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Stanford School of Medicine:
International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT- 2006
CME Valid to 10-31-07
Technology: Present and Future
| Building Blocks of MDCT: The Big Picture |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| New Concepts: Inverse Geometry CT |
Norbert J. Pelc, ScD |
| Advanced CT Technologies Area-Detector CT and Micro CT |
Kazuhiro Katada, MD |
| C-arm Flat-Panel CT: Image Quality Considerations |
Rebecca Fahrig, PhD |
| Isotropic Resolution: A Practical, Interactive Approach to Balancing of Spatial Resolution and Noise |
Willi Kalender, PhD |
| Higher Spatial Resolution:When Does it Help,When Does it Hurt? |
Norbert J. Pelc, ScD |
| Dual Source CT: Motivation and Potential |
Willi Kalender, PhD |
| Experience with High Temporal Resolution |
Christoph R. Becker, MD |
| Dual Source CT: How Does it Work and What Can it Do? |
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD |
| Dual Energy CT: Is There Escape from Hounsfield's Cage? |
Willi Kalender, PhD |
| Clinical Experience with Dual Energy CT |
Christoph R. Becker, MD |
| Discussion |
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Radiation Exposure
| From kV and mA to MilliSieverts. Understanding Radiation Doses With CT |
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD |
| Effect of Dose Modulation in Image Quality, Scan Homogeneity and Radiation Exposure |
Vassilios Raptopoulos, MD |
| CT of the Pregnant Patient: When to Worry About Fetal Dose |
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD |
| Dual Source CT – What about the Radiation Dose? |
Anno Graser, MD |
| Discussion |
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Contrast Medium Delivery
| Early Arterial Contrast Medium Dynamics: The Facts and the Myths |
Justus E. Roos, MD |
| The Physiologic Speed Limit of MDCT and its Effect on Protocol Design |
Dominik Fleischmann, MD |
| 64 MDCT CTA: Injection/Acquisition and Minimum Contrast Load |
W. Dennis Foley, MD |
| Minimizing Contrast Dose and Maximizing Image Quality in 16- and 64- slice Neurovascular MDCT: Pearls and Pitfalls |
Michael H. Lev, MD |
| New Capabilities of Contrast Injectors |
Dominik Fleischmann, MD |
| Discussion |
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Managing Contrast Medium Risks
| Incredible MDCT Case #1 |
Sachio Kuribayashi, MD |
| Contrast Medium – Induced Nephrotoxicity: Fact or Fantasy? |
Richard W. Katzberg, MD |
| Does Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Occur in CT? |
Richard Solomon, MD |
| Are Contrast Media all the Same with Respect to Nephrotoxicity? |
Richard Solomon, MD |
| Intra-arterial Gadolinium CTA in Patients with Renal Insufficiency |
W. Dennis Foley, MD |
| Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) as a Delayed Dermatotoxic Reaction to Non-ionic Contrast Media |
Richard W. Katzberg, MD |
| Discussion |
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Pediatrics, Protocols, Practice
| Preparing the CT Suite for Children: Special Needs |
S. Bruce Greenberg, MD |
| Roles and Risks of General Anesthesia in Children Undergoing Cardiac CT |
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD |
| Pediatric MDCT: Mistakes and How to Avoid Them |
Donald P. Frush, MD |
| Outside the Lungs:When is CT Preferred to MRI and Ultrasound? |
S. Bruce Greenberg, MD |
| MRI vs. CT for Pediatric Cardiovascular Imaging |
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD |
| The Evolving Role of MDCT in Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies |
Donald P. Frush, MD |
| Consistent Protocols for 16-, 40- and 64- Channel MDCT |
Michael W. Vannier, MD |
| Introducing Advanced MDCT Clinical Applications in Your Practice:Understanding the Gap |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| MDCT of Massively Obese Patients |
Michael W. Vannier,MD |
| Case Report: Operational Challenges in Going from Single to All-64 Detector CT Scanners |
Alexander Norbash, MD, MHCM |
| Introducing Advanced MD-CT Clinical Applications in Your Practice: Strategic Planning and Pragmatic Implementation |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| What is the Current Status of Regulation of CT Practice in the U.S.? |
Donald P. Frush, MD |
| Discussion |
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Chest I: Pulmonary Embolism and Nodules
| CT for Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism: New Concepts |
U. Joseph Schöpf, MD |
| Imaging for PE in Pregnancy |
Fergus Gleeson, FRCP, FRCR |
| Small Pulmonary Nodules: A Pragmatic Approach to Management |
Ann N. Leung,MD |
| Lung CAD: Are We Finally Ready for Prime Time? |
Jeffrey B. Mendel,MD |
| Pulmonary Nodules: The Use of CAD in Detection and Follow-up |
Fergus Gleeson, FRCP, FRCR |
| Lung CAD: Can We Have Too Much of a Good Thing? |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| Pulmonary Nodules: Benign or Malignant? |
Ann N. Leung, MD |
| Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation:When is PET Useful? |
Fergus Gleeson, FRCP, FRCR |
| Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation:When is PET not Useful? |
Ann N. Leung, MD |
| Volumetric HRCT with MDCT |
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD |
| Emphysema: New Imaging Techniques and Therapies |
Jeffrey B. Mendel,MD |
| Discussion |
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| Incredible MDCT Case #2 |
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD |
Chest II: Airways,Wall, Metabolism, and Function
| MDCT Detection of Pleural Disease in Exudative Pleural Effusions |
Fergus Gleeson, FRCP, FRCR |
| Clinical Utility of PET/CT in Lymphoma |
Andrew Quon, MD |
| MDCT of Small Airways Disease |
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD |
| Functional CT of the Chest |
Patrik Rogalla, MD |
| Functional Tracheal Imaging with 64- MDCT: Dynamic Expiratory and Cine Coughing Methods |
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD |
| Clinical Utility of PET/CT in Breast Cancer |
Andrew Quon, MD |
| MDCT for the Breast: Adjunct to Breast MRI |
Jeffrey B. Mendel,MD |
| Vasoactive Drugs to Reduce PET/CT False Positives |
John R. Haaga, MD |
| Discussion |
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Abdomen I: Liver, Pancreas
| Replacing Radiographs with CT: Eliminating Radiation Exposure Concerns |
Patrik Rogalla, MD |
| Effect of a Noise Reducing Filter on Detection of Focal Liver Lesions |
Roman Fischbach,MD |
| Abdominal CT Contrast Enhancement: Approaches With Greater than 16-Row MDCT |
Kazuo Awai, MD |
| Liver: Focal Lesions or Diffuse Diseases |
Michael Macari, MD |
| Hepatic Cavernous Hemangiomas in the Era of MDCT (New Concept) |
Jorge A. Soto,MD |
| The Many Faces of Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Terry S. Desser, MD |
| Tumor Perfusion with and without Vasoactive Drug Enhancement |
John R. Haaga, MD |
| CT Cholangiography |
Jorge A. Soto,MD |
| Dual Source CT and Gallstones; New Insights or Old News? |
Anno Graser, MD |
| Confident Characterization of Pancreatic Lesions |
Michael Macari, MD |
| Staging Pancreatic CA with Unique 2D/3D Displays |
R. Brooke Jeffrey,MD |
| CT BX with MDCT Scanners |
John R. Haaga, MD |
| Discussion |
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| Incredible MDCT Case #3 |
Michael Macari, MD |
Abdomen II: Kidneys, Bowel
| MDCTU Acquisition: It's all in the Technique |
F. Graham Sommer, MD |
| The Utility of CT Scanned Projection Radiography in CT Urography |
W. Dennis Foley, MD |
| MDCTU Reconstructions from 4 to 64 |
F. Graham Sommer, MD |
| Prospects for CT and Functional Renal Imaging Using Contrast Media as Biomarkers |
F. Graham Sommer, MD |
| MDCT of Small Bowel Obstruction: Imaging Pearls |
Terry S. Desser, MD |
| How to do MDCT Enterography |
Judy Yee, MD |
| Modified CT Enterography (CTE) in Routine Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain |
Vassilios Raptopoulos, MD |
| The Small Bowel: Enterography Techniques, Lesions Seen, Etc. |
Michael Macari, MD |
| Appendicitis: CT or US |
R. Brooke Jeffrey,MD |
| CT Colonography: 2D vs. 3D |
Judy Yee, MD |
| Why CAD will be Important in CTC Interpretation |
Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD |
| Guidelines for CT Colonography Reporting |
Judy Yee, MD |
| Key Recent Studies in CT Colonography |
Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD |
| Discussion |
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Neuro
| MDCT vs. MR in Assessment of Craniocervical Dissection |
Nancy J. Fischbein, MD |
| The Radiological Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Disease:When to Use MRA, US, CTA, Catheter Angiography? |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| High-Resolution CT Imaging of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic Disease |
Max Wintermark, MD |
| "Vulnerable Plaque" as a Risk Factor for Carotid Occlusive Stroke: Over-rated or Under-valued? |
Michael H. Lev, MD |
| MDCT Assessment of Aneurysms |
Nancy J. Fischbein, MD |
| Neurovascular CTA “Pearls” and Other Rare Stones |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| Perfusion-CT: Pearls and Pitfalls |
Max Wintermark, MD |
| The Critical Role of CTA/CTP for Acute Stroke Thrombolysis Triage: From Current Clinical Trials to Future Standard of Care? |
Michael H. Lev, MD |
| Perfusion-CT and CT-angiography Imaging of Vasospasm |
Max Wintermark, MD |
| Controversies in CT Perfusion: Indications, Post-Processing, Image Analysis, and Comparison to MR Perfusion |
Michael H. Lev, MD |
| Head and Neck Imaging with 64 Detector CT; Perceived Benefits |
Alexander Norbash, MD, MHCM |
| MDCT vs. MR in Evaluation of Tumors of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract |
Nancy J. Fischbein, MD |
| Discussion |
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Trauma/Musculoskeletal
| 64 MDCT: Impact on the Evaluation of the Polytrauma Patient |
Jorge A. Soto,MD |
| 64-Detector CT Trauma Imaging:What We Learned from our First 200 Cases |
Alexander Norbash, MD, MHCM |
| MDCT of Multiple Trauma with a 64-Slice Scanner |
Robert A. Novelline, MD |
| Active Extravasation in MDCT of the Polytrauma Patient: Always an Emergency? |
Jorge A. Soto,MD |
| Traumatic Neurovascular Injury: Diagnosis by CTA |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| Evaluated Suspected Vascular Trauma in the Extremities |
Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD |
| Clearing the Thoracolumbar Spine with Multiplanar CT- Reformations of Chest/Abdomen Scans |
Robert A. Novelline, MD |
| Imaging of Orthopedic Hardware – What You Need to Know |
Kenneth A. Buckwalter, MD |
| Important Issues in the Characterization of Hip and Pelvis Fractures |
Garry Gold, MD |
| CT or MRI of Hip Implants – Which is Better? |
Kenneth A. Buckwalter, MD |
| Discussion |
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Workflow/Image Processing
| Routine Use of Multiplanar (Coronal and Sagittal) Reconstructions |
Vassilios Raptopoulos, MD |
| MDCT Workflow at Johns Hopkins |
Elliot K. Fishman, MD |
| 3D Workflow at Stanford |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| 3D-Lab in a Community Radiology Practice |
Jay Cinnamon, MD |
| Using Automated Visualization Tools to Speed 3D Imaging |
Laura Pierce, MPA, RT(CT) |
| Cardiac Software Applications: Friend or Foe? |
Axel Küttner, MD |
| Semi-Automated Post-Processing and Efficient Image Review of Neurovascular MDCT Datasets: Current Practice and Future Capabilities |
Michael H. Lev, MD |
| Challenges of Multiple CTA Workstations in the PACS Environment |
Bart L. Dolmatch,MD |
Advanced Processing Functions – Separate Workstations vs. PACS Integration: How to Choose
|
Jeffrey B. Mendel,MD |
| Discussion |
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Vascular (Start of Cardiovascular Seminar)
| Contrast Delivery Challenges and Solutions for Imaging Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease |
Dominik Fleischmann, MD |
| Lower Extremity CTA: When Will Computers be Smart Enough to Really Work for Us? |
Justus E. Roos, MD |
| Dual Source CT of Vasculature – Do We Still Care About Calcified Plaque and Bones? |
Axel Küttner, MD |
| Imaging Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: How Good Are We? |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| CT Angiography of the Ruptured Abdominal Aorta |
W. Dennis Foley, MD |
| CT Angio of the Mesenteric Vessels |
Elliot K. Fishman, MD |
| Renal CT Angiography: Renal Artery Stenosis and Beyond |
Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD |
| CTA of the Normal vs. Infected Vascular Graft |
Bart L. Dolmatch,MD |
| Heavy Metal, Grunge, and Other Discounted Elements in the CTA Concert |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| New Insights into Aortic Stent-Graft Performance with Gated CTA |
Mathias Prokop, MD |
| Identifying and Characterizing Vascular Findings in Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos Type 4 Diseases |
F. Daniel Donovan, MD, PhD |
| What Really is IMH? |
Robert J. Herfkens, MD |
| Imaging Technique and Surgical Anatomy of the Aortic Root |
Dominik Fleischmann, MD |
| Static and Motion-Related 3-D Vascular Properties |
John D. Carroll, MD |
| Combining ECG-Gated with Non-Gated Acquisitions: Clinical Applications and Technical Pitfalls |
Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD |
Gated CTA of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: How to Avoid Excessive Radiation Dose without Jeopardizing Image Quality
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Mathias Prokop, MD |
| Discussion |
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Cardiac I: Technique, Indications, and Interpretation
| Radiation Dose in Cardiac Imaging: How Does CT Compare? |
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD |
| Strategies for Reducing the Radiation Dose of Cardiac CT: Are They Clinically Practical? |
U. Joseph Schöpf, MD |
| How to Deal with Cardiac Arrhythmia in Gated CT Acquisition |
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD |
| CT Coronary Angiography with Dual Source CT: Initial Experience |
Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC |
| Cardiac CTA – Indications and Appropriateness Criteria |
Michael Poon, MD |
| Patient Selection & Preparation for Cardiac CTA |
Wm. Guy Weigold, MD |
| Should I Exclude Patients with High Calcium Scores? |
James P. Earls, MD |
| MDCT in the Triage of Acute Chest Pain |
U. Joseph Schöpf, MD |
| Silent Ischemia: The Role of Coronary CTA |
Jeffrey P. Goldman, MD |
| Reading Strategies in Coronary CT: 2D, 3D, or 4D? |
James P. Earls, MD |
| How to Interpret Coronary CTA: Plaque Detection/ Characterization and Stenosis Evaluation |
James P. Earls, MD |
| Discussion |
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Cardiac II: Coronary CTA – Detection and Characterization
| Accuracy of 16-Row MDCT Coronary Angiography– Multi-center Trial Results |
Mario J. Garcia, MD |
| Multi-Center and Multi-Vendor Trial of 16- Row Coronary CTA Study for Detecting Coronary Artery Stenosis |
Sachio Kuribayashi, MD |
| Evidence-Based Rationale for Coronary CT Angiography |
David E. Kandzari, MD |
| Core64: Trial Design and Enrollment Update |
Joao A. C. Lima, MD, MBA |
| Reimbursement for Coronary CTA: How High the Bar? |
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD |
| Non-Invasive Imaging with CT Angiography for Interventional Cardiology Applications |
David E. Kandzari, MD |
| C-Arm Flat-Panel CT: Cardiac Imaging in the Interventional Suite |
Rebecca Fahrig, PhD |
| Integrated Use of Cardiac MDCT and Cardiac MRI in Ischemic Heart Disease |
Richard White, MD |
| Plaque Regression Monitored by MDCTA. What to Expect When the Data Becomes Available |
Joao A. C. Lima, MD, MBA |
| Discussion |
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Cardiac III: Non-Coronary Applications and Practice Guidelines
| CABG and Coronary Stents: What “Abnormal” Looks Like |
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD |
| Cardiac CT Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease |
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD |
| Imaging Coronary Veins – Cardiac Resynchronization |
Mario J. Garcia, MD |
| MDCT in Atrial Fibrillation: An Alternative to Transesophageal Echocardiography? |
James K. Min, MD |
| Use of CTA to Plan and Execute Interventions for Structural Heart Disease |
John D. Carroll, MD |
| Regional LV Function Evaluation: Can It Be Done (And Should It Be Done) With CT? |
Roman Fischbach, MD |
| Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with MDCT |
James K. Min, MD |
| Integrated Use of Cardiac MDCT and Cardiac MRI in Non-Ischemic Heart Disease |
Richard White, MD |
| Cardiac CTA - Optimal Report Generation and Coding |
Michael Poon, MD |
| Discussion |
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| Roundtable: Building a Dedicated Cardiac CT Practice |
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