How We Do It: Fundamentals of Radiological Practice

How 18 - How we overcome imaging challenges in the thoracic outlet

March 7, 09:30 - 10:30 CET

2 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Brachial plexus
  1. To learn how to tailor MRI sequences and how to mitigate artefacts for brachial plexus imaging.
  2. To review key anatomic landmarks on imaging and how to reliably identify the different plexus components.
  3. To become familiar with the most common brachial plexus pathologies and how to differentiate them from mimics using a case-based approach.
15 min
Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
  1. To learn how to perform and interpret positional imaging studies, US, CT, and MRI for TOS evaluation.
  2. To understand how to choose imaging protocols tailored to neurogenic versus vascular TOS.
  3. To become familiar with imaging abnormalities and their clinical presentation to improve diagnostic confidence using a case-based approach.
15 min
Lung apex pathologies
  1. To understand protocol modifications for optimised lung apex visualisation on CT and MRI scans.
  2. To learn about the imaging appearance of the most common benign and malignant lesions found in the lung apices.
  3. To understand the management strategies for incidental findings in the lung apex.
13 min
Open forum discussion