Meeting Archive

Thoracic Imaging 2001
April 4 - 8, 2001
Boca Raton Resort & Club

Meeting Brochure

Course Description
The course is designed for radiologists and other physicians with an interest in chest and cardiac imaging. Thoracic Imaging 2001 is the 19th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the Society of Thoracic Radiology. This 5-day meeting will feature internationally recognized experts in thoracic imaging and related clinical disciplines and will include the following:

	Infiltrative Lung Disease		Airways Disease
	The Diagnosis of Lung Cancer		Infectious Lung Disease
	Cardiac Ischemia and the Role of Imaging		Technical Issues in Imaging
	Digital Image Display and Transfer		Teaching and Electronic Presentation
	Functional Chest Imaging

	Scientific sessions and poster presentations. An Expert Film Panel that provides the “expert’s” approach to the differential diagnosis of unknown cases.
	Small-group workshops (13) by experts in pediatric and adult chest imaging.

	Describe a multifaceted approach to the assessment of diffuse lung disease.
	Summarize the current controversies related to the diagnosis of lung cancer, and review the appearance of neoplastic, infectious, and traumatic processes in the chest.
	Summarize the emerging role of functional imaging in the chest.
	Summarize the role of imaging in the assessment of ischemic heart disease and pulmonary vascular disease.
	Describe the current state of digital imaging, with emphasis on picture archiving and communica-tion systems (PACS), digital image manipulation, and distance learning.
	Describe advanced techniques in computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, nuclear medicine, and positron emission tomography (PET) as they relate to chest disease.

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsor-ship 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 provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Radiological Society of North America designates this Continuing Medical Education activity for a maximum of 39.25 hours in category 1 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.

	Introduction
	Wednesday, April 4, 2001
	- Cases of the Day - Scanlon Symposium: Assessment of Diffuse Lung Disease—Part I - Scanlon Symposium: Assessment of Diffuse Lung Disease—Part II - The Diagnosis of Lung Cancer - Other Neoplastic Processes in the Chest
	Thursday, April 5, 2001
	- Cases of the Day - New Horizons: Functional Imaging in the Chest - STR NASCI Cardiovascular Symposium: Ischemia and Imaging - Cardiovascular Symposium (continued): The Heart and Associated Blood Vessels - Benjamin Felson Memorial Lecture
	Friday, April 6, 2001
	- Cases of the Day - Airways - Image Storage, Transfer, and Manipulation - Infections - Modality Updates - Unknown Case Session
	Saturday, April 7, 2001
	- Cases of the Day - Scientific Sessions - ICU and Other Topics - Teaching and Learning Workshop
	Sunday, March 8, 2001
	- Cases of the Day - Workshops -- Track 1 - Workshops -- Track 2

Clinical Utility of Radiofrequency Ablation in the Thorax: Initial Clinical Experience in a Large Series of Patients Damian E. Dupuy, MD, Gerald F. Abbott, MD, M. B. Maneiro, William W. Mayo-Smith, MD

Evaluation of Complex Congenital Heart Disease with Multislice CT
Robert C. Gilkeson, Jr, MD, Peter B. Sachs, MD, L. Ciancibello,
K. Zahka, K. Applegate, S. Berlin

Helical CT for the Evaluation of Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnostic Pitfalls
Michael B. Gotway, MD, S. K. Dawn, Philip A. Araoz, MD, Gautham P. Reddy, MD, W. Richard Webb, MD

Radiographic Manifestations of Thoracic Aspergillus Infection
Michael B. Gotway, MD, S. K. Dawn, Elaine M. Caoili, MD, Philip A. Araoz, MD, Gautham P. Reddy, MD, W. Richard Webb, MD

Image-guided Percutaneous Thoracic Drainage Procedures
W. N. Holmes, BA, Jeffrey S. Klein, MD

The Many Faces of Pulmonary TB in HIV-Positive Patients
Daniel Saurborn, MD, Joel E. Fishman, MD, PhD,
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD

Nuclear Medicine Features of Thoracic Malignancies:
A Pictorial Review with Scintigraphic-Radiographic Correlation
Ryan J. Zucker, MD, Y. C. Bradley, U. A. Salman

Meeting Highlights