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Computed Tomography - Basic Level
Hours:
- 5 days, 8 hours a day
Program content
Historical Aspects: Emergence of CT History and Development (CT Generations). Current news.
- Methodology: the establishment and operation of a tomography (gantry, table, console, PDU, DAS, etc.).
➢ Matrix, pixel, voxel.
➢ Hounsfield Unit Scale.
➢ Detectors.
➢ X-Ray Tube.
➢ Kv, mA, automA.
➢ Helical System (pitch, rotation, interpolation).
➢ Multislice System (brief explanation).
- Radiation Doses: Basic Theoretical Dosimetry Introduction. Radiation Care. Radiation Protection.
- CT Artifacts and troubles: display the most common artifacts in CT spiral and troubles that may occur if the user does not follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
- CT Workflow: A clinic operation since patient's arrival until results delivery.
- Work Environment: Nursing, materials, remedies, documents, medical history and preparation.
- Patient Positioning and Protocols: Demonstrate patient positioning and protocol arrangements. (Review).
- Laboratory tests: Perform tests according to customer's needs. Exhibit View and Image Works tools.
➢ Filters.
➢ Algorithms for reconstruction.
➢ Prospective and retrospective reconstruction.
➢ 3D: surface-rendered (Rendering Volume).
➢ MIP, MinMIP, HDMIP.
➢ MPR: multiplanar reconstruction (axial, sagittal, coronal, slanted and curved).
➢ Navigator: air virtual navigation and contrast.
- Photography and storage of images:
➢ Photography of images on acetate film and / or paper.
➢ Storage of images in DICOM, jpeg, mpeg, avi, etc. in MOD and / or DVD / CD.
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Computed Tomography - Advanced Level
Hours:
- 5 days, 8 hours a day MODULE 1: GENERAL
Program Content
- ADVANTAGE WORKSTATION 4.2, 4.3 OR 4.4 (VOLUME VIEWER 3.0 OU 3.1):
➢ General review of all Workstation start layout tools.
➢ General review of all Viewer tools.
➢ General review of all Volume Viewer tools: Reformat and Rendering Volume.
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is VCAR? How to diagnose it? How to interpret it?
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
➢ Clinical applications: Study of clinical cases.
➢ Practical applications: software application for review and analysis modes. Lung Vcar in single and multi applications.
➢ Reporting Tool: (if applicable) to send the images and to edit pre-defined reports and the clinic logo.
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling.
- ADVANTAGE CTC PLUS, PRO, PRO 3D OR COLON VCAR:
➢ Theoretical presentation software: What is CTC? How to diagnose it? How to interpret it?
➢ Patient preparation and materials needed.
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
➢ Clinical applications: Study of clinical cases.
➢ Practical applications: software application for review and analysis modes. Applications in Colonography and CTC Auto and Virtual Dissection.
➢ Reporting Tool: (if applicable) to send the images and to edit pre-defined reports and the clinic logo.
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling.
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is Infusion? How to diagnose it? How to interpret the maps?
➢ Patient preparation and materials needed.
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting: using software to scan shuttle mode (if applicable).
➢ Clinical application: study of clinical cases.
➢ Practical application: Brain Stroke, Brain Tumor, Body Tumor and Tissue Classification software (if applicable).
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling.
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is analysis of vessels like? How to interpret it?
➢ Patient preparation and materials needed.
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
➢ Clinical application: study of clinical cases.
➢ Practical application: analysis of vessels software, MIP, lumen, analysis of stenosis, aneurysms and extraction of thrombus. Vessels measuring procedure before and after stents placement.
➢ Reporting Tool: (if applicable) to send images and configure pre-defined reports and the clinic logo.
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling.
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is Dentascan? How to interpret it?
➢ Patient preparation and materials needed.
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
➢ Images calibration on film for appropriate measurements.
➢ Practical application: software Dentascan, panoramic and slanted images.
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling.
- BONE MINERAL DENSITOMETRY (BMD):
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is BMD? How to interpret it?
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
➢ BMD Phantom Calibration
➢ Practical application: software QCT 5000TM Bone densitometry, densitometry and interpretation report doing.
➢ Images archiving, paper printing and CD / DVD labeling..
MODULE 2: CARDIOLOGY
- Security: to show how important the patient and these items are: cables position inside exam room, heart monitor, injection pump and patients. Demonstrate troubles that may occur if the user does not follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
- Theoretical Application:
➢ Cardiac physiology.
➢ Cardiac anatomy, coronary arteries anatomy in CT images, cardiac veins anatomy.
➢ Explanation of protocols: Segment Snapshot, Snapshot Burst, Snapshot Burst Plus and Snapshot Pulse (if applicable).
➢ Explanation of Smartscore protocols and Timing Bolus.
➢ Heart monitor and EKG.
➢ Work environment: nursing, materials, remedies, documents, medical history and preparation.
➢ Laboratory tests and protocols setting.
- Software applications:
- SMARTSCORE 3.5 OR 4.0:
➢ Theoretical software presentation: What is Smartscore? How to interpret it?
➢ Volume Measurement (mm3), Agatston (AJ130) and mass (mg) (if applicable).
➢ Report of the calcium score, printing and images archiving on CD / DVD.
- CARDIQ XPRESS 2.0 PLUS, PRO OR ELITE:
➢ Practical applications on images reconstruction in rendering volume.
➢ Analysis of vessels on every coronary artery.
➢ Measurement of stenosis and application of vessel coloring according to each density.
➢ Registration of stages.
➢ 2D Cardiac Display.
➢ Slanted and curved MIP images.
➢ Movements of heart chambers video performances (heart reformatting).
- CARD FUNCTION OR XPRESS FUNCTION:
➢ Left and right ventricle ejection fraction.
➢ Left and right atrium ejection fraction (if applicable).
➢ Calculation of systolic and diastolic volumes.
➢ Measurement of cardiac output (ml / min) (if applicable).
➢ Analysis of the myocardium: parietal thickness, parietal movement.
➢ Relative myocardial perfusion (if applicable).
➢ Images reconstruction in Rendering Volume of the left atrium.
➢ Analysis and reformatting of pulmonary veins.
➢ Analysis of left atrial appendage.
➢ Virtual navigation of the pulmonary veins.
➢ Analysis of coronary sinus.
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