This week we’re excited to announce our preliminary topics for ISCT 2020! We’re still in the early stages, so there’s a lot more to come as we bulk up our list of talks within each session and finalize our speakers for each slot, but here’s a look at some of the overarching session topics for our 2020 CT symposium:

A few years ago we launched ISCT Ondemand, a flexible e-learning option that allows members of the radiology community to continue their medical education on a timeline that works for their specific needs. We have dozens of accredited radiology courses available, each one focusing on a specific hot topic or organ system within CT. This week we’re highlighting our Neuro course, which provides an exciting, spirited update of the most important, high impact developments in CT neuroimaging.

The challenges faced by a radiologist in a managerial position are much different from those faced in the reading room, and in order to effectively leverage your leadership role you need to be prepared to not only identify core challenges within your department, but also know how to appropriately navigate them. Our radiology CME course, “Managing The CT Operation”, equips you to do just that.

On Monday at RSNA 2019 Dr. Mahadevappa Mahesh from Johns Hopkins University presented results from the 2019 National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements (NRCP) report on the current status of medical radiation doses in the US.

Changes are happening across every facet of the industry, but unsurprisingly it was the discussions at RSNA 2019 related to innovation within Computed Tomography that we were the most excited to be a part of. One big topic of conversation we wanted to highlight: an update on CT lung cancer screening. 

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind, with the excitement of the Thanksgiving holiday followed by the even more exciting hustle and bustle of one of our favorite meetings: RSNA. It would take countless hours and likely hundreds of pages to detail everything from RSNA19, but there were a few key takeaways we want to highlight from the conference over the next few days. First and foremost is an update on AI.  

Jointly presented by medical physicists and radiologists, this session focuses on current trends in radiation dose across the U.S. and methods for monitoring and tracking radiation dose. A variety of specific tools for dose mitigation will be discussed along with the challenge of balancing diagnostic quality against dose reduction across a variety of CT applications and patient types.

Being a technologist can be a demanding job, but by regularly taking the time to brush up on your CT knowledge you are contributing to your success in your career, the improvement of your imaging center and refining the patient’s overall experience. Here’s a list of our top 9 computed tomography resources for CT technologists, to help keep you informed and educated about what's changing in the industry!