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Curriculum

During you 4-day course, you will receive personal Level 2 SCCT / ACC / AHA training, which includes 150 case studies; 50 of which attendees will experience live.
Day 1
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00: Lecture: Image Visualization.
  • Welcome remarks and introductions
  • Post-Processing: Axial Images & Volume Images
  • Tools of volume manipulation:
    • MPRs, slab MPRs, curved MPRs
    • MIPs, thin MIPs, slab MIPs, curved MIPs
    • VRT, slab VRT
    • Vessel Segmentation/Vessel Analysis
    • 4D Visualization
10:00-10:15: Refreshment Break
10:15-12:15: Hands-on Image Processing
12:15-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:30: Hands-on Image Processing
3:30-4:00: Refreshment Break
4:00-6:00: Hands-on Image Processing

Note: attendees to rotate through CT Lab by assignment during the day

Day 2
7:30-8:00: Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00: Lecture: History & Development of CT; Technology of CT Imaging; CT Imaging Techniques: Patient Applications.
10:00-10:15: Refreshment Break
10:15-1215: Hands-on Image Processing
12:15-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:30: Hands-on Image Processing
3:30-4:00: Refreshment Break
4:00-6:00: Case Review

Note: attendees to rotate through CT Lab by assignment during the day

Day 3
7:30-8:00: Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00: Lecture: Cardiac CT: From Object to Image
10:00-10:30: Refreshment Break
10:30-12:00: Hands-on Image Processing
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:30: Case Review
3:30-4:00: Refreshment Break
4:00-6:00: Interesting / Complex case studies

Day 4
7:30-8:00: Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00: Lecture: Coronary Calcium Scanning
10:00-10:30: Refreshment Break
10:30-12:00: Test Cases: Interpretation Assessment
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-3:00: Setting up a CTA Lab.
3:00-6:00: Coding, Billing, Insurance and Reimbursements
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