Cardiac CTA for CT Technologists
3-Day Offering
Tentative Agenda
Day 1
AM - Patient Scanning and Preparation
7:00 – 7:30 am Orientation – Judy Lane RT
- Overview of course
- Goals and expectations of technologists
7:30 – 8:00am Patient Preparation – Judy Lane RT
- Patient prep area / scan area
- Observation of patient assessments/ medication
administration / monitoring / optimal patient flow
8:00 – 11:00am Patient Scanning – Judy Lane RT
- Patient preparation
- Breathing instructions
- Contrast injection side effects
- Scan protocols
- EKG analysis and what to do
- Retrospective and prospective scan techniques
- Injection protocols
11:00– 11:30 pm Patient monitoring and rate control – Bill Baird RN
11:30– 12:30 pm Lunch
PM - Image Post-processing Agenda
12:30-1:30 pm Lecture “Principles of Cardiac CT” - Dr. Earls
1:30-1:45 pm Lecture “Coronary anatomy” – Rob Jennings RT
12:45 – 2:00 pm Cardiac Processing on the A.W. Workstation– Rob Jennings RT
- Use of software
- Techniques and options
- Basic approach to coronary cases
2:00- 2:15 pm Break
2:15-4:00 pm Post- processing challenges – Rob Jennings RT
- Editing Curved Reformats
- Motion Artifacts
- Calcium
- Stents
Day 2
AM - Patient Scanning and Preparation
7:00 – 7:30 am Scanning Review – Judy Lane RT
- Choice of scan techniques
- Questions and Answer Period
7:30 – 8:00am Patient Preparation – Judy Lane RT
- Patient prep area / scan area
- Observation of patient assessments
- Medication administration
- Monitoring
- Optimizing patient flow
8:00 – 11:00am Patient Scanning – Judy Lane RT
- Patient preparation
- Breathing instructions
- Contrast injection side effects
- Scan protocols
- EKG analysis and what to do
- Retrospective and prospective scan techniques
- Injection protocols
11:00–11:30 pm Lunch
PM - Image Post-processing Agenda
11:30-12:30 pm Lecture “Cardiac CT: Stents, Bypass Grafts and other
Applications” - Dr. Earls
12:30–2:00pm Post processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Clinical and archived cases
- Customizing Your AW Workstation
- Left atrial / pulmonary vein cases
- Coronary Stents
2:00-2:15pm Break
2:15-4:00pm Post processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Clinical and archived cases
- Post Processing Coronary Bypass exams
- Post Processing Overview/Questions
Day 3
AM - Image Post-processing Agenda OR Patient Scanning and Preparation
(Student’s Choice)
Option 1: Image Post-processing Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 am Scanning Review – Judy Lane RT
8:30 – 11:00am Patient Preparation and Scanning – Judy Lane RT
Option 2: Image Post-processing Agenda
8:00–10:00am Post processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Review
- 3D aortic and pulmonary artery studies
- Coronary anomaly cases
10:00-11:00pm Post processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Processing the day’s live clinical cases
11:00- 12:00pm Lunch
PM - Image Post-processing Agenda
12:00-2:00pm Post processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Processing the day’s live clinical cases
- Processing cases with comparison to conventional
coronary angiography
- Working with high calcium score cases
- Minimizing artifacts
2:15-2:30pm Break
2:30-3:00pm Post Processing - Rob Jennings RT
- Clinical and archived cases
- Optional cases as requested by students
3:00-4:00pm Closing review and discussion session