CTUG Training Course

The first ever CTUG training course was run at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham on October 5th, which was the day before the CTUG 2022 meeting.

It is aimed as an introduction to the physics of CT, and is described as described as “An introduction to the physics of computed tomography, including how images are produced and factors affecting radiation dose and image quality”

Feedback from our first course was favourable and we plan to run this again, probably as part of the annual CTUG meeting programme in the future.

Training Course Programme

08:45 Registration - Tea & Coffee

09:10 Welcome and Introduction - Katie Howard

Session 1 - Foundations

09:15 Hardware components and scanner construction - Nicholas Keat

10:00 Image reconstruction - Nicholas Keat

10:30 Exposure parameters, tube current modulation - David Platten

11:00 Tea & Coffee

Session 2 - Patients and safety

11:15 Patient dose estimations - Stuart Yates

12:00 Practical aspects - David Biddle

12:15 Radiation safety and room shielding - Stuart Yates

12:45 Lunch

Session 3 - Quality

13:45 Image artefacts - David Platten

14:15 Optimisation of dose and image quality - Jane Edwards

14:45 Quality control tests - Katie Howard

15:15 Tea & Coffee

Session 4 - Specialised techniques

15:30 Cardiac Imaging - Laurence King

15:45 Fluoroscopy and respiratory gating - Katie Howard

16:00 Dual energy - Laurence King

16:30 Multidisciplinary imaging - Katie Howard

17:00 Close