- 31.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and SA-CME
- Video Online / On Demand
- Certificate Included
Get this combination at 30% off. Featuring two balanced programs with case and didactic presentations covering Tomosynthesis, Ultrasound, MRI, and multimodality approaches with practical details. Hot Topics has the cases and presentations that include biopsy and breast imaging issues you face every day. Also includes timely technology for synthetic 2D imaging for your tomosynthesis practice.
Modality focus/multimodality coverage:
- Tomosynthesis > 8 hr
- MRI > 8 hr
- US > 8 hr
This activity also satisfies the requirement of at least 8 hours (Category 1 credit hours) of Full Field Digital Mammography.
Regina Barzilay, Ph.D.
- Delta Electronics Professor, EECS.
- Faculty Co-Lead, J-Clinic
- MacArthur Fellow
- MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab
Steven Poplack, MD, FACR, FSBI
- Professor of Radiology
- Department of Radiology
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Steven Harms, MD
- Professor of Radiology
- University of Arkansas
Nancy A. Murphy, MD
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Radiology
- USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
- Radiologist
- James A Haley VA Hospital
- Assistant Professor
- University of South Florida
Fabiola Vazquez, R.T. (R) (M)
- Breast Imaging Supervisor
- UC San Diego Health Comprehensive Breast Health Center
Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
- Professor of Radiology
- Medical Director, Breast Imaging
- UC San Diego Health
- Koman Family Out Patient Pavilion
Susan C. Harvey, MD
- Director, Breast Imaging Division
- The Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
- Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Kathleen Gundry, MD
- Director of Breast Imaging
- Grady Memorial Hospital
- Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
- Emory University School of Medicine
Sona A. Chikarmane, MD
- Department of Radiology
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Harvard Medical School
Mohammad Eghtedari, MD
- Radiologist
- Assistant Professor of Radiology
- Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion
- UC San Diego Health
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Apply results of breast care-imaging research to clinical practice.
- Appraise the potential of tomosynthesis innovations and advances to enhance clinical practice and problem-solving.
- Apply knowledge and skills relevant to clinical practice of breast care-imaging.
- Evaluate the results of breast imaging quality improvement measures to improve patient care.
- Practice using personalized breast imaging examination reports that comply with BI-RADS™ structure to facilitate communication among the breast care team, scalable multi-center research, and individual outcomes assessment.
- Evaluate practical approaches to breast intervention for adaptation to local practice.
Table of Contents
Evaluation of the Male Breast- Revisiting the 1%
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
Review incidence of male breast cancer, risk factors, and imaging appearance. Learn about the ACR Appropriateness Criteria®, an invaluable tool available to guide the radiologist with up-to-date, evidence-based information to make choices about imaging techniques and modalities. Dr. Ojeda gives a comprehensive understanding of imaging protocols in male breast evaluation in order to provide the best possible care.
The Nuts and Bolts of Fine Needle Aspiration and Core Needle Biopsies
- 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Mohammad Eghtedari, MD
Dr. Eghtedari shares workflows, tips, and techniques for image guided breast biopsy, including efficient use of ultrasound and MRI guidance.
EQUIP: Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Fabiola Vazquez, R.T. (R) (M)
Understand the origins and significance of EQUIP (Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program) and assure your institutional preparedness for EQUIP inspection.
Fabiola Vazquez also shares with you tools you need to analyze mammographic image quality.
Breast Cancer in Young Women (Under the Age of Forty)
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
While breast cancer in women over 40 years old is now most often detected by mammography screening, clinical symptoms still lead to diagnoses in younger women. The breast care team can improve early diagnosis in these women by recognizing high-risk patients. Dr. Ojeda gives a concise, thorough review of breast cancer in young women with the goal of saving more lives.
Medical Legal Aspects of Breast Imaging: Practical Advice for Interpretation
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Kathleen Gundry, MD
Dr. Gundry shares her practical approach to accurate breast imaging interpretation, seasoned by a vast experience. She discusses each imaging modality including specifically related issues, with many telling images from practice, and practical tips and techniques.
Spectrum of Clustered Ring Enhancement (CRE) on Breast MRI: Malignancies and their Mimics
- 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Sona A. Chikarmane, MD
Clustered ring enhancement (CRE) was recently added to the 5th edition of the BI-RADS Atlas as one of four internal enhancement patterns (IEP). We are challenged to clarify this distinction in practice. Dr. Chikarmane describes her systematic approach to these related phenomena. She shares her insight and experience, tempered by the literature, by using select practical illustrations intended to show key distinctions among findings.
What is new in BI-RADS 5th Edition
- 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
Refresh your knowledge of the BI-RADS ®, and learn the changes for Mammography, Ultrasound, and MRI. In this comprehensive presentation, Dr. Ojeda-Fournier uses clinical images and management tables to teach the precise use of the BI-RADS to improve your patient care.
Interventional Techniques with Ultrasound, Stereotactic and MR Guidance
- 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
This course provides a detailed account of the essential physician requirements and necessary interventional techniques for Ultrasound, Stereotactic and MRI guided biopsies. A comprehensive program filled with vital information to refresh your knowledge or to implement biopsies in your own practice. Mandatory qualifications and crucial tips and techniques are included for Ultrasound, Stereotactic and MRI modalities.
The Altered Breast
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Kathleen Gundry, MD
You are seeing the altered breast more frequently in your imaging practice. Dr. Gundry explains breast changes due to treatment, reduction, cosmetic augmentation, or post-treatment reconstruction. She provides many examples from her vast experience, showing the spectrum of findings in cancer screening, implant complications, and surveillance after cancer treatments. The program rounds out offering effective problem-solving approaches for the best way to evaluate for altered breast integrity in your own practice.
Breast Ultrasound with Dr. Gundry
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Kathleen Gundry, MD
The Role of Breast Ultrasound, presented by Kathleen Gundry, MD, focuses on significant, practical techniques of ultrasound and BI-Rads findings on ultrasound. Many radiologic images and graphics are included to stimulate and strengthen your learning experience. Stay current in your ultrasound practice with this comprehensive breast ultrasound review.
Breast MRI: Evolution, and Current Cases
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Robert Jared Weinfurtner, MD
MRI is highly effective in screening high-risk patients. Dr. Weinfurtner provides the background you need and shows you how to interpret your examinations in a clinical context.
Effectively fit MRI into your multimodality breast imaging practice.
Breast MRI Bootcamp
- 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Susan C. Harvey, MD
A concise, yet comprehensive review of the basics, emphasizing precise use of current BI-RADS ® descriptors, with applications. Dr. Harvey uses select cases to show and clarify the diagnostic features that you are likely to encounter.
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis with Dr. Ojeda-Fournier
- 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) improves mammography, yet keeps radiation exposure within regulatory limits. After a brief overview, Dr. Ojeda-Fournier systematically shares her seasoned experience through examples: detecting cancer, and making such points as reducing callback for cysts and fibroadenomas. She also illustrates limitations to DBT.
2-D Mammography Synthesized from Tomosynthesis: Strengths, Pitfalls, Artifacts
- 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Sona A. Chikarmane, MD
In this program, Dr. Sona A. Chikarmane reviews synthetic mammography (SM) image acquisition. In addition to reviewing artifacts on SM versus field digital mammography, Dr. Chikarmane also explores the weaknesses of SM and highlights the strengths.
Breast Biopsy: Techniques and Tips
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Nancy A. Murphy, MD
Dr. Nancy A. Murphy shares practical experience, focusing on efficient use of ultrasound in breast biopsy. She shows you how, and details equipment and patient comfort measures.
Breast Ultrasound with Dr. Harvey
- 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Susan C. Harvey, MD
A concise, yet comprehensive review of the basics, emphasizing precise use of BI-RADS ® descriptors, with applications. Dr. Harvey tells you what you need to know and shows you how to use it.
DBT: Challenges and Pitfalls
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Steven Poplack, MD, FACR, FSBI
Dr. Steven Poplack shares practical experience, focusing on the challenges and pitfalls in digital breast tomosynthesis.
Artificial Intelligence: Practical Breakthroughs for Breast Imaging and Care
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Regina Barzilay, Ph.D.
Dr. Regina Barzilay, winner - among other accolades - of a MacArthur fellowship (unofficially known as the“genius grant”) shows how you can improve care using computational analytics for richer insights to inform your medical judgment.
MRI of Women with Silicone Augmentation
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Steven Harms, MD
A pioneer in developing MRI for breast imaging, Dr. Harms maintains a practical clinical perspective with vast clinical experience with every complication over four decades of breast MRI practice. A technology leader, he weighs alternative clinical pathways that the radiologist can adapt according to local capabilities and individual patient needs. This presentation is likely the definitive current teaching on this topic.
Breast Cancer Staging and Treatment
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Kathleen Gundry, MD
Dr. Gundry teaches a fiercely practical approach. She roadmaps multimodality staging, depending on complementary, clinical, pathologic, and imaging information. She sorts out evolving treatment options as well. The experience she shares will help any radiologist on a breast care team meet the challenge of staying current.
DCIS: How MRI Helps
- 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- Steven Harms, MD
DCIS remains a management problem in breast disease. Although management recommendations have not stabilized, MRI can now improve diagnosis and predictive value. Dr. Harms, a pioneer in the development of MRI of the Breast, offers seasoned judgment of the spotty initial MRI data on DCIS. He then reviews specific current improvements in technology to improve the sensitivity with improved resolution and interpretive criteria, with illustrative examples showing recent technical contributions to diagnosis, with insight into the wide spectrum and emerging information on the predictive value of the diagnosis.
Breast MRI: Quick and Easy
- 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Steven Harms, MD
Dr. Harms, a breast MRI pioneer, arguably has the most extended high volume experience with dedicated breast MRI. He shares his experience, including the rationale and examples as he drops a pearl. Share his workstation as he scrolls through workflows, discusses findings, and guides toward efficient, effective practice. The video enables you to back up and repeat as you please.
Breast MRI in Benign Breast Disease
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Steven Harms, MD
Dr. Steven Harms, a pioneer of MRI of the breast, helps us diagnose benign breast disease to minimize false positives. Share his sessions at his workstation and workflows as he navigates efficient workflows, and narrates his thought processes, while clearly teaching the technical rationale for image processing approaches.
MRI Case Conference
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Steven Poplack, MD, FACR, FSBI
Dr. Poplack shares cases selected from his vast experience. He leads us through the findings and thought process with multimodality options. Strict conformity with BI-RADS ® conventions elucidates nuances of management for the patient’s benefit for appropriate breast conservation.
- Release Date: 03/17/2021
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Faculty Disclosures
Regina Barzilay, Ph.D.
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Steven Poplack, MD, FACR, FSBI
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Steven Harms, MD
- 2014
- Aurora Imaging Technology (consultant)
- Seno Medical (consultant)
- 2021
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Nancy A. Murphy, MD
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Fabiola Vazquez, R.T. (R) (M)
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
- View Point Medical (consultant)
- Curemetix (consultant)
- ESI (Course director or speaker)
- Medical Education Speaker (speaker)
- Oakstone (speaker)
Susan C. Harvey, MD
- Hologic (scientific advisor)
- IBM Watson Imaging (scientific advisor)
Kathleen Gundry, MD
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Sona A. Chikarmane, MD
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
Mohammad Eghtedari, MD
- Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies: None reported
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