Advances in Gynecologic Ultrasound (2018)

Advances in Gynecologic Ultrasound (2018) is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and will be held from Mar 27, 2019 - Mar 26, 2022. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 1.25 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.

Course Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the varied appearance of the uterus and endometrium throughout a woman's life.
• Improve sonographic visualization of the endometrium utilizing technical tips and tricks.
• Reproduce a basic differential diagnosis for uterine/cervical masses and endometrial thickening.
• Apply appropriate terminology when describing abnormal bleeding, location of myomas and mullerian duct anomalies.
• Summarize the controversies, cutoffs and considerations in the context of the role of US in postmenopausal bleeding.
• Recognize findings of the 'First International Consensus Report on Adnexal Masses: Management Recommendations'.
• Assess the potential of risk prediction models to improve practice patterns.
• Improve knowledge of the malignant potential of various sonographic findings.
• Interpret sonographic findings in daily practice with a goal of reducing excess surgery for benign masses while improving triage to gynecology-oncology in women with suspicious adnexal masses.
• Define clinical and epidemiological aspects of endometriosis.
• Define the importance of imaging mapping for deeply infiltrative endometriosis before clinical counseling.
• Apply the most appropriate technique to investigate endometriosis.
• Describe the bowel preparation required for the transvaginal ultrasound to investigate endometriosis.
• Apply the imaging algorithm to map deeply infiltrative endometriosis.
• Analyze the ultrasonographic findings of deeply infiltrative endometriosis in the most common sites such as bladder, vesicouterine pouch, retrocervical space, vagina, ureters, appendix and rectosigmoid colon.