Course Description
This course provides a balanced overview of more traditional breast imaging, blended with the newest state-of-the-art breast imaging techniques and modalities. Special attention will be given to Breast MRI and Full Field Digital Mammography, as well as newly evolving technologies such as MR Spectroscopy, Tomosynthesis, and Phase Contrast Mammography.
Designation Statement
The International Institute for Continuing Medical Education, Inc., designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation
The International Institute for the Continuing Medical Education, Inc., is accredited by the Accreditation Council for the Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Review the basic principles of screening mammography.
• Outline the current applications of breast ultrasound in diagnostic, screening, and interventional settings.
• Describe the major aspects of Breast MR, including imaging techniques, biopsy techniques, and current indications.
• Discuss the current medical and legal concerns regarding the missed breast cancer.
• Delineate current and future applications of Full Field Digital Mammography, CAD and IDEBI.
• Appreciate the evolving role of MR Spectroscopy, Tomosynthesis, and Phase Contrast Mammography.
FACULTY
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Michael N. Linver, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Co-Director of Mammography
X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P.C.
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico
GUEST FACULTY
Gillian M. Newstead, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director of Clinical Breast Imaging Services
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Ruth Rosenblatt, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Professor of Radiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chief, Woman's Imaging
Weill Cornell Medical Imaging
New York, New York
Robert A. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
Director of Breast Imaging Research
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
DVD contents:
DISC 1:
Linver 1: Approach to Screening Mammography
Schmidt 1: Breast Ultrasound: Diagnostic, Screening, Biopsy
Newstead 1: BI-RADS Lexicon for MRI
DISC 2:
Newstead 2: MRI-Guides for Breast Procedures
Panel Discussion: Screening Techniques
Linver 2: The Missed Lesion: Causes & Cures
DISC 3:
Newstead 3: How to Read Breast MR Studies
Rosenblatt 1: Practical Uses (and Abuses) of Breast MR
Newstead 4: DCIS: Soup to Nuts
DISC 4:
Rosenblatt 2: Breast Imaging Studies: Lessons from Lawsuits
Panel Discussion: Breast MR and Medicolegal Issues
DISC 5:
Schmidt 2: The Digital Revolution: Part I : Full Field Digital
Newstead 5: IDEBI: Integration of Digital Enterprise for
Breast Imaging
DISC 6:
Schmidt 3: The Digital Revolution Part II: CAD
Schmidt 4: Special Uses of Breast Ultrasound
DISC 7:
Linver 3: BIRADS: Revisions and Additions
Newstead 6: Multimodality Assessment of Newly Diagnosed
Breast Cancer
Schmidt 5: What's New: Tomosynthesis, PCM,
Whole Breast Ultrasound
DISC 8:
Linver 1: Value Added: Clinical, Imaging and Pathological
Correlation
Panel Q&A: Multimodality Approach to Breast Imaging
Release Date: April 8, 2007
Credits may be claimed until: April 8, 2010
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DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE
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