Advances in CT: Technologies, Applications, Operations-Spectral CT (2018)

Advances in CT: Technologies, Applications, Operations-Spectral CT (2018) is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and will be held from Mar 20, 2019 - Mar 19, 2022. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Description:
Refresher Courses are sessions captured at past RSNA Annual Meetings focusing on themes of health care reform, payment models, research and innovation, patient-centered radiology, and advances in the different imaging modalities. Refresher Courses are targeted to diagnostic, interventional and oncologic radiologists and are designed to improve knowledge and competence in responding to the challenges and advancements in the field of radiology. Most courses include an audio-visual presentation, as well as a corresponding transcript.

Content Areas (Codes): 
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
• Computed Tomography
• Physics and Basic Science

Course Learning Objectives:
• Describe the various methods used to acquire multi-energy CT data.
• Distinguish between the methods used to present the information obtained with multi-energy CT.
• Discover the most appropriate image rendition method for a specified clinical task.
• Describe the various clinical applications of multi-energy CT.
• Discuss the most important challenges of multi-energy CT in clinical routine.
• Identify future opportunities of multi-energy CT.
• Understand the potential benefits and current status of photon-counting detection for Spectral CT.
• Understand the challenges of photon-counting Spectral CT.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.