Iowa Radiological Society Fall Meeting 2012

Intended Audience and Description

The annual meeting of the Iowa Radiological Society is open to all members. Non-member practicing radiologists, resident physicians, and radiology technologists are also cordially invited to attend and will find the meeting of interest and value. Experts across the spectrum of radiology will be on hand to discuss current practices in these areas and the benefit to practicing radiologists and, ultimately, their patients.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this program learners should be able to:

• Discuss medical negligence, radiological errors that lead to lawsuits, and your role as a defendant.

• Explain the importance of communication, charting, and standard of care in negligence claims.

• Describe the anatomy of motor cranial nerves and the imaging characteristics of motor denervation.

• Discuss the anatomy and pathology of the craniovertebral juncation.

• Discuss the indications, variants and value-added of FDG PET-CT in head and neck cancer.

• Explain the revenue cycle, commonly used financial benchmarks, and current trends in radiology reimbursement.

• Describe the strengths and weaknesses

of 3 Tesla MRI for neurological and musculoskeletal applications.

• List the key imaging sequences in a liver

MRI protocol and describe a systematic approach to analyzing liver lesions.