CTSC:education Cardiology

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Proposed structure for the Cardiovascular Imaging half-day sessions (Monday March 22nd, BWH and Tuesday March 23rd, MGH)

First lecture: Imaging biomarkers overview (15 min including questions)

• Speaker: pending

Second lecture: Clinical research with cardiovascular ultrasound (30 min including questions)

• Speaker: Todd Perlstein (3/22 and 3/23)

Third lecture: Clinical research with cardiovascular MRI (35 min including questions)

• Speaker: Neil Rofsky (3/22 and 3/23)

Fourth lecture: Life cycle of medical imaging data (15 min including questions)

• Speaker: pending

Fifth lecture: Clinical research with cardiovascular CT (30 min including questions)

• Speaker: Ron Blankstein (3/22), Udo Hoffman (3/23)

Sixth lecture: Clinical research with cardiovascular nuclear imaging (30 min including questions)

• Speaker: Marcello Di Carli (3/22), Henry Gewirtz (3/23)

Seventh lecture: Overview of utilizing the Harvard Catalyst Imaging Resources (15 min including questions/wrap up)

• Speaker: Valerie Humblet

Regarding goals to share with the individual imaging modality speakers

• To provide a brief technical overview of the imaging modality.
• To provide an overview of the imaging biomarkers that the modality can generate.
• To provide one or two specific examples of the use of that modality in answering a clinical research question.
• To provide an overview of technical and / or logistical issues in utilizing the modality.
• Cost?
• To address subject safety issues with that modality