E³ - European Diploma Prep Session

E³ 1123a - Chest

February 27, 16:00 - 17:30 CET

9 min
Chairperson's introduction
27 min
Fundamentals of chest radiography
  1. To learn the anatomy, including normal "lines and stripes" of the lung parenchyma, mediastinum, and pleura, and to confidently identify these on radiographs.
  2. To gain an in-depth understanding of the signs of chest radiography pathology.
  3. To learn about differential diagnoses and pitfalls in chest radiography.
27 min
Inflammation of the lung
  1. To understand the imaging features and differential diagnoses of inflammatory lung diseases.
  2. To learn about the common causes of acute and chronic diffuse lung inflammations.
  3. To become familiar with thoracic diseases in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
27 min
Lung and pleural malignancy
  1. To become familiar with the differential diagnosis of solitary and multiple pulmonary nodules.
  2. To become familiar with the imaging features of pleural malignancies.
  3. To understand the role of different imaging modalities, including hybrid imaging, in diagnosing and staging neoplasms of the chest.