Society of Thoracic Radiology Clinical Update

Explore the Latest in Diagnosis, Management and More

Thoracic Imaging – 2018 covers a range of topics, including lung cancer screening, diffuse lung diseases, quantitative imaging, big data and deep learning, pulmonary infections, oncologic imaging and interventional management, evidence-based imaging and educational topics, cardiothoracic emergencies, and cardiovascular imaging. It will help you to better:

• Recognize basic concepts in imaging interpretation including pitfalls, anatomic variants and frequently missed diagnoses
• Discuss the role of imaging in the screening, diagnosis, evaluation and management of cardiac diseases, including those affecting coronary arteries and great vessels of the thorax
• Describe current and emerging applications in radiography, CT, MR and PET
• Apply a practical approach to the assessment and management of infectious diseases, mediastinal abnormalities and diffuse lung diseases

Discover New Guidelines

A comprehensive clinical update, this learn-at-your-own-pace course in thoracic imaging provides AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Available online, it provides access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Case of the Day

• Case of the Day 1 – Swati Banait-Deshmane, MD

• Case of the Day 2 – Julianna Czum, MD

Quantitative Imaging

• Computational Image Analysis in Diffuse Lung Diseases: The Past, Present, and Future – Simon Walsh, MD, MRCPI, FFRRCSI

• Radiomics in Lung Cancer Imaging: Value, Burden, or Both – Subba R. Digumarthy, MD

• Quantitative Evaluation of Subsolid Lung Nodules: Focus on a Moving Target – Jeffrey Alpert, MD

• Imaging Lung Function Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI – H. Page McAdams, MD

Diffuse Lung Disease I

• Organization as a Pathway to Fibrosis – Seth Kligerman, MD

• Cystic Lung Disease – Theresa McLoud, MD

• Pulmonary Sarcoidosis- Diagnosis of Exclusion? A Case Based Review – Rachna Madan, MD

• The Use of Clinical Information and Demographics to Identify the Causes of Diffuse Ground-Glass Opacities – Wallace T. Miller, Jr., MD

• Drug-Induced Lung Injury – Joanna Kusmirek, MD

• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis – Exposing the Truth – Kiran Batra, MD

Emerging Technology, Big Data, and Informatics

• Deep Learning in Thoracic Radiology – William Auffermann, MD, PhD

• How Low Can You Go? Limited Radiation Thoracic Imaging – Chi Wan Koo, MD

• 3-D Printing in Thoracic Radiology – H. Henry Guo, MD, PhD

• Radiomics of Lung Cancer: The Promise and Translational Potential – Ritu Gill, MD, MPH

• Machine Learning and Convolutional Neural Networks for Detection and Evaluation of Pulmonary Lesions – Albert Hsiao, MD, PhD

Lung Cancer Screening

• Lung Cancer Screening: Understanding Lung-RADS – Myrna Godoy, MD

• Troubleshooting Lung-RADS: Approach to Screening Cases that Don’t Seem to Fit – Jared D. Christensen, MD

• Using Risk Calculators in Lung Cancer Screening – James Ravenel, MD

• Update on Lung-RADS – Ella Kazerooni, MD

• Cardiothoracic Conundrums – Cases that Amaze and Inform – Geoffrey Rubin, MD – Moderator

Case of the Day

• Case of the Day 3 – Sherief Garrana, MD

• Case of the Day 4 – Peter Filev, MD

Diffuse Lung Disease II

• Felson Lecture: IgG4 Related Disease – Jay Ryu, MD

• Histiocytic Disorders of the Lung – Archana Laroia, MD

• Updated Criteria for Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis from the Fleischner Society – David Lynch, MB

• Pathways and Mechanisms to End-Stage Parenchymal Fibrosis – John Nance, MD

• Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification (DPO): CT Features and Associated Conditions – James F. Gruden, MD

Lung Cancer Treatments, Radiation Injury, Immunotherapy, and Drug Toxicity

• Gamsu Lecture: Radiation Induced Lung Injury: Detecting Recurrence and Texture Analysis – David Palma, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC

• Radiation-Induced Lung Disease: What the Radiologist Needs to Know – Marcelo Benveniste, MD

• Novel Imaging Biomarkers in Thoracic Malignancy: Emerging Techniques from Bench to Bedside – Sharyn Katz, MD, MTR

• Cancer Immunotherapy Essentials for Thoracic Radiology – Darragh Halpenny, MB, BCh, BAO

• Role of Body Composition in Lung Cancer Patients – Florian Fintelmann, MD

Occupational and Inhalational Lung Disease

• Scanlon Symposium: Emerging and Recurring Occupational Lung Disease in the 21st Century – James Lockey, MD

• Depositional Diseases of the Lung – Tomás Franquet, MD

• Beyond Classical Pneumoconiosis: Occupational Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Airways Disease – Jonathan Chung, MD

• Occupational Lung Disease: Public Health Perspective – Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH

• Iraqi-Afghanistan War Lung Injury: Clinical Presentation, Imaging Findings and Future Directions – Joseph Mammarappallil, MD, PhD

NASCI/STR: Coronary Arteries and Aorta

• Acute Aortic Syndrome – Update on Diagnosis, Imaging Findings, and Management – Diana Litmanovich, MD

• Complication Mimics of the Postoperative Aorta – Daniel Green, MD

• Post Procedural TAVR: Structuring Your Knowledge of Complications – Amar Shah, MD, MPA

• Coronary Arteries: Variant Anatomy and Anomalies – Arlene Sirajuddin, MD

Case of the Day

• Case of the Day 5 – Melissa Price, MD

• Case of the Day 6 – Jennifer Feneis, MD

Cardiac Imaging I

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Cardiac MR – Kristopher Cummings, MD

• The Why and How of the Cardiac T1 Mapping – Laura Heyneman, MD

• Cardiac CT – 2018 Update – U. Joseph Schoepf, MD, FACR, FAHA, FNASCI, FSCBT-MR, FSCCT

• CT in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: What Everyone Needs to Know – Prachi Agarwal, MD

• Cardiopulmonary Imaging of Pregnancy – Cylen Javidan-Nejad, MD

Mediastinum

• Tissue Characterization of Thoracic Lesions by MRI – Jeanne Ackman, MD

• Clinical Implications of Enlarged Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Nodes in the ICU Patient – Richard Gore, MD

• The New Staging for Thymic Epithelial Malignancies – Edith Marom, MD

• The Medistinal Visceral Space: Central Pathway for Spread of Medistinal Disease – J. Michael Holbert, MD, FACR

• Gastroesophageal Reflux and Pulmonary Disease – Andrew Yen, MD

Cardiac Imaging II

• Common and Uncommon Pacemakers and ICDs – Ahmed El-Sherief, MD

• Cancer and Treatment Related Cardiomyopathy – Gregory Gladish, MD

• Cardiac MRI T1, T2 and T2* Mapping – Kate Hanneman, MD

• Cardiac Manifestations of Connective Tissue Disease – Carole Dennie, MD

• Cardiac MRI Evaluation of Right Heart Dilation: How I Do It – Adam Jacobi, MD

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

• Thoracic Vasculitis: Radiologic – Pathologic Correlation – Aletta Ann Frazier, MD

• Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations on MDCT: Lessons Learned Over the Past Decade – Sanjeev Bhalla, MD

• Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: The Role of the Radiologist – Shaunagh McDermott, MB, BCh, BAO

• Pulmonary Angiography: A Clinical Update – Carol Ridge, MD

The Future of Chest Imaging: Succession Planning

• High-Performance Mentorship in Thoracic Radiology – Georgeann McGuinness, MD

• Leadership Lessons from the Field – Geoffrey Rubin, MD

Congenital and Genetic Thoracic Disease

• Congenital Vascular Anomalies – Charles White, MD

• Familial Aortic Aneurysms – Daniel Vargas, MD

• What Was That Again? The Rare Genetic Syndromes That May Be Seen in Adults – Susan Hobbs, MD, PhD

• Congenital Lung Diseases in Adults – Sushilkumar Sonavane, MD

• Congenital Aortopathies – Cristina Fuss, MD

Pulmonary Infection

• TB or not TB, That is the Question: Radiology-Clinical-Pathology Correlation, Misconceptions and Practical Tips – Subha Ghosh, MD

• Infections in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients – Alan C. Legasto, MD

• Blastomycosis – Maria Daniela Martin, MD

• Histoplasmosis – Robert D. Tarver, MD

• Coccidioidomycosis – Elizabeth Moore, MD

Extrapulmonary Thoracic Neoplasms

• Pulmonary Lymphoproliferative Disease – Milena Petranovic, MD

• Thoracic Manifestations of Leukemia – Girish Shroff, MD

• Thinking Outside the Pleura: Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Chest Wall Neoplasms – John Lichtenberger, III, MD

• Modern Imaging of Esophageal Cancer – Brett W. Carter, MD

Pleura, Diaphragm, Chest Wall

• Thoracic Fistulas – Sharon Brouha, MD

• Imaging of Pleural Diseases – Mylene Truong, MD

• Thoracic Hernias: Types, Complications, and Treatment – Abhishek Chaturvedi, MD

Trauma, Surgery & Intervention

• Non-Vascular Thoracic Trauma – Mark Parker, MD

• Traumatic Aortic Injury in 2018: Key Imaging Characteristics – Constantine Raptis, MD

• Update on the Pre- and Postoperative Imaging for Lung Transplantation – Dharshan Vummidi, MD

• Imaging of Esophageal Complications: What Can Go Wrong? – Stephen Hobbs, MD

• Transthoracic Needle Biopsy: Optimizing Yield and Reducing Complications – Jeffrey Klein, MD

• CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Nodule Localization and VATS Resection – Jason Lempel, MD

Airways

• Beyond Bronchitis: A Review of the Congenital and Acquired Abnormalities of the Bronchus – Katherine Kaproth-Joslin, MD, PhD

• Bronchiectasis: Revisiting Uncommon Etiologies – Brent Little, MD

• Large Airways: Case Based – Santiago Rossi, MD

• Dynamic CT for Evaluation of Tracheomalacia – Stuart Cohen, MD