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Thoracic Imaging 2000
March 12 - 15, 2000
Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California

Course Description
The course is designed for radiologists and other physicians with an interest in chest and cardiac imaging. Thoracic Imaging 2000 is the 18th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the Society of Thoracic Radiology. The meeting will feature internationally recognized experts in thoracic imaging and related clinical disciplines and will include the following:

	Lung Cancer Screening and Staging		Conventional Radiography
	Infiltrative Lung Disease		Cardiovascular Imaging
	Infectious Lung Disease		Imaging in the 21 st Century

	Additional topics such as pediatric chest disorders, AIDS, and diseases of the airways will be included.
	Scientific Sessions and Poster Presentations: Presentation of original scientific investigations in thoracic imaging, including a session dedicated to award-winning papers.
	Expert Film Panel session on "How I Do It" that provides the expert's approach to the differential diagnosis of unknown cases.
	Thirty-six small-group workshops by experts in pediatric and adult pulmonary and cardiovascular imaging.

Course Objectives
At the completion of the course, the attendee will be able to (1) describe the technical and practical applications of digital imaging; (2) summarize PACS (picture archiving and communication systems), helical and high-resolution chest computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of thoracic diseases; (3) appraise the role of imaging in the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease, thoracic trauma, airway disease, lung cancer, and pulmonary vascular disease; (4) state the technique of CT angiography, three-dimensional display of volumetric CT data, interventional techniques, and digital chest radiography; and (5) apply these advances in his or her practice.

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Thoracic Radiology. The Radiological Society of North America is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Radiological Society of North America designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 33.5 hours in Category I credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Target Audience
This meeting is designed for general diagnostic radiologists, chest radiologists, cardiac radiologists, pulmonologists, internists, family physicians, thoracic surgeons, and chest-oriented residents and fellows.

Sunday, March 12, 2000
	Morning Session: - Scanlon Symposium - Lung Cancer
	Afternoon Sessions: - HRCT of Diffuse Lung Disease - Pulmonary Infections
Monday, March 13, 2000
	Morning Sessions: - The Chest Radiograph - AIDS
	Scientific Sessions Session I - Part 1 Session I - Part 2 Session II - Part 1 Session II - Part 2 and Benjamin Felson Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
	STR/NASCI Cardiovascular Symposium
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
	Workshops Workshops 1 Workshops 2 Workshops 3
Thursday, March 16, 2000
	Chest Imaging in the 21st Century

Scientific Posters

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Sarcoidosis: A Review of the Thoracic and Extrathoracic Manifestations
Steven E. Zinck, MD, Steven L. Primack, MD

MRI Features of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Naeem Merchant, MD

Pulmonary Embolism Mimics: Alternative Diagnoses and Ancillary Findings
Robert C. Gilkeson, Jr, MD, A. B. Montgomery, MD

Neu Drowning: Chest Radiographic and Thin-Section CT Findings in Six Adult Patients
Kun-II Kim, MD, Ki-Nam. Lev, MD, PhD

Pericardial Disease, in Lung Cancer Patients and the Relationship vvith Treatment
Shane K. Backus, MD, Janis L. Hurst, MD

The Radiologic Spectrum of Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Hannah L. Chang, MD, Marc V. Gosselin, MD

Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Using 100% Oxygen
Yoshiharu Ohno, MD, Dalsuke Takenaka, MD. Y. Kojuma, Arata Motoyana, MD, S. Adack, K. Sugimura

Respiratory Synchronized Turbo Short TI. (Inversion Time) Inversion Recovery (STIR) Image: Usefulness of Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis on Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Dalsuke Takenaka, MD, Yoshiharu Ohno, MD. Y, Kojima, Arata Motoyama, MD, S. Adachi, K. Sugimura

The Spectrum of Radiographic Manifestations of Pulmonary Blastomycosis
Robert F. Favret, Jr, MD, Donna K. Culhane, MD

Imaging of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) Cepacia Pneumonia in Lung Transplant Recipients
with Cystic Fibrosis
Wayne L. Deitel, MD, Gordon L. Weisbrod MD, Stephen J. Herman, MD

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