CT Technology Update

CT Technology Update: The Cutting Edge

Wednesday, Dec. 1, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

The session is focusing on protocols for and clinical potential of 256-section CT imaging of the heart, the basics and potential clinical applications of 320-slice scanning, protocols and future developments in dual-source CT and advances in high definition coronary CT angiography including radiation dose risk, reconstruction techniques and prospective triggering.

Speaker Information:
  • Martin H. K. Hoffman, MD, department of diagnostic radiology, University Hospital in Ulm, Germany;
  • Marc Dewey, MD, PhD, department of radiology, Charite Medical School, Humboldt University, Berlin;
  • U. Joseph Schoepf, MD, professor, radiology, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston; and
  • Jonathan Avrom Leipsic, MD, assistant professor, radiology and cardiology, University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

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