Cardiac CT Fundamentals
Content Reviewed: 2023-03-07
2.5 CME
24 Videos
2 Hours 26 Minutes of Video
2.5 CME
Course Description
Learn alongside Dr. Saurabh Jha (University of Pennsylvania) as he walks through the indications, protocols, and acquisition principles of Cardiac CT. This Course can help you achieve your CME requirements for SCCT and NACSI verification programs, and also includes 5 video cases (Category B1) to help fulfill your SCCT Contrast CT case requirement.
Learning Outcomes & CME Information
SA-CME now available! In addition to earning AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, this course is eligible for SA-CME credit. Note: the course evaluation must be completed and SA-CME selected in order to claim SA-CME credit.
After completing this course, you will be better able to:
- Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment
- Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging
- Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases
- Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials
Instructors
Saurabh Jha, MD
Co-Program Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship, Associate Professor of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania
Advisors
Stefan Loy Zimmerman, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
Lesson
Introduction
15 min.
Lesson
Acquisition
1 hr. 33 min.
Contrast Injection for Coronary CTA
12 m.
Deeper Dive on Contrast Injection Principles for CTA
5 m.
Applying Contrast Injection Principles for CTA (Case Study)
4 m.
Radiation Dose
6 m.
kVp (Peak Kilovoltage)
7 m.
Cardiac CT Physics: Pitch
10 m.
Cardiac CT Physics: Temporal Resolution
11 m.
Cardiac CT Physics: Isotropic Imaging (Spatial Resolution)
6 m.
ECG Synchronization
8 m.
Cardiac CT Artifacts
5 m.
ECG Editing
5 m.
Protocols: CABG Imaging
7 m.
Protocols: Coronary Stent Imaging
8 m.
Protocols: Triple rule out
6 m.
Course Evaluation
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