Conference Highlights: Program Content
Conference Highlights Meeting on Demand
A digital library of presentations from ASNC2010.
Program Content
CORE: Strategies to Cope with Patient-Related SPECT Artifacts
Moderatos: Kenneth J. Nichols, PhD and Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD, PhD, FASNC
- Attenuation Correction: Line Sources and CT Methods
Timothy M. Bateman, MD, FASNC - Motion Correction: If at First You Dont Succeed?
Edward P. Ficaro, PhD, FASNC - Patient Positioning: Prone, Upright, Semi-sitting
Christopher L. Hansen, MD - Achieving Adequate Count Statistics: Sizing Up the Individual Patient
April Mann, CNMT, RT(N), NCT, FASNC
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: Radiation Risk from Cardiac CT and Nuclear Cardiology – Addressing Concerns with Innovative Solutions
Moderators: Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD and Sharmila Dorbala, MD
- Radiation Risk in Diagnostic Imaging: A Word of Caution
Reza Fazel, MD, PhD - Radiation Exposure in Diagnositc Imaging – Use, Misuse, or Abuse?
Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD, FASNC - Approaches for Dose Reduction in Nuclear Cardiology and Hybrid Imaging
Milena Henzlova, MD, PhD
READ WITH THE EXPERTS: Appropriate Patient Selection for MPI: Case-Based Approach to the Guidelines
Presented by Howard C. Lewin, MD, FASNC and Gregory S. Thomas, MD, MPH, FASNC
CORE: Tracers and Stress Modalities
Modalities: Diwakar Jain, MD, FASNC and Albert J. Sinusas, MD, FASNC
- Radiotracer Extraction and Energy: A Balancing Act
Prem Soman, MD, PhD, FASNC - Coronary Hyperemia: What to Expect from Different Stressors
Gregory S. Thomas, MD, MPH, FASNC - Anti-Ischemic Medications and Coronary Hyperemia: Does the Stressor Matter?
Ronald G. Schwartz, MD, FASNC - Stress-Only Imaging: A New Imaging Paradigm?
John J. Mahmarian, MD, FASNC
CORE: Practical Considerations in the Evaluation of a Patient with Heart Failure
Moderators: Maria Sciammarella, MD and Peter L. Tilkemeier, MD, FASNC
- Assessing Myocardial Viability with SPECT: Routine Acquisition or Specific Protocols?
James A. Arrighi, MD, FASNC
PLENARY: Nuclear Cardiology in 2010 – Meeting the Challenges
Moderators: Manuel D. Cerqueira, MD, FASNC
- Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure
Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD, FASNC
CORE: Accuracy and Precision of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
Moderators: Gordon DePuey, MD, FASNC
- Quantitative Analysis: What Does It Add?
Gordon DePuey, MD, FASNC - Monitoring Coronary Artery Disease: Imaging to Evaluate Anti-Ischemic Therapies
Ronald G. Schwartz, MD, FASNC - Structured Reporting: Getting with the Guidelines
Peter L. Tilkemeier, MD, FASNC
TECHNICAL: Basics of Interpretation and Reporting – A Case-Based Presentation
Presented by Kanny S. Grewal, MD, FASNC and Patty Reames, CNMT, RT(N), NCT, FASNC
CORE: Nuts and Bolts of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with PET
Moderators: Kevin C. Allman, MBBS, FASNC and Zuo-Xiang He, MD
- Artifacts
Sharmila Dorbala, MD - Diagnostic and Prognostic Value
Gary V. Heller, MD, PhD, FASNC
CORE: Nuclear Cardiology in an Emerging CT World – Have the Clinical Paradigms Changed?
Moderators: Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FASNC and Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FASNC
- Imaging the Asymptomatic Patient
Todd D. Miller, MD - Pre-Operative Risk Assessment
Thomas A. Holly, MD, FASNC - Post-Revascularization
Myron C. Gerson, MD, FASNC - Guidelines, Appropriateness, and Reimbursement Issues
William A. Van Decker, MD, FASNC
