PET & PET/CT Imaging: Clinical and Practice Issues for the Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician.

13.75 Category 1 credits

September 11-12, 2004
Sheraton, MA
Sheraton Boston Hotel

October 23-24, 2004
San Antonio, TX
Westin La Cantera Resort

Program Objectives:

• Provide an overview of the current medical practice and economic issues surrounding PET imaging
• Describe the technical aspects of current and available PET instrumentation and evolving advances in PET imaging systems
• Discuss the underlying physical principles of F-18 FDG PET and its application to patients with emphasis on practical imaging protocols and methodology
• Explain the basic tenets of interpretation of PET images and how to recognize normal and abnormal radiopharmaceutical distributions and how to avoid common pitfalls and artifacts
• Review the current clinical applications and management implications of F-18 FDG PET imaging in the setting of central nervous system disorders
• Present a wide variety of high-quality clinical PET cases illustrating different manifestations of disease with expert discussion of the findings and their relevance to patient management
• Identify the principal uses of PET for the evaluation of myocardial perfusion, metabolism and viability

To learn more about these conferences, or to download a brochure, visit www.acr.org/educationopps. You may also call Carrie Chavis in the education department of the American College of Radiology at (800) 227-5463, ext. 4937, or email her at meetingrequest@acr.org, and she will mail a brochure to you.