2012 Categorical Course: Pitfalls in Clinical Imaging

Course Directors: Jonathan Kruskal, Stephan Anderson, Jorge Soto

 

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The 2012 ARRS Categorical Course is on "Pitfalls in Clinical Imaging."  The course is designed to provide tips on how to avoid common pitfalls in your practice.  Is there a recurring imaging pitfall in your practice? Want some answers now?  “Ask Jonny.”

Submit questions to categorical course director, Dr. Jonny Kruskal, and we’ll get back to you. 

Don’t forget to add the 2012 Categorical Course (April 29-May 1 in Vancouver) to your 2012 calendar. 

 

 

Sunday, April 29
 
Neuroradiology
7:30 am–8:00 am Brain Tumor Mimics—Soonmee Cha
8:00 am–8:30 am Imaging of Stroke: What you Need to Know—Megan Strother
8:30 am-9:00 am Common Pitfalls in Adult Spine Imaging—Cynthia Chin
9:00 am–9:30 am Cervical Spine Trauma: Pearls and Pitfalls—Mark Bernstein
9:30 am–10:00 am BREAK
 
Chest Imaging
10:00 am–10:30 am Lung Nodules: Why do we Still Miss Them?—Charlie White
10:30 am-11:00 am Pitfalls in Aortic Injuries—Sanjeev Bhalla
11:00 am–11:30 am Pearls and Pitfalls of Chest Radiography—Amita Sharma
11:30 am–12:00 noon

CT Pulmonary Angiography: Why Do We Still Over and Under Call Pulmonary Emboli?—Caroline Chiles

12:00 noon–1:00 pm LUNCH
 
Abdominal Imaging
1:00 pm-1:30 pm Pitfalls and Pseudotumors in Abdominal Imaging—Fergus Coakley
1:30 pm-2:00 pm Pitfalls in Imaging Liver Masses—Terry Desser
2:00 pm-2:30 pm How to Manage the Cystic Pancreatic Lesion—Douglas Katz
2:30 pm–3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm-3:30 pm Minimizing Errors in Characterizing Renal Masses—Zhen Jane Wang
3:30 pm–4:00 pm Pitfalls of CT Colonography—David Kim
 
Ultrasound/Obstetrics
4:00 pm-4:30 pm Pitfalls in Thyroid and Parathyroid Sonography—Carol Benson
4:30 pm-5:00 pm Pitfalls in Evaluating the first Trimester Pregnancy—Peter Doubilet
5:00 pm-5:30 pm Adnexal Masses: Pitfalls in Ovarian and Adnexal Imaging—Maitray Patel
 
Monday, April 30
 
Neuroradiology
7:30 am–8:00 am Pediatric Brain Emergencies: What Not to Miss—Janet Reid
8:00 am-8:30 am Pediatric Spine: What Not to Miss—Avram Pollock
8:30 am-9:00 am Pediatric Head And Neck Lesions, Navigating Common Scenarios—Pinar Karakas
9:00 am-9:30 am Adult Neck Imaging Pitfalls—Gul Moonis
9:30 am-10:00 am BREAK
 
Chest Imaging
10:00 am-10:30 am

Look-Alikes in Pediatric Chest Imaging: Common Errors and Pitfalls—Ed Lee

10:30 am-11:00 am PET Pitfalls in the Chest—Mylene Truong
 
Nuclear Medicine
11:00 am–11:30 am Pearls and Pitfalls in Nuclear Medicine Emergencies—Alan Siegel
11:30 am-12:00 noon Pearls and Pitfalls in PET/CT in the Abdomen and Pelvis—Don Yoo
12:00 noon-1:00 pm LUNCH
 
Ultrasound/Obstetrics
1:00 pm-1:30 pm Pitfalls of Renal Ultrasound—Mindy Horrow
1:30 pm-2:00 pm Pitfalls in Ultrasound of the Female Pelvis in the Emergency Department—Deborah Levine
2:00 pm-2:30 pm Classic Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasound Pitfalls—Jonathan Kruskal
2:30 pm-3:00 pm Pitfalls in Vascular Ultrasound—Michelle Robbin
3:00 pm-3:30 pm BREAK
 
Abdominal Imaging
3:30 pm-4:00 pm Sources of Error when Imaging Acute Abdominal Pain—Stephan Anderson
4:00 pm-4:30 pm Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Abdominal MRI—John Leyendecker
4:30 pm-5:00 pm Abdominal Trauma: How to Avoid Misses—Jorge Soto
5:00 pm-5:30 pm Pediatric Diagnoses in Acute Abdomen: What Not to Forget—Rob Goodman
 
Tuesday, May 1
 
Musculoskeletal Imaging
7:30 am-8:00 am Upper Extremity Fractures: Tips for Avoiding Errors—Joseph Yu
8:00 am-8:30 am Avoiding Pitfalls in Lower Extremity Fractures—Tommy Pope
8:30 am-9:00 am Joint MRI: Top Five Interpretive Errors—David Rubin
9:00 am-9:30 am Easily and Commonly Missed Fractures—Kirkland Davis
9:30 am-10:00 am BREAK
10:00 am-10:30 am Musculoskeletal Pearls for the Emergency Department Radiologist—Mark Schweitzer
10:30 am-11:00 am Imaging Occult Skeletal Pathology in Children: What Not to Forget—Molly Dempsey-Robertson
 
Technical Aspects
11:00 am-11:30 am Radiation Dose Management—Richard Morin
11:30 am-12:00 noon In search of improvement: Characterizing Errors in Diagnostic Radiology—Olga Brook