Mannudeep K. Kalra

CT Dose Reduction and Scanning Techniques
Offers up to 12.75 CE Credits

This course is available as a Full Service offering. This means it includes round-trip airfare (for US and Canada attendees), hotel accommodations, training materials, breaks, lunch and a certificate of attendance. All evening meals are the attendee's personal responsibility.

2-Day Offering

Mannudeep K. Kalra, M.D.
Assistant Radiologist, Divisions of Thoracic and Cardiac Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dates

  • March 26-27, 2012
  • November 5-6, 2012


Location

GE Healthcare Institute
N16 W22419 Watertown Road
Waukesha, WI 53186


Target Audience

Technologists, Radiologists


Course Overview

This detailed 2-day course offers an intensive review of CT scan parameters and CT radiation dose using suitable cases. Extensive hands-on "Dose-in-Action" actual sessions on GE Healthcare CT consoles will be used to understand and apply practical strategies to reduce or optimize CT radiation dose. Following this course, the attendees will have an understanding of:

  • Basics of multidetector CT scanner hardware
  • Purpose and implications of scan parameters
  • How automatic exposure control works
  • Risks with CT radiation dose
  • Simplified approach to reducing CT dose in adults and children
  • Common pitfalls with CT scanning that result in suboptimal dose
  • Special situations in CT scanning such as obesity and pregnancy
  • Dose reduction with advanced techniques available on the scanner


Faculty Background

Dr. Kalra is a staff radiologist in Divisions of Cardiac and Thoracic Imaging in the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Massachusetts and Instructor in Radiology with the Harvard Medical School. Over the past six years he has authored over 150 original research articles, book chapters, abstract and review articles on CT technology assessment and radiation dose reduction. Dr. Kalra's work on CT radiation dose optimization has earned him several awards and prizes at national and international radiology meetings. His research interests currently include advanced reconstruction and image processing techniques for CT radiation dose reduction. He has extensive hands on expertise in optimizing CT radiation dose for pediatric and adult patients.