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COURSE OVERVIEW

Petrone Associates: CT Dose Optimization 2025

Petrone Associates: CT Dose Optimization 2025
0.5 CE ARRT Online Video
Course Credit Type
CE ARRT
Course Faculty
Christopher Smitherman
Course Category
**Self-Study/On-Demand, *Imaging, *Petrone Associates, CT
Course Format
Online Video
Course Credit
0.5
Course Release Date
January 20, 2025
Course Expiration Date
January 19, 2026
Course Cost / Access
$17.99
Program Summary

Christopher Smitherman covers all topics of CT dose & reduction techniques.

OBJECTIVES:
  • Understanding dose contributors
  • Understanding dose reduction techniques
  • Dose modulation/reduction per manufacturer, model and software version.
  • Understanding image quality reference parameters
  • Understanding summing dose report values
  • Imaging of pediatric and pregnant patients
  • Effective dose and biological effects

OUTLINE
  1. Introduction
    1. CT Dose in the News
    2. Rise in Medical Radiation Exposure
    3. Publications and Regulations
    4. CT Dose Contributors
    5. Reducing CT Dose
    6. CT Dose Descriptors
  2. Dose Reduction Techniques
    1. Pre-Scan Techniques
    2. CT Acquisition Parameters/Settings
      1. Scan Modes
      2. Detector Configuration (Slice thickness/Beam collimation)
      3. Table Speed & Pitch
      4. Tube Rotation Time
      5. Tube Current
      6. Tube Potential
      7. Field of View & Bowtie Filter
    3. Dose Modulation/Reduction
      1. Automatic Exposure Control, Tube Potential Selection
      2. Iterative Reconstruction
  3. Summing Dose Report Values
  4. Dose Notifications/Alerts
  5. Pediatric CT Considerations
  6. Imaging of the Pregnant Patient
  7. Effective Dose and Biological Effects
  8. Conclusion