Achieving High Quality/Low Dose Imaging in Abdominal CT

Program Summary

CT utilization has increased rapidly in the realm of clinical care owing to its availability, speed of scanning, standardized image acquisition protocols and superior quality images that enables diagnosis of a variety of clinical conditions including the life threatening in a time efficient manner.

Recent technologic innovations and software solutions are further enabling dose reduction and improving image quality. High iodine concentration CM (HCCM) are preferred for most MDCT applications especially for CTA procedures and substantial gain in the CM attenuation with the use of HCCM can improve CNR and image quality. In patients at risk for developing CM related renal injury (CIN), its desirable to lower the iodine dose by reducing the CM volume and making appropriate adjustments in the iodine delivery rate with the power injector.

In this Expert Forum, Dr. Dushyant Sahani, Massachusetts General Hospital will share his clinical experiences and protocols for achieving high quality / low dose abdominal CT images.

Effective Date: 10/13/2014
Expiration Date: 10/12/2016
Estimated Completion Time:1 hour
Fee:Free

This program was originally broadcast live as part of a Webinar sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) and supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.

This Program Has Been Supported Through An Unrestricted Educational Grant from Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.

Faculty

Learning Objectives

After completing this course the participant should be able to:

• Describe the potential benefits of low kV imaging for lowering radiation dose.
• Review the current data on incidence of CIN with CECT procedures.
• Discuss the value of the CTA injector and it's safety features.
• Discuss the rationale of adjusting CM injection protocols for low iodine dose CECT procedure.

Target Audience

• Radiologists
• Related Imaging Professionals

Disclosures

Dr. Sahani has nothing to disclose.

No individual at IAME who had control over the content of this program has relationships with Bracco or any other commercial supporter.

Physician Accreditation

The Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA/PRA Category 1 CME Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board or other credentialing organization.

Claiming CE Credit

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