Abdominal Imaging

Earn up to 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits
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October 8 - 10, 2019 | January 13 - 15, 2020 | May 7 - 9, 2020 | October 5 - 7, 2020 |

Abdominal Imaging

Earn up to 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 25 SAM Credits

This 3-day course focuses on how to improve your abdominal imaging service.  It will cover up-to-date CT protocols, latest guidelines on managing incidentalomas,  how to report complex post-operative CT, customizing reporting templates for cancer staging, with special reference to what the surgeon needs to know.  The course staff offer their unique approaches to reporting many CT findings, which are seen daily, such as dilated bile ducts, small volume nodes, misty mesentery.  The course also discusses "Do not miss" cases in the major abdominal organs.

The course will cover how to deal with focal liver, pancreas, adrenal and kidney lesions; pitfalls in liver, pancreas and kidney imaging; pitfalls in postoperative CT and, newer CT technology, including dual energy CT.

The course will teach physicians how to accurately acquire and interpret cases affecting various abdomen and pelvic organs and vascular structures performed in both routine and challenging scenarios.

Workstation: FUJI Synapse

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Program and Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how to protocol CT studies for various clinical indications in the abdomen.
  • Learn the multimodality investigation of liver, biliary, pancreatic and renal diseases.
  • Confidently deal with complex CT including postoperative imaging.
  • Apply algorithms to manage incidental lesions in the abdomen and pelvis.

What Your Colleagues Are Saying

– Self-paced review, with immediate feedback, of a large number and variety of cases is a very effective teaching method.

– Revolutionary format! Outstanding faculty! I learned an order of magnitude more than I have ever reaped from any lecture-based course.

– This course provides the ability to go through cases in a setting similar to PACS work environment but with the benefit of case review analysis and availability of experts for questions. It is a uniquely effective learning environment.

Certificate

Attendees who complete a minimum of 100 cases will be awarded a certificate of proficiency stating they meet the maintenance of competence case requirement as specified in the ACR–SPR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Computed Tomography (CT) of the Abdomen and Computed Tomography (CT) of the Pelvis.

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Accreditation Statement: The American College of Radiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The American College of Radiology designates this live activity for a maximum of 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Qualified on 07/12/2016, this activity meets the American Board of Radiology’s criteria for a self-assessment (SAM) activity and is designated for up to 25 SAM Credits toward the ABR Maintenance of Certification program.

7:00 a.m.

Workstation Introduction

8:00 a.m.

Lecture: Oncological Imaging with CT:  Tips, Tricks & Pitfalls
Lecture: Imaging of Focal Liver Lesions

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Supervised Case Review #1

11:30 a.m.

Lecture: Gallbladder and Bile Disease

Noon

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #2

2:00 p.m.

Lecture: Solid Pancreatic Masses
Lecture: Management of Pancreatic Cysts

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #3

4:00 p.m.

Lecture: Acute Pancreatitis
Lecture:  Autoimmune Pancreatitis

5:00 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #4

5:30 p.m.

Cocktail Reception

6:00 p.m.

Optional Time for Self Review of Cases

10:00 p.m.

ACR Education Center Closes

7:00 a.m.

Optional Time for Self Review of Cases

8:00 a.m.

Lecture: Incidentalomas

8:45 a.m.

Supervised Case Review #5

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Lecture: Approach to Adrenal Masses

11:15 a.m.

Supervised Case Review #6

Noon

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #7

1:45 p.m.

Lecture: Kidney Mass
Lecture: Kidney Stone and Hematuria

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Lecture:  Small Bowel CT

3:45 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #8
4:30 p.m. Lecture:  Large Bowel

5:00 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #9

5:30 p.m.

Break

6:00 p.m.

Optional Time for Self-Review of Cases
10:00 p.m.  ACR Education Center Closes 

7:00 a.m.

Optional Time for Self Review of Cases

8:00 a.m.

Lecture: Post Surgery

Lecture:  Pitfalls in Abdominal Imaging

9:00  a.m.

Supervised Case Review #10

10:00  a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Lecture: Tumor Response Assessment with CT

11:15 a.m. 

Supervised Case Review #11

Noon

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Lecture:  Dual Energy

1:00 p.m.

Supervised Case Review #12

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m. Supervised Case Review #13
4:00 p.m. Course Concludes 

Course Directors


Dushyant Sahani, MD

Director of Computed Tomography, Massachusetts General Hospital



Kumar Sandrasegaran, MD

Section Chief – Abdominal Imaging, Indiana University School of Medicine



Avinash Kambadakone, MD

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Abdominal Imaging and Intervention; Massachusetts General Hospital

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