Preliminary Program
Nuclear Cardiology for the Technologist
April 25 – 26, 2009
The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Target Audience
This course is designed for technologists performing nuclear cardiology in both private practice and hospital settings. It also will help those technologists preparing for the Nuclear Cardiology Technology exam.
Objectives
At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between the various cardiac protocols and develop acquisition parameters for one's own lab
- Discuss cardiovascular disease in detail and how it relates to patient management decisions
- Interpret basic ECG rhythms
- Recognize artifacts and potential processing problems
- Outline the future of nuclear cardiology and the role of the technologist
- Apply radiation safety parameters in accordance with national/state regulations
- Discuss the importance of quality assurance programs
CE Credit
This course has been approved by ASNC and is accepted by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board for 12.75 ARRT Category A credits.
Program
Saturday, April 25, 2009
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Clinical Aspects and Overview |
| 8:30 a.m. |
EKG Interpretation and Arrhythmia Recognition |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Basic Principles of Exercise Stress Testing |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Pharmacologic Stress: New and Old |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Tracer Kinetic and Imaging Protocols |
| 11:30 a.m. |
MPI SPECT Acquisition Considerations |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Processing Parameters: Techniques and Considerations |
| 1:30 p.m. |
SPECT Instrumentation and Quality Control |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Recognition: Common Sources of Artifacts for SPECT MPI |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Stress Lab Emergencies: Case-Based Presentation |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Read with the Experts, Review, and Q&A |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Adjournment |
Sunday, April 26, 2009
| 7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Quality Assurance in the Nuclear Laboratory |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Risk Stratification and Outcomes |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Attenuation Correction in Cardiac SPECT |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 9:45 a.m. |
New Instrumentation and Software for SPECT MPI |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Overview of Cardiac PET |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Other Cardiac Imaging Modalities (Echo, CT, MR) |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. |
Read with the Experts, Interactive Case Studies, and Q&A |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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