Technology and Informatics
September 28, 2007
Moderator: Brian C. Lucey, MD
This program qualifies for 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™

3:45 - 4:10
Speaker

Controversies in PET/CT Imaging Technique
Don Yoo, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director of Nuclear Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital

4:10 - 4:35
Speaker
Optimizing Radiation Safety in the Era of 64MDCT
Steven Birnbaum, MD
Staff Radiologist and Radiation Safety Officer
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Parkland Medical Center
4:35 – 5:00
Speaker
3T Imaging: Only the Beginning
Kevin Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Brown University
Attending Radiologist, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital

5:00 – 5:15

COFFEE BREAK

5:15 - 6:00
Featured Speaker
Molecular Imaging: Are We Going Live?
King Li, MD
Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Chair, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

6:00 - 6:45
Moderator

 

Panelists

Panel of Unknown Cases
Brian Lucey, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Acting Chair, VA Boston Healthcare System

Steven Birnbaum, MD
Kevin Chang, MD
King Li, MD
Don Yoo, MD

 

Program Objectives:
1. Discuss the role and integration of developing technologies into radiology practice
2. See the future near-term context of radiology’s growth politically and scientifically
3. Obtain information on how to construct a radiation safety program and review CT
    protocols to minimize patient dose