CTUG Training Course - 17th October 2024
The second CTUG training course will be run on 17th October 2024, the day before the CTUG 2024 meeting in Exeter.
It is 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 whilst the content and presenters are not yet finalised for the second course, it is likely to be similar to the programme below.
More details will follow via the CTUG mail list.
Training Course Programme
08:45 Registration - Tea & Coffee
09:10 Welcome and Introduction - Laurence King
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