OVERVIEW

Essentials of Chest Imaging is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Online Course Start Date: 1/5/2018
End Date for CME Eligibility/Online Expiration Date: 1/4/2021

Duration:
This enduring material is estimated to take 1 hour to complete.

Accreditation:
The RSNA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description :
Essentials Courses are sessions captured at past RSNA Annual Meetings. General radiologists, residents, and other subspecialists who want to review other areas of radiology may be interested in taking these online courses. Most courses include an audio-visual presentation, as well as a corresponding transcript. Essentials courses are free to members.

Content Areas (Codes):
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
• Chest Radiology

Objectives:
• Discuss classic clinical and radiologic features of thoracic sarcoidosis.
• Identify less common or less well-known aspects of thoracic sarcoidosis, including pulmonary hypertension, airway obstruction and drug-induced sarcoidosis.
• Explain the role of FDG-PET imaging in the diagnosis and management of thoracic sarcoidosis.
• Review clinically relevant pathways of lymphatic dissemination of common thoracic malignancies, including lung cancer, breast cancer and esophageal carcinoma.
• Identify potential pitfalls in nodal staging of lung cancer and their impact on the patient's prognosis.
• Describe key clinically relevant information to be included in staging reporting of these three common malignancies.
• Illustrate contemporary technical strategies to improve CT pulmonary angiography image quality and radiation dose and clinical strategies to facilitate the accurate diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and its complications.