Cardiac imaging: radiologists prepare, participate, and publish.

摘要

With the development, maturity, and expanded availability of cardiac MRI and cardiac CT, remarkable changes have occurred in cardiac imaging. Radiologists and radiology organizations recognize this and are responding accordingly."Standing room only" (apologies to the fire marshals) coronary CTA lectures at RSNA and ARRS meetings show radiologists' interest in cardiac imaging. A number of academic centers offer training programs and fellowships in cardiac CT. Of course, major CT vendors sponsor a variety of "level 1" and "level 2" physician training and technologist training programs linked to equipment purchases. The ACR, ARRS, and RSNA have responded to the demand for training and certification in coronary CTA. ACR leadership, in creating reasonable requirements for radiologists to achieve "level 1" certification [1, 2], has encouraged the formation of SAM programs to include 50 monitored cases. The ARRS has offered two very successful coronary CTA courses (at a cost of h75 for ARRS members), with 331 attending in San Diego in February, and with 159 at the recent Minneapolis meeting. RSNA 2007, in conjunction with the North American Society for Cardiac Imaging, will offer a similar course (at no additional cost for RSNA members), with a large number of participants expected. In 2008, the ACR will offer a series of 3-day courses (dollar4,000 for ACR members) with individual workstation experience at the new ACR Education Center in Reston, Virginia.