Advances in Body Imaging

Who Should Attend
Practicing body imaging radiologists with a subspecialty interest in CT and MR imaging of the chest, abdomen and pelvis.

Goals and Objectives
Attendees will be able to: perform a dedicated MDCT examination of the pancreas and understand accepted criteria for staging ductal adenocarcinoma; describe the appropriate use of different MR contrast agents for liver MRI; apply the latest MR pulse sequences for MR diffusion imaging; state the accepted guidelines for diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary nodules, and apply the latest MDCT techniques for CT angiography of the thoracic and abdominal aorta.

Accreditation Statement
The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement
The American Roentgen Ray Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Welcome and Course Overview

R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD

The MDCT Pancreatic Protocols: Staging Adenocarcinoma

R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD

MRI Contrast Agents for the Liver: What, How, When

Claude Sirlin, MD

Diffusion Imaging: Abdominal Applications

Iain Kirkpatrick, MD

MDCT of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions

R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD

MR Cholangiography

Iain Kirkpatrick , MD

HCC Surveillance

Claude Sirlin, MD

CT and MRI in the Pregnant Patient

Fergus Coakley, MD

MDCT of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Robert Mindelzun, MD

PET/CT in GI Malignancy

Fergus Coakley, MD

MRI of the Abdomen at 3T

Claude Sirlin, MD

CT Diagnosis of the Spread of Disease in the Retroperitoneum

Robert Mindelzun, MD

MRI and MRSI of Prostate Cancer

Fergus Coakley, MD

MR Pelvis: Selected Topics

Iain Kirkpatrick, MD

The Solid Pulmonary Nodule

Ann Leung, MD

Thoracic CTA

Dominik Fleischmann, MD

Thoracic Nodules: When to Biopsy

R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD

Update on Pulmonary Embolism

Ann Leung, MD

CTA of Abdominal Vessels

Dominik Fleischmann, MD

Diffuse Disease on HRCT

Ann Leung, MD

Neck Nodes and Parathyroid Glands on Ultrasound

R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD