Level I → Hybrid Imaging & Nuclear Medicine

ECR 2015: E3 - ECR Academies: Hybrid Imaging (basic): Essentials of hybrid imaging (306)


Description
Video-based course (recorded 2015)

"Normal variants and pitfalls"
Speaker: Gary Cook (London, United Kingdom)
Learning objectives:
• to learn to identify normal variants
• to become familiar with typical pitfalls in hybrid imaging
• to appreciate artefacts in hybrid images

"The SUV: when does its use make sense?"
Speaker: Patrick Veit-Haibach (Zurich, Switzerland)
Learning objectives:
• to appreciate different ways to calculate the SUV
• to understand the indication for the SUV in tumour diagnosis
• to become familiar with the indication for the SUV in therapy response assessment

"Indications for hybrid imaging in radiation therapy planning "
Speaker: Dietmar Georg (Vienna, Austria)
Learning objectives:
• to become familiar with PET/CT-based radiation therapy planning
• to appreciate the information desired by the radiation oncologist
• to understand the effect of functional data on the target volume

eCME credits: 3

Content
  • Normal variants and pitfall
  • Video
  • Literature
  • Test
  • The SUV: when does its use make sense?
  • Video
  • Literature
  • Test
  • Indications for hybrid imaging in radiation therapy planning
  • Video
  • Literature
  • Test
  • Feedback
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever