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COURSE OVERVIEW

Advanced Abdominal CT: Best Practice (CE)

1 CE ARRT Online Video

Course Credit Type: CE ARRT
Course Faculty: Rendon C. Nelson MD
Course Category: Diagnostic Radiology
Course Format: Online Video
Course Credit: 1
Course Release Date: January 9, 2013
Course Expiration Date: January 31, 2015
Course Cost / Access: Included with your license benefits
Accreditation: 1 Category A ARRT CE credit accredited by AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management.

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Program Summary

Dr. Nelson guides the audience through a series of cases and specific protocols for high-quality abdominal CT imaging. He incorporates the latest techniques to optimize image quality while reducing radiation dose and contrast volume. Specifically, Dr. Nelson reviews advanced imaging techniques for solid organ CT and CT angiography.

This course includes the following topics:

How to improve compliance for radiation and contrast administration
What techniques to use for identifying specific diseases of the liver
How to use images in specific enhancement phases to identify disease
How to integrate new protocols in your facility and get buy in of staff
An overview of safety protocols to avoid and manage extravasation, reduce patient radiation dose, and avoid adverse reactions to contrast.
Contrast timing and delivery techniques to reduce contrast dose administration while achieving optimal image quality

This program was originally broadcast as a live Webinar, sponsored by Applied Radiology, supported with an educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics Inc.

Commercial Support

Bracco Diagnostics Inc.