Virtual Towards Level 2 Cardiac CT

Course features:

• Hands-on, with your personal virtual workstation for 6 days
• Interactive, with walkthroughs and quizzes
• You report at least 150 scans
• Endorsed by SCCT
• Vendor-neutral: no lock-in to a specific manufacturer
• Ideal for cardiologists and radiologists – we are used to teaching both and will build on your existing knowledge
• Eligible for 46 credits in accordance with the CPD scheme by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), UK
• 51 CPD hours from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) may be claimed for attendance of the full course.

The course is carefully designed to provide ideal interactive training while simultaneously helping towards meeting the requirements for Level 2 competence as defined in the ACCF/AHA clinical competence statement guidelines.

You do not need prior Level 1 competence. This course will build your knowledge, ability and confidence and help you become an independent cardiac CT practitioner.

The analysis techniques you will learn, will prepare you for a variety of CT and PACS software vendors.

The course is held over 6 days, providing ample time for detailed image review with each case demonstrated by a level 3 trainer (SCCT/EACVI).

Core didactic lectures are recorded and will be made available before the virtual course, ensuring the maximum time for case review. The didactic lectures cover:

• Patient and scanner setup
• Technical principles of multi-slice CT and its application to imaging the heart
• Different gating techniques, their advantages and limitations
• Image acquisition and reconstruction
• Radiation dose inherent in cardiac CT as well as dose reduction strategies
• Contrast injection techniques
• Contrast kinetics, administration, contraindications and complications
• Cardiac anatomy and physiology as applicable to CT
• Techniques of image reconstruction and post-processing
• Techniques to minimize and reduce image artefacts
• Cardiovascular risk assessment
• Current indications and applications of cardiac CT
• Cardiac CT interpretation
• Anatomy of the heart and thorax

You will see live-recorded cases and discuss interactively the key practical points and pick up tips and tricks to produce the best quality images at the lowest doses.

Group size is limited to ensure adequate interaction with the faculty and to optimize the learning experience.

Audience
Cardiologists and radiologists seeking elementary training in Cardiac CT, in preparation for more advanced knowledge of scanning, interpreting cardiac CTA independently (Level 2).

Time
Daily start at 08:00 am – 04:00 pm (GMT+8)

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