Day1 - MO

11 April

Title

Description

Lecturer

9:00-9:30

Administrative matters and workshop introduction. Participants self-introduction

9:30-10:30

The state of the art of CT scanner (An overview of state of the art CT scanners: X-ray tubes, Gantry, Detectors)

Lecture

KM

10:30-11:00

Tea/Coffee break

11:00-11:30

Tube current modulation (How it is implemented in different makes and model of state of the art scanners)

Lecture

MB

11:30-12:00

Iterative Reconstructions (Iterative reconstructions in the image space or in the sinogram space. Modeling the physics in the iterative reconstruction for transmission computed tomography.

Lecture

MB

12:00-12:30

Iterative Reconstructions (To understand differences in the different makes and model of state of the art scanners)

Lecture

KM

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:30

Workshop on the use of TCM in protocol optimization (How to configure the relevant parameters during acquisition)

Hospital

KM-MB-DP-SJ

15:30-16:00

Refreshment Break

16:00-17:30

Workshop on the use of iterative reconstruction in protocol optimization

Hospital

KM-MB-DP-SJ

Day2 - TU

12 April

Title

Description

Lecturer

9:00-9:45

CT dosimetry Standard and advanced metrics to quantify CT dose (CTDI, DLP, SSDE). Patient-specific and scanner-specific Monte Carlo simulation.

Lecture

MB

9:45-10:30

Image quality definition (Standard and advanced metrics to quantify Image quality: sharpness, contrast, Noise, SNR, CNR, NEQ, DQE and how these metrics behave as a function of the dose)

Lecture

MB

10:30-11:00

Tea/Coffee break

11:00-11:30

Creating good scanning protocols

Lecture

KM

11:30-12:15

Radiation dose considerations for chest CT (including low kV)

Lecture

KM

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:30

QC- Data acquisition. CT dosimetry (data acquisition)

(Medical Physicists and Radiographers)

Hospital

MB-DP

14:00-14:30

Justification and Protocols settings in CT. Example of existing and working justification system. (Radiologists)

Lecture

KM

14:30-15:15

Radiation dose considerations for abdominal CT (including low kV)

15:30-16:00

Refreshment Break

16:00-17:30

All: CT image quality in different conditions (data acquisition)

Hospital

MB-DP-KM

Evaluation of image quality: excercise

Day3 - WE

13 April

Title

Description

Lecturer

9:00-9:45

Radiation Dose of CT Examinations (Review of radiation dose associated with the most common types of diagnostic CT)

Lecture

DP

9:45-10:30

Diagnostic Reference Levels in CT (Review of the internationally established DRLs adults and paediatric)

Lecture

MB

10:30-11:00

Tea/Coffee break

11:00-11:30

CT dose management in pediatric patients

Lecture

KM

11:30-12:00

CT Dose management of pregnant patients

Lecture

KM

12:00-12:30

CT dose management for head CT

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:00

Setting CT protocols according to specific clinical question (Analysis of data of CT protocols collected in 4 hospitals)

Lecture

KM-DP-MB

15:00-15:30

Refreshment Break

15:30-17:00

Protocol implementation process,( few basic protocols vs as specific as possible protocols, i.e. many protocols, the way of assigning protocols, communication between technicians and attendings, management of findings not related to clinical question which are not able to be characterized on the performed study)

Round Table

KM-DP-MB

Day4 - THU

14 April

Title

Description

Lecturer

9:00-9:45

The effect of scout view orientation on dose and image quality

Lecture

DP

9:45-10:30

Acceptance testing and QC of CT scanners (Acceptance/commissioning testing: purpose, types, examples. Suspensions levels in CT)

Lecture

MB

10:30-11:00

Tea/Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Radiation Dose Index monitoring (RDIM) systems and establishment of local DRLs (PACS, Networking,DICOM Dose Structured Report, Overview of RDIM systems, Use of RDIM systems to establish local DRLs, optimization and organ dose evaluation)

Lecture

DP

11:45-12:30

CT Dose evaluation (How to use Software for CT patient dose evaluation)

Lecture

MB

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

13:30-15:00

QC- Data Analysis and Interpretation

Lecture

MB-KM-DP

CT dosimetry (data analysis)

Analyzing data of CT dose collected in 4 hospitals

Calculation of patient dose: exercise

15:00-15:30

Refreshment Break

15:30-17:00

CT image quality (data analysis)

Lecture

KM-MB-DP

Analyzing data of CT image quality collected in 4 hospitals

Discussion

Day5 - FRI

15 April

Title

Description

Lecturer

9:00-9:45

Relation of technical and clinical image quality in CT?

Lecture

KM-MB

9:45-10:30

Dual Energy CT: Technology and Dose

Lecture

KM

10:30-11:00

Refreshment Break

11:00-11:45

Dual energy CT: Clinical applications

Lecture

KM

11:45-12:30

Risk assessment and communication in CT

Lecture/Discussion

MB and KM (for discussion)

12:30-13:00

Questionnaire/Certificate/Closure

12:30-13:30

Lunch