Make sure you take advantage of the free CPD opportunities available at this year’s UKRC/UKRO conference in Liverpool by booking your place at one of the Education on the Stand sessions.
These sessions, many of which are CPD Now endorsed, provide you with a valuable opportunity to pick up new skills, learn new techniques and enhance your knowledge and understanding.
Below, we have put together a list of the Education on the Stand sessions with information on how you can book your place and avoid disappointment.
If you’ve not booked your ticket for UKRC yet, you can either buy a ticket or register for a free exhibition pass by clicking here.
And make sure to visit the Society of Radiographers stand whilst at the conference to enter our prize draw for a chance to win a Kindle.
SoR student members will also be able to pick up a free memory stick.
Carestream, stand 99
Masterclass sessions available for Carestream RIS, PACS & VNA users
1 hour sessions available with our Applications Specialist for you to have training on a subject of your choice.
Times: Monday and Tuesday at 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm, Wednesday at 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am and 1:30pm
Booking: Please contact Jane Grimsley to book your session [email protected]
CPD Now Endorsed.
Cobalt, stand 1
Under the covers: What’s Inside Your MRI Scanner?
By design, MRI scanner components are not accessible. MRI in Practice author John Talbot presents a CGI guided tour.
Time: Tuesday at 9:30am, 11am, 1:30pm and 4pm
Booking: Courses can be booked by emailing [email protected]
Guerbet, stand 65-66
Breast MRI
Dr Anmol Malhotra, Royal Free Hospital
Time: 3pm on Tuesday
Booking: On the stand on the day.
Update on NSF (Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis)
- Definition & symptoms of NSF
- The role of transmetallation in NSF
- The role of stability of gadolinium based (MRI) contrast media in NSF
- Reported confirmed un-confounded clinical cases of NSF
- Potential prevention of NSF
Time: Sessions take place on the hour, every hour, throughout the duration of the conference.
Booking: On the stand on the day.
Safety & Diagnostic Efficacy of Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents
- Overview of types of adverse reactions associated with GBCAs
- Comparison of adverse reactions in commonly used GBCAs on the basis of published data
- Gadolinium accumulation in brain detected in the form of unexpected T1 hyper-signals
Time: Sessions take place on the hour, every hour, throughout the duration of the conference.
Booking: On the stand on the day.
Update on Gadolinium Accumulation in the Brain
- Brief overview of Gadolinium based Contrast Agents (GBCAs)
- Clinical Cases: Detection of hyper-signals in Un-enhanced T1 weighted MR images in brain.
- Data showing that hyper-signals correspond to Gadolinium accumulation in the brain
- Clinical outcome of Gadolinium accumulation in brain
Time: Sessions take place on the hour, every hour, throughout the duration of the conference.
Booking: On the stand on the day.
Contrast induced nephropathy
- Definition of CIN.
- The pathophysiology of CIN
- The risk factors related to CIN.
- The role of osmolality and viscosity of the contrast agent in CIN.
- A detailed analysis of Iso-osmolar contrast agent and Low-Osmolar contrast agents and their role in the aetiology of CIN
- Potential prevention of CIN.
Time: Sessions take place on the hour, every hour, throughout the duration of the conference.
Booking: On the stand on the day.
Computer-Aided Detection and Artificial Intelligence
In this talk, the auditors will learn about the requirements and design of CAD systems and how artificial intelligence can be applied to CAD for greater impact on clinical use.
Time: Sessions take place on the hour, every hour, throughout the duration of the conference.
Booking: Booking on the stand on the day.
Philips, stand 70
Dose Indicators in Digital Radiography
A 30 minute session providing an overview of the latest techniques and indicators designed to manage and reduce patient dose.
Time: Monday 9:30am and 12pm, Tuesday 12:45pm and 3:45pm
Booking: Email [email protected] to sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
First Time Right Imaging – MR Innovation
Principle of Scanwise, managing patients with implants, and how mDixon XD can improve diagnostics and reduce scanning time.
Time: Monday 14:30pm, Tuesday 16:30pm
Booking: Email [email protected] to sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
iMR – a model-based approach to Iterative Reconstruction
Explanation of iMR/iterative reconstruction.
Time: Monday 11:10am, Tuesday 09:30am
Booking: Email to sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
Spectral CT – exploring the possibilities
Explanation of spectral CT and Dual energy imaging techniques and acquisition.
Time: Monday 4pm, Tuesday 1:30pm
Booking: Emailto sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
The Future of Healthcare Informatics
How developments in healthcare informatics will influence the care continuum and improve outcomes for the patient.
Time: Monday 1:40pm, Tuesday 11am
Booking: Email to sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
The Future of Patient and Staff Dose Management
This will cover the Philips Dose Management Solution for the collection and analysis of data relating to patient and staff dose.
Time: Monday 3:10pm, Tuesday 2:30pm
Booking: Email to sign up before UKRC, alternatively you can come to stand 70 during the conference and ask for Bernadette who will put your name on the relevant list.
Siemens, stand 90
Hot Topics in Surgery: Mobile Imaging using flat panel detectors
Looking at the various options and capabilities available in a surgery environment using the latest mobile c-arm imaging systems.
Time: Monday 10am, Tuesday 10am, Wednesday 10am
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in CT: Metal Artefact Reduction Techniques
Reducing the metal artefacts seen on CT images to improve diagnostic accuracy has become an important topic. In this presentation we will look at basic parameter selection and a number of techniques used to optimise images, including extended CT scale, the use of monoenergetic images from dual energy scans and iMAR.
Time: Monday 10:30am, Tuesday 10:30am, Wednesday 10:30am
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in Radiography: Multi-modality imaging in the “general” room
This session will explore the possibilities available with the Multitom RAX in offering plain film imaging, interventional radiography and 3D tomography in the same room, with the same system.
Time: Monday 11am, Tuesday 11am, Wednesday 11am
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in MR: Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging
MSK imaging is one of the most commonly performed examinations in MRI. In this presentation we will look at basic parameter selection and fat saturation techniques used in MSK.
Time: Monday 11:30am, Tuesday 11:30am, Wednesday 11:30am
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in CT: Basics of Cardiac CT
Cardiac CT examinations are now routinely undertaken in many departments. In this session we will look at the most important factors for successful cardiac CT including the indications for examinations, patient preparation, and basic cardiac anatomy. We will consider the importance of ECG gating, chosen acquisition modes (retrospective, prospective and Flash) and reconstruction.
Time: Monday 1:30pm, Tuesday 1:30pm, Wednesday 1:30pm
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in Radiology: Interventional Imaging – Radiology going hybrid
With interventions and devices getting ever more complex hybrid operating rooms are rapidly becoming the environment of choice to perform procedures such as EVAR. This session will look at how the combination of interventional imaging and theatre environment into a so-called ‘hybrid OR’ can help improve outcomes for both patients and hospital in radiology. We will shed light on different imaging systems, tables, and dedicated software applications, like EVAR 3D guidance, which can help ensure treatment success.
Time: Monday 14:00pm, Tuesday 14:00pm, Wednesday 14:00pm
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc
Hot Topics in Ultrasound: The role of liver elastography in the assessment of liver disease
The gold standard for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of liver fibrosis is a liver biopsy. Yet there are known limitations of liver biopsy that make it less than ideal for ongoing assessment of disease. Siemens Virtual Touch Quantification (VTQ) has proven to be rapid, reliable and reproducible in the measurement of shear wave velocity in the liver and pancreas, thus it is potentially one of the most accessible non-invasive methods to assess chronic liver disease.
Time: Monday 2:30pm, Tuesday 2:30pm, Wednesday 2:30pm
Booking: Visit www.siemens.co.uk/ukrc