Description
Diagnostic Imaging Update courses are designed to provide the tools for participants to enhance interpretation skills utilizing the latest imaging technologies.
Lectures and cases will cover evidence-based practice techniques and protocols for improved diagnostic accuracy in multiple applications. At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Use contemporary imaging techniques and protocols in imaging to accurately diagnose, stage and manage diseases
- Explain the performance and processing of MRI, CT and US studies designed to depict anatomy and pathology
- Integrate information presented in this course into efforts to improve the imaging skills of the participants
- Develop differential diagnosis that relates to the pertinent imaging and clinically relevant findings for each of the cases covered in this course
- Outline the fundamentals of the latest advanced techniques in MRI and CT and their current roles and limitations in clinical practice
- Apply advanced techniques and protocol design in CT, MRI, and ultrasound
- Describe the imaging anatomy and protocols that are necessary to arrive at diagnosis of diseases.
- Apply quality improvement strategies to the practice of radiology, with a focus on increasing efficiency, communication, and collaboration.
