Imaging CME

UCSF Thoracic Imaging is a comprehensive Thoracic Imaging CME course that provides an in-depth overview of cross-sectional imaging of the chest, highlighting the latest clinical guidelines for your practice

Topics covered in this course include:

• Cystic Lung Disease and Emphysema
• Nodules and Small Airways Disease
• Thoracic Incidentalomas
• Lung Cancer Screening: How to Follow the Recipe
• Typical and Atypical Appearances of Lung Cancer

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Interpret high-resolution CT scans of the lungs and provide focused differential diagnoses
• Illustrate a practical approach to the imaging of lung infections
• Recognize typical manifestations of acute and chronic aortic diseases
• Define the role of cross-sectional imaging in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism
• Differentiate between benign and malignant lung nodules/masses on CT and PET
• Utilize CT and PET in the evaluation and staging of lung cancer

Target Audience: Radiologists and other medical professionals who would benefit from a greater understanding of the interpretation of thoracic images

UCSF Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging is an Imaging CME course that details recent advances and emerging trends in abdominal and thoracic imaging, along with expert advice to optimize patient outcomes.

Topics covered in this course include:

• Female Pelvis and Pregnancy
• Male Pelvis and Liver
• Gastrointestinal CT/MR
• Abdominal and Thoracic
• Thoracic and Pulmonary

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Identify common causes of acute pelvic pain in non-pregnant females
• Recognize the appearance of ectopic pregnancy
• Diagnose common and uncommon pancreatic masses
• Illustrate the proper management of a renal incidentaloma
• Apply updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lung nodules, lung cancer

Differentiate pathologic conditions from benign incidentalomas and mimics in the lungs, heart and mediastinum

Target audience: radiologists and other medical professionals who would benefit from a greater understanding of the interpretation of abdominal and thoracic images