Audience: Radiographers
Accreditation: ASMIRT and SSR
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
|
08.45-09.00 |
Welcome and Introduction |
|
09.00-09.30 |
Technical Aspects of acquiring a Coronary CTA |
|
09.30--10.00 |
Principles Acquisition and Techniques |
|
10.00-10.15 |
Tea break |
|
10.15-10.45 |
Common types of cardiac defects and how to scan |
|
10.45—11.15 |
Comprehensive Cardiac Analysis ISP |
|
11.15-11.45 |
ECG interpretation |
|
11.45-12.30 |
Lunch |
|
12.30-13.15 |
Contrast considerations for Cardiac CTA |
|
13.15-13.45 |
Calcium Score |
|
13.45-14.00 |
Q&A |
About Speaker
- Ms Ruth Kresina
- Dr John Younger
Sr Clinical Support Specialist, CT BU Services & Solutions, APAC, Philips
Ruth Kresina (Ruth) is our resident Global Clinical Education Specialist, providing support especially for APAC countries. Based in Australia and specializes in the adoption of CT scanning technology and imaging. Registered with the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, she has guided and trained numerous healthcare professionals, spreading her deep passion and clinical knowledge for Computed Tomography to where it is needed most.
- Advanced Certificate in Diagnostic Radiography South Australian Institute of technology
- Post Graduate Certificate in Computed Tomography R.M.I.T
- Certificate of Proficiency in Computed Tomography Level 1 and Level 2 Australian Institute of Radiographers
- Certificate of proficiency intravenous cannulation
MB, BCh, MRCP, FRCAP, FCSANZ
Dr John Younger is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and a senior lecturer with the University of Queensland. After completing cardiology training, John undertook a 2 year fellowship in British Heart Foundation Cardiac MRI Research Centre at Leeds University in the UK before returning to Australia to establish the cardiac CT and MRI programs at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
He was a co-author of the CSANZ position statement on Calcium Scoring and the Position Statement on Initial Certification and Maintenance of Recognition for Cardiac MRI. He served as senior Cardiac Society representative on the Conjoint Committee for CT Coronary Angiography and he is the recent past president of ANZ-CMR.
