Crunch time, also known as most of the time, is when advanced imaging techniques can illuminate a path to speed and accuracy.
Taught by radiologist Dr. Adam Flanders from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, this course is a "whirlwind tour of all of the advances that have been brought to bear with the advent of soft-copy reading stations and how things evolved from the film-based environment," Flanders wrote in an email to AuntMinnie.com. "We cover the natural evolution of image interpretation that had to happen in order to accommodate the exponential growth of images per study."
This evolution includes the transition from stack image review to volumetric approaches, efficient networking of images throughout the enterprise using thin-client plug-ins, and physiologic imaging and postprocessing workflow, including computer-aided detection, change detection, and 3D and 4D modeling, Flanders said.
The talk will also cover some of the pitfalls of automation and the need for expert-supervised assessment of advanced visualization output, he added.
