The ultrasound method rapidly evolved during the past years. At the Dreiländertreffen of the expert associations DEGUM, ÖGUM and SGUM in Leipzig during the time from October 16th to 19th the newest scientific findings will be presented as well as there will be in-house training opportunities available under the motto "As specialist societies we have the duty to train doctor's of all medical fields and to foster science" so say the Congress Presidents Prof. Dr. med. Markus Hahn and Dr. Hans-Peter Weskott. Sonography is one of the most important and most used imaging techniques in medicine. 

Despite the fire in May the Ultrasound Congress of the German, Austrian and Switzer Societies of Ultrasound (DEGUM, ÖGUM and SGUM) will take place during the time from 16th to 19th of October. The organizers were able to relocate the Three-Country Meeting at short notice to Leipzig. During four days experts discuss the most advanced and future oriented techniques and scientific result: new and established possible uses of contrast-enhanced ultrasound, significance of high-definition ultrasound equipment which enables precise surgery, new technical developments and methods with which tumors can be destroyed pinpointed and a lot more.