Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Description
20-hours of lectures on patient selection, preparation, imaging principles and techniques, contrast material, cardiac anatomy, assessment of cardiac function and pathology. Also includes basic cardiac anatomy, cardiac CT image review and workflow overview.

Participants will observe the acquisition of 50 patient examinations and hands-on 3D post-processing sessions. More than 150 coronary CTA cases will be available to demonstrate the variety of pathology that CT can evaluate. Each participant will review at least 100 cases during the five-day course.

Participants will take hands-on tests to demonstrate proficiency with the workstation. Home study is provided after the onsite training and participants will interpret 50 case studies.

Equipment
Toshiba Aquilion 64 CFX and Vitrea workstation

Duration
5 days

Participants
Four physicians per course
Recommended for cardiologists and radiologists

Course Director
Edward Shapiro, MD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

For more details, please visit the Toshiba Learning Center.