Refresher Course: Chest

RC 2204 - Updates in chest: terminology and practice

March 2, 08:00 - 09:00 CET

4 min
Chairperson's introduction
12 min
The new glossary from the Fleischner Society
  1. To understand the need for a glossary of terms.
  2. To become familiar with the important entities of the glossary.
  3. To learn how to use the glossary effectively in daily routine including examples.
12 min
Updates in lung-RADS
  1. To describe the various lung-RADS categories and the recommended management for each category, with an emphasis on the changes in lung-RADS 2022 compared to earlier versions.
  2. To describe the process by which these guidelines were developed.
  3. To analyse the advantages of using a standardised management scheme in lung cancer screening.
12 min
AI in chest radiograph: how to improve our clinical practice
  1. To become familiar with the principles and various applications of AI solutions for chest radiographs.
  2. To describe research assessing the use of AI for chest radiographs.
  3. To outline the advantages and disadvantages of using AI in different settings (e.g. hospital/community, thoracic/general radiologists, experts/residents etc.).
12 min
Trends in the incidence of pulmonary nodules in chest CT
  1. To learn about the factors that contribute to the increasing number of incidental nodules in chest CT.
  2. To discuss the workup of incidental nodules to increase early lung cancer.
  3. To put the opportunities for lung cancer detection of incidental vs screening-detected nodules into perspective.
8 min
Panel discussion: From chest radiography to CT - the value of updating our terminology