Clinical Workshop on Dual Energy, Forchheim, Germany

Course design and objectives

The ability to simultaneously operate two X-ray sources at different energy levels – and therefore differentiate materials like fat, soft tissue, and contrast agent on the basis of their unique energy-dependent attenuation profiles – is opening the door to a host of clinically useful applications, e.g. Direct Angio, Lung PBV or Lung Vessels.

This course is designed to assist you in applying these techniques, enhancing your clinical practice skills and providing you with insights on current and future developments. The course format is a combination of lectures and hands-on for post-processing.

• Details on physical principles of Dual Energy
• Introduction on data acquisition and image reconstruction
• Clinically proven tips and tricks on patient examination
• Interactive evaluation of data sets showing how to optimize data reconstruction and clinical results
• Supervised hands-on study of these data sets followed by interactive proof-reading and discussion
• For each application (e.g. Calculi Characterization, Virtual Unenhanced or Brain Hemorrhage) a minimum of 5 cases is available

Course Director: PD Dr. Thorsten Johnson
Workshop is being supported by Siemens

Participants: This course is intended for radiologists, who would like to deepen and expand their clinical knowledge and practical skills in Dual Energy.

Number of Participants: Maximum 12 participants

Costs: The course fee is € 1.750. – incl. VAT including, Course material, Coffee and Lunch

Register here: www.congressimon.com/siemensme/ctde022011