSNA this year. If you are interested, please join the session for my presentation.
I hope I’ll meet you at the ASCI² and the other meetings…

Joon-Won Kang
Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology
Univ. of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
Korea

Trainee’s Comments on the 1st [ASCI]² Program