Cardiac PET Curriculum

ASNC’s Cardiac PET Curriculum, 2nd Edition, is designed to improve your knowledge and understanding of cardiac PET imaging. The Cardiac PET Curriculum contains a series of 28 modules addressing the fundamentals of PET imaging, hardware, and software associated with PET scanners, clinical applications with case-based scenarios, and detailed protocols for use.

The Cardiac PET Curriculum is a must-have for anyone looking to start a PET lab or those who have an active PET lab and need to expand their cardiac PET training.

Credits

Physicians can earn up to 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Pricing

Members
Physician & Scientist: $899
International Physician & Scientist: $599
Non-Physician: $349
Trainee & International Emerging Markets: $119

Non-Members
Physician: $1,099
Non-Physician: $649

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Learner Objectives

After participating in this activity, learners should be able to achieve the following:

• Differentiate the clinical value of PET versus SPECT imaging.
• Describe the various hardware and software options for PET imaging and their strengths and limitations.
• Examine strategies for maximizing image quality while minimizing radiation dose.
• Employ procedures to ensure PET studies are acquired appropriately for clinical applications.
• Explain the various PET imaging protocols and patient preparation critical to performing appropriate cardiac PET studies.
• Describe how to acquire and report relative perfusion images and myocardial blood flow results from a PET perfusion study.
• Detail shielding and other regulatory requirements to establish a PET facility.

Course Content

The ASNC Cardiac PET Curriculum offers 8 topics with 28 modules:

Part I: Basics of Cardiovascular PET
Module 01. Physics of Cardiovascular PET

Part II: Instrumentation
Module 02. Instrumentation of Cardiovascular PET
Module 03a. Acquisition and Processing for Cardiovascular PET
Module 03b. PET Quality Control, Corrections and Processing
Module 04. Hybrid Imaging

Part III: Cardiovascular PET Tracers
Module 05a. Cardiovascular PET Tracers Part A
Module 05b. Cardiovascular PET Tracers Part B

Part IV: How to Perform Cardiac PET
Module 06. How to Perform a 82Rb Perfusion Study
Module 07. How to Perform a 13N-NH3 Perfusion Study
Module 08. How to Perform a PET Myocardial Blood Flow Evaluation
Module 09. How to Perform an 18F FDG Viability Study
Module 10. How to Perform an 18F FDG Infection/Inflammation Study

Part V: Clinical Data
Module 11a. Cardiac PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Including Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment in Clinical Studies
Module 11b. Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment on PET MP
Module 12. Interpretation and Reporting of Cardiac PET Myocardial Perfusion Studies
Module 13a. Low Dose CT with Cardiac PET Perfusion
Module 13b. A Radiologist’s Approach to Reviewing the CT Attenuation Correction Images for Important Incidental Findings

Part VI: Non-Perfusion PET Imaging
Module 14. Myocardial Viability with PET Clinical Data
Module 15. Cardiac Sarcoid PET Imaging Clinical Data
Module 16. Infection PET Imaging with 18F-FDG Clinical Data

Part VII: Interactive Case Studies
Module 17. Step by Step Reading Cardiac PET
Module 17a. Case Review – 82Rb PET Perfusion Imaging
Module 17b. Case Review – Myocardial Blood Flow with 82Rb PET Imaging
Module 18. Case Review – 13N-NH3 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Module 19. Case review – Non-Perfusion Imaging – Viability
Module 20. Case review – Non-Perfusion Imaging – Sarcoid
Module 21. Case Review – Non-Perfusion Imaging – Infection and Inflammation

Part VIII. Establishing a PET Facility
Module 22. Planning a PET facility

Note: If your cardiac PET needs are more specific, you may be interested in Cardiac PET Perfusion Essentials, which focuses on myocardial perfusion including measurement of myocardial blood flow.

Accreditation and Continuing Education Credit

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology designates this CME activity for a maximum of 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.