CTUG Training Course
The first ever CTUG training course was run at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham on October 5th, which was the day before the CTUG 2022 meeting.
It is aimed as an introduction to the physics of CT, and is described as described as “An introduction to the physics of computed tomography, including how images are produced and factors affecting radiation dose and image quality”
Feedback from our first course was favourable and we plan to run this again, probably as part of the annual CTUG meeting programme in the future.
Training Course Programme
08:45 Registration - Tea & Coffee
09:10 Welcome and Introduction - Katie Howard
Session 1 - Foundations
09:15 Hardware components and scanner construction - Nicholas Keat
10:00 Image reconstruction - Nicholas Keat
10:30 Exposure parameters, tube current modulation - David Platten
11:00 Tea & Coffee
Session 2 - Patients and safety
11:15 Patient dose estimations - Stuart Yates
12:00 Practical aspects - David Biddle
12:15 Radiation safety and room shielding - Stuart Yates
12:45 Lunch
Session 3 - Quality
13:45 Image artefacts - David Platten
14:15 Optimisation of dose and image quality - Jane Edwards
14:45 Quality control tests - Katie Howard
15:15 Tea & Coffee
Session 4 - Specialised techniques
15:30 Cardiac Imaging - Laurence King
15:45 Fluoroscopy and respiratory gating - Katie Howard
16:00 Dual energy - Laurence King
16:30 Multidisciplinary imaging - Katie Howard
17:00 Close