Hot Topics in Thoracic Imaging

Sunday, Nov. 25, 2:00-3:30 p.m. | E451B

During this refresher course, speakers review new techniques for dose reduction in thoracic CT, examine emerging thoracic applications for dual-energy CT, share new developments in thoracic MRI and provide an update on digital radiography.

Speaker Information:

  • John R. Mayo, MD, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
  • Martine J. Remy-Jardin, MD, PhD, Hopital Calmette, Lille, France
  • Jens Bremerich, MD, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
  • Heber Macmahon, MD, The University of Chicago Medicine

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